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Greenlee Smythe du Pres
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Sabine Singh as Greenlee Smythe du Pres
First appearanceAugust 11 1999
Portrayed byRebecca Budig
(1999 - 2005)
Sabine Singh
(2007 - present)
In-universe information
OccupationFounder and co-owner of Fusion Cosmetics.

Greenlee Smythe du Pres (formerly Lavery) is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera All My Children. She was portrayed by Rebecca Budig from (August 11 1999 to November 28 2005) and is currently portrayed by Sabine Singh from (April 19 2007 to present).

Fictional history

Origin

Greenlee, named after her mother's maiden name, is a rich debutante from one of Pine Valley's most prominent families. She had an affair with Scott Chandler at college, and wanted to resume it when they returned home to Pine Valley. Scott had eyes for a woman named Becca at this point, but that didn't stop Greenlee from trying to take her competition out of the picture. She made snide comments and insinuations about Becca, and made sure that she saw an incriminating videotape of her and Scott having sex. The tape was made at college without Scott's knowledge, and Greenlee mixed it in with tapes from work that were at Scott's apartment, so it looked like he made it and liked to watch it. Becca broke off ties with Scott, but his father convinced her to go see him at the Chandler cabin. Greenlee got there first, and talked Scott into sex. Once the thrill of seducing Scott had subsided, Greenlee moved on to her next male conquest.

Ryan Lavery infatuation

Greenlee was crazy for Ryan Lavery almost from the first time she laid eyes upon him. Greenlee buddied up to Ryan with a claim that she could help him find his new calling in life...an Internet venture. Greenlee had her grandfather set up an elaborate cover so that he could fund Ryan's fledgling Internet company. Greenlee hoped that this would endear herself to Ryan, but Ryan had eyes for only one woman -- Gillian Andrassy. Greenlee and Ryan were intimate on many occasions, but Ryan insisted that they were only having sex and not making love. As it became more apparent that Ryan wasn't going to fall for Greenlee, Greenlee developed a relationship with Leo du Pres. The two fooled around, but neither one put much thought into the fact that they could have a relationship with each other. The pair even teamed up on a bet as to whether or not Leo could seduce Becca Tyree into giving her virginity to him.

Greenlee covered for Ryan when he "borrowed" $2,000,000 from his Internet company's tills. She got involved with a sleazy loan shark with ties to the underworld named Wade Randall. Wade loaned Greenlee the money to cover Ryan's debt (so that Ryan would not be arrested for embezzlement), but Wade immediately took Greenlee to task by demanding that she introduce him to her grandfather. Greenlee feared that Wade would kill her grandfather. She was bought some extra time to honor Wade's deadline by an unlucky turn of events -- Woodruff Greenlee suffered a mild heart attack. During this time, Greenlee learned that Ryan had borrowed the money to run off with Gillian and rescue Jake Martin in war-torn Chechnya. Greenlee went to the police and told them of Ryan's dipping into his company's money. In the process, she cleared herself of any possible connection. When Ryan returned to the US, he was promptly arrested. This ordeal seemed to help Greenlee get Ryan out of her system for good.

Greenlee's trouble with Wade, though, was anything but over. Wade somehow managed to regain his freedom and he immediately went after Greenlee for turning him in to the cops. He held Greenlee at gunpoint and demanded that she get him a sizeable chunk of cash and a passport out of the country. Greenlee tried her best to get Leo out of the way by telling him that she didn't care about him and wanted nothing more to do with him. Nevertheless, Leo continued hanging around and almost got shot in the process. Wade later collared Greenlee and held her hostage for $1,000,000 in ransom. Woodruff agreed to drop off the money at the boathouse in order to win his granddaughter's freedom. Leo happened upon the scene and tried to muscle Wade into submission. He failed and Wade locked Leo and Greenlee in a faulty elevator. Leo helped Greenlee escape the elevator before its cable snapped; Leo wasn't as lucky, though he did manage to escape before the elevator totally bottomed out. Afterwards, Leo and Greenlee were closer than ever.

