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Samantha "Sam" Morgan (née McCall) is a fictional character from the original ABC Daytime soap opera, General Hospital. The role was originated by Kelly Monaco in 2003. Since the character's introduction in 2003, Sam has been one of the show's lead heroines.

Sam is introduced as a con artist working with Jasper Jacks to get her hands on the Dead Man's Hand. She eventually becomes involved with married mob boss, Sonny Corinthos and later gives birth to his stillborn child. In addition to a later romance with Lucky Spencer, Sam's most significant romantic relationship occurred when the character is paired with mob hitman, Jason Morgan. Their relationship is plagued with complications and interference, but the two finally wed in 2011. However, the happiness is short lived thanks to Jason's presumed death. Sam later gives birth to their son, Daniel. In 2006, Sam is revealed to be the biological daughter of Alexis Davis given up by Alexis as a teenager; this revelation makes Sam apart of the one of the core families, the Cassadines. Though the relationship does not start off great, the duo eventually form a strong bond. In 2013, the question of Sam's paternity is finally answered with the re-introduction of her father Julian, and the Jerome crime family. Sam has been reformed over the years and makes a life for herself, including starting her own detective agency with Damian Spinelli.

Background
Sam was born May 11, 1980 (Mother's Day) in Chatham, Maine to a 16 year old Alexis Davidovitch. While at boarding school, Alexis has a love affair with a boy from a nearby school and gets pregnant with Sam. The only thing known about Sam's father is Alexis later shared with Diane Miller, that Sam's father was evil. Alexis's father, Mikkos Cassadine forces Alexis to give the child up and he later forges documents to make Alexis believe the child is dead. Sam is adopted by Cody McCall and his wife, Evelyn Bass. The couple wanted another child but feared they wouldn't have a healthy baby, due to their first child, Danny being born mentally handicapped. Cody is a con artist and drifter and his way of life forces Evelyn to leave when Sam is only three years old, taking Danny with her. Cody raises Sam on his own and teaches her the art of the con. When Sam is 17, she tracks down Evelyn in Bailey's Beach, South Carolina and is shocked to find Danny locked in the basement. When Sam helps Danny escape, he accidentally knocks a candle over burning down the house, not knowing Evelyn was inside. Sam is arrested for arson, but gets out on bail and goes on the run with Danny to avoid being convicted for Evelyn's murder until 2004. A young Sam does her best to care for Danny but eventually resorts to extreme measures. Using the skills she learned from Cody, Sam marries several wealthy men, and steals their money so she can care for her brother. During her last attempt at a con as "Angela", Sam finds herself in an abusive "marriage" with the wealthy Bill Monroe. When Bill discovers Sam's intentions, he tries to kill her and Sam has no choice but to beat him to it.

Casting
The role of Sam has been portrayed by the first champion on ABC's Dancing with the Stars and Playboy's April 1997 Playmate of the Month, Kelly Monaco, since October 1, 2003. In 2006, Monaco was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role. In August 2009, fans were shocked by a casting call for the character. Despite rumors and speculation, Monaco's co-stars Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) and Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis Davis) have denied she is departing from the show. Monaco herself has dispelled the rumors, stating there was "really no doubt" she would renew her contract, It was merely standard procedure for ABC to release the casting call since she and the network had not signed off on a new contract by a set deadline.

Paternity
Seven years after Alexis was revealed as Sam's mother, General Hospital began dropping hints that they were ready to tackle the highly anticipated story of Sam's father. In 2013 General Hospital head-writer, Ron Carlivati addressed the ongoing mystery of Sam's father in an interview with TV Guide's Michael Logan. Widespread speculation about the identity of Sam's father was reignited when it was rumored that General Hospital was looking for a "name actor" to cast in the role of Sam's father. Rumors began to circulate naming Duke Lavery (Ian Buchanan), Blackie Parrish (John Stamos) and Dr. Kevin Collins (Jon Lindstrom) as potential candidates for Sam's father; Lindstrom having previously worked opposite Monaco as her father on the soap opera Port Charles. Another rumor emerged that veteran soap actor, Peter Reckell, who played Bo Brady on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1983-2012, would be joining General Hospital in the role of Evan Jerome. It was widely speculated that Reckell was cast to play Sam's father, linking her to the Jerome crime family that was prominent on General Hospital in the 1980s. However, after weeks of speculation, Reckell addressed the rumors stating that he wasn't going back to Days of Our Lives or joining any other soap. In July 2013, ABC unveiled its' latest General Hospital promo which showed Sam asking Alexis for the identity of her father. In the storyline, Sam's young son Danny has leukemia and they are trying to find as many potential bone marrow donors as possible. Following the promo's release, Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis), took to her Twitter account to engage fans in a guessing game as to the identity of Sam's father. During the week the promo was released, it was announced that actor William deVry, who formerly starred on The Bold and the Beautiful as Storm Logan, and All My Children as Michael Cambias was joining General Hospital. There were reports that deVry had taped scenes with Maura West's Ava Jerome, leading to speculation that deVry could be joining the show as a Jerome and as Sam's father. deVry made his debut on July 30, 2013 under the alias Derek Wells, and it was soon revealed that he was actually Julian Jerome -- son of mob boss Victor Jerome who was head of the Port Charles mob in the 80s. Soon after the real identity of deVry's character was discovered, it was confirmed that deVry had been cast as Sam's father, when it was revealed that Sam's biological father is crime figure Julian Jerome.

