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b'Though Judi Evans was born in Montebello, CA and grew up in Monterey Park, it would be accurate to add that the actress grew up professionally on daytime. Evans made her television debut on the CBS drama \\u201cGuiding Light\\u201d in 1983 as the troubled Beth Raines. Her performance won her the 1984 Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Supporting Actress. In 1986 Evans joined NBC\'s \\u201cDays of our Lives,\\u201d where she portrayed the popular Adrienne Kiriakis opposite Wally Kurth\'s (ex-Ned, \\u201cGeneral Hospital\\u201d) Justin. From 1991 to 1999 Evans played Paulina Carlino on \\u201cAnother World,\\u201d a character that she described as "sweet and devilish." The role won her the \\u201cSoap Opera Digest\\u201d Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 1998. Evans was nominated for two additional \\u201cSoap Opera Digest\\u201d awards \\u2014 Hottest Female Star in 1993 and Favorite Daytime Supercouple on a Daytime Serial \\u2014 shared with Vincent Irizarry (ex-Lujack, \\u201cGuiding Light\\u201d) in 1986. After the cancellation of \\u201cAnother World,\\u201d Evans took time off to focus on her family and moved back to California following her husband, an L.A.-based cameraman for CNBC. She returned briefly to acting in 2000 when she played Patsy Ramsey in the made-for-TV movie \\u201cGetting Away with Murder: The JonBenet Ramsey Mystery.\\u201d To the delight of her fans she came back to daytime in 2003 to play Mimi\'s trashy mother Bonnie Lockhart on \\u201dDays of our Lives.\\u201d Bonnie left Salem in early 2007, but Adrienne soon returned to town. In 2008 she was again nominated for an Emmy, but this time for the dual roles of Adrienne Kiriakis and Bonnie Lockhart. This was a first for daytime since the characters were not on the air at the same time. She appeared briefly on \\u201cAs the World Turns\\u201d in 2009, before returning once again to \\u201cDays of our Lives\\u201d as Adrienne Kiriakis.

At the 2010 Daytime Emmys in Las Vegas, Evans was voted by TV Guide as the \\u201cBest Dressed All Around\\u201d for the 4-day celebration of the Daytime Emmys with its Pre-Emmy parties and after-parties.'