Like sands through the hourglass, another major player in daytime TV is passing fromsoapto soap.
Sofia Mattsson, who originated the character Sasha Gilmore onGeneral Hospitalin 2018before departing in 2025, is officially making the leap toDays of Our Lives, a representative for the show confirmed toEntertainment Weeklyon Monday.
Mattsson and the officialDaysInstagram account jointlyshared the newson the platform on Monday. "Sofia Mattsson is making her way to Salem early next year!" the caption read, over a picture of Mattsson pointing to a dressing room door with her name on it, above the iconicDayshourglass logo.
Mattsson is expected to make her first appearance onDaysin 2027.
Across eight years onGeneral Hospital, Mattsson turned the shy Sasha Gilmore into a major force in the show's fictional Port Charles, N.Y. The daughter of a spy turned district attorney and a con woman, Sasha turned up in 2018 reeling from her volatile upbringing by the conniving Holly Sutton-Scorpio, portrayed on-and-off by Emma Samms for 40 years.
But the tragedy train didn't stop once it reached Port Charles, though it did veer in a more off-kilter direction. Sasha battled drug addiction, lost her one-month-old child, was targeted by a serial killer, was robbed via secret gambling by her mother-in-law Gladys (Bonnie Burroughs), and was involuntarily committed to a mental institution — where her therapist tried to kill her.
It is not yet clear who Mattsson will play onDays of Our Lives, or whether it will lead to a calmer or even more hectic screen life for the actress.
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But fans have a few educated guesses on which character Mattsson might be up for — if she isn't originating another new character.
Some believe that Mattsson's entrée to the show's fictional setting of Salem, Ill. may mark a return of a beloved character killed off in 2022. That would be Abigail Devereaux, most recently portrayed by Marci Miller to three Emmy nominations.
Still others can't help but notice the timing of Mattsson's hiring being announced just days after Marissa Reyes' last turn as Arianna Horton.
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Whoever she plays, Mattsson is joining one of the starriest casts in the soap business, led by the legendaryDeidre Hall, who has portrayed Marlena Evans with a few brief breaks since 1976.
Hall was recentlysingled out for praiseby none other then Ryan Gosling, star of the highest grossing movie of 2026 thus far,Project Hail Mary. Reynolds called Hall his "OG acting inspiration," leading her toinvite him to playonDays, to which Gosling responded with "a very enthusiastic yes."
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