Exclusive video coverage from the 43rd Annual Daytime Emmys. Days of our Lives Outstanding Lead Actress nominee Kassie DePaiva (Eve Donovan, ex-Blair Cramer, One Life to Live) explains to soapcentral.com's Dan J Kroll why she remains a champion of the soap opera genre. And she also talks about being slapped and smothered in other nominees' reels, and the costars who helped her make her own acting reel so phenomenal.

The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmys Awards were held May 1, 2016, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites in dowtown Los Angeles.

OBBA BABATUNDE

Julius Avant, B&B

CATHERINE BACH

Anita Lawson, Y&R

LAURALEE BELL

Christine Williams, Y&R

TRACEY BREGMAN

Lauren Fenmore, Y&R

TYLER CHRISTOPHER

Nikolas Cassadine, GH

MATT COHEN

Griffin Munro, GH

JESSICA COLLINS

Avery Clark, Y&R

KASSIE DEPAIVA

Eve Donovan, DAYS

REIGN EDWARDS

Nicole Avant, B&B

MAX EHRICH

Fen Baldwin, Y&R

PIERSON FODE

Thomas Forrester, B&B

LINSEY GODFREY

Caroline Spencer, B&B

CAMRYN GRIMES

Mariah Copeland, Y&R

JUSTIN HARTLEY AND CHRISHELL STAUSE

Adam Newman and Bethany, Y&R

ANNA MARIA HORSFORD

Vivienne Avant, B&B

OLIVIA ROSE KEEGAN

Claire Brady, DAYS

CHRISTIAN LEBLANC

Michael Baldwin, Y&R

KATE LINDER

Esther Valentine, Y&R

GREGORI J MARTIN, KRISTOS ANDREWS, AND KARRUECHE TRAN

The Bay

LILLY MELGAR

Co-host, The Soapbox with Lilly and Martha

ASHLYN PEARCE

Aly Forrester, B&B

HALEY PULLOS

Molly Lansing-Davis, GH

TEQUAN RICHMOND

T.J. Ashford, GH

TRISTAN ROGERS

Robert Scorpio, GH / Colin Atkinson, Y&R

BROOKLYN RAE SILZER

Emma Drake, GH

KRISTOFF ST. JOHN

Neil Winters, Y&R

MICHELLE STAFFORD

Nina Clay, GH

DEE WALLACE

Patricia Spencer, GH

MAURA WEST

Ava Jerome, GH

JACOB YOUNG

Rick Forrester, B&B

DOMINIC ZAMPROGNA

Dante Falconeri, GH