Starr Manning
Actor History
Ariella and Natalie Jamnik (1996 to 1998)
Meghan Rayder (February 1998)
Kristen Alderson (March 1998 to Spring 2001 [recurring]; April 2001 to present [contract])
Lifeline
Born on-screen on January 8, 1996.
Birthday later changed to January 5, 1992 [Jan 2008]
Occupation
Student
Resides At
La Boulaie, located on Lincoln Street in Llanview, PA
Formerly 17 Corinth Street (Penthouse)
Marital Status
Engaged to Cole Thornhart [Engaged: Jun 18, 2009]
Past Marriages
None
Relatives
Todd Manning (father)
Blair Cramer (mother)
Jack Cramer Manning (brother)
Sam Manning (paternal half-brother)
Brendan Thornhart (maternal half-brother; deceased)
Victor Lord (paternal grandfather; deceased)
Irene Manning (paternal grandmother; deceased)
Addie Cramer (maternal grandmother)
Dorian Cramer Lord (maternal great aunt)
Melinda Cramer (maternal great aunt)
Betsy Cramer (great-great aunt; deceased)
Lou Cramer (maternal great-grandfather; deceased)
Sonya Roskova (maternal great-grandmother; deceased)
Victoria Lord (paternal half-aunt)
Tony Lord (paternal half-uncle; deceased)
Meredith Lord Wolek (paternal half-aunt; deceased)
Tina Clayton Lord (paternal biological aunt)
Clinton James Roberts (paternal biological cousin)
Sarah Victoria Roberts (paternal biological cousin)
Megan Gordon (paternal half-cousin; deceased)
Kevin Buchanan Sr. (paternal half-cousin)
Joey Buchanan (paternal half-cousin)
Jessica Buchanan (paternal half-cousin)
Natalie Buchanan (paternal half-cousin)
Brian Kendall (paternal half-cousin; deceased)
Duke Buchanan (paternal first half-cousin once removed; deceased)
Kelly Cramer (maternal first cousin)
Paul Cramer (maternal first cousin; deceased)
Langston Wilde (maternal first cousin via adoption)
Kevin Buchanan Jr. (paternal first half-cousin once removed; deceased)
Megan Buchanan (paternal first half-cousin once removed; deceased)
Brennan "Bree" Buchanan (paternal first half-cousin once removed)
Zane Buchanan (paternal first half-cousin once removed)
Children
Hope Manning Thornhart (daughter, with Cole; born Nov 6, 2008)
Flings & Affairs
Travis O'Connell (dated)
Cole Thornhart (lovers)
Schuyler Joplin (kissed)
Crimes Committed
Tried to break Todd out of a prison transport van, resulting in Matthew being kidnapped by Troy MacIver; sentenced to community service
Stole Max Holden's credit card and purchased horse manuere
Stole her cousin Cassie Callision's credit card and purchased a plane ticket from Georgia back to Llanview
Vandalized Llanview Hospital while working as a volunteer
Broke into the Banner and hacked its database and printed malicious statements about her paternal half-cousin, Kevin Buchannan
Stole $ 2,500 in cash from Dorian Cramer's safe
Ran away from home
Committed perjury to prevent her father from going to prison for conspiring to kidnap her baby [2009]
Maladies & Hospitalizations
Diagnosed with aplastic anemia and received bone marrow transplant [1997]
Brief Character History
The oldest child of Todd and Blair Manning, Starr has endured a tumultuous home life, even before she was born. .