True love Leo

Leo took Greenlee to the tropics to toast their new relationship. What Greenlee didn't know was that Leo was using her grandfather's ransom money to fund the getaway. When Greenlee learned the truth, she and Leo returned to Pine Valley and Leo was subsequently arrested for theft. Greenlee asked her grandfather to have the charges against Leo dropped. Woodruff said only that he'd talk to Leo. Woodruff visited Leo in his jail cell and told him that he'd drop the charges against him if he agreed to take the rest of the ransom money and fly to Europe and never see Greenlee again. Leo refused and won Woodruff's respect in the process. Greenlee, however, thought that Leo had accepted the offer and severed her ties to Leo. She later learned from her grandfather that Leo hadn't accepted the offer, but by then Leo was furious with Greenlee and was questioning whether or not he really wanted Greenlee in his life. Greenlee remained persistent and determined to win over Leo. In the process, she accidentally learned that Bianca Montgomery was harboring a deep secret -- she was gay.

Greenlee's 2001 was filled with more lows than highs. Greenlee landed a job at Enchantment, but she didn't know that Erica Kane had hired her only to get her out of Pine Valley. Erica's plot was to avenge Greenlee's poor treatment of Bianca. Greenlee, however, proved she was quite valuable and was subsequently fired and rehired several times. Greenlee was determined to win back Leo, who had agreed to marry a dying Laura English. Laura lived and Leo found himself trapped in a loveless marriage. Greenlee was tossed in jail after violating a restraining order to steer clear of the married couple. During Leo's married days, Greenlee became very close with Jake Martin, but in her heart she knew that she really loved Leo. After Leo refused to renew his wedding vows to Laura, he freed himself to return to Greenlee. Greenlee went to bat for Erica during Erica's trial for Mary Frances "Frankie" Stone; she helped keep things running, though she did offend the Lacey's chairman. As the year came to a close, Greenlee was desperately trying to rid Leo of another troublemaking woman in his life...his mother, Vanessa.

Greenlee became torn between two men -- Jake Martin and Leo du Pres. And neither man wanted to be "the other man." Leo proposed to Greenlee and she accepted, but the engagement was later broken when Greenlee admitted to having feelings for Jake. Greenlee would end up trapped on an island with Jake after she was drugged and left for dead on a sinking boat by Vanessa Cortlandt. Greenlee and an also-drugged Jake escaped their near-watery grave, but Greenlee's unwillingness to commit to Jake resulted in Jake walking away.

Revlon deal

In March 2002, Revlon showed interest in luring Greenlee away from her job at Enchantment after a trade publication touted her as the "next big thing." Erica refused to let Greenlee get away and arranged for some trickery to hold onto Greenlee.

As Greenlee tried to deal with Leo's need to stay in Vanessa's life and the constant revolving door of his newfound relatives, she and Leo finally managed to marry in July 2002. Greenlee's father, Roger, who had continued to worm his way back into her life even after disappointing her countless times, was shot by drug operatives. A few hours before he died, he accidentally slipped out to Greenlee that he was sleeping with her roommate and close friend, Simone Torres. After he died, Greenlee's pain was intensified when she overheard her grandfather telling her mother, Mary Smythe, who had recently come back into her life claiming to want a reconciliation, that he knew she was only interested in Greenlee because she wanted to be put back in his will.

Short-lived honeymoon and tragic death of Leo

Greenlee's dependency on Leo was magnified and they went off on a brief honeymoon. The happiness was not to last. When they returned to town, the couple became embroiled with Kendall Hart and Leo's heretofore unknown brother Trey Kenyon, both of whom Greenlee despised, in a quest to track down the missing Proteus drug money. The paper trail ended in worthless stocks, and with Vanessa being shipped off to a federal location, Greenlee seized the opportunity to convince Leo to move to Paris with her. Even though Vanessa had supposedly given way to a kindler, gentler split personality, Greenlee didn't trust her for a second. She was proven right as Vanessa kidnapped her immediately before she and Leo were planning to leave the country. Leo obeyed Vanessa's demands to find her diamonds in order to free Greenlee, but realized Vanessa had no plans to leave her longtime enemy alive. Greenlee struggled for control of the gun, was knocked aside, and as she began to fall off the cliffside, Vanessa shot a few rounds at her. Mother and son struggled for control of the gun and both fell into the raging river. Trey managed to pull Greenlee to safety, but she was beyond despondent when she realized her beloved Leo was gone forever. The only silver lining was that she and her mother managed to mend fences, or at least made the attempt.

