Jordan Ashford

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**Jordan Ashford** is a fictional character on *General Hospital*.

## Casting

On March 14, 2014; the role of Jordan Ashford was originated by actress Vinessa Antoine. After 4 years with the show, Antoine announced her departure on July 16, 2018. Antoine chose to leave the series after she was cast in the lead role of the upcoming Canadian drama *Diggstown.*

Regarding Antoine's departure, an ABC rep told Soap Opera Digest, "Vinessa Antoine exercised her pilot out and is choosing to leave the show. While we are incredibly sad to see an actress of her caliber go, we feel that the character of Jordan Ashford is too important to lose and will be recasting the role."

On August 10, 2018; *Soap Opera Digest* broke the news that the role of Jordan had been recast with actress Briana Nicole Henry.

Antoine last aired on September 7, 2018. Henry made her debut on September 13, 2018.

In December 2020, Henry revealed she was recovering from Covid.

Tiffany Daniels was temporarily cast as Jordan from January 26 to February 3, 2021.

Henry returned as Jordan on February 17, 2021.

On September 14, 2021; Henry announced that she had decided to exit the show, saying that it was "time to move on." She made her final appearance on September 13, 2021 before being replaced by Charles Shaughnessy as Victor Cassadine alive and well seven years later before the character's death and will reading in May 2023.

In 2022, a rumor that Jordan is returning started after Tajh Bellow (T.J.) has been put on contract and Taggert was just brought back. It will most likely be a recast as Henry is pregnant and Vinessa Antoine is filming her TV show.

On February 16, 2022; *Soap Dirt* suggested that the role of Jordan might be recast with actress Karla Mosely.

On February 23, 2022; it was announced that Tanisha Harper will be recast as Jordan. Harper first appeared on March 2, 2022.

## Storylines

In late 2015, she meets Emma Drake and talks to her about the incident involving a woman. She sent an officer to arrest the woman for attempting to take her which left Emma traumatized and sent the woman to prison as a result. She later visits Port Charles Elementary School to talk to kids about stranger danger after the incident.

After the arrest of Jordan's newest enemy and former Port Charles resident Jerry Jacks and was sent to prison at Pentonville Penitentiary, she had been informed about that and informed it to Jerry's new accomplice Paul Hornsby.

In mid 2019, she takes a leave of absence as Mac Scorpio takes over as Acting Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department. During her absence; WSB liaison, former WSB agent, former Commissioner, Anna's ex-husband, and James and Robin's father Robert Scorpio becomes the new District Attorney after Joseph Campbell stepped down as Acting District Attorney and left for Atlanta. Not knowing that Jerry Jacks had escaped from prison and Jordan has not yet heard the news of Jerry's escape since.

On June 19, 2023 after some convincing; Jordan accepts the position of Deputy Mayor offered to her by Mayor Laura Collins, agreeing to resign as Commissioner to succeed the late Eileen Ashby.

## Crimes Committed

* Shot and killed one of Cyrus' men and women in defense of herself and Taggert [Dec 16, 2020]
* Held Cameron Webber at gunpoint in self-defense [May 3-4, 2021]
* Shot Cyrus in the leg in defense of Curtis and Laura [Jun 4, 2021]
* Kept quiet about Curtis stealing Oz Haggerty's medical file before The Hook attacks after the death of Jason Morgan via tunnel collapse on Cassadine Island [Aug 2, 2022]

## Health and Vitals

* Knocked unconscious by Olivia Jerome's henchman and Valentin Cassadine's associate from South Africa, Winston Rudge who bores an uncanny resemblance to Valentin [Mar 8, 2017]
* Blackmailed by Sherri Anderson [Sep 27, 2019]
* Attacked from behind and knocked unconscious by Rodney Maynard who killed Roger Barstow under Victor Cassadine's orders; then after Portia found her, Rodney locked them both in the basement with leaking gas fumes [Sep 8, 2021]
* Fell unconscious again due to her head wound [Sep 8, 2021; hospitalized on Sep 9, 2021 and later replaced by her enemy Victor Cassadine before the character's death and will reading in May 2023]
* In renal failure [revealed Sep 13, 2021]

## Relationships

* Family
* Friends
* Enemies

* Thomas Ashford, Sr. - Widow (deceased)
* T.J. Ashford - Jordan's son with Shawn and Curtis' nephew

