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Days of Our Lives CAST - Jennifer Horton-Deveraux
Full detailed profile on Jennifer Horton-Deveraux Played by Melissa Reeves on Days of Our Lives Daytime Soap Opera.
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Jennifer Horton-Deveraux
Actor: Melissa Reeves Who played Jennifer Horton-Deveraux over the yearsMaren Stephenson (1976 - 1977) Useful information on Jennifer Horton-Deveraux* Jennifer is married to Jack Deveraux. |
CURRENT & PAST OCCUPATION
Current: Newspaper Columnist
Past: Talk Show Host
Past: Waitress
Past: Jail Guard
Past: Knife Thrower's Assistant
Past: TV Reporter
Past: Newspaper Columnist
JENNIFER HORTON-DEVERAUX'S HISTORY
Jennifer was born during a snowstorm to a family of doctors. Early in life, her mother had a breakdown and left the three year old Jennifer on a bus alone. Soon after, she was put under the charge of her grandparents and grew into a rebellious teenager. She was stalked by a rapist but saved by her brother. Her reckless lifestyle began to take its toll on her and she moved in with her grandparents once again. In high school, she almost got her platonic boyfriend Glenn Galagher killed when she accidentally let out his plans to expose the school coach's drug dealing. Although Glenn got away, it put a strain on the relationship. This was further intensified when he began pressuring her for sex. As a result, she turned to Frankie Brady for comfort. Together, they stopped a bank robbery and broke up a prostitution ring. As they became closer, she got a shock when her father returned to town and came back into her life. To stake her independence, she became engaged to Frankie but broke it off when she learned of the mental problems that ran in her family. They got back together, but only briefly, thanks to Eve's announcement of Frankie's affair in her absence.
Later, she became friends with a homeless girl named Sally. The girl had gotten herself arrested just so that she wouldn't have to give birth on the streets. She wasn't allowed to stay in custody after the child was born so Jack helped Jennifer out by pretending to be her husband so that they could be foster parents. It didn't take Jack long to fall in love with Jennifer, but things didn't unfold cleanly for him. Jennifer got involved with an ex-gang member, Emilio, whose gang was still on the prowl and not above threatening them. This didn't stop them from becoming engaged. Jack did stop them from getting married though. Unable to hide his feelings anymore, he kidnapped her on her wedding day, but she escaped him and fell off a cliff. This incident, combined with Jack's insecurity sent her back to Emilio.
Jennifer would end up with Jack, however, despite everything. When the two of them were drawn onto the infamous Cruise of Deception, they ended up bonding and admitting their feelings for each other. After almost being killed on board ship and washing up on the shore together , they made love and became committed to each other. Back on the shores of Salem things were different. She found herself drawn into the life of Lawrence Alamain. She believed that he thought that she was her old friend, the heiress Katerina, and things quickly got out of hand. Not entirely with intention, she wound up marrying Lawrence although he secretly knew who she was. He raped her and held her prisoner until Jack could save her from him. Although she and Jack became engaged, the ordeal she'd suffered left her incapable of intimacy and Jack grew increasingly alienated when she couldn't explain what had happened to him. Turning away from her, he married Eve, though it was only for her money. Jack still couldn't stay away from Jennifer, who finally told him the truth. He pressed her to have Lawrence charged and, with Kimberley's help, he managed to get a confession out of Lawrence that sent him to jail.
After getting an annulment from Eve, Jennifer married him in a wild west show. They went on a honeymoon in Las Vegas and were quickly conned out of all their cash. They returned to Salem and Jack had a relapse of his Hodgkin's. They moved in with her father after she became pregnant and she got work as a TV reporter.
Soon, Jennifer gave birth to Abigail who, they discovered, suffered from aplastic anemia. Seeking answers, she went to Austin Reed for help and they found out that local toxic waste dumping was to blame. They also learned that Jack was to blame thanks to a deal he had signed years ago while working for the government. Ashamed, he left town alone. She tried to move on with Peter Blake, not realizing that he was a drug dealer. Her mother had better sight for that sort of thing and, when she tried to tell her daughter, Peter tried to make it appear as though she was having a mental breakdown. During all of this, Jack had returned to town and, though he kept an eye on her, he also kept his distance.