Struggle to go on

While mourning, Greenlee decided to form a new cosmetics company to rival Enchantment. Enlisting the partnership of Simone, Kendall, Liza, and Mia, she created FUSION cosmetics. As she tried to get the company off the ground, her behavior, which had always been abrasive and hostile at best, became downright abusive and cruel. Greenlee realized that she was close to being all alone for the rest of her life, and entered therapy in an attempt to bring closure to her many demons. While Greenlee worked through her pain and grief, her friends tried to push her back into romance. Although Trey Kenyon was interested and kissed her, she did not share those feelings. Only when Greenlee began receiving anonymous poems through her e-mail account did she start to open up. Around this time Fusion's quiet, hunky handyman, Carlos, declared his passion for her. At first put off by his lowly job status, Greenlee warmed to him when she learned he had sent her the e-mails. His tenderness and gentle manner helped her move beyond Leo. Soon after, on a night of romance, he confessed that he had not sent the e-mails, that his sister had put the words together for him. Although Greenlee was furious, she had grown to care about Carlos for himself, not the poetry, and she welcomed his attempts to show her more about his life and what made him who he was. However, Greenlee's romance with Carlos went sour when she used his relationship with Diane Lacey, owner of Lacey's department store, to score Fusion points for herself. She manipulated Diane and made her think that Carlos had spilled her secret to Greenlee. Worried that her secret would leak out, she took the Enchantment display off the front counter at Lacey's and replaced with Fusion. When Simone accidentally blurted out what Greenlee did, Carlos became furious. He stomped up the hotel room he rented for a romantic night with Greenlee and barged in. He confronted her about her scheme and she admitted to it, but told Carlos that she never betrayed him. She did it to make Fusion better and knock Enchantment out of the water. Carlos didn't listen to her excuses-he told her that their relationship was over. Soon after their break up, he quit working at Fusion and went to work for Stuart Chandler at his art gallery.

Family drama

Greenlee also came to befriend, Juan Pablo, a handsome, wealthy man who came to Pine Valley looking to invest in Fusion. She wasn't sure if she could trust him because he seemed to be wiggling his way into all of the Fusion girl's lives.

Greenlee became suspicious when her mother started sneaking back into her life and trying to become close with Jackson. When Jackson was hospitalized for a heart condition, Mary rushed herself and Greenlee to the hospital to donate blood. Fortunately, Jackson found a donor and his life was saved, but not from the hands and obsession of Mary. She made it very clear to Jackson's fiancée, Erica, that she wanted him for herself. She asked Greenlee to deliver a special note to Jackson because Erica wouldn't let her get near him. Greenlee took the note to Jackson the day before the wedding, but his friends told him not to read it. Jackson gave the note back to her. She decided to read it for herself and got the shock of her life.

The note was dated to Jackson before she was even born. The note revealed that Jackson was her real father, not Roger. Greenlee couldn't believe her mother had lied to her again and let her grow up with a man who despised her. She took the crumpled note and fled to her mother's room at The Valley Inn only hours before the wedding. Mary admitted that Jackson was her father and she lied because he was poor, and Roger was rich. Greenlee noticed the stationary the note was written on and discovered it was the same as The Valley Inn. Knowing she was caught, Mary said she did forge the note, but the words were true. Then she showed Greenlee a journal entry written exactly nine months before she was conceived and the last time her and Jackson made love. Mary told her that Greenlee's blood type matched Jackson's and she was the one who saved his life. Realizing her mother's twisted lies were true, she decided she never wanted to speak to her mother again.

Comfort with another man

Greenlee found comfort in the arms of smooth and wealthy Juan Pablo Ruiz de Vasquez, Carlos' brother and a newcomer to Pine Valley. Juan Pablo supported Greenlee in further manipulations by her mother as well as Michael Cambias's hostile takeover of Fusion. Greenlee found herself falling in love with Pablo, but was shocked and hurt when Juan Pablo began to treat her cruelly. What Greenlee didn't know is that Pablo was trying to alienate her in an effort to keep her away from the Calatravas, an Argentinean gang that was trying to kill Pablo and his brother. Pablo hoped that by driving Greenlee away, the Calatravas wouldn't target her. After parting with Pablo, Greenlee, who'd been unwilling to accept that Kendall had married a rapist, clashed with Kendall. Greenlee felt that Kendall was mistreating Ryan. Coupled with Greenlee's distrust of Kendall and anger over what she felt was deplorable favoritism of Kendall (despite the latter's horrific actions of marrying a rapist), Greenlee set out to prove that Kendall was not pregnant with Michael's child as the latter claimed. She exposed Kendall in court (she ripped off her dress), proving Kendall's pregnancy a lie. Ostracized by the town, Greenlee discovered that Kendall's duplicitous actions were all to protect Bianca. Guilt ridden, Greenlee fell down a mineshaft. Ryan found her near death and nursed her back to health. Greenlee vowed to repair the damaged relationships in her life, all the meanwhile growing closer to Ryan.

