Susan Victoria Lucci is a multifaceted American personality, renowned for her captivating performances on television, in literature, and as an entrepreneur. Her most iconic role was portraying Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama All My Children throughout its 41-year network run from 1970 to 2011. Prior to that, she gained recognition for her starring role in the 1960s soap opera Love is a Many Splendored Thing.
Her impressive career has earned her numerous accolades, including being ranked number 37 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list in 1996. She was also named one of VH1's 200 Top Icons of All Time and one of Barbara Walters's Ten Most Fascinating People.
During her remarkable tenure on All My Children, Lucci received an astonishing 21 nominations for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Although she won the award only once, in 1999, after her 19th nomination, her perpetual nomination status garnered significant media attention. The character she portrayed, Erica Kane, is widely regarded as an icon, and Lucci was dubbed "Daytime's Leading Lady" by TV Guide. The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times have praised her as the highest-paid actor in daytime television.
Lucci has also made notable appearances in other TV series, films, and stage productions. She has had recurring roles on Dallas, Hot in Cleveland, and Army Wives, and hosted Saturday Night Live in 1990. After the cancellation of All My Children, she hosted the true crime series Deadly Affairs from 2012 to 2014 and narrated its offshoot Deadly Affairs: Betrayed by Love. She also starred as Genevieve Delatour in the Lifetime series Devious Maids from 2013 to 2016.
