The main soap opera in history: how the actors of “Santa Barbara” look today

A lot of people from the generation of the 90s grew up on the TV series “Santa Barbara”. The soap opera, consisting of 2137 episodes, won the hearts of Russian viewers. For the first time the light saw it in 1984, but in our country the show ran from 1992 to 2002. At the same time, not all episodes were aired: only from 217th to 2040th. Thus, the last 97 passages of the saga our audience did not see, but it did not prevent it massively in love with the series. We tell you what they are doing now and how do the actors who played the main roles in the picture.

Marcy Walker

Marcy played Eden Capwell-Castillo, and this role became the main in her career. Already in 2005, Walker left the movie. Now she lives with her fifth husband and runs a Sunday school in a small town in Oklahoma. There the actress also found herself in another field of activity and became a Christian pastor. About her lifestyle at the moment nothing is known, Mercy prefers to live quietly and not give interviews.

Lane Davis

Davis played Mason Capwell, he starred in the series for a total of five years. Lane does not like to remember those times, talking about “Santa Barbara” he has already had enough. Now the man lives in Georgia and devotes his life to the theater: puts plays, opens new institutions, teaches local young people acting. In addition, Davis is vice-president of the International Federation of Festival Organizations. By the way, at the age of 69, he still looks good. Apparently, the actor watches himself and continues to keep in shape.

Robin Wright

She performed the role of Kelly. Perhaps Wright is almost the only one who managed to build a cool career in the movie and after the series. “Forrest Gump”, “Unbreakable”, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, “House of Cards”, “Blade Runner 2049”, “Wonder Woman” – in all these movies Robin played.

The girl was married to Sean Penn, but in 2010 the couple separated. Now the actress is 54 years old, but at the same time she keeps herself in great shape. Wright is slender, and for the sports component of her life is responsible for a personal trainer Grace Lazenby. Each workout includes elements of barre, Pilates, pole dancing and yoga. And the actress also adheres to paleodiet, which excludes from the diet of grains, dairy products, legumes, sugar and processed oils.

Nancy Lee Grahn

Nancy won a Daytime Emmy Award for her role in the series. Both before and after “Santa Barbara”, Grahn was active in various projects. She also tried herself as a TV host, but it did not come out so successfully.

Over the years, the actress practically did not change. Now she is not married, but raises a daughter. Nancy fully devoted herself to charitable activities. She is an active lifestyle and protects the rights of LGBT, as well as helps the disabled, victims of incest and cancer patients.

Nicholas Coster

Koster has starred in TV series all his life, but it was “Santa Barbara” that made him truly famous. Despite the solid age, and Nicholas is already 86 years old, the actor continues to work in the movie and leads an active lifestyle.

Interestingly, the man is married to a Russian. Elena Borodulina has always been a fan of the character Koster in the series, but only in 2010 decided to contact the idol through Facebook. Nicholas responded, communication began. As a result, the girl moved to the United States, where she lives happily with her husband, although the age of his granddaughters.

Todd McKee

Todd as a child was engaged in the theater circle, and at university decided to try himself as an actor. For a long time McKee did not want to take anywhere because of his two-meter height. But in the cast of the series took almost immediately.

Now about the life of Todd almost nothing is known. It is clear only that in 1999 McKee got a job as a financial consultant in a large investment bank Merrill Lynch.

Robin Mattson

The performer of the role of Gina Capwell won five Soap Opera Digest awards. According to the actress, the role of Gina she always liked, and she did not dream of getting rid of it. Robin starred as far as the last series of “Santa Barbara”, and then almost stopped appearing on the screen.

But Mattson loves to cook: she co-authored a cookbook and led the show on television. Now Robin mainly devotes herself to domestic pleasures: the actress has a lot of cats, and she is proud of the garden full of flowers.

Judith McConnell

For Judith, filming in the series, where she played Sophia Capwell, also remained the pinnacle of her career. After the completion of the project McConnell tried to find herself in the movie, but in the end it all came back to soap operas.

The actress now lives in a rented apartment in Los Angeles with her 29-year-old daughter. The woman was not married, and had a child thanks to a surrogate mother. Over time, Judith even had to sell her own house. The actress practically does not appear on the screens, only sometimes glimpsed in episodic roles.

Leonardo DiCaprio

Few people remember that young Mason Capwell played the now famous Hollywood actor. At the time of filming in “Santa Barbara” Leo was only ten years old, but it was not his first role. For the first time the boy appeared in front of the camera in two and a half years, and for all his childhood appeared in more than 30 commercials, TV shows and series.

Currently, DiCaprio continues to be on the lookout and actively working on movie projects. True, get rid of excess weight and keep a good shape actor does not seek. Leonardo trains only in preparation for filming. And the public loves him far not for his figure, but for the unsurpassed talent.