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Rena Sofer on her surprising GH comeback, nearly 30 years after she left Port Charles.

- Stephanie Sloane

Rena Sofer’s return to GH as Bensonhurst native Lois after a 27-year absence began the way most do. “Out of nowhere, Frank [Valentini, executive producer] reached out to me by text asking if I’d be willing to talk to him,” begins the Emmy-winning actress. “I said, ‘Of course.’ The last time I saw Frank was at Courtney Hope [Sally, Y&R] and Chad Duell’s [Michael, GH] wedding [in October 2021]; we sat with each other, and it was really great to see him. He was like, ‘I would love to get you back to GENERAL HOSPITAL.’ At that time, I was still on BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL [as Quinn] and I wasn’t even discussing it with him. But with this Eddie Maine story happening, it just really seemed like an absolutely perfect time to have Lois come back for a short amount of time to try to get Eddie to remember that he’s Ned. So Frank reached out to me and asked me if I’d be willing to come back for a short amount of time and I said yes.”

The timing worked out well: Sofer had just sent her youngest daughter, Avalon, off to college, so with a kid-free home, she had time to focus on Port Charles and a role that has always held a special place in her heart. “I’ve played a lot of characters in my career and Lois is probably one of the top three characters I’ve ever played in 37 years of being an actress,” she declares. “So to be able to go back and do it was unreal.”