Ava Jerome

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**Ava Jerome** is a fictional character and former antagonist on the ABC daytime soap opera *General Hospital*. She is the daughter of the late mob boss Victor Jerome and his ex-mistress *Ryan's Hope* alum character Delia Ryan Coleridge.

She had been portrayed by actress Maura West since the character's debut on May 8, 2013.

She was portrayed by Kimberly McCullough disguised as Sonny's longtime best friend Robin Scorpio-Drake from November to December 22, 2015 after the real Robin was rescued.

On January 17, 2018; Ava had her own episode devoted to her before Anders Hove returned as Cesar Faison two days later on January 19.

## Storylines

* 2013
* 2022-23

Ava and Kiki talk about the situation with Morgan while Robin Scorpio-Drake is being held against her will be Sonny Corinthos' enemies overseas. Ava convinces Kiki to go to Port Charles to be with Morgan, and she soon comes too. She tracks down Tracy, and tells her she will get her daughter to sign over her shares in exchange for a large sum of money. Tracy agrees, wanting control of ELQ. Ava tells Kiki that her father is the serial killer Franco and that he is the twin brother of Jason Morgan and also the grandson of late Edward Quartermaine, which entitles Kiki to a piece of the shares of the company ELQ. Ava tries to get Kiki to sign over her shares, but Kiki angrily disagrees to sign when Ava reveals she was bribed into getting Kiki's signature. Ava also meets Duke Lavery, when Ava goes to ELQ to talk to A.J. Quartermaine, and they have a conversation about her surname of Jerome. Duke has a past with the Jerome mob family.

On December 6, Ava meets her great uncle-in-law Victor Cassadine.

On July 17, it is revealed that Ava is unharmed after an unnamed sniper shot Curtis at the Metro Court Pool.
## Crimes Committed

* Obstruction of justice; knows that Paul Hornsby went after Sonny under Jerry Jacks' orders and is keeping quiet about it [Sep 22, 2015-present]
* Conspiracy; helped Jerry Jacks, Paul Hornsby, Faison's son Sonny, Franco Baldwin, and Johnny Zacchara hold Robin Scorpio-Drake against her will at Cassadine Island to keep her away from Port Charles, Sonny, her friends and family [revealed Nov 2015-December 22, 2015; as Robin Scorpio-Drake]
* Withholding the information that Nikolas had Hayden Barnes shot back in 2015 where Naomi Carson gained Ray Giles, Nikolas Cassadine, and Epiphany Johnson as her new friends [revealed Dec 9, 2021-present]
* Held Ryan Chamberlain at gunpoint and threatened to kill him [Feb 21-22, 2023]
* Spied on Sonny for Nikolas' uncle Cyrus Renault after the death and will reading of Victor Cassadine in which her daughter Avery Jerome-Corinthos did not attend [Jul 2023]

