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‘General Hospital’s’ Bluesy Burke Marks a Massive Charlotte Cassadine Milestone
Bluesy Burke marks 1 year playing ‘General Hospital’s’ Charlotte Cassadine, reflecting on growth, gratitude, and the chaos her character continues to stir up in Port Charles.
If there’s something messy going on in Port Charles, it’s a pretty good bet that General Hospital‘s Charlotte Cassadine is somehow involved.
The teen has spent the last year sneaking around, getting lost in blizzards, crashing cars, distracting rogue federal agents, and finding dead bodies in the pool. And actress Bluesy Burke has taken it all in stride as she marks one year as GH’s teen terror.
Burke took to Instagram on September 8 to mark the occasion of her GH debut.
“1 year on @generalhospitalabc!!” the 18-year-old Burke wrote. “I truly can’t believe it. Time really flies!! I am so grateful i get to be a part of this amazing family. I feel as though I’ve grown so much over this past year and I’ve met some of my best friends. Thank you so much @fvalentinigh and @markteschner for taking a chance on me. It’s the best gift I’ve ever received.”
The daughter of actor Billy Burke and actress Pollyanna Rose, Burke took over the role of Charlotte from Scarlett Fernandez, who had played the granddaughter of Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary) and Helena Cassadine (Constance Towers) off and on since 2016. Since then, Charlotte has grown up a lot, even opting to start calling her father “Dad” rather than “Papa.”
When Burke first began her GH tenure, she had nothing but positive things to say about James Patrick Stuart, who plays Charlotte’s dad, Valentin.
“The second I met him, he was just an absolute sweetheart,” she said in an interview with Soap Opera Digest. “He’s also so giving and he’s just very talented…He just went for it, even in the rehearsal…I saw him shed a tear! I was like, ‘Oh, my God, wow.’ He’s just such a professional! I aspire to be like him, honestly.”
After a year of sneaking around to see her father, Charlotte is finally allowed to live with him again. That sounds like it would be smooth sailing for the teen, but after recently finding a body floating in the pool and leaving it there, it’s clear that trouble is on the way for Charlotte.
