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‘General Hospital’s’ Charlotte Has a Famous Hollywood Dad You May Recognize From ‘Twilight’
Bluesy Burke, who plays Charlotte Cassadine on ‘General Hospital,’ is the daughter of Twilight star Billy Burke. Discover her family ties and GH storyline updates.
Charlotte Cassadine’s future might be up in the air on General Hospital, thanks to her father finally making the decision to parent her. Off-screen, Bluesy Burke, who recently celebrated one year of bringing Port Charles’ teen terror to life, has a father who can give her some showbiz tips because he has also made a Hollywood name for himself through the years.
Burke’s famous father is Billy Burke, known to a generation of millennial moviegoers as Charlie Swan in the Twilight film franchise. Charlie, of course, was the mild-mannered father of Kristen Stewart‘s Bella Swan, the film’s teen heroine who entered the world of vampires in Washington State.
Billy also appeared in 52 episodes of Fire Country between 2022 and 2025, according to IMDb. He has had quite the prolific career in TV and movies, with parts on Primitive, FBI, and Major Crimes. Burke’s mother is British-born actress Pollyanna Rose, whose credits include StarStreet, Hotel Babylon, and The Devil’s Chair, per IMDb.
When Burke first landed her GH role in 2025, her dad couldn’t believe she would be playing the granddaughter of the soap’s two most legendary characters.
“Most of the people that I talked to when I got cast on General Hospital were like, ‘Oh, I used to watch that during the Luke and Laura times,'” she said in an interview with Soap Opera Digest. “And when I told my dad that Laura is my [character’s] grandma, he was like, ‘Oh, my God, Laura, like the Luke and Laura?!'”
A year after landing the role that thrilled her dad, Burke graduated high school and is starting a new chapter, as is Charlotte, who will be heading to boarding school this week.