Before Starr's birth, Blair learned that Todd was Victor Lord's son and tricked Todd into marriage, by pretending to be pregnant with his child. When Todd discovered that Blair lied about her pregnancy, he ended the marriage. When, Blair learned that she was actually pregnant, she and Todd reconciled again. Soon after their wedding, Todd left for Ireland and was presumably shot dead. Shortly after, Blair gave birth to Starr. Believing Todd was dead, Blair began dating Patrick Thornhart. Todd (who was actually alive) returned to Llanview in hopes of reuniting with his family, but was shocked to find Blair in Patrick's arms. In an attempt to hurt Blair, Todd kidnapped Starr. As Blair struggled over the loss of her child, Viki persuaded Todd to return Starr to her mother. Once Starr was reunited with her mother, Blair and Todd decided to reconcile for Starr's sake. When it was discovered that Blair was pregnant with Patrick's child, the couple broke up. While Starr's parents fought over custody of her, Starr became deathly ill. She was diagnosed with a-plastic anemia and a bone marrow transplant was needed to save her life. It was soon discovered that Blair's unborn child was a match for Starr. However, Blair went into labor and lost the child, while on the way to the hospital. As Starr's condition grew worse, Alex Olanov was found to be a compatible donor, and offered her bone marrow to save Starr's life.
After Starr's recovery, Todd and Blair continued to fight over custody of Starr. Todd won full custody of Starr, but had to relinquish custody to Blair, after fleeing town due to legal issues. During Todd's absence, Blair became involved with Max Holden. When Todd returned to Llanview, Starr was elated and determined to reunite her parents. Upset by her mother's marriage to Max, Starr often assisted her father in schemes aimed at breaking up Blair and Max. Eventually, Blair and Max ended their marriage, as a result of Todd and Starr's interference. To Starr's delight, Todd began his quest to win back Blair. As Todd and Blair attempted reconciliation, Max tricked Todd into believing he slept with Blair. In which Todd retaliated, by having Blair temporarily committed to St. Ann's Sanitarium. Starr blamed Max for her parent's troubles. One day, Starr stole Max's credit card and mailed him a package containing horse manure. Starr fought to get her parent's back together. She even stole money from Todd, in order to purchase a love potion that would make her parents fall in love again.
Starr began wanting a little brother, but was heartbroken to learn Blair was pregnant with Max's baby. Todd was also horrified by the news, and couldn't fathom the thought of Blair having another man's child. In another attempt to punish Blair, Todd kidnapped Blair's newborn son, and convinced Blair the child had died. The baby was actually Todd's son. Blair had lied about her child's paternity, out of fear that Todd would threaten to take the child away from her. Starr learned the truth and was unsuccessful at convincing her father that Blair's "dead" baby was actually his son. When Todd finally discovered the truth, Todd found the child and presented him to Blair as an abandoned baby, in need of a home. The Mannings named their son Jack and soon remarried. Starr was pleased to have her family back together again. Soon, Starr began to resent her little brother, and grew jealous of the attention her parent's paid Jack. In an attempt to receive attention, Starr began causing trouble and telling tall tales. To avoid punishment, One day Starr ran away from home and encountered an abandoned fun house. Troy McIver had lured Lindsay Rappaport to the funhouse, but she turned the tables on him - Lindsay knocked him out and chained him to a huge wheel. Starr told her parents about Troy, but Todd and Blair didn't believe her. In the meantime, Starr supplied Troy with food and water. Starr managed to convince Sam Rappaport of Troy's captivity and enlisted his help. An electrical fire ignited and Sam managed to pull Troy from the funhouse, seconds before it exploded. When word spread about Starr's heroic actions, Child Protective Services placed Starr and Jack into a foster home (luckily, Llanfair). Eventually, Starr and Jack were returned to their parents. Life in the Manning home was calm, until Blair discovered that Todd had kidnapped Sam and claimed he had died. Disgusted by Todd's actions, Blair filed for divorce and would not allow Todd to communicate with the children. Starr would witness her parents reconcile and breakup several more times.
