Acting · Scarsdale, New York, USA · Born December 23, 1946
Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946) is an American actress, television host, author and entrepreneur, best known for portraying Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama All My Children during the show's entire network run from 1970 to 2011. Previously, she starred on the 60's soap opera Love is a Many Splendored Thing. In 1996, TV Guide ranked Lucci number 37 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list. She was named one of VH1's 200 Top Icons of All Time and one of Barbara Walters's Ten Most Fascinating People. During her run on All My Children, she was nominated 21 times for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She won only once, in 1999, after the 19th nomination; beginning in the late 1980s her status as a perpetual nominee for the award attracted significant media attention. The character she portrayed, Erica Kane, is considered an icon, and Lucci was called "Daytime's Leading Lady" by TV Guide, with The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times citing her as the highest-paid actor in daytime television. Lucci has also acted in other TV series, as well as occasionally in film and on stage. She had multi-episode guest appearances on the series Dallas, Hot in Cleveland and Army Wives. She hosted Saturday Night Live in 1990. After the cancellation of All My Children, she hosted the 2012-2014 true crime series Deadly Affairs and narrated its' offshoot Deadly Affairs: Betrayed by Love. She starred as Genevieve Delatour in the 2013-2016 Lifetime series Devious Maids.
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2026
as Dinah Hawk
MovieCarol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
as Self - Guest
TVSherri
2022
as Self - Guest
TVWelcome to Wrexham
2022
as Self
TVGeneration Gap
2022
as Self - Celebrity Guest
TVDeadly Affairs: Betrayed by Love
2021
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Story of Soaps
2020
as Self
TVTamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
MovieIt Takes a Lunatic
2019
as Self
MovieJoy
2015
as Danica
TVDifficult People
2015
as Shelley Waxman
TVBeat Bobby Flay
2013
as Self
TVDevious Maids
2013
as Genevieve Delatour
TVDeadly Affairs
2012
as Host
TVThe Talk
2010
as Self
TVHot in Cleveland
2010
as Susan Lucci
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
TVArmy Wives
2007
as Audrey Whitaker
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self
TVDancing with the Stars
2005
as Self - Contestant
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self
TVHigglytown Heroes
2004
TVHope & Faith
2003
as Jacqueline Karr
MovieABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
as Self
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
TVThat's So Raven
2003
as Charlotte Romano
MovieBlood on Her Hands
1998
as Isabelle Collins
TVThe View
1997
as Self
TVThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self
MovieEbbie
1995
as Elizabeth "Ebbie" Scrooge
MovieSeduced and Betrayed
1995
as Victoria Landers
MovieFrench Silk
1994
as Claire Laurent
TVIntimate Portrait
1993
as Self
MovieBetween Love and Hate
1993
as Vivian Conrad
MovieDouble Edge
1992
as Maggie Dutton / Carmen Moore
MovieThe Woman Who Sinned
1991
as Victoria Robeson
MovieThe Bride in Black
1990
as Rose D'Amore-Malloy
MovieNight of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
MovieLady Mobster
1988
as Laurel Castle
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
MovieHaunted by Her Past
1987
as Karen Beckett aka Katherine Raymond
TVAnastasia - The Mystery of Anna
1986
as Darya Romanoff
MovieMafia Princess
1986
as Antoinette Giancana
MovieNight of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
TVJeopardy!
1984
as Self
MovieInvitation to Hell
1984
as Jessica Jones
MovieYoung Doctors in Love
1982
as Susan Lucci (uncredited)
TVThe Fall Guy
1981
TVEntertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
TVDallas
1978
as Sheila Foley / Hillary Taylor
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Paula Hastings
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVAll My Children
1970
as Erica Kane / Jane Campbell
MovieMe, Natalie
1969
as Cheerleader
MovieGoodbye, Columbus
1969
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
TVLove Is a Many Splendored Thing
1967
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
