Daytime Soap Opera
Actor Of The Week

Suzanne Rogers (Maggie, Days of Our Lives)

Staying true to character and giving veteran actors worthy material are two of the most surefire routes to quality soap opera and Days ticked both boxes this week as Maggie’s reaction to Phillip gambling again, stole the show. Maggie’s history with alcoholism and the damage she’d done to herself and loved ones when she’s fallen off the wagon, in addition to Maggie being the kind of person who would love her stepson like he’s her own, gave Suzanne Rogers plenty of realistic motivation to pull from as Maggie laced into Phillip for taking such a risk all to save the family business. Throughput the emotionally charged scenes, expressing Maggie’s anger, even more so her disappointment and genuine distress and concern for Phillip, and most especially in that instance of hurt when Phillip & Xander momentarily indicated it was no biggie if Maggie wasn’t part of the company anymore, that was Suzanne Rogers at the peak of her acting abilities, a performance that was a pure pleasure to watch and should be marked for next year’s Emmy reel.