Stephanie Johnson | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Days of Our Lives | |||||||||||||||||||||
Portrayed by | Amanda & Jessica Gunnarson (1990–92) Shayna Rose (2006–07) Shelley Hennig (2007–11, 2017) Abigail Klein (2022–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current status | Present; Contract | ||||||||||||||||||||
Duration | 1990–92, 2006–11, 2017, 2022– | ||||||||||||||||||||
First appearance | February 11, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Created by | Richard J. Allen Anne Schoettle | ||||||||||||||||||||
Introduced by | Ken Corday and Al Rabin (1990) Ken Corday and Stephen Wyman (2006) Ken Corday, Albert Alarr and Greg Meng (2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Spin-off appearances | Beyond Salem | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Fullname | Stephanie Kay Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Little Sweetness (by Steve) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gender | Female | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | February 11 1988 (Originally 1990) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Owner and Founder of SJPR Accountant Race car Driver | ||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Seattle, Washington | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephanie Kay Johnson is a character from the soap opera Days of Our Lives, portrayed most recently by Shelley Hennig from 2007-11, and again in 2017. She is the daughter of legendary super couple Steve Johnson and Kayla Brady.
Storylines
Stephanie Kay Johnson is the daughter of Steve and Kayla Johnson. In 1991 Stephanie was kidnapped by her nanny, Sheila Salsbury, but was later recovered in Australia. After Steve's death, Kayla and Stephanie moved to Los Angeles.
In 2006, Stephanie and Kayla returned to Salem. Stephanie was now an adult and a famous race car driver. She had brief relationship with Max Brady before she left town, Stephanie returned after her father had been revealed to be alive, and began experiencing problems. By then, Stephanie was romantically involved with Jeremy Horton
Stephanie talked Chelsea and Max into working with and investing in Jeremy's business, "Touch the Sky Airlines." But, the business turned out to be a counterfeit clothing smuggling operation, and Max lost all of his money. Stephanie and Max started to fall for each other, and the two began a flirtation. Max originally believed Touch the Sky Airlines was involved in prostitution, and he worked with Stephanie, Chelsea Jeremy, and Jett Carver, who was undercover, to save the girls.
Jeremy didn't show up, and Jett ended up getting shot. The girls were revealed to be working with Jeremy's business partner Kai Rawlings. He forced Max and Stephanie out of the plane, and Max and Stephanie made love in a cave.
Stephanie told Max that she was committed to Jeremy and couldn't be with Max, so began dating Morgan Hollingsworth, the president of a sorority that Stephanie and Chelsea would later join. Soon, Jeremy left town to avoid the police, and Stephanie was left to sort out her feelings for Max.
Stephanie was so jealous of Max and Morgan that she went out one night to a party and went home with Ford Decker. She thought that she would just get her mind off Max, but instead Ford drugged her drink and when she was subdued, he raped her. Stephanie didn't know how to deal with the rape, and kept it to herself even after Ford continued to drug and rape other women on campus,
Stephanie could not find it in herself to testify against him, and she conspired with her sorority sisters to lure Ford to their house and drug him to teach him a lesson. The girls successfully drugged Ford, but in his groggy, he tried to rape Chelsea. Ford chased Chelsea up the stairs, but then got too groggy, and fell down to the stairs to his death. Stephanie convinced the other girls that they should not call the police, but instead, they should hide the body themselves. Stephanie called Max to help move the body, and the sisters kept the secret for a few weeks until Chelsea finally told Ford's dad where Ford's body was. No charges were brought against Stephanie thanks to Victor's intervention.
The rape brought Max and Stephanie closer, and they became inseparable. Stephanie even helped Max find his biological sister, Melanie, in France. Stephanie and Melanie did not get along, and the rivalry began to take a toll on Max and Stephanie's relationship. Max told Stephanie that Melanie confessed to a crime, and Stephanie turned Melanie into the police. Furious that Stephanie would break his trust, Max broke up with Stephanie. Stephanie set out to pick up the pieces after her break up with Max. She took an internship at Titan and began working with Philip Kiriakis. Sparks flew between Philip and Stephanie, and Stephanie supported Philip through his mother's cancer and soon the two began dating. Unfortunately, Melanie would be a problem with this relationship too. Melanie became a consultant for Titan and set her sights on Philip as well.
But, Stephanie was the only woman that Philip wanted. He proposed to Stephanie and she accepted. But, before they could enjoy their engagement, Stephanie became the latest target in the DiMera/Kiriakis feud. EJ DiMera ordered Owen Kent to kidnap Stephanie, which he did. While he was waiting to turn Steph over to EJ, Owen became obsessed with Stephanie. He wanted to run away with her. Steph allowed Owen to kiss her in hopes that she could distract him enough to escape. But her plan didn't work. Luckily, Philip, Melanie, and Brady found where Stephanie was being kept and were able to rescue her.
