Kayla Brady

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Kayla Brady Johnson (born 1959) is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera Days Of Our Lives. She has been played by three different actress. The first by Catherine Mary Stuart (1982-1983) and the third actress by Rhonda Aldrich (1989, temporary replacement). She is currently played by Mary Beth Evans (1986 to May 1992 & June 12th, 2006 to present).

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Kayla came to Salem in 1982, and she was 3rd youngest of the natural Brady children, Roman, Kim, and Bo. Kayla was involved briefly with David Banning, but after he dumped her she began seeing Chris Kositchek. In 1983 Kayla left Chris and Salem, but later returned in 1986 and set up a clinic on the Riverfront, where she met and fell in love with Steve Johnson. Kayla befriended Adrienne Johnson, and the two roomed together. Steve was troubled by Adrienne, and had troubling memories about her. Steve began having nightmares, and turned away from Kayla. In 1987 Kayla hid Steve Johnson when he was setup by Victor's henchman while trying to help Harper Deveraux. Later Harper hired Kayla to be his son's nurse. Jack fell in love with Kayla, and the two eventually married because Steve continued to reject Kayla (he saw how happy Kayla made Jack, who was dying).

Kayla married Jack Deveraux on September 15, 1987. Soon after she was poisoned by Harper Deveraux, who thought she had discovered that Jack was adopted. Kayla was taken from the Deveraux house by Steve, and when she awoke she refused to believe anyone was poisoning her. Kayla ran away, and was found passed out on the pier by Melissa Jannings, who became the prime suspect in her attempted murder. Kayla and Steve began to meet behind Jack's back, and when they were exposed in the papers Jack was humiliated. Jack raped Kayla and had Steve beaten up. Steve and Jack faced off on a rooftop and Jack fell off. Jack was rushed to the hospital but required a kidney transplant. His best chance for a successful match was his brother, and Steve agreed to donate the kidney because their mother Jo asked him to. Kayla filed for divorce from Jack and charged Jack with rape, but Jack's connections managed to get him off. Soon afterwards Kayla went back to work the Riverfront Emergency Clinic she started in 1986.

Later that year Kayla was attacked by the Riverfront Knifer. During the attack an explosion caused her to lose her hearing and speech, and she blacked out the face of her attacker. When she finally recalled who attacked her she went to Kimberly to reveal that Harper was the Riverfront Knifer. Unfortunately Harper took Kim and Kayla hostage, but they were eventually saved by Steve Johnson. After Kayla was safe she underwent surgery to repair her hearing. The surgery was a success, but it couldn't restore her speech. Steve proposed to Kayla, and she accepted. On July 28, 1988 Kayla and Steve wed, and Kayla said "I do" her speech had returned. Steve and Kayla honeymooned in the Orient where they came upon a little deaf boy named Benji. Benji was all alone and when his mom couldn't be found they took him in.

Steve and Kayla brought Benji back to Salem and they even considered adopting Benji but his mother Ellen showed up. Ellen confessed to them that Benji's father was a dangerous man and to protect him she let them take care of him. Later after their talk Ellen was found dead on the pier. Eventually it came out that Benji was the son of Stefano DiMera. Benji's grandfather Orion eventually picked Benji up and took him where they could live in safety. Later in 1988 Jack Deveraux helped Victor Kiriakis stage a jail break for Harper. Jack was promised a share of Harper's money just as soon as Harper was out of the country. The plan failed, and Harper was shot trying to get to the airport. When Jack took him to the Riverfront Clinic, Harper took Kayla hostage again. Steve managed to save Kayla, and Harper went back to prison.

In 1989 Steve found a badly burnt Nick and agreed to hide him and keep his secret. Steve eventually had to tell Kayla about Nick. After Nick was strong enough he left Steve and Kayla's care and relocated to an old mansion he owned. Unfortunately the mansion only brought bad luck to Nick. An old acquaintance named Eddie was holding Eve hostage there and was looking for some old money of Harper Deveraux's that Nick had hidden there. Steve and Kayla helped Nick try to lure Eddie into a trap but where accused of conspiring to hide stolen money. Eventually Eddie was shot and killed, and as a thank you Nick gave the old mansion to Steve and Kayla.