When the evil Mitch Laurence sought revenge against the Lord family, he kidnapped Starr at gunpoint. When Blair begged Mitch to release Starr and take Blair instead, Mitch complied. Todd managed to rescue Blair, but disappeared after Mitch had him buried alive. Afterward, Blair sent an emotional Starr and Jack to live with Cassie in Atlanta. Starr wanted to return home; she stole Cassie's credit card and purchased a plane ticket back to Llanview. Starr was upset to return home and find a gentleman by the name of Walker Laurence, who had an obvious attraction to Blair. Walker claimed to be Mitch Laurence's brother, but was actually Todd Manning - with a new face. Starr didn't trust Walker and watched him closely. Starr missed her father terribly and attempted to rid Walker from their lives. Despite her hatred for him, Walker (Todd) had a soft spot for Starr, and attempted to win her over. When "Walker" began telling Starr stories about her dad, she began to warm up to him. But when she discovered, "Walker" with Todd's ring, she began to attack him. Realizing Starr could blow his cover, Todd revealed himself to his daughter. Todd had a difficult time convincing Starr that he was her father, but managed to do so by providing answers to questions only Todd would know. Starr was delighted to have her father back in her life. Starr never told her mother about "Walker's" true identity, because Todd swore her to secrecy. Blair married Walker, unaware he was actually Todd. When Blair learned the truth, she divorced Todd again. Starr blamed Blair for the breakup.
A short time later, Blair was rushed into emergency surgery to remove a brain aneurysm. After the surgery, Blair accused Todd of raping her. Todd was convicted and sentenced to Statesville prison. Devastated, Starr set out to free her father from prison. Starr discovered the route the police van, carrying her father would be traveling. Aided by Matthew Buchanan, Starr flagged down the van and managed to unlock the door. Although Todd refused to flee, Dr. Troy McIver (who was also a prisoner in the van) decided to take advantage of the opportunity. During the escape, Troy took Matthew hostage. For her part in the crime, Starr was placed on probation and ordered to work at the hospital. While performing her community service, Starr vandalized hospital property. Todd was released from Statesville, after Blair realized Todd hadn't raped her after all. Blair was unwilling to forgive Todd and refused him any contact with the children. Upset with her mother, Starr began contacting her father over the Internet. While surfing the web, Starr entered a chat room and met a young boy named Travis O'Connell. Starr began communicating with Travis regularly and wanted to visit him in New York. Starr tricked Blair into taking her to New York, and ran off with Travis. A man named Laser noticed a missing poster of Starr. Laser kidnapped Starr and demanded a large sum of money for Starr's return. Laser was arrested and Starr returned home to her parents. Travis promised to keep in touch with Starr. A short time later, Travis appeared in Llanview and began dating Starr. Todd was against the idea, but Starr pleaded with her dad. Meanwhile, Todd and Kevin Buchanan were at odds as usual. Attempting to protect her father, Starr (aided by Travis) hacked into the Banner's computer database, and printed malicious statements about Kevin. Starr's summer romance soon came to an end, and Travis returned to New York.
Starr had high hopes for her parents when they decided to marry again. The night before the wedding was to take place, Todd vanished but left a note saying he couldn't marry Blair. Blair was devastated, but Starr suspected foul play. Starr's suspicions were correct. Todd had been kidnapped by a deranged woman named Margaret Cochran. Margaret was obsessed with Todd and wanted to eliminate Blair from his life. Margaret wanted to become pregnant with Todd's child. Although he was being held against his will, Todd refused to sleep with Margaret. To entice Todd, Margaret locked Blair in the trunk of a car. Fearing for Blair's life, Todd gave in to Margaret's advances. While holding Todd captive, Margaret raped him. Both Todd and Blair were later rescued, but Starr feared Margaret could resurface at anytime.
A handsome stranger named Dr. Spencer Truman arrived in Llanview. Both Starr and Todd noticed the instant attraction that Spencer had toward Blair. To Todd and Starr's displeasure, Spenser began integrating himself into Blair's life. Todd and Spencer quickly became sworn enemies. At the same time, a pregnant Margaret returned to Llanview. Todd had never told Blair about the rape and kept Margaret's pregnancy from Blair. Livid at Todd's rejection, Margaret lured Starr to Todd's office and attempted to kill her. Starr fought back and managed to escape unharmed. During Starr's interaction with Margaret, Starr noticed Margaret was pregnant. Starr confronted her father about Margaret's pregnancy, and Todd revealed the truth to her. Devastated by the news, Starr was sworn to secrecy by her father. After Margaret's attack on Starr, Todd had plans to kill Margaret. One night, Todd lured Margaret to the lake and the two began to struggle. Later, the bodies of a woman and her unborn child were discovered. The bodies were believed to be that of Margaret and her child. Todd was charged with murder and sentenced to the death penalty. Starr was horrified, but refused to believe her father could kill his unborn child. Blair, however, began to doubt Todd's innocence. While Todd was incarcerated, Blair began dating Spencer. Starr was upset by her mother's betrayal. It was later discovered that Spencer had helped Margaret fake her death. While being transported to Todd's execution, Margaret was killed. Spencer was later murdered. Todd was reunited with Starr and Jack, but remained estranged from Blair.
