Kristina Wagner
American actress (born 1962)
Kristina Wagner, formerly known as Kristina Malandro, is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Felicia Jones on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. She also briefly had a small role on the ABC series Hotel in the late 1980s.
Career
On September 7, 1984, Kristina Malandro got her big break when she was cast as Felicia Cummings on General Hospital as the spirited Aztec princess.
In 2012, it was announced that Wagner would reprise the role of Felicia, with a first airing on April 27 that year.
In 2013, it was announced that Wagner was releasing a documentary, Children of Internment, which she produced and directed with her brother, Joe Crump. The documentary concerns the events surrounding the American internment of German-Americans during World War II. The documentary won Best Documentary at the Santa Fe Film Festival.
Wagner appeared as Nora Avery alongside her ex-husband, actor Jack Wagner, on the Hallmark Channel's When Calls the Heart.
At age 54, Wagner posed in a bikini for the first time ever for the cover of First for Women.
In 2019, Wagner celebrated her 35-year journey with General Hospital, recounting how the journey affected both her professional and personal life.
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