Kristian Alfonso

Biography

Kristian Alfonso is an American actress and fashion model. Born in Brockton, Massachusetts, she began as a model with Wilhelmina Models, appearing on international magazine covers before she moved into acting. Her breakthrough came as Hope Williams Brady in Days of Our Lives, the NBC soap opera where she played that role across several stretches from 1983 to 2020, with return appearances beginning in 2023. She earned a Daytime Emmy nomination in 1985 and won multiple Soap Opera Digest Awards. She also portrayed Pilar Ortega on Falcon Crest from 1988 to 1990 and Lauren Ethridge on Melrose Place from 1993 to 1994. Her film work includes Army of One (1993) with Dolph Lundgren, and she later appeared in the Hallmark film Chronicle Mysteries: Helped to Death (2021) and Lifetime's V.C. Andrews' All That Glitters (2021).

63years old

Turns 64 on September 5in 299 days

Born September 5, 1963Brockton
Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Also credited as Kristian-Joy Alfonso

Movie Career

Films: 3
Career span: 28 years1993 to 2021

Every film, newest first

2021Chronicle Mysteries: Helped to DeathIMDb rating 6.9
2021V.C. Andrews' All That GlittersIMDb rating 6.3
1993Army of OneIMDb rating 5.7

Genres

Did you know?!

A role that slipped away
Alfonso declined an audition for the part of Hope Williams on Days of Our Lives, the NBC soap opera, since she had no wish to move to Los Angeles.
Behind the award
In 2002, Alfonso and Peter Reckell received a special Daytime Emmy Award for America's Favorite Couple, a prize that fans voted on.