Just when Steve and Kayla soon learned they were expecting, and just when they thought their life had returned to normal Marina Toscano Johnson showed up, claiming to be Steve's wife. Steve was indeed married to her, and believed he had killed her when they got into an argument on a ship and she fell overboard. Marina didn't want Steve back, she just wanted his help in retrieving an old key they had thrown into the sea long ago. Kayla encouraged Steve to help her in hopes she would grant him a divorce, and they all traveled to Italy to retrieve the key. After it was found Steve got into a fight with some of Victor Kiriakis' men, and his glass eye and socket was damaged beyond repair, forcing him to wear his patch again. Back in Salem Kayla confronted Marina for the danger she had put her family in, and they argued in her hotel room. Kayla pushed Marina down and left her very much alive. Unfortunately Kayla was kidnapped by Victor Kiriakis who wanted the real key Marina had hidden in Steve and Kayla's house.

When Isabella handed over the real key to Victor, Kayla was safely returned to Steve. Kayla was very pregnant at the time, and she and Steve wanted to remarry before the baby's birth. Unfortunately Kayla was arrested during the wedding for the murder of Marina Toscano. Victor Kiriakis had sent Roman II/John Black and Abe a tape on which Kayla threatened to kill Marina, pushed Marina down, and left the room. The tape had been doctored, but Roman II/John was forced to arrest Kayla. Kayla stood trial for the murder of Marina Toscano and was eventually found guilty. Convicted of murder, Kayla was sent to prison. Kayla gave birth to her daughter Stephanie on February 19, 1990 and she allowed Steve to raise the baby. Steve hired a woman named Kelly Parker as the babies nanny. Unknown to Steve, Kelly was actually a deranged woman named Sheila Salsbury who had lost her baby in birth at the time that Kayla had hers. Sheila , who had become obsessed with the baby, kidnapped Stephanie when Kayla escaped from prison.

Kayla and Steve fled the country and followed Sheila to Australia, where they met up with Bo and Hope. With Bo and Hope's help, Kayla and Steve managed to recover their child. When they had learned that Kayla was exonerated of Marina's death, everyone decided to return to Salem. In 1990 Harper Deveraux escaped from prison and vowed to have his revenge on Steve Johnson. At Steve and Kayla's second wedding, Harper planned to execute Steve from the church bell tower. Jack learned of Harper's plan and stopped him by pushing him to his death from the top of the belltower. The wedding went on as planned and Steve and Kayla were legally married on August 13, 1990.

Steve decided to change his life and become a police officer. While patrolling the harbor late one night, Steve spotted a suspicious looking boat. When he investigated it he found a card that was addressed to Bo Brady and was from Lawrence Alamain. Suddenly the boat exploded. Steve was knocked into a coma, but eventually came around. Because he was a threat to Lawrence, Lawrence had his IV poisoned and Steve died. Before his coffin was buried it was switched with an empty casket. A grief stricken Kayla moved in with Shane Donovan and vowed to find her husband's killer. The two worked together and all the fingers pointed at one person, Lawrence Alamain. Eventually the two fell in love, but problems arose between Kayla and her sister Kimberly when Kim returned to Salem in 1991.

At a museum party in 1992, Shane's attempt to disarm a bomb planted by the Torres failed and he was left paralyzed. Shane refused to have surgery that could restore the use of his legs. Shane put up a wall that only Kayla Johnson could penetrate. Kayla helped Shane recover and the two realized that they had fallen in love. Shane eventually regained the use of his legs, but the tension between Kim and Kayla put a strain on his relationship with Kayla. Kayla eventually moved to Los Angeles to work in a clinic and Shane left Salem to return to England.

In 2006, Kayla finally agreed to come home at Caroline's request for Jennifer and Frankie's wedding and, like everyone else, she was shocked to see Jack turn up at the Church with a man who looked exactly like Steve. Kayla was alone when she initially encountered him and fainted. She was devastated when the stranger called himself Nick and had no memory of her whatsoever. Although it was soon obvious that Nick was really Steve, he still couldn't remember her. When the two of them fell ill after being exposed to a biological, it seemed as though nothing would save Kayla, who had a bad reaction to the antidote. While the Bradys scrambled to find another antidote, which eventually came from newcomer Nick Fallon, Steve claimed to have remembered their past, which gave Kayla the strength to go on. Kayla was devastated to learn that Steve had been faking his memories, and initially couldn't believe him when he claimed he had regained it for real. He was finally able to convince her, and the two celebrated his memory recovery by making love.

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