When Starr entered high school in the fall, she was constantly ridiculed by her classmates concerning her parent's latest scandal. One classmate in particular, Brittany, terrorized Starr to no end. Starr found a friend in Langston Wilde. Langston supported Starr and proved to be a true friend. Starr also developed an attraction for the school's star football player, Cole Thornhart. Cole was the son of Marty Saybrooke and Patrick Thornhart. Shortly after Starr and Cole began dating, Cole began using steroids. Brittany was jealous of Starr's relationship with Cole and set out to cause them trouble. Brittany encouraged a fellow classmate to slip Cole drugs. At a party, Cole was high on drugs and attacked Starr. Todd forbade Starr from seeing Cole again. Starr and Cole refused to stop seeing one another, and even attempted to run away together. Their parents begrudgingly allowed them to date again. Starr and Cole encountered several setbacks. Cole had a difficult time dealing with the fact that Todd raped his mother in college. Once Starr and Cole's relationship was back on track, Cole and Marty were kidnapped by an enemy of Cole's father. Before being rescued, the van Marty was in exploded and Marty was believed dead. Cole had a difficult time accepting his mother's death and began shutting Starr out of his life. As Cole and Starr began growing apart, he and Langston (who had tragically lost her parents) began bonding over their losses. Starr was suspicious and jealous of Cole and Langston's relationship but then realized they were just friends, and she and Cole began dating again.
Todd and Blair joined forces and found Todd's long lost son (Sam, his child with Margaret). The couple remarried, in order to gain custody of Sam.
Todd then decided to move his family to Hawaii, in fear of their safety. Starr and Cole wanted to spend one last night together before the big move. So they went to Langston's old house, where they slept together for the first time. Todd walked in on them and nearly beat Cole to death. Todd decided to forbid Starr to see Cole or get anywhere near him, even though she assured him that he walked in before anything happened. Todd took Starr out of school and decided that she should be home schooled to prevent her from seeing Cole. Langston walked in on Starr while she was holding a pregnancy test. Todd eventually decided to trust Starr and put her back in school, as long as she agreed not to talk to Cole. Starr found out that she was pregnant and did not want to tell Cole. She contemplated having an abortion so that her father would never find out about the pregnancy.
Starr and Langston snuck Starr out of the house so that Starr could take a bus to Atlantic City to get an abortion. Cole got wind that Starr had gone to Atlantic City, and was given the address where Starr had gone by Langston, unknowing that he was heading to an abortion clinic. Cole showed up and came face to face with Starr, who decided to return to Llanview without having an abortion. Cole then told Starr he wanted them to run away to Virginia Beach and raise the baby together. Cole obtained fake IDs for both him and Starr and they run off into the night. Blair and John, who found out that Starr was pregnant, track Cole and Starr down in Virginia Beach, along with Todd. Back in Llanview, Starr told Blair she wanted to have the baby and give it up for adoption. She then decided to give her baby to Marcie McBain, who had adopted Todd's son Sam and had to give him up when his identity was discovered. Heartbroken and then angry that Starr did not want to raise their child together, Cole threatened to sue for custody of his child before later deciding to give up his parental rights and to break up with Starr. When school resumed in the fall, classmates made fun of a very pregnant Starr and Cole came to her defense. They began to mend their relationship and consider each other friends as Starr prepared to deliver their child.