Back to Ryan, from infatuation to love

Greenlee's friendship with Ryan continued to be a source of conflict in Ryan's relationship with Kendall. Not wanting Greenlee to have any part of Fusion (now a Cambias owned company), Kendall revealed at a Cambias board meeting that she had her sister Bianca (at the time, the head of Cambias Industries) insert a specific clause barring Greenlee from working at any Cambias owned company -- namely, Fusion. Furious with Kendall for her latest manipulation, Ryan broke up with her and asked Greenlee to marry him. Ryan (then head of Cambias Industries) explained that as his wife, Greenlee would be able to work at Fusion because she would be co-owner. Touched by Ryan's gesture of friendship, Greenlee agreed. Greenlee had begun to develop feelings for Ryan, but did not want to jeopardize their friendship by revealing them, for fear Ryan did not feel the same. After a last minute scheme of Kendall's to stop the union was thwarted, Ryan and Greenlee were wed.

Ryan developed deep romantic feelings for Greenlee, and the two professed their love for each other. Kendall tried to interfere with their love life more than once, but was unsuccessful.

Greenlee began experiencing blurry vision, states of catatonia and lack of impulse control. Her behavior increasingly erratic, Greenlee sought medical treatment but nothing could be determined. Ryan stood by her and vowed to find the cause of her problems. Greenlee's condition worsened, culminating in a near nosedive off the Fusion roof as part of an imagined trapeze act. Kendall saved Greenlee, who experienced a total break from reality. Ryan was forced to commit Greenlee, and it was revealed she had an excess of anti-psychotic drugs in her system. Ryan realized his wife had been poisoned and vowed to find the person responsible. Ryan managed to bring Greenlee out of her psychotic state and she quickly recovered. Ryan suspected that Kendall, with her history of unstable behavior, may be the party responsible for Greenlee's condition. Greenlee recalled Kendall saving her on the Fusion roof, and vouched for Kendall's innocence. Kendall and Greenlee slowly began to repair their damaged friendship.

Greenlee began to suspect that Ryan's brother Jonathan was responsible for poisoning her. She shared her theory with Kendall, and the two teamed up to expose Jonathan. Fearful of Ryan's reaction, Greenlee kept her suspicions quiet. Eventually Greenlee confessed to Ryan that she thought Jonathan guilty, but Ryan insisted on his brother's innocence. Unconvinced, Greenlee and Kendall slipped Jonathan truth serum to get him to confess, but Ryan stopped their plan.

Jonathan revealed that the eldest Lavery brother, Braden, was responsible for poisoning Greenlee, as well as shooting Ryan and murdering Edmund Grey. Ryan swore to find Braden and bring him to the authorities, so he could never hurt Greenlee or anyone else. Despite her fear that Ryan could be killed by Braden, Greenlee promised to support him in his quest to find his brother. Jonathan kidnapped Greenlee, Kendall and Lily Montgomery and revealed himself as the true party behind Edmund's death, Ryan's shooting and Greenlee's poisoning. Before Jonathan could kill the women in a twisted attempt to "save" Ryan, Ryan was forced to shoot his brother.

Ryan was devastated after killing his own brother, and his behavior grew more volatile. Greenlee believed that a baby might give Ryan hope and revitalize him, so she suggested getting pregnant. Ryan adamantly refused, telling Greenlee that his family stock was littered with rage filled abusers: Ryan's own angry behavior and capability of shooting his brother proved that he had that within him. He would not risk hurting a child. Greenlee refused to believe Ryan could hurt her or their child, and remained determined to get pregnant. Ryan had a vasectomy to insure that never happened, and when Greenlee found out, she was furious.

Desire to be a mother

Greenlee learned that Ryan had made a sperm donation years earlier to a local fertility clinic. Greenlee attempted to get Ryan's sperm from the owner, Greg Madden. Her attempts failed, so she enlisted Simone's help to break into the clinic and steal the sperm. Greenlee learned that Ryan had been participating in fight clubs at night to release his aggression, which only convinced her more that a baby was the key to making Ryan realize what a good person he was. After stealing the sperm from the clinic, Greenlee was inseminated by David Hayward. Tests soon confirmed she was pregnant.

