"Days of Our Lives" fans know Emily O'Brien as Gwen Rizczech. Gwen was first introduced in 2020 as a friend to Claire Brady (Olivia Rose Keegan) when they were both spending time at the Bayview Sanitarium. The two became friends, but Gwen's motives for being in Salem were revealed once she was released. Not only was she Jake DiMera's (Brandon Barash) ex-girlfriend, but she had another shocking secret — she was Jack Deveraux's (Matthew Ashford) long-lost daughter, per Soap Opera Spy. Gwen tried to integrate herself into the Deveraux family and began to bond with Jack. However, her stepmother Jennifer Horton (Cady McClain), and sister Abigail Deveraux DiMera (Marci Miller), weren't as easy to connect with (via Soaps in Depth).
Gwen began to plot against Abigail and even had a one-night stand with her husband, Chad DiMera (Billy Flynn). Things went from bad to worse when Abigail's grandmother Laura Horton confronted Gwen, and the two women struggled. Laura fell to the ground and hit her head, and shockingly died. This caused a major rift between Gwen and the Horton family. Later, when Abigail was killed, Gwen became the main suspect, due to the bad blood between the sisters.
Of course, Gwen Rizczech isn't O'Brien's first soap opera role. She previously appeared on the fan-favorite sudser "The Young and The Restless."
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