On the 25th Anniversary of Nadia Bjorlin’s Days of Our Lives Debut, Everything Is In Place to Bring Her Storming Back
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When Nadia Bjorlin brought 15-year-old Chloe Lane to Salem 25 years ago on November 24, 1999, who could have known the black-clad social outcast would turn into the opera-singing Days of Our Lives diva that she is today? Especially given the hard-luck life she started out with.
Chloe spent her first decade and a half in an orphanage before Nancy Wesley grabbed her and admitted that she’d given birth to her as a teen.
By then, Chloe was a defensive, condescending adolescent who had a serious aversion to color. And let us assure you, that did not endear her to her fellow students.
But it didn’t take long for this caterpillar to emerge from her cocoon, and once Chloe went full butterfly, she never looked back.
Over the years, Bjorlin has pretty much done it all with Chloe, even incorporating her own incredible talents into her alter ego’s opera singing.
She weaves in and out of Salem effortlessly, coming back every time, it seems, to let a different aspect of Chloe shine. Bjorlin’s played her beloved character as everything from a prostitute to a protective mom, but at her core, Chloe’s always been a survivor.
From the moment she appeared on our screens, she’s fought through abandonment, bullying, cancer, mental-health issues and serial killers.
And somehow, none of it ever seems to get old, no matter how many times Chloe’s been back and forth over the past two decades. She’s tried Chicago, New York and even Kansas City, but no matter where she goes, something always draws her back.
Maybe it’s the availability of wealthy young men always ready to fight over her. Maybe it’s the excitement of the catfights, the kidnappings and the near-death experiences.
Heck, maybe it’s even the thrill of waking up never knowing if you’re going to be running Salem’s hottest restaurant or taking down a Mexican drug cartel.
Either way, we know that whenever Chloe puts Salem in her rearview mirror, it’s only a matter of time before she comes cruising back.
And that’s become especially clear lately as mom Nancy popped up in town, little sis Joy is about to (unintentionally) blow up a marriage and Philip’s returned after a failed try at a relationship with Chloe. Virtually everyone in her life is in town right now, and there couldn’t be a more perfect moment for her to come home to Salem.
We know Joy’s got a bit of a chip on her shoulder for being conceived to save her big sis’ life. And we’re sure the two have got more than a few things to hammer out! And we’re dying to know more about what happened between her and Philip offscreen that broke them up.
Then there’s Brady, who’s been bouncing from the wrong woman to the wrong woman ever since he and Chloe broke up. Now, it’s looking like he and Ava might soon hook up (albeit over Kristen’s dead body), but while the sparks are certainly starting to fly between the two, Ava hasn’t historically been the most stable of folks either.
Brady might be better off turning his sights back to Chloe after all he’s been through! At least she won’t frame him for a hit-and-run. We think. And since she surprised us all last time around with her shockingly healthy relationship with Xander, there’s always the chance for her to follow in Joy’s footsteps and throw a span in “Xarah’s” happiness!
As Bjorlin told Soaps.com back in 2013, returning to Days of Our Lives always “feels great. It is like going home again. It never feels like this big passage of time has gone by because when I walk back in, it is like, ‘Oh, hi guys.’”
And we, in turn, are always happy to say “hi” right back.
