How many times have you been watching a show that has been around for years and interrupted it with, "Oh look who it is!" or "I recognize them!"
There are certain shows that are a right of passage of sorts for actors trying to make it in Hollywood, like Law & Order, and General Hospital is definitely among them.
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The soap opera has been airing since 1963, following the lives of a myriad of characters in the fictional town of Port Charles in upstate New York, and throughout its whopping 15,000 episodes, it has featured some pretty big stars.
Scroll below to see just a few of the epic actors you may have forgotten about that featured on the show, which is currently airing its 62nd season on ABC.
Desperate Housewives isn't Eva's only soap opera experience. She had an uncredited role in one episode of GH in 2000, and later also starred on The Young and the Restless as Isabella Braña from 2001 to 2003.
Before he became known and loved as Uncle Jesse on Full House, similar to Demi, John got his start on General Hospital, starring as Blackie Perrish from 1982 to 1984, and in 1983, he earned a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series.
Though of course she will always be best known for playing Charlotte York on Sex and the City, before Carrie, Miranda and Samantha got together, Kristin starred as a nurse named Betsy Chilson on GH in 1991.
Before she was Rachel on Suits, and better yet, the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan's first ever acting credit was as a nurse named Jill on a 2002 episode while she was still a student at Northwestern University.
Though best known for his music, Ricky made an appearance on GH as a bartender named Miguel Morez in 1994.
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