The role was initially played by Denise Wanner, as a mysterious character whose face wasn't shown until
Judi Evans debuted in the role on December 26 of that year after a widely popular run on the
CBS soap opera
Guiding Light, where she played
Beth Raines from 1983 to 1986. Her run on the
NBC soap opera centered on her battles with childhood abuse and her relationship with
Justin Kiriakis, played by
Wally Kurth. After she left the show in 1991, she joined
Another World that year as Paulina Cory Carlino until the show ended in 1999. After a short break from daytime, she returned to
DAYS in 2003 as an entirely different character,
Bonnie Lockhart and remained in the role until 2007 when she was immediately brought back as Adrienne from 2007 to 2008 and then since 2010. The role lasted for several months and followed her almost-relationship with
Holden Snyder, played by
Jon Hensley. Evans' casting on
ATWT coincided with Kurth's return to
DAYS, ending plans for a Justin and Adrienne reunion At the time of her 2010 return, Evans spoke to the
Sony Pictures Days of our Lives website about her character's onscreen reunion with Justin and their struggling marriage. "...The way they wrote the characters...they really matured them, they really caught the gist of what their relationship had been as opposed to what it is now. Wally and I kept marveling at how wonderful the writing is. And true to form, true to life, true to the characters." —Judi Evans,
Sony Pictures/Days of our Lives In February 2015, nearly five years since her return Evans has been upgraded to contract status alongside
Wally Kurth and
Mary Beth Evans. In December 2015, Evans and Kurth were downgraded back to recurring status. Evans exited the role on January 24, 2020. ==Storylines==