Victoria Lord

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Victoria Lord Gordon Riley Burke Riley Buchanan Buchanan Carpenter Davidson

Erika Slezak as Victoria Lord
on One Life to Live.
First appearance 1968
Last appearance Ongoing…
Information
Aliases Niki Smith, Jean Randolph, Tori, Tommy, Princess
Gender Female
Age 60s
Occupation Publisher of The Banner
Family Various
Relationships Various (see below)
Children Megan Gordon, Kevin Buchanan, Joey Buchanan, Jessica Buchanan, Natalie Buchanan
Relatives Various
Portrayed by Erika Slezak
Created by Agnes Nixon

Victoria "Viki" Lord is an original and the principal character on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live. She has been played by Erika Slezak since March 17, 1971.

Viki is considered one of the most complex characters on daytime television, suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) as a result of the sexual abuse endured at the hands of her father, Victor Lord. Furthermore, Viki has weathered widowhood (three times), rape, divorce, a brain aneurysm, a near-death out-of-body experience, a supposed time travel experience, being shot, suffering a stroke, breast cancer, and most recently, heart disease and a heart transplant.

Additionally, Viki has been involved with a series of men. She married Roger Gordon as a teen, then later Joe Riley and Steve Burke; she remarried Joe, and then after his death from a brain tumor married Clint Buchanan. After the return of one of her most popular alter egos, Niki Smith, she divorced Clint, and upon her recovery, remarried him. Their marriage fell apart after Viki engaged in a relationship with Sloan Carpenter, and years after Sloan's death she married Clint's brother, Ben Davidson. Her full legal name following all of these relationships is "Victoria Lord (Gordon) Riley Burke Riley Buchanan Buchanan Carpenter Davidson," but she goes by simply "Victoria Lord Davidson."

Viki's siblings are the late Meredith Lord Wolek, the late Tony Lord, Tina Clayton Lord, and Todd Manning. Viki has had five children. Megan Gordon Harrison (died from lupus in 1992), Kevin Riley Buchanan, Sr., Joseph "Joey" Francis Riley Buchanan, Jr., Jessica Buchanan Vega, and Natalie Buchanan.

Clint and Viki remarry in 1986.
Clint and Viki remarry in 1986.

For many years, Viki has had an ongoing feud with fellow Llanview resident Dorian Cramer Lord. This stemmed from an incident in the 1970s when Dorian was fired from Llanview Hospital and had her medical license revoked as a result of a patient's death. Dorian, convinced that Victoria had voted for departure from the hospital, but, unbeknownst to Dorian, was for her staying, swore revenge against her. This long-standing conflict intensified when Dorian married Viki's father, Victor — hence the last name "Lord." Ever since, Viki and Dorian have endured Viki's multiple personalities, many injuries, being trapped together in an avalanche and much more. Further, their families have a long history of romantic entanglements, which inevitably serve to only inflame their rivalry.

Clint (Ritchie) and Viki (Slezak), as featured on a June 1983 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
Clint (Ritchie) and Viki (Slezak), as featured on a June 1983 issue of Soap Opera Digest.

In spite of her many personal setbacks, Victoria is one of the most respected women in Llanview and has served as both the Mayor of Llanview and the President of Llanview University. She was forced to resign as University President in 2005 when Dorian forged checks to make it look as if Viki had misappropriated funds from the University and put them into Buchanan Enterprises accounts.

Victoria Lord was originally portrayed by Gillian Spencer from One Life to Live's premiere in 1968 until 1970. The role was briefly recast with Joanne Dorian in 1970, and again in 1971 with Erika Slezak, who has since become synonymous with the character. Slezak later went on to win six Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (in 1984, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1996, and 2005) breaking a record for the actress with the most Daytime Emmys and tying the record for most awards by an actor with Justin Deas. Slezak also holds the record for the most Daytime Emmy wins for playing the same character.

Two other actresses have played Viki while Erika Slezak was on maternity leave: Christine Jones in 1980 and 1981, and Judith Barcroft in 1987.

Victoria Lord resides at 1177 Regency Drive at the Lord Llanfair Mansion in the fictional city of Llanview, a suburb of Philadelphia.

Contents

[edit] Family

[edit] Parents

[edit] Siblings

[edit] Marital status

  • Single

[edit] Past marriages

  • Roger Gordon (pre-1968, annulled)
  • Joe Riley (1969-1970, presumed widowed; 1974-1979, widowed)
  • Steve Burke (1972-1974, divorced)
  • Clint Buchanan (1982-1985, divorced; 1986-1994, divorced)
  • Sloan Carpenter (1994-1995, widowed)
  • Ben Davidson (2000-2004, widowed)

[edit] Children

[edit] Grandchildren & great-grandchildren

  • Demarest "Duke" Buchanan (grandson, via Kevin; deceased)
  • Kevin Buchanan Jr. (grandson, via Kevin; deceased)
  • Megan Buchanan Rappaport (granddaughter, via Jessica; deceased)
  • Brennan "Bree" Buchanan (granddaughter, via Jessica)
  • Zane Buchanan (great-grandson, via Duke)

[edit] Other relatives

[edit] Romantic entanglements

As "Niki Smith"

[edit] Multiple personalities

  • "Niki Smith" (integrated into Viki)
  • "Tommy" (integrated into Viki)
  • "Jean Randolph" (integrated into Viki)
  • "Princess" (integrated into Viki)
  • "Tori" (integrated into Viki)
  • "Victor Lord" (integrated into Viki)
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