Starr went into labor while visiting Cole at his mother Marty's gravesite. Cole took Starr to the hospital and stayed there as Starr prepared for the delivery, with Blair and Marcie by her side. On Nov. 6, 2008, Starr gave birth to a healthy baby girl, whom Marcie named Hope. But Starr's obstetrician, Dr. Leah Joplin, claimed something was wrong with the baby and removed her from the delivery room before Starr or Marcie could hold her. Dr. Joplin claimed she was taking the baby to the Neonatal ICU, but in fact she took the baby to her office, where nurse Janet Ketring was to retrieve the baby and take her to Todd Manning, who had blackmailed the women into helping him kidnap Starr's child. Todd had second thoughts about his plan, however, and went to the hospital and called off the deal. While Janet was talking to Todd, however, Todd's niece Jessica, who was under the control of her alternate personality Bess, snuck into the hospital and replaced Starr's child with the stillborn baby Jessica had delivered hours earlier. Dr. Joplin, who had just informed Starr and Marcie that their baby was fine, returned to her office and was horrified to discover that the baby was dead. She broke the news to a heartbroken Starr and Marcie. Starr blamed herself for the baby's death, but Dr. Joplin told her she had done nothing wrong. Marcie gave Starr a locket containing a lock of the baby's hair, and Starr began wearing the locket every day to keep the memory of her baby close to her.
Starr's heartbreak turned to outrage when she learned her father had planned to kidnap her baby and run off with Cole's mother Marty, who had not died as everyone had thought. She confronted Todd, who confessed but said he always planned to give Starr the baby once she was older. When Todd was freed on charges of holding Marty captive and raping her yet again, Starr stood up in court and said her father had admitted he planned to kidnap her baby. Todd was charged with attempted kidnapping, and Starr prepared to testify against him during his trial. But after Todd was goaded by Marty into attempting suicide, Todd's ex-wife and current attorney Téa Delgado went to Starr and told her that Todd had attempted to kill himself because he was distraught over what he had done to her. Faced with this news, and after getting pressure from her brother Jack not to send their father away to prison, Starr shocked everyone on the stand when she recanted her earlier statements and lied that Todd had never told her he planned to steal her baby. Starr's decision infuriated Cole and Langston, who turned away from her for a time. Cole even began taking illegal drugs to block out all his pain, and Starr told him she couldn't be around him until he quit.
Starr began to find comfort in her new biology teacher, Schuyler Joplin. Starr and "Mr. J" bonded even more after Starr learned that her teacher was the son of Starr's obstetrician, who committed suicide after blaming herself for the death of the baby believed to be Starr's. Starr told her teacher that she had a friend who was struggling with a drug addiction, and Schuyler admitted to Starr that he was a recovered drug addict. During a March dance at the school, Schuyler admitted to Starr that Todd had used his former drug use to blackmail his mother into helping kidnap her baby. Overwhelmed with emotions, Starr kissed her teacher just as a drugged-out Cole walked up and saw them kissing. Cole accused Mr. J of taking advantage of Starr, but Starr admitted that she was the one who had kissed him. That night, Starr received a double whammy when she learned Cole crashed his car while driving high, at the same time her mother Blair was found nearly stabbed to death in the shower.
Schuyler told Starr that he had been suspended indefinitely from school because of the incident and that they couldn't see each other anymore, but Starr continued to pine for him. One day she showed up at Schuyler's apartment to find him in the shower. When Schuyler came out, clad only in a towel, he ordered Starr to leave. But she began taking her clothes off, saying how she wasn't a child and wanted to be with Schuyler. After nearly getting caught together by Cole, Schuyler told Starr there was no way he would ever be with her. Devastated, Starr stormed out, still buttoning up her blouse, and Cole spied her from the hallway. Starr sent Schuyler a love letter, but before he could respond he was confronted by Todd, who had been told by Cole about their relationship.
