Top 10 Female Soap Performers of 2022

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We are one step closer to releasing the final list which is the best soap opera of 2022. But in the meantime, we have the list of the top 10 female soap performers of 2022. To compile this list we took into consideration; airtime, the weight of storylines, performances, fan reactions and more. Please see the list below and let us know what would have been your top 10 for this year.

Honorable Mentions:

Kelly Thiebaud – Britt Westbourne, General Hospital

Susan Walters – Diane Jenkins, The Young and the Restless

Katherine Kelly Lang – Brooke Logan, The Bold and the Beautiful

Krista Allen – Taylor Hayes, B&B

Arianne Zucker – Nicole Walker, Days of Our Lives

Cynthia Watros – Nina Reeves, General Hospital (was #2 in the overall performer list for 2021)

Rebecca Herbst – Liz Webber, GH

Sofia Mattsson – Sasha Gilmore, GH

Mishael Morgan – Amanda Sinclair, Y&R (received an honorary mention in the overall performer list for 2021)

Marci Miller – Abby DiMera, DAYS

Michelle Stafford – Phyllis Summers, Y&R (was #6 in the overall performer list for 2021)

Top 10:

10. Deidre Hall – Marlena Evans, DAYS (was #1 in the overall performer list for 2021)

9. TIE

*Amelia Heinle – Victoria Newman, Y&R

* Courtney Hope – Sally Spectra, Y&R (received an honorary mention in the overall performer list for 2021)

8. Stacy Haiduk – Kristen/Susan, DAYS (was #4 in the overall performer list for 2021)

7. Maura West – Ava Jerome, GH (was #7 in the overall performer list for 2021)

6. Sharon Case – Sharon Collins, Y&R

5. Finola Hughes – Anna DeVane, GH (was #9 in the overall performer list for 2021)

4. Kimberlin Brown – Sheila Carter, B&B

3. Laura Wright – Carly Corinthos, GH (received an honorary mention in the overall performer list for 2021)

TIE:

2. *Jacqueline MacInnes Wood – Steffy Finnegan, B&B (was #8 in the overall performer list for 2021)

*Rena Sofer – Quinn Fuller, B&B (was #5 in the overall performer list for 2021)

1. Melissa Claire Egan – Chelsea Lawson, Y&R (received an honorary mention in the overall performer list for 2021)