## Health and Vitals

* Choked by A.J. Quartermaine [Mar 4, 2014]
* Threatened by Carlos Rivera [Apr 21, 2014]
* Held at gunpoint and almost killed by her brother, Julian [May 2-5, 2014]
* Held at gunpoint and almost killed by Sonny Corinthos [May 29-30, 2014]
* Held prisoner at Sonny's house [Jun 6-Jul 24, 2014]
* Had a glass of water thrown at her face by her mother [Jul 7, 2014]
* Held at gunpoint and threatened by Mickey Diamond [Jul 24, 2014]
* Held at gunpoint by Mickey for a second time [Jul 25, 2014]
* Experienced Braxton Hicks contractions [Sep 11, 2014]
* Had her Nifedipine switched out for Misoprostol, a medication that causes miscarriage/preterm labor, by Sabrina Santiago [revealed Sep 18, 2014]
* Almost kidnapped by Sonny's men [Sep 22-23, 2014]
* Became a nervous wreck after running over Jason Morgan [Sep 24, 2014]
* Experienced more Braxton Hicks contractions [Oct 8, 2014]
* Went into premature labor as a result of taking pills given to her by Sabrina Santiago, but it was stopped [Oct 16, 2014]
* Was given a shot of terbutaline to stop her labor [Oct 20, 2014]
* Paralyzed [Oct 31, 2014]
* Injected with a drug by Nina Reeves that caused her to go into premature labor again [Oct 31, 2014; shown on Nov 3, 2014]
* Tried to crawl out of the Brownstone; failed [Oct 31, 2014; shown on Nov 3, 2014]
* Gave birth to her premature daughter, Avery completely natural [Oct 31, 2014; shown on Nov 4, 2014]
* Held at gunpoint and almost killed by Sonny again but Michael stopped him [Nov 6, 2014]
* Unable to walk straight after giving birth and collapsed [Nov 7, 2014]
* Held at knifepoint, threatened, and almost killed by a prison guard [Jan 23, 2015]
* Threatened and almost killed by a prison guard again [Jan 29, 2015]
* Rendered unconscious in a car accident caused by Johnny Zacchara and Carlos Rivera under Luke's orders [Jan 30, 2015]
* Held at gunpoint by Carlos Rivera [Feb 2-3, 2015]
* Shot in the shoulder by Carlos [Feb 3, 2015]
* Knocked off a bridge by Carlos after getting shot [Feb 3, 2015]
* Left hanging off a bridge by Carlos and then Sonny tried to rescue her, but failed causing Ava to fall [Feb 3, 2015]
* Presumed dead [Feb 3-26, 2015]
* Had terminal leukemia, but received a life saving bone morrow transplant from her daughter, Avery; in remission [terminal leukemia revealed Mar 9, 2015; transplant performed Apr 2015; transplant revealed Jun 3-4, 2015]
* Her DNA was slightly altered by the transplant [revealed May 27, 2015]
* Burned her fingerprints off [revealed May 27, 2015]
* Attacked and threatened by Nina Reeves [Aug 13, 2015]
* Framed by Nina for the murder of Silas Clay [Aug 25-31, 2015]
* Threatened by Sonny again [Oct 7, 2015]
* Manhandled by Sonny after she antagonized him (he tightly grabbed her wrist and would't let go) [Nov 9-10, 2015]
* Held hostage at gunpoint in a chapel-full of people by Landon Dixon under orders of Liesl Obrecht and Janice Lomax in revenge for Kyle Sloane and Helena Cassadine and her constitutional rights were violated by Mayor Janice Lomax [Feb 19, 2016; shown from Feb 23-24, 2016; then came the will read of Helena Cassadine at Wyndemere later]
* Cursed under the spirit of Helena Cassadine [Feb 19, 2016; shown from Feb 23-24, 2016]
* Offered herself up as a hostage to protect the Davis girls [Feb 19, 2016; shown on Feb 24, 2016]
* Blackmailed by Carly into giving up Avery (with a sex tape) [May-Jun 2016; it worked]
* Threatened by Sonny if she messed with Morgan again [Jun 8, 2016]
* Locked in a room (along with Nikolas Cassadine) by Huxley Lynch before Huxley was replaced by Valentin Cassadine [Jun 2016]
* Got shot by taser stun gun [Jun 23, 2016]
* Held hostage at gunpoint in a room of people on Cassadine Island by Valentin Cassadine (aka Theo Hart) [Jul 15-26, 2016; not even Paul Hornsby stop him and rescue them as District Attorney]
* Taken hostage at gunpoint by Valentin and almost got shot by him [Jul 19, 2016]
* Threatened with a gun by Valentin Cassadine multiple times [Jul 22, 2016]
* Was exposed to malaria [revealed Aug 9, 2016]
* Held at gunpoint by Sonny and almost killed [Feb 9-10, 2017]
* Held hostage at gunpoint, and was tied up, in her own apartment by her sister, Olivia Jerome [Mar 10, 2017]
* Held hostage at gunpoint at the Floating Rib by Chris and Paul Gentry demanding her and others in the room, including Ned Quartermaine, Olivia Falconeri, and Lucy Coe, to hand over their belongings under Valentin Cassadine's orders in revenge for the imprisoned Olivia Jerome [Mar 29-30, 2017]
* Trapped in a warehouse (along with Sonny and Carly) that she lit on fire by throwing a lantern on the ground [May 26-30, 2017]
* Suffered from smoke inhalation [May 30, 2017]
* Suffered from second and third degree burns over 50% of her body in the fire [May 30, 2017; revealed May 31, 2017]
* Flatlined (but was brought back) [Jun 8, 2017]
* Was grabbed tightly by the wrist by Patient 6, suffered from mild pain as a result [Sep 19, 2017]
* Held hostage at gunpoint during Drew and Sam’s party at the Metro Court by two suspects in revenge for Cesar Faison and were both later arrested, pleaded guilty, and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole by Judge Natalie Rawles [Oct 26-27, 2017; saved by Sonny leaving Dante's partner Nathan West and Art Therapist Franco Baldwin unharmed, not even Ric Lansing nor Shawn Butler could rescue her and the others leaving Mayor Janice Lomax outraged]
* Had a nasty laceration on her temple following the earthquake one month after the deaths of Cesar Faison and Nathan West [Mar 5, 2018]
* Stalked by Esme Prince under Victor Cassadine's orders [Aug 16, 2021]
* Had her car torched by Esme, who placed Kiki's stolen hospital badge beside it [Aug 17, 2021]
* Stabbed in the stomach by The Hook with a hook [Aug 26, 2022; hospitalized on Aug 29, 2022 and the Hook was later revealed to be Esme's biological mother Heather Webber on New Year's Eve 2022]

