Annie Donely

Caitlin Reilly as Annie Donely

**Special Agent Anna "Annie" Donely** is a fictional character on ABC soap opera *General Hospital*. She is the daughter of spy, Sean Donely and his wife, actress and television executive, Tiffany Donely.

She was portrayed by Courtney Halverson on August 9 and 12, 2013.

In 2014, Marina Jankowska was allegedly cast as Anna but she never made it to screen.

TikTok star Caitlin Reilly, John Reilly's real life daughter, portrayed the character in John Reilly's tribute episode in 2021.

On April 26, 2021, TVLine confirmed that the special episode dedicated to John Reilly will air on Friday, May 21. Frank Valentini said he would love to have Caitlin back as Annie but there are currently no plans for her return.

## Background

Sean Donely came to town in 1984 and became involved with Tiffany Hill. In 1995, Sean and Luke Spencer are caught up in a shootout with mobster Frank Smith and Sean is accidentally shot by Luke. Before Sean is sent off to heal and recuperate an overjoyed Tiffany announces to their friends and family that she is pregnant.

When General Hospital recommends that they transfer him to another treatment facility in Boston, Massachusetts, Sean and Tiffany decide to leave town to get Sean the best care possible and start a new life with their child.

In 2008, Sean told his friends that he and Tiffany now have a teenage daughter named after Anna Devane.

## Storylines

In 2013, Luke Spencer and Holly Sutton are trying to track down Jerry Jacks after Jerry extorted $88 million for a polonium poisoning cure. Luke found information that Sean Donely transferred the money from Jerry's bank account. They stopped at Sean's last known residence in Ireland and Annie Donely answers the door. They try to scam her, but she catches onto their plan and is able to stop them. Annie tells them that her parents told her all about Luke and Holly. Soon after, her father appears to deal with Luke and Holly despite Annie initially telling them that Sean wasn't home. Annie informs Luke and Holly that her mother is in London tracking down alternative cures. Sean and Luke make an agreement to pull together their resources and track down Jerry together.

Luke promises that when he finds the cure, he will bring it to Sean. In exchange, Sean gave Luke some of the temporary cure that Dr. Liesl Obrecht formulated to slow down the effects of the poisoning. Annie is hesitant about her father giving away the temporary cure that is sustaining his life, but she comes to realize that it's necessary. Luke, with the help of Tracy Quartermaine, is able to steal a test cure from Jerry. The cure is successful, but there is only one dose. In the meantime, Sean starts to run low on medicine and Annie calls Jerry repeatedly asking for more. Eventually, a second batch of the cure is formulated by Dr. Robin Scorpio-Drake. Jerry tries to take it, but Luke gets it first and takes the cure to Sean.

Eight years later, Annie (now portrayed by Caitlin Reilly) is in attendance at her father Sean's memorial. Annie talked about how dismayed she was that she failed to qualify to be an agent of the W.S.B. Anna requests Annie to allow her and Mac Scorpio access to the safe containing private W.S.B. files, due to Sean having the evidence to bring down Peter August before he died. Annie refuses due to her lifetime commitment to the W.S.B., that the files are top secret information. As Laura Collins is on the phone with Annie's mother, Tiffany, Laura is mysteriously abducted and eventually, Mac and Dr. Monica Quartermaine go missing as well. As Annie, Robin, Anna, and Robert investigate the mysterious disappearances of Laura, Mac, and Monica, Robin and Anna hear Felicia Scorpio screaming in terror in a nearby hallway and find Robert clobbered over the head and Felicia is gone as well. They bring them to the living room where Annie confronts Anna and Robert, saying they're the ones who have taken everyone. Anna and Robin come to the defense and once again beg Annie to give them access to the safe to private W.S.B. files. She once again refuses. This is when all the attendees gather and reveal that Mac, Monica, Laura, and Felicia were never kidnapped and disappeared on their own free will, revealing it was all a final test of Annie's loyalty and commitment to the W.S.B. Annie passed and is awarded a W.S.B. I.D. badge with her father's badge number on it. She is an official W.S.B. agent. Annie later receives a call from her mother who tells her how proud she is of her daughter.