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Melissa Hayden
Melissa Hayden
Born	November 13, 1967 (age 57); Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1981-present
Website	iammelissahayden.com

Melissa Hayden (born November 13, 1967)^[1]^[2] is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Bridget Reardon on Guiding Light from 1991 to 1997, returning for the final episodes in 2009. She won a 1994 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress for her work on Guiding Light.

Early life

Hayden was born in Santa Monica, California. Her father was a car salesman and her mother worked part time in a pharmacy. She was enrolled in dance classes at the age of three.^[2] Hayden was ill from the ages of twelve to sixteen with an undetected ovarian cyst that left her paraplegic for a month. The cyst was finally detected when her appendix was removed. Hayden's mother also suffered from chronic illness.^[1]

Career

Hayden was thirteen when she landed an uncredited role as a tap dancer in Pennies From Heaven.^[2] This was followed by another uncredited role as an orphan in Annie.^[1] Hayden appeared in the TV Movies Silence of the Heart and Not My Kid.^[3] In 1988, she had an uncredited role in the film Punchline.^[4] She guest-starred on TV 101 and had a recurring role on Almost Grown.^[4] In addition to film and TV work, she was a member of the California-based song and dance troupe The Young Americans.

Hayden had a recurring role as Mouse on General Hospital in 1989.^[1]^[2] She guest starred on a 1991 episode of Hunter.^[4]

Hayden joined the cast of the CBS soap opera Guiding Light as troubled teen Bridget Reardon.^[4]^[2] She received critical acclaim and appeared in memorable storylines from May 21, 1991, until her departure on June 18, 1997. She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in 1993 and won in the same category in 1994.^[5]^[6] She also won a Soap Opera Digest Award in 1994.^[7] In 2009, she reprised the role of Bridget for the show's final episodes.^[8]^[9]

She appeared in the 2001 film Venomous.^[3] Since 2003, she has occasionally appeared as Agnes on The Young and the Restless.^[10] She has had roles in the films American Sniper and Silver Skies.^[3]

Filmography

Film


Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Pennies From Heaven	Dancer	Uncredited
1982	Annie	Orphan	Uncredited
1988	Punchline		Uncredited
2001	Venomous	Katy
2013	Nowhere Fast	Eva Trope
2014	American Sniper	Receptionist
2016	Silver Skies	Lisa
2017	Unfortunate Circumstances	911 Operator	Short film, Voice only
2018	American Nightmares	Leanne
2019	When Day Gets Dark	Lizzy's Mother
2021	Not Alone	Dr. Loizzo

Television


Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Silence of the Heart	Rachel	Television film
1985	Not My Kid	Michelle	Television film
1988	TV 101	Girl #1	Episode: "Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Teenagers (But Were Afraid to Ask)"
1988-1989	Almost Grown	Lisa Foley	6 episodes
1989	General Hospital	Mouse	Recurring role
1991	Hunter	Meg Harris	Episode: "Cries of Silence"
1991-1997;2009	Guiding Light	Bridget Reardon	Contract role; Guest appearances
2003;2011;2016	The Young and the Restless	Agnes	Recurring role
2012	Hollywood Heights	Julie Dixon	2 episodes
2013	Perception	Ashley Richards	Episode: "Caleidoscope"
2014	Rake	Beatrice	Episode: "50 Shades of Gay"

Awards and nominations


Year	Award	Category	Title	Result	Ref.
1993	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series	Guiding Light	Nominated	^[5]
1994	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series	Guiding Light	Won	^[6]
1994	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Younger Leading Actress	Guiding Light	Won	^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Henderson, Kathy (April 28, 1992). "When Life Gives Her Lemons...". Soap Opera Digest. 17 (9): 124–126.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Emmy Winner Hayden Made Right Move After All". Chicago Tribune. June 2, 1994. Archived from the original on April 22, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Credits: Melissa Hayden". TV Guide. Archived from the original on May 20, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Comings & Goings". Soap Opera Digest. 16 (12): 39. June 11, 1991.
^ ^a ^b "Daytime Emmy Nominees". Greensboro News & Record. March 31, 1993. Archived from the original on May 20, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Oprah Wins a Pair of Daytime Emmys". Deseret News. May 26, 1994. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "1994". Soap Opera Digest. April 14, 2003. Archived from the original on April 28, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
^ http://soaps.sheknows.com/guidinglight/news/id/4915/ Archived 2015-01-27 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 20 December 2010.
^ ""GL" brings back Hayden and Englund for shows final weeks!". Michael Fairman TV. July 22, 2009. Archived from the original on April 22, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
^ Eades, Chris (December 29, 2015). "GL Emmy Winner Joins Y&R!". Soaps in Depth. Archived from the original on April 22, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.