Booked and Busy: What Soap Alums Are Up to the Week of January 13, 2021

All My Children

• Tonya Pinkins (ex-Livia) will star in the ABC limited series Women of the Movement, playing Alma, grandmother of Emmett Till 

Ambitions

• Robin Givens (ex-Stephanie) is directing BET's upcoming film Favorite Son

As the World Turns

• Tanya Clarke (ex-Shelby/Patricia) stars in the new Lifetime movie The Evil Twin, airing Jan. 16 at 8 PM EST
• Jesse Lee Soffer (ex-Will) stars in the 2013 film Jody Arias: Dirty Little Secret, which is heading to Lifetime's streaming service Lifetime Movie Club

Days of Our Lives

• Taylor Spreitler (ex-Mia) and Robert Scott Wilson (Ben) star in 2020's Lifetime movie Driven to the Edge, which is heading to Lifetime's streaming service Lifetime Movie Club
• Casey Deidrick (ex-Chad) will star in the psychosexual horror flick Into the Dark: Tentacles, debuting Feb. 12 from Hulu and Blumhouse Television

Daytime Divas

• Camille Guaty (ex-Nina) will recur on Season 3 of The Rookie

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Dynasty

• Elaine Hendrix (Alexis) will voice the dog Daphne in the animated short Dogs Playing Poker, airing during Fox's NFL coverage

General Hospital

• Robert Palmer Watkins (ex-Dillon) will star in the movie Trapped Inn, out this year; check out the teaser trailer here
• Kim Delaney (Jackie)'s previously-announced Lifetime movie, The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother's Hunt for Justice, will air on Feb. 20 at 8 PM EST

General Hospital: Night Shift

• Sri Rao (former head writer) will launch Bollywood Kitchen, an interactive show, at Los Angeles' Geffen Playhouse, in association with Hypokrit Theatre Company

One Live to Live

• Kamar de los Reyes (ex-Antonio) will guest star on an episode of ABC's The Rookie as Detective Sergeant Ryan Caradine, airing Jan. 24 at 10 PM EST
• Brittany Underwood (ex-Langston) stars in the new Lifetime movie Dying For a Daughter, airing Jan. 17 at 8 PM EST 

Passions

• Natalie Zea (ex-Gwen) co-stars in the dark comedy Happily, while her NBC series La Brea has been ordered to series

The Young and the Restless

• Burgess Jenkins (ex-Billy) will guest star on the Jan. 13 episode of Chicago Med on NBC at 8 PM EST
• Loren Lott (ex-Ana) finished filming her first movie, Favorite Son, she announced on Instagram
• Peter Porte (ex-Ricky) stars in Dead in the Water, debuting on Jan. 15 on Lifetime's streaming service Lifetime Movie Club