2000s
Sam is introduced as an "adventurous woman" looking to undo her family's string of bad luck. She comes in contact with Jasper Jacks (Ingo Rademacher) as they are both searching for the five lucky cards known as the Dead Man's Hand. The two have a brief romance which ends when Jax's father, John ends up dead due to Sam's manipulations. Sam then has an affair with Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and ends up pregnant. For the sake of Sonny's wife, Carly (Tamara Braun) and their young children, Sonny's best friend Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) claims the child as his. They bond and Sam decides to name the baby after Jason's late grandmother, Lila Quartermaine (Anna Lee). However, the girl is stillborn when Sam gets into an argument with Sonny's lawyer, and former mistress, Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn) who pressures Sam to use baby Lila to save Alexis and Sonny's daughter, Kristina Davis (Kali Rodriguez). Sam and Jason eventually fall in love and become engaged; they even plan to adopt a child, but the baby is taken away. Sam and Jason rescues Sonny's children when they are kidnapped by Jason's brother A.J. Quartermaine (Billy Warlock), and the biological father of Sonny's adopted son, Michael (Dylan Cash). When A.J. is "murdered," and Michael is implicated, Sam and Jason rush him out of town. Jason later recovers lost memories and decides to leave the mob and relocate with Sam to Hawaii. They taken hostage by Allegra Montenegro who forces Sam to marry Andrew Olsen due to her resemblance to Allegra's daughter, Alicia. When Andrew is discovered dead, Sam is nearly sent to jail until Alicia is revealed to be the killer. When Jason learns he is dying, Sam tracks down Jason's ex-girlfriend, Dr. Robin Scorpio (Kimberly McCullough) to save his life. Later, Manny Ruiz develops an obsession with Sam (Robert LaSardo) and begins stalking her. When several residents are infected by the encephalitis plague, Danny's dies. Sam blames Alexis who wouldn't refuse the antidote. A delirious Danny makes a deathbed confession that Sam is adopted. Sam and Jason discover that Alexis is Sam's biological mother but Sam chooses to keep it from her. However when a botched hit on Jason leads to Sam's shooting, Jason comes forward and Alexis becomes very protective of Sam. To keep Sam safe from Jason's life, Alexis convinces Jason to break up with her. A devastated Sam sleeps with her stepfather Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst). Blaming Sam for the destruction of his marriage, Ric frames her for theft forcing her to skip town where she ends up killing Diego Alcazar (Ignacio Serricchio) as Kristina watches. After her heroism during The Metro Court hostage crisis, Sam is hired by Amelia Joffe (Annie Wersching) as the host of her own talk show, Everyday Heroes. However, Amelia is actually looking for revenge against Sam for killing her father, Bill Monroe. While trying to hide her past, Sam learns that Elizabeth Spencer (Rebecca Herbst)'s son, Jake is actually Jason's. She then witnesses Jake's abduction but does not come forward when Jason, Elizabeth and her then husband, Lucky (Greg Vaughn) begin searching. Amelia finally gets her revenge when she reveals Sam actions and past to Jason. Following their break-up, Sam and Lucky have a brief romance. Due to Sam's attraction to danger, her happiness with Lucky is short lived. Sam later starts her own investigative agency with Jason's roommate, Damian Spinelli (Bradford Anderson) which leads to her and Jason rekindling their romance.

2010s
Throughout 2010, the couple is terrorized by the crazed serial killing artist, Franco (James Franco). Sam also bonds with Kristina (Lexi Ainsworth) when she shares her experience about being in an abusive relationship. Sam is devastated when Jason gets himself sent to prison to protect Michael (Chad Duell) who has been convicted of murder. With the return of Jason's ex-wife, Brenda Barrett (Vanessa Marcil), Sam becomes insecure about Jason's feelings for her and Brenda. In 2011, following Jake's death, Sam gets reconstructive surgery hoping to have a child with Jason. The couple later elopes and marries in a Chinese restaraunt on September 23. Their happiness is short lived due to Franco drugging both of them and leading them to believe he raped Sam. In 2012, Sam discovers she is pregnant while hiding Robin's death from a dying Jason. Sam learns from Heather Webber (Robin Mattson) that Franco is actually Jason's twin brother and the father of her child. Unable to repair the damage, Sam moves out and bonds with John McBain (Michael Easton). John helps Sam give birth to her son, whom she intends to name after Jason, but the child dies. However the child is later revealed to have been switched at birth by Todd Manning (Roger Howarth) with Téa Delgado (Florencia Lozano)'s son. Sam and Jason are able to rescue their son from Heather, but it isn't until after Jason's death that Sam learns that Jason is her baby's father. Sam and Jason name the child Daniel Edward, and she introduces Danny to his great-grandfather, Edward Quartermaine (John Ingle) before his death. When it is revealed that Cesar Faison (Anders Hove), Sam finally accepts that Jason is gone and plans a memorial with his mother Monica (Leslie Charleson).