Jennifer Horton Deveraux
Actor History
Maren Stephenson (1976 to 1977)
Jennifer Peterson (1977 to 1978)
Melissa Brennan Reeves (1985 to 1995; 2000 to to 21 September 2006)
Stephanie Cameron (1995 to 1998)
Alexa Vega (1994; flashbacks; voiceover only)
Also Known As
Jennifer Rose Horton (birth name)
Occupation
Talk Show Host
Waitress (in Ireland; former)
Jail Guard (w/ Hope's credentials) (former)
Knife Thrower's Assistant (former)
Talk Show Host (former)
TV Reporter (former)
Newspaper Columnist (former)
Resides At
In London with Jack and Jack Jr.
Marital Status
Married (Jack Deveraux)
Past Marriages
Lawrence Alamain (annulled)
Jack Deveraux (divorced)
Peter Blake (divorced)
Jack Deveraux (2003 to present)
Relatives
Bill Horton (father)
Laura Spencer (mother)
Mike Horton (brother)
Lucas Roberts (paternal half-brother)
Tom Horton Sr. (paternal grandfather)
Alice Grayson (paternal grandmother)
James Spencer (maternal grandfather)
Carrie Spencer (maternal grandmother)
Sid Grayson (paternal great-grandfather; deceased)
Abigail Grayson (paternal great-grandmother; deceased)
Tommy Horton Jr. (paternal uncle)
Addie Horton (paternal aunt)
Michael Horton I (paternal uncle)
Marie Horton (paternal aunt)
Sandy Horton (paternal cousin)
Julie Olson (paternal cousin)
Steven Olson (paternal cousin)
Hope Williams (paternal cousin)
Melissa Horton (paternal cousin; via adoption)
Sarah Horton (paternal cousin; via adoption)
Jessica Blake (paternal cousin)
Jeremy Horton (nephew)
Will Roberts (paternal half-nephew)
Alice Caroline Horton (paternal half-niece)
David Banning (paternal first cousin once removed)
Spencer Olson (paternal first cousin once removed)
Shawn-Douglas Brady (paternal first cousin once removed)
Zack Brady (paternal first cousin once removed; deceased)
Ciara Brady (paternal first cousin once removed)
Nick Fallon (paternal first cousin once removed)
Scott Banning (paternal first cousin twice removed)
Claire Kiriakis (paternal first cousin twice removed)
Children
Abigail Johanna Deveraux (daughter; with Jack; 1992)
Jack Patrick Deveraux Jr. (son; with Jack; 2004)
Flings & Affairs
Glenn Gallagher
Frankie Brady
Alan Brand
Emilio Ramírez
Travis Malloy
Colin Murphy
Brandon Walker
Crimes Committed
Using Hope's credentials to get a job at the prison.
Helping Jack run from the law when he was officially a fugitive.
Brief Character History
Jennifer Rose Horton was born during a snowstorm in 1976. In 1979, her mother's mental state deteriorated and she put little Jennifer Rose in danger by putting her on a bus alone.
In 1985, Jennifer returned to Salem as a teenager in deep trouble. She had become a rebellious runaway, a compulsive liar, and was being stalked by a rapist. Her brother Dr. Mike Horton came to her rescue. By the following year she had given up on her runaway lifestyle and moved back in with her grandparents, Tom and Alice Horton. During the summer of 1986 she began a non-intimate romance with a high school classmate Glenn Gallagher. However Jennifer inadvertently exposed Glenn's plan to uncover his coach's drug dealing. Jennifer trailed Glenn to the park and found the coach holding a gun to Glenn's head. Jennifer then enlisted the help of classmate Frankie Brady. Later when on a class trip, Jennifer and Frankie discovered they had feelings for one another. Jennifer rejected Glenn's pressure to have sex and turned to Frankie. Together, Jennifer and Frankie foiled a robbery attempt and helped bust a prostitution ring. In 1987 Jennifer's father Bill returned to Salem and tried running Jennifer's life. Jennifer rebelled by becoming engaged to Frankie, however she broke the engagement when she learned of her mother and grandmothers mental problems. Thinking she'd develop the same problems and pass it on to her own children. They reunited briefly, but Eve who had a crush on Frankie, spilled the beans about an affair Frankie had while separated from Jennifer.
In 1989, Jennifer befriended Sally, a pregnant homeless girl who got herself arrested so she wouldn't have her baby on the streets. But the officials wouldn't let Sally keep her baby once it was born. Jack pretended to be Jennifer's husband and they offered the child Hannah a foster home. Jack soon fell in love with Jennifer but Emilio soon came to town. Although Emilio pulled away from Jennifer when she was threatened by the gang Emilio once belonged to. Jennifer soon found herself torn between Emilio and Jack. When Jack hid his feelings for Jennifer, she then became engaged to Emilio. Desperate to keep Jennifer from marrying Emilio, Jack kidnapped her on her wedding day. When Jennifer escaped, she fell off a cliff and was knocked unconscious, Jack finally poured his heart out to her. Later, Jack became insecure about his feelings for Jennifer so she returned to Emilio. However during the Cruise Of Deception Jack saved Jennifer's life and they made love for the first time.