Stephanie started suffering from nightmares and daydreams about her time being held captive. She went to see a doctor who prescribed her some pills to help her sleep and deal with the anxiety. She never fully recovered from the trauma and blamed her danger on Victor and Stefano's feud. She insisted that Philip break off all ties with his father. When he refused, she broke up with him. Philip tried to get her back and the two reconciled for a brief time. But, Stephanie broke up with Philip for good when she learned that he had slept with Melanie during one of the periods when he and Stephanie were on a break.
Stephanie started pursuing Nathan Horton, a young doctor who had been dating Melanie. They went on a few dates, but Stephanie saw that Nathan still had feelings for Melanie. When Melanie and Philip Kiriakis grew closer, Stephanie did everything she could to keep Nathan away from Melanie, including tearing up a love letter that Melanie had asked Stephanie to give to Nathan. Melanie and Philip eventually got married, and Nathan moved in with Stephanie. Stephanie still worried that if Melanie was ever single again, Nathan would go back to her.
When Stephanie learned that Philip had cheated on Melanie with Chloe Lane, Stephanie convinced her friend, Ian, to hack into the hospital's data base to see the results of Chloe's paternity test. Stephanie learned that Philip was the father of Chloe's baby, Nd was about to have Ian change the results when they saw that someone else had already changed the results of the test before Chloe saw them. Stephanie knew that Philip was the real father, but kept quiet so that Melanie wouldn't leave Philip. When the truth came out and Nathan found out that Stephanie had kept the secret, he broke up with her.
While Stephanie has not been seen on screen since April 2011, she is supposedly still living in Salem. Eventually, Stephanie was mentioned to have left town, but returned to Salem on February 15, 2017 for the wedding of her parents Steve Johnson and Kayla Brady. Not long after she left town again, it was discovered that she has a long lost half-brother named Tripp Dalton that she had yet to meet.
In 2022, Tripp left town and moved in with Stephanie and Joey. A few weeks later, Steve and Kayla came to visit. Pizza was delivered, but the pizza had a bomb in it, and Stephanie was injured in the blast. She recovered, and came to Salem a couple of months later. She entered the apartment, and triggered the alarm. Steve came with his gun raised to find Stephanie.
Stephanie was in town to meet with a mysterious client, and Steve and Steve wanted to tail her because of Orpheus. Stephanie didn't want Steve to accompany her and they clashed over the possibly that it was Orpheus leading her into a strap. Stephanie insisted that a friend recommended the client to her.
Soon after, Stephanie ran into Alex Kiriakis Alex was immediately smitten with her, but Stephanie refused his advance. Stephanie then sent to see if Sonny would hire her PR firm, called SJPR. Sonny hired her as Alex showed up at the office with flowers for her. Stephanie turned Alex down again, saying she doesn't do relationships with people she works with.
Stephanie's mysterious client turned out to be Paulina Price, who was running for Governor. Against Stephanie wishes, John and Steve followed her and attacked Paulina until they realized who it was. Paulina hired Stephanie, and Stephanie later hired the recently widowed Chad DiMera, who she bonded with.
Kayla, Marlena Evans, and Kate Roberts all ended up with a rare fatal illness after being poisoned by Orpheus. Stephanie was dismayed and furious when she found out that not only had Steve not told her that Orpheus had kidnapped Kayla, but that she was also sick and dying. Alex noticed Stephanie was upset, and tried to reach out to her, causing her to lash or at him, thinking he was once again trying to make a move on her.
After Sonny was stabbed in the back and hospitalized, Alex took over as interim CEO, and Stephanie was forced to work with Alex, who maintained an air of professionalism about him. Stephanie walked into a heated argument between Alex and Sonny and tried to break up the argument between them.
Stephanie also bonded with Chad DiMera after offering him her condolences for Abigail DiMera's murder. The murderer was eventually revealed to be Clyde Weston, and now that Chad had found Abigail's killer, he was ready to get back to work with a new career. Chad didn't want to go back to his family company DiMera Enterprises, and instead was hired by Stephanie after helping her with her work.
While working late, and drinking, Stephanie and Chad shared a kiss. They went back to Steve and Kayla's apartment, and were about to have sex when Chad stopped it. Stephanie and Chad had their work cut out for her when Sloan Peterson started blackmailing Paulina on behalf of a mystery client. The client had a dossier on Paulina's daughter Chanel Dupree.
Stephanie called a meeting with Sloan, and while she and Chad waited for her to arrive, Alex showed up and called Stephanie a hypocrite because he saw her and Chad kissing, and was convinced they were in a relationship. Chad and Stephanie made Alex realize it was just an accidental kiss due to them drinking and grieving since Stephanie's mom was dying, and Chad's wife had died. Alex apologized to them.
When Sloan refused to back down, Chad and Stephanie schemes to distract Sloan with a counterfeit money while Stephanie would break into Sloan's apartment, and steal the file. When Stephanie broke in, she was surprised to see Alex, half naked, and handcuffed to the bed.