There is still no word about if or when Nadia Bjorlin might return to Days of Our Lives as Chloe, but at least Patrika Darbo is headed back to Salem the week of October 22 as mom Nancy — and she’s not going to be coming alone, either: Tagging along with her, Soap Opera Digest reports, will be daytime newcomer AlexAnn Hopkins as Chloe’s baby sister Joy, who isn’t exactly a baby anymore.
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Back in 2003, you may and/or may not recall, Nancy and her then-husband Craig conceived a baby — hi, Joy! — in hopes of providing leukemia-stricken Chloe with a viable bone-marrow donor. (Non-spoiler alert: Chloe lived!) The character of Joy has been absent from the canvas since 2005 but is sure to fit right in with Salem’s younger set.
“It says here that we’re getting someone new our age.”
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Darbo, who has played Nancy since the late 1990s, joins a slew of other returnees, who’ll be turning up to celebrate the Days of Our Lives’ 60th anniversary. In addition to Peter Reckell (Bo) and Kristian Alfonso (Hope), Alison Sweeney (Sami), Chandler Massey (Will), Victoria Konefal (Ciara), Matthew Ashford (Jack), Melissa Reeves (Jennifer), Christie Clark (Carrie), Lean Hunley (Anna) and Thaao Penghlis (Tony) are all coming back as well.
