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Kristina Adela Corinthos-Davis is a fictional character from the original ABC Daytime soap opera, General Hospital. Born in 2002, Kristina is the daughter of mob kingpin Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and his former attorney -- Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn). To keep her safe from Sonny's dangerous lifestyle, Alexis keeps Kristina away from Sonny for most of her childhood. In the summer of 2009, Kristina, played by Lexi Ainsworth, is rapidly aged and becomes quite the rebel and gets into trouble with her brother Michael (Chad Duell). The character's most significant and controversial storyline is her abusive romance with Kiefer Bauer (Christian Alexander). Kristina also develops a crush on Ethan Lovett (Nathan Parsons) -- the man she falsely accused of abusing her. Kristina later pretends to date Sonny's mob rival Johnny Zacchara (Brandon Barash) which almost gets her killed when Sonny plants a bomb on Johnny's car. Kristina is written out of the series in late 2011. Ainsworth received critical acclaim for her portrayal and was nominated for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in 2011.

Kristina (Lindsey Morgan) is re-introduced in 2012 as the star of her own reality show "Mob Princess" and she falls for her producer Trey Mitchell (Erik Valdez). Kristina rages at her parents for using strong arm tactics to get her into college. Kristina's rebellion culminates in a Las Vegas wedding to Trey which is eventually annulled after they make love for the first time. Kristina is devastated when Trey dies after being taken off life support and blames Trey's mother Connie Falconeri (Kelly Sullivan). Kristina suffers a breakdown and tries to kill Connie only to end up in jail. She is eventually released and Morgan's Kristina is written out of the series in March 2013. Kristina's storylines during Morgan's tenure were critically panned but Morgan also earned a Daytime Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Younger Actress category in 2013.

2002–08
Born on November 19, 2002, Kristina is the daughter of mobster Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and his former attorney Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn). Alexis initially claims her her fiancé Ned Ashton (Wally Kurth) as her daughter's father to protect her from Sonny's life. Kristina is named her late aunt Kristina Cassadine (Jaime Ray Newman). Kristina's paternity is revealed in 2004 when Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco) donates her and Sonny's stillborn baby's stem cells to save the ailing Kristina. Alexis retains sole custody of Kristina vowing to protect her from Sonny's dangerous life style. However, Alexis eventually grants Sonny visitation with Kristina and on December 24, 2004, she is christened with Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst) and Carly Corinthos (Tamara Braun) as her godparents.

In 2005, Kristina (Kali Rodriguez) is kidnapped along with her brothers Michael (Dylan Cash) and Morgan are kidnapped by A. J. Quartermaine (Billy Warlock) -- Michael's biological father -- but eventually rescued. Meanwhile, Sam is revealed to be Alexis's long lost daughter and she forms a close bond with Kristina and Alexis's new daughter Molly. In 2006, Kristina lives with Sonny and Carly (Laura Wright) when Alexis battles cancer. Kristina then witnesses Sam shooting Diego Alcazar (Ignacio Serricchio) and goes into a trance like state for weeks. She eventually recovers and breaks her silence on Christmas. Kristina goes silent again when she sees Diego -- very much alive in 2007. In 2008, Michael takes a bullet meant for Sonny, and Alexis cuts Sonny out of Kristina's life completely.

2009–13
The 16 year old Kristina (Lexi Ainsworth) resurfaces in June 2009 and causes trouble with Micahel (Drew Garrett). Alexis tries to keep them apart due to Michael suffering from uncontrolable fits of rage. Kristina gets caught by her stepmother Claudia Zacchara (Sarah Brown) tending to wounded mob soldier Dominic Pirelli -- who turns out to be Kristina's half brother Detective Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna). Starved for attention, Kristina falls for Kiefer Bauer (Christian Alexander) -- the popular kid at school. However, Kiefer starts abusing her when she refuses to have sex with him. After finding him with another girl, a distraught Kristina accidentally runs a pregnant Claudia off the road and she skips town with Michael. They end up in Mexico where they are taken hostage by Jerry Jacks (Sebastian Roché) before they are rescued by her sister Sam and Jason Morgan (Steve Burton). Kristina confesses to causing Claudia's accident and Alexis confesses instead. Meanwhile, Kristina develops a crush on Ethan Lovett (Nathan Parsons) and her relationship with Sonny is even more strained when he is implicated in Claudia's murder.

Rapid aging, teen rebellion and domestic violence (2009–11)
In late May 2009, Soap Opera Digest reported that the 16 year old Lexi Ainsworth had been cast in the role of Kristina -- rapidly aged to 16. While Ainsworth was a daytime newcomer, the young actress had appeared in commercials, co-starred in the NBC prime time drama Medical Investigation, recurred on the WB/CW series Gilmore Girls and appeared opposite Emma Roberts in the 2008 film Wild Child. On June 25, 2009, it was reported that Ainsworth had officially signed a contract to become a series regular. Kristina is a introduced as a bit of a "wild child" herself. The teenage rebel intrigues her adoptive brother Michael Corinthos (Drew Garrett) who has recently awakened from a year long coma. Steve Burton who played Jason said "[Michael] looks at her and sees what he possibly missed out on in the last year."

On October 8, 2011, Ainsworth announced that she had been let go from the series and filmed her final scenes the day before. Ainsworth revealed that she was initially asked to keep the news to herself and decided to respond once the news had been confirmed. Nancy Lee Grahn who played Alexis took to Twitter to give her support for Ainsworth and wish her luck. It was speculated that the producers felt Ainsworth would look too young opposite Nathan Parsons as Ethan.

Ainsworth return (2015)
On July 29, 2015, Soap Opera Digest announced that Ainsworth would reprise the role of Kristina.

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Ainsworth firing
The news of Lexi Ainsworth's 2011 departure was immediately met with criticism from fans and critics. Daytime Confidential said "We'd hoped it was just a ridiculous rumor, but apparently it's true." Jamey Giddens went on to say the news "really blows" and praised Ainsworth as "hands down the best actress in her age range in daytime" and said the actress would have helped in the show's fight for survival. Michael Fairman said "Well, daytime just lost [one] of the most talented young actresses to come down the pike in years!" On-Air On-Soaps wished Ainsworth well but still could not believe the decision.

On-Air On-Soaps listed named the casting decision as one of the "Worst Soap Moments of 2011." The decision was presumably because the producers felt that the 19 year old Ainsworth allegedly "too young" for the role. However, Kimberly McCullough who started on the series when she was only 7 years old in 1985 accused the show runners of having ulterior motives. "Young is a nice way of saying you're not sexy enough" McCullough said in an interview with Soap Opera Digest. McCullough revealed that she faced the same pressure to "vamp it up" at age 15 back in the mid 1990s when she was sharing scenes opposite much older and mature looking co-stars. "I remember it being a really big deal and they were planning on recasting me, and I had to prove that I could be sexy."