Sarah Horton
Sarah Horton is a fictional character from Days of Our Lives, an American soap opera on the NBC network. Created by Pat Falken Smith, and introduced by Betty Corday and Al Rabin, Sarah is the daughter of Neil Curtis (Joseph Gallison) and Maggie Horton (Suzanne Rogers). In 2018, under head writer Ron Carlivati, the character was reintroduced with actress Linsey Godfrey in the role. Godfrey's performance in the role garnered her a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2019.
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 Linsey Godfrey as Sarah Horton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First appearance | December 25, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Created by | Pat Falken Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Classification | Present; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Candy-striper Doctor with Doctors Without Borders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Salem, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Casting
In July 2018, it was announced that actress Linsey Godfrey had joined the cast as Sarah Horton. She debuted on October 26, 2018.[1]
Storylines
She was born to Neil Curtis and Maggie Horton. She was conceived through artificial insemination and was believed to be the daughter of Evan Whyland. It was not until she was a teen that they found out her father was Neil. To Sarah, Mickey Horton, Maggie's first husband, will always be her daddy. Mickey raised and loved Sarah as if she were his own blood. Evan gave up his legal rights when she was an infant, but Mickey never adopted her. Sarah left town with her sister, Melissa. They settled in Nashville. Melissa has made a few return visits to town, but Sarah has not been seen since they left. She was mentioned to have returned in 2010 for Mickey's funeral.
In 2018, Sarah returned to Salem engaged to Rex Brady, only to break up with him after Mimi Lockhart comes to town with his baby. Rex admits to sleeping with Sarah's paternal half-sister Noelle, and a furious Sarah seeks revenge by looking to Rex's brother Eric Brady for comfort, but feels rejected when he turns her down. She leaves and sleeps with Xander Kiriakis. She once again becomes engaged to Rex only for the relationship to end months later as Sarah secretly had feelings for Eric. Upon the return of Nicole Walker, Eric and Sarah end their relationship. Soon after, Sarah discovers she is pregnant with Eric's child; a year later, it was discovered that after giving birth to a stillborn daughter, Xander orchestrated a swap of Sarah's baby for Kristen DiMera (Stacy Haiduk)'s daughter with Brady Black (Eric Martsolf). She gets engaged to Xander, but when the truth comes out about the baby swap, she breaks up with him.
References
- Soaps SheKnows (July 25, 2018). "Linsey Godfrey Joins Days of Our Lives as Sarah Horton". Soaps.com. United States: SheKnows Media. Archived from the original on July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.