Eve Russell is a fictional character on the American soap opera Passions, which aired on NBC from 1999 to 2007 and on DirecTV in 2007–08. She was played by Tracey Ross for the series’ entire run. She received eight nominations for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series.
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Eve Russell is a fictional character on the American soap opera Passions, which aired on NBC from 1999 to 2007 and on DirecTV in 2007–08. Created by the soap’s head writer, James E. Reilly, Eve was played by Tracey Ross for the series’ entire run. In 2003, actresses Amanda Maiden and Kimberly Kevon Williams played the character in flashbacks to her childhood and her time as a nightclub singer. She received eight nominations for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series, winning at the 38th NAACP Image Awards. At the end of the show, several props and costumes related to Eve were sold in an auction, along with other items from the show. Critics and fans praised Ross’ performance, although the character’s later storylines were criticized by the cast. Ross and Johnson made cameo appearances as Eve and T. C. Russell in the series finale of the NBC primetime drama Providence. She felt that Eve’s relationship with Julian showcased an authentic representation of an interracial couple. She has cited Eve as helping to expand the TV representation of African Americans and African Americans on daytime television. The official website of Passions stated that Eve was the ‘beautiful doctor’ who was enjoying a successful career; she was described as an altruist by John Berlau. Ross initially saw the character as easy to play, calling her ‘everyone’s best friend, the town doctor, and a great mother’ The actress had a more difficult time when Eve began behaving in morally questionable ways in the past.
She said later that she did not realize that Passions was supposed to be ‘wacky’ until the character Grace Bennett floated out of her bedroom window. Ross described Passions as the’spring of a soap opera’ because of the cast and crew’s excitement about future storylines, while Ryan’s Hope was ‘the winter of one’ due to the fear of cancellation. She described the show’s racially diverse ensemble, as represented by the African American Russells and the Hispanic Lopez-Fitzgeralds, as exemplified ‘truly color-blind storytelling’ Ross felt that the black characters and Hispanic characters are all essential parts of the story. She stated that she felt the show was ‘tremendous’ in its support from NBC and Passions’ viewers. The actress said she felt that if they wanted to make my character any other ethnicity they wouldn’t have to change a thing about her… She’s just a person. She’s not defined by identity as an African American: if they want to make her that way, they can make her anything they want. Ross said the show is’my kind of show’ owing to the supernatural and fantasy elements. She compared the show to ‘working in a morgue’ because she was constantly threatened with cancellation. She initially rejected the offer to play Eve Russell, but she was repeatedly contacted by NBC about the role over several months before her agent convinced her to audition.
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