* Elisha Adams - Officer of the Port Charles Police Department
* Zahra Amir - Cyrus' current attorney
* Owen Anderson
* Randy Ashcroft - Sheriff of the Eerie County Sheriff's Department
* Curtis Ashford - Jordan's ex-husband and ex-brother-in-law
* Marshall Ashford - Jordan's ex-father-in-law
* Thomas Ashford, Sr. - Widow (deceased)
* Franco Baldwin - Former criminal, son of Heather Webber and Scott Baldwin, and former Art Therapist at General Hospital (deceased)
* Hayden Barnes - Franco's female counterpart and sister-in-law
* John Bentley
* Keith Black - Trooper of the New York State Police
* Shawn Butler - Now living in San Francisco
* Rory Cabrera - Officer of the Port Charles Police Department (deceased)
* Joseph Campbell - Former District Attorney now living in Atlanta
* Mitch Carson - Nelle's former parole officer
* Naomi Carson - Former court judge
* Charlotte Cassadine - Valentin and Lulu's daughter
* Nikolas Cassadine
* Spencer Cassadine - Laura's grandson
* Harrison Chase
* Amber Chua
* Laura Collins - Current Mayor of Port Charles and Jordan's best friend
* Kevin Collins
* Michael Corinthos - Witness for Jordan's son T.J. and Michael's parents Sonny and Carly
* Sonny Corinthos - Molly's uncle
* Patrick Daniels - Officer of the Port Charles Police Department
* Alexis Davis - Former District Attorney and editor-in-chief of The Invader
* Anna Devane - Jordan's best friend and former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department
* Emma Drake - Patrick and Robin's daughter, Anna's granddaughter, and Jordan's friend who taught her about stranger danger
* Patrick Drake - Now living in Berkeley
* Naomi Dreyfus - Franco's mother-in-law and Violet's maternal grandmother (deceased)
* Gerald Brodin - Captain of the S.W.A.T. team
* Felix DuBois
* George Epstein
* Dante Falconeri
* Janet Fielding - Current Chief of Detective of the Port Charles Police Department and Jordan's successor
* Hamilton Finn
* Mallory Gentry - Cyrus' former attorney
* Sasha Gilmore
* Martin Grey - Cyrus' brother, Laura's paternal half-brother, Nikolas and Lulu's uncle, and Spencer's great uncle
* James Harper
* Anthony Harris
* James Horowitz - Court judge
* Kiki Jerome - Her son T.J.'s friend, Nelle's paternal half-sister, Ava's daughter, Nikolas' stepdaughter, and Victor's step great-great niece (deceased)
* Maxie Jones - Nathan's widow
* Neil Kelly
* Paul Kelly
* Molly Lansing-Davis - Ric and Alexis' daughter, her son's domestic partner, and Assistant District Attorney
* Ric Lansing - Sonny's maternal half-brother, Molly's father, and former District Attorney
* Jude Lanston - Officer of the S.W.A.T. team
* Morgan LaRue - Sergeant of the Port Charles Police Department
* Duke Lavery - (deceased)
* Richard Lowe - Court judge
* Shane McAvoy
* Sam McCall
* Adam McCullough
* Wayne Miller
* Dean Murdock - Cyrus' former attorney
* Jeffrey Nash - Cyrus' former attorney
* David Noyes
* Liesl Obrecht - Jordan and Carly's new ally, Cyrus' new enemy, and Nathan and Britt's mother
* Henry Pierce - Court judge
* Monica Quartermaine - Michael's grandmother
* Kyle Rainer - Sergeant of the Port Charles Police Department
* Dean Raines - Trooper of the New York State Police
* Zoe Raleigh - Transfer from the Phoenix Police Department
* Natalie Rawles - Jordan's best friend and court judge
* Tony Robinson - Desk Sergeant of the Port Charles Police Department
* Heather Roth
* Horace Sanchez - Court judge
* Melissa Sanchez - Officer of the Port Charles Police Department
* Sabrina Santiago - (deceased)
* James Scorpio - Anna and Robert's son, Robin's brother, and Detective of the Port Charles Police Department
* Mac Scorpio - Current Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department
* Robert Scorpio - Anna's ex-husband, former WSB agent, former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department, and current District Attorney
* Robin Scorpio-Drake - Anna's daughter with Robert now living in Berkeley
* Steven Scott
* Ellen Scully - Officer of the Port Charles Police Department
* Jim Searcy
* Hank Smith - Cyrus' former attorney
* Carly Spencer - Jordan's friend and editor-in-chief at Crimson Magazine
* Lulu Spencer - Laura's daughter with Luke Spencer, Spencer's aunt, and Esme's stepcousin (hospitalized)
* Valerie Spencer
* Damian Spinelli
* Georgie Spinelli
* Janet Strickland - Paul's wife
* Paul Strickland - Lieutenant of the Port Charles Police Department
* Marcus Taggert
* Clyde Thompson
* Ellie Trout
* Wayne Vickers - Court judge
* David Walters - Court judge
* Bruce Webber
* Mary Wells - Jordan's best friend and current General Hospital Head Nurse
* Nathan West - Faison and Liesl's son and Dante's former working partner and best friend - (deceased)
* Britt Westbourne - Faison and Liesl's daughter, Nathan's sister, Maxie's sister-in-law, and former Chief of Staff at General Hospital (deceased)
* James White