Starr found herself gravitating back toward Cole, who had entered a drug rehab program but was still using. With Starr's help, Cole acknowledged that he was a drug addict. During a harrowing night in Starr's bedroom, Cole faced his addiction head-on and began to recover. Following Cole's accident, Starr and Cole learned that their baby couldn't have died from RH disease as they were told because they both have the same blood type. They had the baby's hair, kept in a locket Starr wore around her neck, analyzed to see if there was any genetic reason for the baby's death. But the results showed that the hair couldn't have come from their baby. Confused, Starr and Cole, with Marcie and Michael's blessing, agreed to have Hope's body exhumed so an autopsy could be performed to establish the true cause of death. Natalie Buchanan and her fiancé, Jared Banks, had stumbled upon the truth on their own and realized that the truth was about to come out. They finally admitted to Viki, Clint and Charlie that the baby Jessica believed was hers was in fact Starr and Cole's child. At the same time, Todd and Marty learned from Powell Lord that DNA tests had been performed that proved the baby was their grandchild.
As Jessica began to realize the truth, her alter Bess emerged and kidnapped baby Chloe and took her to Nash's parents' home in West Virginia. Todd, Blair and Marty all agreed to keep the truth about the baby from Starr and Cole until they knew that the baby was safe. Once Jessica had re-emerged and was headed back to Llanview with the baby, Starr and Cole learned that their baby was in fact alive and had been with Jessica the whole time. Starr quietly debated keeping the baby instead of giving her to Marcie and Michael, and Blair urged her daughter to do what was in her heart and not be afraid of hurting Marcie and Michael's feelings. But in the end, Starr signed the adoption papers. She and Cole shared a bittersweet reunion with their believed-dead baby and then handed her over to the McBains.
Starr admitted to Langston that she had thought about keeping the baby but didn't want to go back on her word to Marcie. Marcie overheard Langston and Markko discussing this and stunned Starr by showing up the next morning with the baby. Marcie said she knew that Starr really wanted to be a mother to her baby and said she thought she should be the one to raise her. Then she tore up the adoption papers and left Starr alone with Hope. Just as Starr was getting back her baby, Cole was getting arrested on drug possession charges after being caught with a bag of pills that had been given to him against his wishes by Asher. Cole told a heartbroken Starr that he was being sentenced to two years in Statesville Prison for violating his parole. He then got on one knee and proposed to her, saying he wanted to have a wife and baby to come home to once he was released from jail. Starr said yes, and both were shocked when Todd didn't fight their decision to get married. Later it came out that Todd wanted to force Blair to say no to the wedding, but Blair spited Todd by agreeing to the nuptials. On July 6, as the Justice of the Peace prepared to announce that Starr and Cole were husband and wife, John McBain interrupted the ceremony to announce that he had worked out a deal with the judge that would keep Cole from going to prison. Cole told Starr he still wanted to go through with the wedding, but Starr said there was no reason for them to get married now that Cole wasn't going to prison. Starr said she'd rather wait until they could have the wedding of their dreams at the right time, and Cole agreed.
Starr was none to happy to learn that instead of going to prison, Cole would be going undercover on a dangerous assignment to help expose the people who were allowing drugs to infiltrate Llanview. The night before his assignment was to begin, Starr and Cole made love for the first time since she had gotten pregnant. Starr and Cole continued to talk on the telephone until Cole learned that his apartment was bugged and he had to cut off nearly all contact with her to keep his identity from being blown. After Todd saw Cole selling drugs to Justin Lowell, the mayor's son, he told Starr he was going to the cops. Starr was forced to tell her father that Cole was working undercover for John McBain. Dorian overheard the conversation and told Mayor Lowell, unaware that the mayor was really the one behind the drug smuggling operation. Todd also went to the mayor, asking him to fire John because of the danger he had put his daughter and granddaughter in. After a botched attempt to kill Cole, Lowell ordered Starr and baby Hope to be kidnapped. Shaun Evans tried to stop the kidnappers and was shot multiple times, while Todd was severely beaten up. Starr and Hope were held in a warehouse but eventually escaped unharmed thanks to a rescue operation headed by undercover officer Brody Lovett.
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