Braedyn Bruner Recast As “New Emma Drake” – Debuted On General Hospital December 23

General Hospital (GH) spoilers hint that Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) left fans (and her family) hanging during the Friday, December 20 episode when she promised a Christmas surprise as the Scorpio family gathered to celebrate the holidays.

Well, the secret is out, and it looks like Maxie Jones (Kirsten Storms) will have to set another place at the dinner table during Monday’s show. More details, below!

General Hospital Spoilers – Emma Drake Returning To Port Charles With A New Face

According to reports, actress Braedyn Bruner has been hired by the show and is set to play established character, Emma Drake, the daughter of Patrick Drake (Jason Thompson) and Robin Scorpio (Kimberly McCullough) and Anna’s granddaughter. Bruner’s debut on the show will take place on Monday, December 23.

Bruner will take over the character from Brooklyn Rae Silzer, who basically grew up playing Emma, entering the canvas in 2011, and exiting in 2018.

Although Brooklyn has returned sporadically over the years to reprise the role, it sounds like the character will play a larger part in storylines moving forward.

GH Spoilers – More On Braedyn Bruner

The native Texan is very excited about entering the land of Port Charles, telling TV Insider that both her parents grew up watching GH in the 1980s and 1990s. In fact, when she told her mother she was conducting a screen test with Finola Hughes (Anna), her mom was “beside herself”.

At the age of 24, Bruner began her acting career at five, when she shot her first commercial; however, she decided to take it more seriously at the age of 17.

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She tells TV Insider that she’d taken acting classes when she was younger and did print and commercials, but it was at that point that she committed to her craft full-time, as she really wanted to do movies and TV shows.

She commuted between Dallas and L.A. for a while, until moving to the West Coast permanently in 2023. It was at this point that Bruner began dabbling in film projects, and worked on the movie Break, as well as a horror film directed by the Long brothers, Christian and Justin.

Bruner adds in her interview that she bonded with Finola from the start and has also gotten close with fellow co-stars Gio Mazza (Gio Palmieri), as well as Eden McCoy (Josslyn Jacks) and Tabyana Ali (Trina Robinson) well – so it sounds like Emma will settle in nicely with the younger crowd in Port Charles, too.

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