Ryan fakes his death, Kendall's dramatic secret

Greenlee was confident that Ryan would feel differently about being a parent once he learned about the baby, and drop any notions that he was tainted or dangerous. She broke the news and Ryan went on a rampage. He nearly hit Greenlee and once again raged about how he would be a parent that could potentially hurt the child. A furious Ryan sped off on his motorcycle and went careening off a cliff. His body was never recovered, and Greenlee was told her husband was dead.

Devastated, Greenlee held onto her unborn child as the link she still shared with Ryan. Soon after, she miscarried. Greenlee asked Greg to use Ryan's remaining sperm so she could try again. Greg informed her that she could conceive, but would never be able to carry a child to term. Greenlee sank into depression. Kendall, hurting for her friend and upset herself at Greenlee's loss, offered to act as a surrogate to Greenlee and Ryan's fertilized egg. Touched by Kendall's gesture and hopeful for the future, Greenlee agreed. The two decided to keep the surrogacy a secret from their family, particularly Jack, who felt that Greenlee needed to move on from any reminders of Ryan. Greenlee remained unaware that Ryan had faked his death, as he was convinced that he was saving his wife from a dangerous man by walking away.

Kendall was implanted and soon discovered that she was pregnant. Greenlee was ecstatic at the thought of bringing Ryan's baby into the world. She held a memorial service for Ryan, and was shocked when he showed up to it, very much alive. Ryan explained to Greenlee how he had faked his death in order to protect her, but he realized what a mistake it was. Greenlee, devastated and furious that the man she loved would let her mourn him, walked out. Kendall urged Greenlee to try to work out her problems with Ryan, but Greenlee was too hurt. She planned to keep the surrogacy from him and get Ryan out of town, convinced that he would have no reason to remain in Pine Valley were she to give them no hope of a future.

Greenlee and Ryan slowly made inroads with each other, but any progress was thwarted when she learned that Jonathan was really alive, and that Ryan had been caring for him. Hurt at another lie, let alone Ryan continuing to protect the man that had nearly killed her, Greenlee kept quiet about Kendall's surrogacy. The truth finally came out when Greenlee and Kendall nearly died at a fire in the Roadside bar, but shortly after, Greenlee learned the shocking truth that the baby Kendall was carrying wasn't Greenlee's and Ryan's, but Kendall's and Ryan's.

Starting over, return

She washed her hands of both of them and left Pine Valley. It wasn't until two years later that Greenlee would decide to return to Pine Valley. As of 2007, she hopes to get back together with Ryan, but has found that everyone has moved on. During her return, she has stolen Babe's Fusion shares and berated her constantly. Kendall, Di and Annie defended Babe and lauded her achievements, but Greenlee continued to belittle Babe to the point that Babe quit Fusion. However, a music deal Babe had secured for the company from her friendship with Zarf was in imminent danger of falling through without her, so Greenlee was forced to hire Babe back, much to the delight of Kendall, Annie, and Di. Greenlee told Ryan and Kendall to prepare for the custody fight of their son, Spike. Greenlee wants the baby that Zach Slater stole the night of the blackout.

Spike's accident

Greenlee was going to kidnap Kendall Hart Slater and Ryan's little boy. Greenlee has a car accident that leaves Kendall and Ryan's son, Spike Lavery, deaf[1], and Ryan tells her to stay away from his family. Aidan Devane starts to have romantic feelings for her at the time Greenlee becomes an alcoholic.

Lifelines

  • February 14 1977 (original date of birth)
  • February 22 1977 (current date of birth)
  • Greenlee Smythe (name at birth)
  • Greenlee du Pres (first marriage)
  • Greenlee du Pres Lavery (second marriage)
  • Greenlee Smythe du Pres (current legal name)

Family and relationships

Parents

Sibling(s)

Step Siblings

Marital status

  • Single/divorced

Past marriage(s)

Children

  • Unnamed child (sex unknown, with Ryan Lavery; deceased; miscarriage)

Other relatives

Flings and romantic relationships

Allies

Enemies

See also

References

  1. ^ "AMC: The Scoop and Spoilers". soapcentral.com. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
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