55 Facts About Brenda Barrett

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Brenda Barrett is a fictional character from the ABC Daytime soap opera, General Hospital.

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Brenda Barrett remained with the series for six years before departing on September 11,1998.

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Brenda Barrett's return was cut short when in January 2003 it was announced that Marcil was leaving the series , this time over contract disputes.

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Brenda Barrett premiered in the role on March 17,2009.

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Brenda Veronica Barrett is born to Harlan Barrett and his former lover, Veronica Wilding, on March 31,1975, the birth celebrated on-screen April 5.

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Brenda Barrett agrees to wear a wire hoping to prove all of her friends wrong.

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Sonny discovers what Brenda Barrett is doing and, furious, kicks Brenda Barrett out of his apartment, leaving her devastated.

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Immediately after her breakup with Sonny, Brenda Barrett is comforted by the dashing billionaire Jasper Jacks, who demands that she marry him immediately and give herself a real chance at happiness.

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Brenda Barrett marries Jax at the same moment that Sonny's wife, Lily, is killed in a car bomb.

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Sonny does everything he can to force Brenda Barrett to admit her true feelings for him, but Brenda Barrett denies it and wants to honor her husband Jax.

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Brenda Barrett decides to stay with Jax, which was the height of the very popular Sonny-Brenda Barrett-Jax love triangle.

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Later Brenda Barrett is kidnapped in an effort to frame Sonny.

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Brenda Barrett decides to end her relationships with both Jax and Sonny because she cannot choose between the man she loves and the man who made her happy.

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Sonny finally proposes and Brenda Barrett happily accepts, assuming they can leave Port Charles and the mob behind.

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Brenda Barrett is distraught and later moves back in with the Quartermaines, for a short period of time and then moves in with Jax.

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Brenda Barrett tries to help her deal with Sonny's betrayal and calls on her estranged sister Julia to help.

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Brenda Barrett's estranged mother Veronica Wilding arrives in town in 1998 revealing she has a mental illness which could be hereditary.

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Brenda Barrett wants to care for her as long as she is alive.

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Brenda Barrett then has someone lure Sonny to St Timothy's Church, where they were supposed to marry, without revealing her identity.

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Brenda Barrett opens the doors of the church to a shocked Sonny.

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Jason arrives and finds Brenda Barrett crying over Sonny who orders him to keep her safe.

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Brenda Barrett blames herself for Sonny's "death" and tries to escape from Jason to warn Jax.

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Brenda Barrett decides to help him in his recovery, much to the chagrin of Skye.

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Brenda Barrett begins to worry about the damage her renewed love for Jax could do, and blackmails Jason into marrying her.

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Brenda Barrett then tells Brenda she is not dying and professes his love.

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Jason and Brenda Barrett decide against an annulment so that they can't testify against one another during the murder trial.

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Brenda Barrett convinces him to get the annulment in Port Charles, which would take longer, because she is not ready to marry Jax.

28.

Brenda Barrett finds Brenda crying She announces she is leaving Port Charles.

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Brenda Barrett tells him he deserves to be happy more than anyone.

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When Brenda Barrett's security seems to be failing, her friend Suzanne contacts her ex-husband, Jason.

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When Jason finally decides to go back to Port Charles, the Balkan's thugs get hold of Brenda Barrett and inject her with heroin.

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Brenda Barrett ultimately decides it would be safer for her in Port Charles.

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Jason and Brenda Barrett arrive in town on September 30,2010 where she meets Spinelli, who is like a brother to Jason.

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When Brenda Barrett goes to Sonny's house, she runs into Dante, who asks her what she is doing there.

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Brenda Barrett tells him she was not able to talk about it before, but after having a conversation with Sam McCall about the loss of her daughter, her feelings about her own baby came back.

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When Brenda Barrett repeatedly fails to give Theo the answers he wants, he loses his patience and injects her with a deadly neurotoxin.

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Brenda Barrett tells Theo she doesn't really know what happened to the baby because she was not awake when the baby was born.

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Brenda Barrett is given an antidote and regains consciousness with Sonny at her side.

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At this point Brenda Barrett is unaware that her son is alive and was previously kidnapped and put up for adoption by Suzanne.

40.

Sonny and Brenda Barrett depart for Positano, Italy for their honeymoon, but upon discovering Jake Spencer, Jason's son with Elizabeth Webber, has been hit by a car and killed, they immediately return to be there for the devastated Jason.

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Brenda Barrett later meets up with Carly in the hopes of coming to a truce, but Carly is uncooperative and refuses.

42.

Brenda Barrett has doubts about raising Lucian in a mob environment.

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Suzanne kept Alec hidden from her, so she would be able to spend the rest of her life with her grandson, and they would never be apart again, while Brenda Barrett spent her time happily with Lucian, believing he was her true son.

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Brenda Barrett went on television with her ex-lover and friend Jasper Jacks identifying Suzanne as Lucian's kidnapper and offering a reward for any information on her whereabouts.

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Alec is introduced to Brenda Barrett, who is thrilled to have her real son but feels deeply betrayed by Sonny for choosing to take Carly on the search for her son, instead of her.

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Brenda Barrett has a hard time bonding with Alec, unlike Lucian.

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Brenda Barrett is visibly shaken, but Sonny dismisses the incident and claims the shooters were not aiming for her or Alec, but simply wanted to warn Sonny that his family is in danger.

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On July 15,2011 Brenda Barrett tells the judge about the incident whilst saying that Sonny is a good father.

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Brenda Barrett later learns that Jax has been arrested for attacking the court mediator, Grace Yand and having drugs in his suite.

50.

Brenda Barrett realizes that she must prioritize her son Alec's welfare over her own happiness with Sonny.

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On July 21,2011 Brenda Barrett gives Sonny her rings back and says goodbye to Robin.

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Brenda Barrett asks Robin to give Sonny a letter that she wrote when she feels it's the right time.

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Brenda Barrett later serves Sonny their official divorce papers through his attorney Diane Miller.

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Brenda Barrett has moved on and tells Sonny about her engagement to Jax.

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The unknown woman leaves, revealing a tattoo similar to the one Brenda Barrett has on her lower back.