Alexandra Devane Marick
Actor History
Finola Hughes (July 23, 1999 to July 9, 2001)
Occupation
Co-chairperson of the Andrassy Foundation
Business manager for her mother's Internet appliance software company.
Renowned neurologist
Resides At
Vadzel, a castle in Budapest, Hungary
Formerly at the hunting lodge at Wildwind (3900 Glenview Road)
Marital Status
Married (Dimitri Marick)
Past Marriages
None
Relatives
Anna Devane (twin sister)
Lindsay Devane (sister)
Gabriel Devane (half-brother)
Thomas John Devane (uncle; deceased)
Charlotte Devane (aunt)
Aidan Devane (nephew)
Robin Scorpio (niece)
Leora Hayward (niece; deceased)
** Alex's mother is the cousin of Charlotte's husband.
Children
None
Flings & Affairs
Edmund Grey (Engaged)
Crimes Committed
Pushed David Hayward down a flight of stairs [December 31, 1999]
Killed Guy Donahue.
Miscellaneous
Holds a Masters degree from MIT
Brief Character History
When Alexandra laid her first steps on Pine Valley soil it was under the saddest of circumstances. She and new husband, Dimitri Marick, were headed back to town from London to break the news of their marriage. Before they could tell the good news, Dimitri fell ill and subsequently died. She elected to remain hidden at the airport while Dimitri and his loved ones traveled to Seaview Hospital to see if
there was anything that the doctors could do to resurrect Dimitri.
Alex finally made her presence known when Edmund asked that an autopsy be done on his brother to determine the cause of his death. Alex stepped forward and announced that an autopsy would not be performed. Edmund said that he was Dimitri's brother and would decide what was to be done. It was then that Alex dropped the bombshell that she was the new Mrs. Marick. Erica did not take well to the news that Dimitri had found another lover.
Many doubted Alex's sincerity and feelings for Dimitri , but Peggy and Brooke both could see the affection in her eyes. When alone, Alex would reflect on happier times with Dimitri. They had made plans to start a family together and re-settle in Pine Valley. There was also talk of Alexandra agreeing to do something quite odd for Dimitri, but what this was was not revealed. Alex continued to act strangely to her husband's death, refusing to share the medical report findings and then ordering a closed casket funeral.
Edmund managed to get the casket open, and found nothing inside. Alex
admitted that Dimitri was still alive, dying from a debilitating illness. He'd begged
her to not let his friends and family see him so weak and to stage his death
instead. Edmund refused to accept his brother writing off survival so quickly
and persuaded Alex and Dimitri to try stem cell therapy to save his life.
Amazingly, the treatments began to work, but one day Dimitri wandered near the
ocean. His dressing down was found at the shore, and his loved ones could only
assume he was dead. Alex and Edmund got off to a rocky start, but slowly they
fell in love and planned to be married. Alex was having strange flashes of
memory and began to wonder if she was going insane, or if she was Anna Devane, a
look-alike who had been presumed dead almost 10 years earlier in a boat
explosion. In actuality, Alex's "loving" mother Charlotte had once placed her in a
brainwashing facility (disguised as a mental hospital) and forced her into
becoming a secret agent in a terrorist organization. Alex was supposed to kill Anna.
When she couldn't go through with it, Charlotte had her crew kill Anna and
implanted false memories in Alex's mind to make her believe she was Anna.
Charlotte was planning on killing her but Edmund stopped her in the nick of time.
While being taken away by the police, Charlotte had a final revelation: She was
not Alex or Anna's biological mother; they were the product of a cousin of the
man Alex thought was her father. Charlotte had convinced the mother that one
of her twins had been stillborn, and then smuggled the child (Alex) out of the
hospital, raising her as her own. Alex was devastated to learn her entire life
had been a lie and that she had a sister she had never known.
With Charlotte out of the way, Alex expected to settle down with Edmund, but
within a few days Dimitri revealed himself to her. He had been kidnapped by
Charlotte's thugs and had fought with all his strength to keep Alex safe and
bring her "mother" to justice. Alex was overjoyed to see him again and they made
love immediately. Although Alex still felt strong emotions for Edmund, she
felt a stronger bond with Dimitri and could not leave her husband's side again.
Edmund grew increasingly irrational and both Dimitri and Alex were frightened
by his behavior. In late 2000, she vanished while on board the Fidelity yacht.
Dimitri was convinced Edmund was behind the kidnapping, but after a few
months, he received a phone call. Alex was safe, but hidden away in secluded
Canadian woods. She asked Dimitri not to track her down, but he and Edmund ignored
her wishes. They burst into a cabin where they found an old man taking care of
her. They were blindsided when Alex walked into the room and said the seriously
ill woman was her twin sister, Anna!
The old man, Bart, had been taking care of Anna for years, but her seizures
and fever had grown worse and worse. He tracked Alex down that night on the
Fidelity and asked her to help treat her sister. Alex had agreed to join him, and
since Anna couldn't be taken to a hospital since Charlotte was still out to
kill her, had left Dimitri behind. Unfortunately, Anna was beyond the point of
anything but extensive hospital care saving her. Alex flew Anna and Bart to
Pine Valley (Bart died a few weeks later) and placed her in a private PVH wing.
They pretended Alex was seriously ill from fever and needed care, but one by
one other doctors began to find out the truth. With their help, Anna was
treated and released. She hid out at Wildwind as she tried to get back her strength
and her lost memories. This placed the entire family in danger, but Edmund and
Dimitri insisted Anna stay put. A mute young man showed up soon after Anna
arrived at Wildwind. He had been instructed to kill her but couldn't go through
with his job. He was another victim of Charlotte's brainwashing and as Alex
quickly found out, she and Anna's half-brother. Despite Dimitri's refusal to
believe his story, Alex accepted the boy (Gabriel) and tried to make him feel
welcome. After a lifetime of loneliness, she was delighted to have two new
siblings.
In the midst of this turmoil, Dimitri and Edmund's niece, Gillian, whom Alex
was very close to, had agreed to make a documentary about her life. The
documentarian, a woman named Ilene, was eager to see the plans of Wildwind. Her
eagerness was due to her actually being Charlotte's hitwoman! Alex and everyone
else found this out moments too late, as Ilene saw a woman from the back, mistook
her for Anna, and shot her at close range. The woman was not Anna, but
Gillian. Gillian died from her wounds, and even though Ilene was arrested, gave
Charlotte up, and was deported to face serious charges, Alex was overwhelmed with
remorse. Erica Kane went out of her way to declare Alex a "curse on the entire
family." Alex knew some other family members agreed and were just too polite
to say so. Guilt-ridden about the constant danger and death she'd carried with
her since her arrival at Wildwind, and perhaps still unsure of her feelings
for Edmund, Alex left with Dimitri in 2001 to track down a family mystery and
eventually settle down in Hungary.
