Who is Gina Tognoni in Talks With This Week?
Submitted by Jamey Giddens on September 10, 2009 - 1:32pm

Figuring out exactly which soap opera will snap up Guiding Light's Gina Tognoni is definitely keeping soap journos busy! This week's Soap Opera Digest has scoop about Tognoni being in preliminary talks with The Young and the Restless. I told y'all the day GL was cancelled Babs Bloom wasn't trying to see Ms. Gina T. head back the Land O' Frons!

Unfortunately, it isn't the role of Victoria Newman (last played by Heather Tom. No that isn't a typo.) Tognoni could be assuming. An insider tells Digest the soap is thinking about bringing a character back to Genoa City that Tognoni would be "perfect" for. Work that mojo G!

Discuss.

IMO Gina Tognoni's best choice would be Y&R or prime time. Yes, Y&R is uneven, but she'll get the most for her buck there. OLTL would be the obvious good second choice. Why do I see MAB following suit and bringing on Gina Tognoni as an even younger Diane Jenkis? I would HATE that.

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I know our MTSRocks loved the original Diane, but the last one, her, and Gina look similar in appearance so her as Diane would be cool w/me even w/the age difference.

Characters that Gina would be perfect for - aside from the obvious Victoria (which would be hilarious, considering Heather Tom replaced her on OLTL):

1) Grace Turner - This is the obvious one.

2) Christine Blair - Stranger things have happened.

3) Tricia Dennison - Stranger things have happened.

4) Amy Wilson - Given the history with Nick/Sharon, this would be a nice one.

5) Brittany Hodges - Again, stranger things have happened. :-)

Not Diane Jenkins! Gina's a lot younger. I've been saying for a while that the character of Diane Jenkins should be brought back ASAP to mix it up with Jack, Phyllis, Sharon, Victor, Michael... she has history with everyone!

I'm thinking GT might be going for another GT: Grace Turner...?

Eh, I'd rather her be Victoria than any other character but if I had to choose I'd rather she be a recast Tricia. I liked Grace but I don't want to see any more women chasing Nick.

If Sharon Case contract is up, Gina will be the perfect Sharon on Y&R

Either hire Gina as a Victoria recast, or don't hire her at all.

Y&R already has a big cast, many of which they neglect. They don't need to be adding more people to their already overstuffed cast.

Come on Maria Arena Bell, Victoria is in dire need of a recasting, and Gina Tognoni would be a perfect fit for the role with some better writing for the character.

But above all, Y&R needs to get it together on the writing front. The show is an utter mess these days.

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Interesting. I was trying to come up with someone other than Diane Jenkins, which I think would be a bad idea, and I couldn't until I read all these suggestions. Some of the characters named above I'm not that familiar with, but I had forgotten about Grace.

YR, is in shambles right now. It doesn't need to add Tognoni right now. It needs to shake up its production and writing staff before it takes on another actor.

If I were Gina Tognoni's agent, I'd be pushing her hardcore for the role that Maura Tierney just had to unfortunately vacate on NBC's Parenthood. I thought the age difference between the two actresses (9 years) might be a problem, but I just read the character bio, and the character is 38, which is only 3 years older than Tognoni is.

Gina needs to try primetime. I think she could be a breakout star.

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She would be good on that show (I ironically suggested Paige Turco to get that role, who did play Dinah back in the day). Gina could breakout in Primetime. I would love for her to be a ADA or DA on Law & Order: SVU.

maybe y&r is waiting on what sarah brown does with her gh contract?

and did i mention she has been tweeting with michelle stafford?

i would rather see her on OLTL as Kelly but career-wise this is the smartest move she could make outside of going to primetime work. But there's no gaurentee that she'd get primetime work which is a more competitive field.

GT on Y&R but not as Vicky? Hmmm....

well it looks like sjb is available after november so maybe y&r could put those plans on hold getting braun.