Port Charles was a daytime soap opera which aired in the United States on the ABC Network from 1997 to 2003 (and reran for several years beyond that on cable TV network "SoapNet"). The show was a spinoff of the longtime daytime drama "General Hospital" but aimed at a younger demographic which more than likely was its downfall as the target audience that would watch it was not home at the time slot it usually aired, and this was during the infancy of DVR's. This show very much fit in to what eventually became common place on nighttime TV with shows like Supernatural, Vampire Diaries and True Blood.
The show revolved around residents of the city of Port Charles (where General Hospital is also located) but had specific storylines or "Story arcs" as they were called that lasted about 3 months at a time and usually dealt with some type of supernatural force wreaking havoc throughout the town similar to True Blood.
The story arcs with the most success was the vampire ones beginning with "Tainted Love" which saw an evil vampire named "Caleb" come to town and wreak havoc while trying to claim the doppelganger of his long dead love who lived in the town. From there whenever ratings tanked "Caleb" came back to life and a new vampire story arc started.
So now that we've got the explanations done, here is you Port Charles femme vamp roster.
Gabriela Garza
Played by the lovely Ion Overman, up until the "Tainted Love" arc, Gabriella was a nice girl who grew up in a respectable Hispanic family and worked as a nurse at the hospital. Then she started to act weird. As the story went on she began to distance herself from her family as well as her fiancé. One day, during a fight in which her fiancé confronted her about her strange behavior, she admits to seeing another man. As he storms off in anger he accidental cuts himself and begins to bleed. She immediately goes from cold hearted and angry to concerned for his well being so much so that she calls him back, grabs the bloody arm AND BEGINS SUCKING THE BLOOD! Yes, that is how you find out this story arc was about vampires. This came completely out of the blue, a main character goes from normal to vampire in a number of weeks with no hint that the story had any supernatural involvement at all. From there the show begins to explain how she got that way and who did it to her but I've yet to see any movie or TV show pull off a twist like that where there is absolutely NO WAY you saw it coming.
Olivia "Livvie" Locke
Played by former Playboy Playmate, Baywatch Beauty and Dancing With the Stars champion Kelly Monaco, Livvie found herself the object of evil vampire Caleb's obsession starting with the "Tainted Love" story arc. In another of MANY innovative plot twists that this show will never get the credit it deserves for pulling off, after Caleb finally gets his hands on Livvie, convinces her to love him and turns her into a vampire, she eventually becomes so evil that by the end of the shows run he almost wants nothing to do with her and even sides with a vampire slayer to try to get rid of her. It's the equivalent to Dracula the most evil vampire of all turning one his brides just for her to say thank you, turn around and bitch slap him, lock him in a dungeon and destroy Transylvania single handedly. Or just the "Akasha" character from "Queen of the Damned".
Elizabeth Barrington
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