AMC
Character Descriptions
ANNIE McDERMOTT LAVERY
PLAYED BY: Melissa Claire Egan
(July 10, 2006 - present)
Claiming his family had genetic
disabilities, Annie's
husband
Terry McDermott encouraged her to have a child via artificial
insemination. As daughter Emma grew up, Annie discovered Terry was a
child sexual predator and became afraid for her
daughter,
so with the help of an underground rescue group dedicated to helping
women like her, Annie ran off before Terry could gain custody.
A member of the rescue group,
Jamal Cudahy, brought her to Pine Valley, where another member, Erin
Lavery, offered her shelter in her brother Ryan's home. After Ryan found
out her
story,
he agreed to help hide Annie and Emma. While Annie worked at Cambias
Industries for him, the two became attracted to each other. Although
Terry discovered them, he was killed by Ryan's brother Jonathan. Free
and with full custody of Emma, Annie and Ryan's friendship deepened.
Producing a DNA test, David
Hayward claimed that Emma, who had been delivered by Dr. Greg Madden,
was actually Kate, the long-missing
daughter
of Tad and Dixie Martin. Although Annie denied the claims, she abruptly
left town with Emma because she knew that her DNA did not match her
daughter's. A
DNA test proved that Emma was not Tad and Dixie's child, but the
Department of Family Services took Emma into foster care because Annie
couldn't prove that Emma was her daughter. Ryan and Annie finally got
Emma back by proving that Annie was a chimera, meaning she had two
different DNA strands in her body.
The crisis brought Ryan and
Annie even closer, and their friendship blossomed into romance. Since
David Hayward had divulged to Kendall that Ryan was actually Emma's
father, she asked her brother Josh to run a DNA test which proved the
claim on December 28, 2006. Ryan discovered the truth through Kendall's
husband, Zach, and eventually informed Annie. After losing his sister,
Erin, to the Satin Slayer, Ryan proposed to Annie and convinced her that
she was all he wanted. On May 10, 2007, Ryan and Annie were married, but
their reception was soon brought to a halt when the police arrested Ryan
on charges of bigamy: he had unknowingly wed Annie when he was still
technically married to his estranged wife, Greenlee Smythe, who, after
two years, had returned to reclaim her old life. Finally realizing that
Ryan no longer wanted her, Greenlee agreed to a
divorce,
making it possible for Ryan and Annie to be legally married.
After Ryan gave up Cambias
Industries to Zach Slater, Annie began working for Fusion Cosmetics.
Proofread by Laura on 2/7/11
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