On-screen, Mary Beth Evans has played Kayla Johnson off and on the peacock streaming soap opera Days of our Lives for nearly the last 40 years, but one of her most precious roles was just reaffirmed: grandmother.
The actress recently took to Instagram to share a heartwarming photo of her son and her newest grandchild.
She captioned the photo, “When your baby has a baby #❤️!”
Her longtime Days of our Lives co-star Stephen Nichols (Steve “Patch” Johnson) took to the comment section to wish Evans well stating “Oh my! Beauty! ♥️,” while fellow Days of our Lives actors Deidre Hall, Kristian Alfonso, Kate Mansi, Brandon Beemer and Tracey Bregman all liked the photo.
Evans has portrayed the role of Kayla Johnson (formerly Brady) on Days of our Lives since 1986. The part was previously played by Catherine Mary Stewart. Evans’ portrayal became a cultural phenomenon with her chemistry with Nichols as Patch and his “Sweetness” navigated life’s challenges together, leading to one of daytime television’s most iconic weddings. Nichols exited the soap opera in 1990, with his character being killed off. Evans remained on the program for a little over an additional year before exiting herself in 1992. Fourteen years later the actors both returned to the soap opera in 2006, where it was revealed that Nichols’ character had not really died and the two were reunited. Since then, they have both had short periods of time off of the program but are today still united and acting opposite of each other all these years later.
In addition to Days of our Lives, Evans’ other soap opera roles include Katherine Bell on General Hospital and its spin-off Port Charles, and Sierra Esteban Drake on As the World Turns.
Evans has won multiple Daytime Emmy Awards for her work on The Bay, where she portrays Sara Garrett.
In addition to her acting roles, she has also produced over 98 episodes of The Bay, and co-produced the comedy special, Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy.
Evans shares three children with her husband Michael Schwartz: Daniel Luke, Katherine Elizabeth, and Matthew Joseph.
Days of our Lives streams weekdays on Peacock.