Learning that her mother had been involved with a man named Clark while she was away 'recovering', Jennifer set out to find him. To her shock, and everyone else's, Clark turned out to be Jack. This devastated her and she went ahead with her marriage to Peter, despite Jack's best efforts to warn her about the kind of man he really was. The marriage didn't last. Within a year full of deceptions, Jack finally caught Peter ready to drug Jennifer and take her out of the country with little Abigail. To protect her, Jack wound up shooting Peter. His death was faked with Stefano's help and Jack was sentenced to life in prison. As he was sent away, Jennifer vowed never to give up her love for him. She soon managed to get Stefano to back off of Jack by threatening to reveal information on him just as he was seeking 'respectability'.
All the while, Jack's cell mate had moved in next door to her and sought to take advantage of her. From cracking into the warden's computer, Jack learned what was going on outside and broke out just in time to save Jennifer. The three of them went on the run, trailed by an unhinged Peter. They hid out in the circus until Peter tipped the FBI off on Jack's whereabouts. From there, they faked Jennifer's death with the help of their circus friends. At the funeral, she returned as a 'ghost' and Peter made a confession. Jack was freed and the family went off to Africa.
In Africa, her relationship with Jack began to decline and she became involved with Colin Murphy, not realizing at the time that he was Shawn Brady's nephew. Amidst the emotional chaos, she grabbed Abby and went off to Ireland where she was finally found by Bo who convinced her to return to Salem. It didn't take long for Jack to come back to her and ask if he could move in for Abby's sake. She was reluctant but gave in, although she continued seeing other men. Inevitably, they ended up back together and remarried. Married life was going better than ever and they were hosting their own TV show when, suddenly, Jack was killed by the Salem Stalker. She was forced to choose to take him off of life-support, a decision that alienated her daughter from her. To complicate things, she discovered that she was pregnant again. Although Lexie suggested that she terminate the pregnancy due to the likelihood of deformities and mental illness the child would inherit, Jennifer refused and planned to have the child as a way to remember Jack.
Around this time, Patrick Lockhart began living with her while he was secretly working for the DiMera's. She began receiving strange messages which were supposedly from the dead Jack. Finally, she went in search of him. The plane she was on crashed and she was stranded on a jungle island. After drifting around, she discovered that Jack, and many others, were being held there. She was ecstatic to find him and they reunited and began planning their future. As the captives on the island tried to escape their captors, Jack was believed killed in the escape. Abby refused to forgive her mother for losing Jack a second time and tried to block her mother's growing relationship with old flame Frankie.
Later, Jack returned, after escaping from the DiMera's in Europe, and he and Jennifer decided to move to London with their new child.
PAST MARRIAGES
Lawrence Alamain (annulled)
Jack Deveraux (divorced)
Peter Blake (divorced)
Jack Deveraux (2003 - present)
FLINGS & RELATIONSHIPS
Glenn Gallagher
Frankie Brady
Alan Brand
Emilio RamÃrez
Travis Malloy
Colin Murphy
Brandon Walker
RELATIVES
William Horton (father)
Laura Spencer (mother)
Michael William Horton II (brother)
Lucas Roberts (half-brother)
Thomas Horton Sr. (paternal grandfather)
Alice Grayson (paternal grandmother)
James Spencer (maternal grandfather)
Carrie Spencer (maternal grandmother)
Sid Grayson (paternal great-grandfather - deceased)
Abigail Grayson (paternal great-grandmother - deceased)
Thomas Horton Jr. (paternal uncle)
Adelaide Horton (paternal aunt)
Michael Horton I (paternal uncle)
Marie Horton (paternal aunt)
Sandy Horton (paternal cousin)
Julie Olson (paternal cousin)
Steven Olson (paternal cousin)
Hope Williams Brady (paternal cousin)
Melissa Horton (paternal cousin by adoption)
Sarah Horton (paternal cousin by adoption)
Jessica Blake (paternal cousin)
Jeremy Michael Jacobs (paternal nephew)
Will Roberts (paternal half-nephew)
David Banning (paternal first cousin)
Spencer Olson (paternal first cousin)
Shawn Douglas Brady (Current) (paternal first cousin)
Beauregard Isaac Theo Brady (paternal first cousin - deceased)
Scott Banning (paternal first cousin)
Claire Kiriakis (paternal first cousin)
CHILDREN
Abigail Deveraux(daughter with Jack Deveraux)
Jack Patrick Deveraux Jr. (son with Jack Deveraux)
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Thursday, September 21 2006: Family and friends say goodbye to Jack and Jen
At Alice's house, Hope and Maggie prepare for a goodbye party for Jack and Jen. They'll miss the two. Hope is having morning sickness, so Maggie gets her some ginger ale and crackers. Hope is worried that Patrick may be a murderer, with all the evidence pointing at him. She isn't sure she can trust Bo that the evidence was not planted.
