Sabrina Santiago

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**Nurse Sabrina Maria Dominica Santiago, RN** was a fictional character on the soap opera *General Hospital*. She was the daughter of Mr. Santiago and his late wife, Nurse Gabriela Santiago.

She was portrayed by actress Teresa Castillo from the character's debut on September 19, 2012 until September 23, 2016 before being replaced by James Patrick Stuart as Valentin Cassadine since.

## Casting and characterization

Castillo originally auditioned for the role of Delores Padilla when *GH's* casting director, Mark Teschner noticed her on *Franklin & Bash*. She actually did a chemistry test with her current co-star, Jason Thompson, who portrayed Patrick. However, the series decided to stick with Rebecca Montoya as Delores.

In the spring of 2012, she was contacted again by the series and she auditioned for the role of "Maya." Castillo admitted that she didn't think they even came up with her character's real name until the day before she was to start taping her first scenes. She once again tested with Thompson. Castillo was chosen out of hundreds of other actresses for the role of Sabrina. After several weeks of waiting, she was contacted by the show again and read for executive producer, Frank Valentini. She went back for another chemistry test in late August.

Castillo began filming her scenes on August 31, 2012. During the audition, the actresses started out getting "pretty" to do a fantasy scene in which the character admits her love for Patrick, and then transforming into a nerdy girl with glasses for the rest of the scene. To make sure she stood out from the 9 other actresses that the producers had called back, Castillo admitted that she "decided to have fun." Several days later, Castillo learned from her manager that she had booked the role. The character first appeared on September 19, despite some sources stating the first air date to be September 14. The date may have been confused with Emily Wilson's first appearance as Ellie Trout, who did appear on the 14th. Castillo originated the role on a contractual basis.

"I had them give me a half up party pony. I had them draw a unibrow on me, and they had this tray of glasses so I got the biggest set, and I was hunched over! Then, I am in the elevator, and what you are supposed to do is that when the elevator opens, you are supposed to step out and trip. And there he is … Patrick… and you start talking to yourself and he is right behind you. I had looked at myself in the mirror going, this girl is so ridiculous right now, and I thought naturally, she should have a lisp. So they are counting it down and I think to myself, “OK, I am going to take a risk here. And they are either going to love it or kick me out for not taking this seriously.” So I just did it with a lisp. And nobody stopped me! And the scene was with Jason, and I could see it in his eyes that he wanted to burst into laughter. At the end when they cut, I just heard Frank’s voice over the loud speaker going, “That was awesome, Teresa.” I was so pleased with what I had done."
-Castillo on her creative audition.

Though the character does not have a lisp, or the uni-brow, the huge glasses and the not so neat hair remain. Sabrina comes off very afraid at times, and usually cannot be honest about how she feels. Apart from her feelings for Patrick, Sabrina's whole life is defined by following in her mother's footsteps and becoming a nurse. Like her mother, "[Sabrina] wants to make a difference in the world. She truly cares about people." Castillo described the character as "considering, kind and loving." She has a mind of her own.

She went on maternity leave on June 16, 2014 and returned on August 21, 2014.

She went on maternity leave again on January 28, 2016 and returned on May 20, 2016.

In September 2016, it was revealed that Castillo would be departing the soap. Castillo last appeared on September 16, 2016. She is later since replaced by James Patrick Stuart as Valentin Cassadine after the character's death.

## Storylines

* 2012-13
* 2014-15
* 2016

In September of 2012, Sabrina comes to General Hospital as a new student nurse; and Epiphany Johnson, the Head Nurse, shows her around. When Sabrina sees Dr. Patrick Drake, she instantly becomes smitten by him. Dr. Britt Westbourne, however comes and pulls Patrick away to talk to him. Sabrina finds out that Britt is going out on a date with Patrick. Patrick's sister-in-law Maxie Jones, however, can't babysit his daughter Emma, so Britt suggests that Sabrina can babysit. When Sabrina goes to babysit, Emma is shy and not happy about her dad going on a date, so soon after her mom, Robin, has seemingly died. Emma mopes around, not wanting to do anything, and Sabrina has a hard time entertaining her. Sabrina calls Patrick, but Britt answers the phone.

Days later, Carlos arranged for Sabrina to see a doctor, but once he sees Anna and Robert are at the doctors, he decides against going and the two of them go back to the cabin. While at the cabin, Sabrina goes into labor and then gives birth to a silent baby. When Robert and Anna finally make it to the cabin, Carlos, Sabrina and the baby are gone. It is later revealed that Sabrina and the baby are okay. It was later revealed that she and Carlos had a boy and they got married.