Later Lawrence Alamain came to town. Jennifer realized that Lawrence thought she was Katerina, the heiress to the Von Leuschner fortune, due to a confusion going back to when the real heiress (Carly Manning) and Jennifer were teenagers and they had switched dates. After a hurried wedding, Lawrence raped Jennifer. Jack arrived to rescue Jennifer. Jack and Jennifer became engaged but he called off the wedding because he felt alienated from her. Jennifer was still unable to handle intimacy and too ashamed to tell Jack that Lawrence had raped her. Jack then married Eve to help her get her hands on her $10 million inheritance.
Jennifer pressed rape charges against Lawrence. Kimberly and Jack were able to record him confessing to the rape and Lawrence was then sent to jail. Eve reluctantly granted Jack a divorce and Jack and Jennifer were married. However soon a swindler named Hawk soon cheated them out of their money. He was caught, but the couple remained penniless. Jennifer then learned she was pregnant, however Jack's joy was not great. He thought he was suffering a relapse of Hodgkin's disease. Though he wasn't Jennifer went to New York to do a TV show with Calliope. Jennifer gave birth later that year to a daughter Abigail Johanna.
The following year, Abigail was diagnosed with Aplastic Anemia. Jennifer teamed up with Austin Reed to find the environmental cause of Abigail's illness. It was soon revealed that Jack was the one who had allowed the toxic waste dumping and was responsible for Abigail's illness. Overwhelmed with guilt he left Salem, and Jennifer behind.
Jennifer began dating Peter Blake awhile after Jack left town. Peter was involved with drug trafficking at the time. Jennifer's mother Laura saw Peter with a lowlife by the name of Leo and Peter schemed to make it appear as if Laura was having a mental relapse. Jack returned to Salem and spied on his ex-wife and her current love.
Jennifer began to try to find a man named Clarke who her mom had feelings for. It turned out that Clark was actually Jack. Jennifer was devastated and went through with her marriage to Peter. Jack tried continuously to prove that Peter was devious but to no avail.
A year later, Jennifer and Peter separated when she found out he had lied to her. Jack caught Peter with a syringe meant for Jennifer so that Peter could drug her and then take her and Abigail out of the country. Jack ended up shooting Peter and it looked like Peter had died. (Stefano switched Peter's alive body with the dead body of an old associate wearing a Peter mask.)
Jack was sentenced to serving life in prison for the death of Peter and Jennifer vowed her eternal love for Jack every day. Jack broke out of jail and took Jen with him to evade police. They all were on the run for a while, until they joined up with a circus. Jack became a laborer, Jen the assistant, and Abby, their daughter. Abby struck up a good friend in the ringmaster's son. Eventually, Jack and Jennifer fled for Africa.
While in Africa, Jennifer and Jack experienced some problems with their relationship, especially when Jennifer fell for a young man named Colin Murphy...whom she didn't realize was Shawn Brady's nephew! She fled to Ireland with Abby, where she ended up getting herself in trouble, and then had to come back to Salem with Bo. Jack soon followed her, and the two moved in together so they could look after Abigail. Jennifer initially pushed Jack away, and concentrated on relationships with first Brandon then Colin, but she and Jack couldn't resist that certain something that had always been between them. They were remarried, much to the delight of their daughter Abby.
Jack and Jennifer were just beginning to enjoy their married life together again, and to enjoy hosting In the House, a show that was one of Jennifer's father Bill's wedding gifts to her and Jack. Then Jennifer was dealt the harshest blow of her life when Jack was struck down in an alley behind Salem Place by the Salem Stalker, and Jennifer was forced to make the choice of taking him off life support and donating his organs. Abby was unable to forgive her mother until Jennifer realized she was pregnant, but tragedy struck again when Jennifer learned that her baby would have serious mental and physical deformities, and Lexie advised her to terminate.
Desperate to hold on to the last part of Jack she would ever have, Jennifer refused to terminate her pregnancy. With the help of her new tenant and friend, Patrick Lockhart, Jennifer began looking forward to a new life with Abby and the baby. When she was nearly full term, Jennifer got a message on her computer supposedly from Jack, and took off to find him. She was picked up by a pilot who was to take her to the island of Melaswen. Unfortunately the plane crashed, and Jennifer ended up in the jungle. She was thrilled when she reunited with Jack, and together the two began planning a future for Jack Patrick Jr. (who was delivered by Patrick), but when they tried to return to Salem, Jack was presumed dead on the return voyage. Jennifer tried to move on with her life, but found it difficult because Abby could not forgive Jennifer for Jack's death.
Jennifer was almost preparing to move on when a miracle occurred and Jack was back home for real. Together, Jack and Jennifer worked on rebuilding their family, which was complete now that Abby was getting along much better with her mother. The two got a job offer for London, and Jack and Jennifer left for London with baby Jack.
