Actress Beverly Todd arrives at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards held at The Shrine Auditorium on Feb. 17, 2012 in Los Angeles
*Veteran actress Beverly Todd will begin her run on NBC soap “Days of Our Lives” on Tuesday (April 3) as a recast for the role of Celeste Perrault.
Tanya Boyd, the actress who played Salem’s crafty psychic from 1994 through 2007, was supposed to return to the character but reportedly suffered a stroke in January and was unable to honor the commitment.
Tanya Boyd, 61, was the original Celeste on Days of Our Lives
During Boyd’s era, Celeste was lovers with Stefano (Joe Mascolo), birthed Lexi (Renée Jones – who announced Monday that she is quitting the show), and was an accomplice to EJ (James Scott).
Todd – whose multi-year career in the industry included roles on “Benson,” “Six Feet Under,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and the film “Bucket List” – spoke exclusively with EURweb’s Lee Bailey at the recent NAACP Image Awards to reveal how she got the role, and that she never really wanted to do a soap opera.
Yay! As a fan of the soap and just recently started watching it consistently again I’m glad to see her make a comeback. She was SEXY! I loved her accent and how she said “Stephano”.