Marina Cooper
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Marina Nadine Cooper is a fictional character on the popular CBS daytime soap opera, Guiding Light. The character is the only child of police chief, Frank Cooper, and ex-wife, Eleni Andros and was born on-screen on May 8, 1993. The character has been portrayed by six different actresses with Mandy Bruno currently playing the role on Guiding Light since her arrival in 2004.
Marina became a police recruit after being accepted at Springfield's Police Academy following the footsteps of her father and aunt before her. Ironically, her love interest at the time, Danny Santos, was a former mobster.
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[edit] Family and romantic entanglements
[edit] Family
- Frank Cooper and Eleni Andros (parents)
- Buzz Cooper and Nadine Corley (deceased) (paternal grandparents)
- Jenna Bradshaw Cooper (step grandmother; deceased)
- Dante Kouperakis and Marina Andros (deceased) (paternal and maternal great grandparents respectively)
- Harley Cooper Aitoro, Lucy Cooper, Coop Bradshaw and Rocky Cooper (paternal aunts & uncles)
- Gus Aitoro (uncle by marriage)
- Jori Andros and Ari Andros (maternal uncles)
- Susan LeMay, Zach Spaulding and Jude Bauer (cousins)
- Stavros Kouperakis (great grand uncle; deceased)
- A.C. Mallet (godfather; former uncle by marriage)
[edit] Significant relationships
- Ben Reade (dated; deceased)
- Shayne Lewis (lovers)
- Danny Santos (lovers)
- Alan-Michael Spaulding (lovers)
[edit] Actress history
- Casey Rosenhaus (1993–1995)
- Alysia Zucker (1994–1996)
- Sasha Martin (1996–2000)
- Aubrey Dollar (2001–2004)
- Kit Paquin (2004)
- Mandy Bruno (2004–present)
