Valerie Davis

Valerie Davis is a fictional character on the NBC daytime drama Passions. Valerie has been played by Daphnée Duplaix from December 16, 2004 - May 28, 2008. Valerie was temporarily played by Siena Goines, from January 30 - March 29, while Samuel was on maternity leave. Samuel returned on April 16, 2007.

Character history

Valerie Davis is one of the few black employees of Crane Industries, where she works as an executive assistant to Theresa Crane; in the past, she was an executive assistant to Chad Harris and Fox Crane. She is helping put her little sister through college. Valerie is often seen at the office meddling in the lives of the various Crane family members. Valerie once slept with Chad Harris and remains his friend despite Chad being in love with Whitney Russell, the woman he once believed to be his half-sister. Valerie was once in league with Ivy Winthrop in her attempts to break up Fox Crane and Kay Bennett.

Valerie Davis began working for Crane Industries right out of secretarial college. Her father had worked on the loading docks, and her mother has been employed at Crane Industries for a long time. Her father worked for Crane Industries for many years, but didn't receive anything when he retired. Valerie is proud of her heritage, and had always been resentful of the fact that she was one of the few black employees hired by Crane Industries. She was pleased that Chad had chosen to stay on at Crane, and hopeful that the two of them could help change Crane Industries low percentage of minority employees. Because of the long amount of time Valerie has worked for the company, she is aware of many secrets the Cranes would rather not let out. With Alistair out of the picture, though, Valerie is happy in her job as she has a newfound respect for Julian, who has changed a lot recently.

Valerie was initially assigned to work with Chad by Julian on a special project he wanted Chad and Fox to work on together. It didn't take long before Valerie realized that Whitney still had strong feelings for her half-brother and didn't want him to have another woman in his life. While Fox's assistant was on vacation, Valerie offered to help him. He turned her down, but she realized he was working on the same Danmu project that Julian had assigned to Chad. She immediately went to warn Chad, who tried to convince her that Fox was just trying to keep up to speed, having just been rehired by Crane Industries. When Fox began handing out Christmas gifts to all the staff, Valerie pointed out to Chad that all Fox was doing was trying to score browning points. After all, he did want to be C.E.O of Crane Industries someday. Chad still wouldn't believe that Fox would do that to him, until Julian and Fox came in together and Julian took him off the Danmu project. Chad admitted he didn't want to play those kind of games, and Valerie assured him she would help him take care of himself.

Valerie kept a low profile for several months, popping up at work when needed. Then, one day Eve Russell walked into Julian's office, and found Julian having sex with Valerie on his desk. Valerie was mortified by her actions, since she claimed to be in a relationship at the time. She begged Eve for forgiveness and told her she didn't know why she did it. Eve lashed out at both Julian and Valerie, which ended with Valerie and Eve embroiled in a vicious catfight. Valerie left ashamed of herself and her actions, and realized that Eve was telling the truth when she said that she (Valerie) was trying to sleep her way to the top.

Valerie was then stuck in the middle of another dispute of love when Whitney believed that Valerie was the woman Chad was cheating with. Whitney once walked in on Valerie in bed with a man, whom she believed was Chad. It was not Chad, but Whitney still had her doubts. Whitney once went so far as to verbally attack Valerie and even threatened her. It was revealed to viewers that Valerie wasn't sleeping with Chad, as she told him that he should end his affair and stay with Whitney unless he wanted to lose her again.

Valerie was also involved in Ethan's attempt to uncover Jared Casey's plan against Theresa. She originally did not want to get involved, but was later coaxed into helping Ethan. For her part in Ethan's plan, she was nearly fired by Theresa.

At Fox and Kay's wedding, Whitney surprised Theresa when she announced that she had hooked Valerie up with Vincent, a tabloid reporter. Later that same evening Whitney, again suspicious of Chad, went to the Safari hotel to find him. On the registry list she found Valerie's name. In a rage she had Theresa threaten the hotel worker with the Crane power, and they were able to go into Valerie's room. Whitney found a sleeping, naked Valerie under the covers and went off on her. Valerie eventually explained that she wasn't with Chad, and proved it by showing that she was with Vincent, the tabloid reporter. That was the second man Whitney found Valerie with at the Safari hotel in that month, first Stan, then Vincent.

Valerie gave Jared a warning about Theresa and the Crane family.

Valerie was seen on occasion gushing about how wonderful Vincent was to anyone that would listen; she thanked Whitney for setting them up. She was hired by Julian to help him find his and Eve's son. She gave Julian and Eve information on their son, saying that he not only was severely abused as a child, but that he also currently lives in Harmony.

Meanwhile, Whitney caught Vincent cheating on Valerie, not realizing that Vincent is cheating on Valerie with Chad, Whitney's own husband. Whitney told Valerie, who was furious and thanked Whitney for all her help and left to go find Vincent. Chad decided to follow her to ensure Vincent (who had begun to show a violent streak and actually attempted to kill Whitney before she could inform Valerie of his betrayal) wouldn't hurt her.

When Chad got to Valerie's house, he heard her and Vincent fighting. Valerie told Vincent it was over, but he replied that no one ever leaves him. Chad then heard Vincent hitting Valerie as she screamed. Chad managed to break down the door, and found Valerie huddling against the sofa, disheveled and sobbing. Chad comforted Valerie and looked for Vincent, who had escaped out the window. Valerie wanted to call the police, but Chad convinced her not to, realizing that if the police were involved Vincent would expose his secret to Whitney.

Valerie has since been helping Julian and Eve with their son. Julian paid Valerie to lie to Eve in order to get her to forgive him for sleeping with Ivy, again.

On one occasion, Julian flirted with Valerie and made her an offer to "pick up where they left off". Valerie danced on the idea, but when Julian left, she pulled a gun out of her desk and threatened his life. Vincent was later seen taking the gun from Valerie's desk and saying, "Harmony has no idea what I'll do next!", further fueling fans' speculations that Vincent and Valerie are the same person.

Valerie was again seen when Sam, Fancy and Sheridan were trying to catch the blackmailer and found her bound and gagged in Eve's office; the blackmailer had apparently attacked her. Since then Valerie has continued helping Eve and Julian with their son, but her presence and demeanor still have fans questioning her true intentions. It is believed that Valerie and Vincent are the same person and that Valerie is more of the nice girl, whereas Vincent is more of the bad guy and it's two different personalities since Vincent is a hermaphrodite. The two are never shown together and in a recent episode it showed them fighting, but not together before Whitney came to Valerie/Vincent's rescue.

This speculation was confirmed in the final episode that NBC aired on September 7, 2007, when Valerie took off a mask to reveal her real identity as Vincent.

Rivals

• Kay Bennett (via, fox)

Relationships

• Chad Harris-Crane (ex-lovers; incest)
• Fox Crane (flirtation; kissed)
• Julian Crane (two one-night stands; incest)
• Stan (lovers/seen together at motel)
• Fancy Crane (raped; incest)
• Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald (sexually assaulted him)
• Ethan Winthrop (sexually attacked him)
• Jessica Bennett (rape)
• Spike Lester (kissed)

Occupations

• Executive assistant at Crane Industries
• Hired by Ivy to split Kay and Fox up, and ruin Kay's career.
• Hired by Julian Crane to find his long lost son

Trivia

• Valerie was paid by Ivy to break up Kay and Fox.

Sources and external links

• Valerie at Soap Central