Gwen Hotchkiss was a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions. The role was originated by Liza Huber, who portrayed the character from 1999 to 2000, before being recast with Natalie Zea, who portrayed the character from November 15, 2000 to October 4, 2002. In 2002, Huber reprised the role and remained until the series finale in 2008. Gwen, a businesswoman and socialite, is a member of the wealthy Hotchkiss family and has dated attorney and Crane heir Ethan Crane for thirteen years when he ends their relationship the night before their wedding in 2000, in order to marry Gwen's friend, the Crane family housekeeper's daughter, Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald. Aside from a few brief interludes, Gwen and Theresa are at each other's throats for the remainder of the series and battle back and forth for Ethan's love, alternately marrying him and bearing his children. Gwen is Ethan's Wife for much of the program - they are married on December 19, 2002 - however, the series finale reveals that Gwen drunkenly married another man in Las Vegas, Nevada before she and Ethan were married, and they share a stillborn daughter, born in October 2003, and a son, born in May 2007.