Abby helps the two get ready and Jack's parents (Jo and Vern) drop by to say goodbye! Steve drops in, later and asks if he's really going. Jack says he is, and tells his brother that each time they get torn apart they are thrown back together. Steve gives him a pipe as a going away present.
Jen says that things are starting to feel very real, and everyone is excited for them. Jack's mother, Jo breaks down crying for Jack.
Hope tells Jen she will book a flight tonight to come visit her, and Jen tells her not to forget to bring Bo! Jen tells her that Bo and she are the same people and can get through their problems.
At the party, Maggie gets out the going away presents. Maggie breaks down crying as she'll miss her niece. Jen tells her that she has always thought that Maggie was the most beautiful woman she has ever known - on the inside and outside.
Kayla and Bo show up at the party, Steve answers the door and tells Kayla he didn't know she'd be there. Kayla tells him that Jack is still her brother-in-law. Hope thanks Bo for rescuing Jack and Jen, and he says hello to Alice.
Jo asks where Steph is, but she is at a race and can't make it. She sent her mother with a gift - a book of how to survive driving in England!
Jack makes a speech, telling everyone that fate brought him to Steve and Jen and everyone else back together. He tells his brother that it's now his turn to turn to Kayla! Kayla looks at Steve a little uncomfortably. Later she comes to him to ask what he thinks of the speech Jack gave. He doesn't have much to say and wanders off.
Bo sits down with Jen and Hope and asks Hope to be with him forever but she tells him she needs more time.
Jack tells Jen it is time to go and they say goodbye to everyone. There are tears and laughter and lots of words of love. Jack dances with Abby as he hums 'Always'.
Jen says goodbye to Gran, who is crying and reminiscing over the day Jen came to live with her. She tells her Gran that she is the heart of this family. Everyone listens, smiling and crying and Gran tells Jen she will be with her always. They kiss goodbye and Jack and Jen leave for England.
Wednesday, September 20 2006: Jack and Jen move to London England!
At the hospital, Lexi asks Jen questions about how Jack ended up unconscious. Jen can't think of a single reason why he's in this state, so Lexi goes off to examine him. Abby runs into the hospital to greet her mom. She's frantic, but Jen explains she couldn't get in touch with her and apologizes. She explains where they were and what happened. She tells Abby that her dad needs her prayers. Just then, Lexi comes out to tell them he was suffering from hypothermia and hypoglycemia. Because of how ill he was previously, he was susceptible to this, she explains. She tells the three that Jack is officially in REMISSION! They're thrilled to pieces and share a group hug.
Frankie arrives at the hospital, worried. Jack tells him that he's fine and in remission. Frankie is thrilled for him, and they all thank Frankie, letting him know that he made it all possible.
As Jack and Abby leave the room, Frankie and an emotional Jen talk. Frankie tells Jen he knows that she's going back to Jack, and is in love with him. She apologizes and tells him she loves him very much and did want to marry him. With tears in his eyes, Frankie tells her that he knows someone is out there for him, even though she isn't her (Jen). They share a goodbye kiss.
At home, Jack, Jen and Abby are happy and they make ice cream sodas while the ready to call Maggie to get Jack junior. Harold from the Spectator calls Jack and is offered the job in London as Chief European correspondence. Jen is excited but Jack isn't so sure they should move. Abby talks them into going, as she knows it is a dream come true for them both. They both worry about Abby, wondering what she'll do, but she wants to stay in Salem with Aunt Maggie, Gran or in a dorm. Abby tells her parents she'll miss them, but she is growing up, and doesn't mind that she will be on her own. She can visit at holidays. They decide to move! London, here we come, they shout!!
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