Tonja Walker
American actress
Tonja Walker (born September 19, 1960) is a Daytime Emmy and Tony Award nominated American actress, singer, and producer who is also a former beauty pageant titleholder who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. She is known for her role as Alex Olanov on One Life to Live and for her role as Olivia Jerome (St. John) on General Hospital.
Career
Walker's first acting role was in Liar's Moon with Matt Dillon.
Walker's work has been primarily as a performer on daytime dramas. Her first daytime role was on the television serial Capitol. She played Lizbeth Bachman, a sophisticated heiress torn between playboy Jordy Clegg and handicapped doctor Thomas McCandless. Walker played the role from the show's launch until she left in 1984.
She returned to daytime as mob princess Olivia Jerome (St. John) on General Hospital from 1988 to 1990, playing a villainess complicating the lives of Duke Lavery and his family.
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