On September 14, Sabrina was murdered by Paul Hornsby after discovering that he is the General Hospital killer after Valentin Cassadine was sent to prison by the authorities. Sabrina died a heroine having saved Dr. Monica Quartermaine's life after she was also attacked by Paul. On September 15, Sabrina was found by Felix, and she was officially pronounced dead. Over one month later on Halloween, Sabrina is now since replaced by her enemy Valentin Cassadine who later became the owner of the castle and the entire estate of Wyndemere Castle before Nikolas was revealed to be alive and well in 2020.
## Crimes Committed

* Conspired with Felix, Ellie and Patrick to secretly run a paternity test on Britt's "unborn child" [Jun 2013]
* Switched out a pregnant Ava Jerome's Nifedipine for Misoprostol, a medication that causes miscarriage/preterm labor [revealed Sep 18, 2014]
* Allowed Johnny Zacchara and Carlos Rivera to hide from the police at her apartment (when the police arrived, Carlos claimed that he had forced Sabrina to take them in at gunpoint) [Feb 5, 2015]
* Aided and abetted Carlos, a known fugitive (he had killed Duke) [May 2015; Teddy was conceived during this time]
* Withheld information that Carlos Rivera was very much alive [Nov 24, 2015-Early 2016]
* Aided and abetted Carlos, a known fugitive again [Nov 24, 2015-Early 2016; arrested on May 26, 2016; the charges were dropped on Jun 8, 2016]

## Health and Vitals

* Suffered emotional anguish when her marriage to Patrick was halted when his not-so-dead wife, Robin Scorpio-Drake made a surprise appearance at the wedding [Dec 2013]
* Drank herself into oblivion to numb the pain of losing Patrick and woke up the next morning in Carlos' bed [Dec 2013]
* Rendered unconscious in a car accident caused by Rafe Kovich, Jr., who was put up to it by Victor Cassadine [Apr 23-24, 2014]
* Went into premature labor following a car accident [Apr 24, 2014]
* Gave birth to her premature son, Gabriel completely natural [Apr 25, 2014]
* Suffered from severe postpartum hemorrhaging and fell temporarily unconscious after giving birth and was rushed to GH [Apr 25, 2014]
* Suffered a mental breakdown after the death of her son, Gabriel (she blocked out his death) [Jun 12, 2014]
* Duct-taped to a chair by Carlos Rivera [May 13, 2015]
* Fainted during her pregnancy when a not-so-dead Carlos Rivera showed up at her door very much alive [Nov 23, 2015]
* Manhandled by Carlos Rivera while pregnant [Dec 4, 2015]
* Experienced Braxton Hicks contractions [Jan 2016]
* Gave birth to her son, Teddy completely natural [Jan 28, 2016]
* Held hostage by Marcos (along with her son) [revealed May 20, 2016]
* Threatened and held at gunpoint by Marcos [May 20-23 2016]
* Snatched, dragged into a room against her will and then fatally strangled by Paul Hornsby under Valentin Cassadine's orders and attempted revenge for Paul's counterpart Victor Cassadine and Paul to grant Valentin's wish so he can have Wyndemere when he gets released [Sep 14, 2016; Sabrina was revealed to be strangled on Sep 15, 2016 and later replaced by Valentin Cassadine a month later]

## Relationships

* Family
* Friends
* Enemies

* Mr. Santiago - Sabrina's father
* Gabriela Santiago - Sabrina's mother (deceased)
* Armando Santiago - Sabrina's uncle
* Gabriel Santiago -Sabrina's son with Patrick (deceased)
* Juan Santiago - Sabrina's adoptive first cousin
* Teddy Rivera - Sabrina's son with Carlos

* Curtis Ashford
* Jordan Ashford - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department and current Deputy Mayor of Port Charles
* Lucy Coe
* Kevin Collins
* Michael Corinthos - Sabrina's ex-boyfriend
* Anna Devane - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department
* Emma Drake - Now living in Berkeley
* Patrick Drake - Sabrina's former co-worker now living in Berkeley
* Felix DuBois - Sabrina's former co-worker
* Hamilton Finn - Sabrina's former co-worker
* Epiphany Johnson - Former General Hospital Head Nurse (deceased)
* Maxie Jones
* Andre Maddox - Sabrina's former co-worker
* Trey Mitchell - (deceased)
* Griffin Munro - Sabrina's former co-worker
* Dillon Quartermaine
* Monica Quartermaine
* Tracy Quartermaine
* Joe Rivera - Carlos' twin brother and her son Teddy's uncle
* James Scorpio - Detective of the Port Charles Police Department
* Luke Spencer - (deceased)
* Valerie Spencer
* Damian Spinelli - Private investigator
* Ellie Trout - Sabrina's former co-worker
* Nathan West - (deceased)
* Mary Wells - Current General Hospital Head Nurse

* Andreas
* Nelle Benson - (deceased)
* Helena Cassadine - Stavros and Valentin's mother (deceased)
* Stavros Cassadine - (deceased)
* Valentin Cassadine
* Victor Cassadine - Stavros' uncle and Valentin's father (deceased)
* Stephen Clay - aka Caleb Morley, Faison's American counterpart, and Nelle's uncle (deceased)
* Cesar Faison - (deceased)
* Gregorio
* Peter Harrell, Jr. - aka Levi Dunkleman (deceased)
* Paul Hornsby - (imprisoned)
* Kostas
* Winston Rudge - Valentin Cassadine's associate from South Africa who bores an uncanny resemblance to Valentin (imprisoned)
* Jeffrey Scribner - (deceased)
* Joe Scully, Jr. - (deceased)
* Spiros
* Johnny Zacchara - (imprisoned)