Abigail Deveraux

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Abigail Johanna "Abby" Deveraux (born onscreen October 19, 1992) is a fictional character on the television drama Days of our Lives.

As a teenager the role of Abby was played by Ashley Benson from 2004 to 2007. Emily Montague temporarily portrayed Abby in early April of 2007.

[edit] Character history

The oldest child of supercouple Jack Deveraux and Jennifer Horton, Abby was born on screen on October 19, 1992, but has been aged since to be born in 1989. She is named after Alice Horton's mother Abigail and Jack's mother Josephine. Now a smart, attractive teenager, Abby is just starting to navigate Salem's social scene.

When Abby was born, she came down with aplastic anemia as the result of polluted well water. Jack felt so guilty and responsible that he left town. Eventually, he returned and the entire Deveraux family went to live in Africa for a few years. Later, Abby developed leukemia but a bone marrow donation from Austin Reed saved her life.

Abby's international upbringing also includes Ireland, where she and her mother lived before returning back to Salem. When her father returned to town, Abby hoped her parents would reunite, but her mom had other ideas. When Jack fell victim to the Salem Stalker, Jennifer made the heart-rending decision to turn off the life support. It was a decision that Abby was furious about.

Luckily, Jack wasn't really dead and soon the family was reunited. They also welcomed a new member, baby Jack Jr.

Abby had began spending a lot of time with her best friend Chelsea Benson, who had started dating Max Brady. Abby began dating a guy named Josh. Jack once even got trapped behind a door and had to watch them kissing.

Sadly, Jack became ill shortly after his return and allegedly died in a car accident where his body was never found.

Jennifer and Frankie Brady began seeing each other and that made Abby very mad, especially when she walked in on them making love in her parents room. Abby even began considering sleeping with Josh, even though she had always planned to wait until marriage. At a Pier Party with Chelsea and Max, Josh asked Abby to be exclusive and Abby told Chelsea she was going to sleep with him first and then decide, but when things started to get hot, Abby got a phone call and had to go. Little did both girls know that pictures of them kissing there boyfriends were taken by website owners and posted online which Frankie and Jennifer ended up finding. Josh went off screen later when Abby developed feelings for Max and his disappearance was never explained.

In 2006, during Abby's her mother, Jennifer's wedding to Frankie, Jack returned from being presumed dead with his presumed-dead amnesiac brother, Steve Johnson. After receiving a successful experimental treatment for his illness, Jack was finally cured and able to return to his life. Jack and Jennifer soon left for London to run the Spectator newspaper office. Abigail remained in Salem at the university studying business.

Abby soon began working as an assistant at friend Max Brady's garage, helping with paperwork and generally keeping the garage in order. Abby soon developed a crush on Max and began displaying jealous feelings towards Max's relationship with Mimi Lockhart. When Mimi left town, Max was available again. Max soon admitted his crush on Abby, and the two started dating, but only briefly. Abby's aunt, Maggie Horton, and Jack, pushed her to not go out with Max. When Max told Abby that he wanted to stay friends and not pursue a relationship with her, she got in a fight with him and left Salem to spend the summer with her family in London and never returned.

[edit] External links

• Abby at soapcentral.com