## Relationships

* Family
* Friends
* Enemies

* Steven Culp - Ava's nephew
* Julian Jerome - Ava's half-brother (deceased)
* Kiki Jerome - Ava's daughter with Silas (deceased)
* Olivia Jerome - Ava's half-sister
* Victor Jerome - Ava's father (deceased)
* Avery Jerome-Corinthos - Ava's daughter with Sonny
* Sam McCall - Ava's niece

* Curtis Ashford
* Jordan Ashford - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department and current Deputy Mayor of Port Charles
* Franco Baldwin - (deceased)
* Scott Baldwin - Former District Attorney and Franco's father
* Asher Bellamy - FBI agent
* Laura Collins - Current Mayor of Port Charles, Ava's ex-mother-in-law, and Avery's former step-grandmother
* Nicolas Dean - FBI agent
* Sibley Gamble - Psychic
* Austin Gatlin-Holt - (deceased)
* Edward Giles - Ava's butler
* James Horowitz - Court judge
* Tara Horowitz - FBI agent
* Paul Hornsby - Ava's friend, former accomplice, former District Attorney, and Margaux's predecessor (imprisoned)
* Manrico - (imprisoned)
* Eric Moss
* Felicia Scorpio
* Tilda - (imprisoned)
* Waltz - (imprisoned)

* Mark Ambrose - Her former great uncle-in-law Victor's henchman
* Hank Archer - aka Shiloh who bores a striking resemblance to the late Nathan West (deceased)
* Johann Bauer - Her former great uncle-in-law Victor's henchman and Esme's bodyguard/male counterpart
* Nelle Benson - Ava's former sister-in-law (deceased)
* John Brennan - (captured)
* Helena Cassadine - Ava's ex-grandmother-in-law and Avery's former step great-grandmother (deceased)
* Stavros Cassadine - Ava's ex-father-in-law and Avery's former step-grandfather (deceased)
* Victor Cassadine - Ava's ex-great uncle-in-law and Avery's former step great-great uncle (deceased)
* David Boyd - Her former great uncle-in-law Victor's African-American henchman
* Ryan Chamberlain - Esme's father (deceased)
* Amber Chua
* Russel Clark - Her former great uncle-in-law Victor's henchman and Esme's male counterpart (hospitalized and later imprisoned)
* Gavin Crawford - Her former great uncle-in-law Victor's African-American henchman (deceased)
* Harry DeFranco - Armed robber
* Jane Edwards - Her former great uncle-in-law Victor's henchwoman (deceased)
* Cesar Faison - (deceased)
* Sonny Faison - Faison's son with an unknown woman
* Connie Falconeri - (deceased)
* Keith Fletcher - Her former great uncle-in-law Victor's henchman
* Mason Gatlin - Austin's cousin (imprisoned)
* David Hadley - Her former great uncle-in-law Victor's henchman
* Mark Hay - Her former great uncle-in-law Victor's henchman
* The Hook - Serial killer whose face and identity are concealed and is a woman colluding with her great uncle-in-law Victor and later revealed to be Esme's biological mother Heather Webber on New Year's Eve 2022 who is unknowingly working with the True Believers because Heather was wanting revenge for the late Cesar Faison and avenging her daughter Esme (captured)
* Jerry Jacks
* Elmer Lewis - Her former great uncle-in-law Victor's henchman
* Maksim - Her former great uncle-in-law Victor's henchman
* Albert Moreno - Her former great uncle-in-law Victor's auctioneer henchman
* Esme Prince - Her former great uncle-in-law Victor's female associate who is Spencer's ex-girlfriend, Ryan Chamberlain's daughter with Heather Webber, Franco's maternal half-sister, and her ex-sister-in-law Lulu's stepcousin
* Cyrus Renault - Later revealed to be Mason and Betty's mysterious boss
* Carlos Rivera - (deceased)
* Heather Roth
* Winston Rudge - Her sister Olivia's henchman, her great uncle-in-law Victor and his son Valentin's associate from South Africa who bores an uncanny resemblance to Valentin (imprisoned)
* Tobias Richard - Her former great uncle-in-law Victor's henchman
* Unnamed sniper - Revealed to be working for John Brennan as the shooter is concealing his face, identity, and physical appearance to remain unseen
* Bill Watkins - Her former great uncle-in-law Victor's henchman
* Eric Watson - Armed robber
* Heather Webber - Franco and Esme's biological mother aka "The Hook" (imprisoned)
* Johnny Zacchara - (imprisoned)