| Drew Donovan | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Days of our Lives | |||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Charles Shaughnessy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current status | Former, Recurring | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1988, 2017, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | September 8, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | September 10, 2021 (Beyond Salem) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cause/reason | Arrested | ||||||||||||||||||
| Created by | Leah Laiman | ||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Ken Corday and Al Rabin | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Fullname | Andrew "Drew" Donovan III | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alias(es) | Iago | ||||||||||||||||||
| Namesake(s) | Andrew Donovan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Male | ||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Hitman Former ISA-Agent | ||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew "Drew" Donovan III, is a character from the soap opera Days of Our Lives, portrayed by Charles Shaughnessy from 1988-89. He is the identical twin brother of Shane Donovan, and the son of Andrew and Margaret Donovan. During his early twenties after he finished the military force he eventually joined the ISA along with his brother.
In January 2017, it was announced that Shaugnessy would reprise his role as Drew in addition to him currently portraying Shane. Shaungnessy stated in an interview that Drew's look will be completely different from Shane's, and that he will be involved in a separate storyline from the one Shane was apart of. Despite Shaugnessy being bumped up to contract status, Shaugnessy only played Drew throughout the months of February and March.
Shaungnessy reprised the role of Drew in the spin off series; Days Of Our Lives: Beyond Salem, appearing in the September 10 episode.
Storylines
Drew Donovan was first seen in 1988, kidnapping Roman Brady's daughter, Carrie. He was nicknamed Iago, and was an assassin that worked for Stefano DiMera. He had eventually killed Ellen Hawk, Stefano's wife and mother of Benjy Hawk. During his time in Salem, Drew dated Calliope Jones, bonded with his sister-in-law, Kimberly Brady, and met his niece, Eve Donovan.
He along with Roman Brady (later revealed to be John Black) and Jeremiah Brown was all trained in the Orient (some secret place Stefano owned in Thailand) by the Kung-Fu master Orion Hawk. He killed Ambassador Chung, by blowing up the whole building, and Benjy went deaf after being in the building. Stefano hated Roman for this, since if he had done it, it would have never happened.
Shane learns Drew has been working for Stefano
Jennifer Saves Drew
On February 2, Jennifer found Drew locked in a crate. He had been kidnapped by Deimos Kiriakis because he was the inventor of the Orwell device that the DiMera, Kiriakis, and Hernandez families were fighting over.
Drew Tells Jennifer He Is The Key