* Mark Ambrose - Victor's henchman
* Frank Anderson - Faison's former henchman (imprisoned)
* Sherri Anderson
* Hank Archer - aka Shiloh who bore a striking resemblance to the late Nathan West (deceased)
* Peter August - Faison's son with Alex Marick, former owner of The Invader tabloid, and Nelle's male counterpart who was in revenge for his late father following in his father's footsteps (deceased)
* Greg Barnes - Faison's former henchman (imprisoned)
* Johann Bauer - Victor's former henchman and Esme's male counterpart/bodyguard
* Trent Beech - Cyrus' henchman (deceased)
* Nelle Benson - Peter's female counterpart (deceased)
* Raymond Berlin
* David Boyd - Victor's former African-American henchman
* John Brennan - Former director of the WSB after Pikeman Security Group arranged a hostile takeover of the WSB before the character's arrest and his men and women grabbed her (captured)
* Linc Brown - Music producer (captured)
* Helena Cassadine - Valentin's mother; Nikolas, Donald, and Charlotte's paternal grandmother; Ava's grandmother-in-law, and Spencer's great-grandmother (deceased)
* Stavros Cassadine - Nikolas' father, Ava's father-in-law, and Spencer's paternal grandfather (deceased)
* Valentin Cassadine - Helena's son with Victor and Charlotte's father
* Victor Cassadine - Valentin's father, Donald and Charlotte's paternal grandfather, Nikolas' great uncle, Ava's ex-great uncle-in-law, Spencer and Ace's great-great uncle, and Avery's former step-great-great uncle (deceased)
* Ryan Chamberlain - Esme's father (deceased)
* Gavin Crawford - Victor's African-American henchman and Roz's male counterpart (deceased)
* Harry DeFranco - Armed robber in revenge for the late Peter August
* Jane Edwards - Victor's henchwoman and Ace's villainous nanny (deceased)
* William Eichner - Victor's former henchman (imprisoned)
* Cesar Faison - (deceased)
* Sonny Faison - Faison's son with unknown woman
* Keith Fletcher - Victor's henchman
* Mason Gatlin - Cyrus' henchman (imprisoned)
* Chris Gentry - Armed robber in revenge for the imprisoned Olivia Jerome (imprisoned)
* Paul Gentry - Armed robber in revenge for the imprisoned Olivia Jerome (imprisoned)
* Hadley - Jerry's female associate (deceased)
* David Hadley - Victor's henchman
* Oz Haggerty - (deceased)
* Peter Harrell, Jr. - aka Levi Dunkleman (deceased)
* Mark Hay - Victor's former henchman
* Charlie Heineck - Paul and Jerry's henchman (deceased)
* The Hook - Serial killer whose face and identity are concealed and is later revealed to be Franco and Esme's biological mother Heather Webber (captured)
* Jerry Jacks
* Olivia Jerome - Nelle's former sister-in-law, Nikolas' former sister-in-law, and Spencer's former aunt by marriage (imprisoned)
* Thomas Johnson - Cassandra's former henchman and Epiphany's ex-husband (imprisoned)
* Richard Klein - Faison's former henchman
* Daisy Kwan - Now living in Beechers Corners
* Elmer Lewis - Victor's former henchman
* Jeffrey Maloney - Sam's former parole officer Dolores Maloney's brother and Cyrus' African-American henchman (deceased)
* Manrico
* Alex Marick - Anna's twin sister (deceased)
* Stephen Ordway - Cassandra's former henchman (imprisoned)
* Cassandra Pierce - (deceased)
* Carl Pine - Cyrus' African-American henchman (deceased)
* Esme Prince - Ryan Chamberlain's daughter, Spencer's ex-girlfriend, Lulu's step cousin, Dante's ex-stepcousin-in-law, and Victor's friend/henchwoman/co-conspirator
* Cyrus Renault - Jordan's old enemy, Cassandra's male counterpart, Laura's paternal half-brother, Lulu and Nikolas' uncle, Spencer's great uncle, and Dante's ex-uncle-in-law who bores an uncanny resemblance to the late Cesar Faison before changing his appearance to look like Johnny Zacchara 25-30 years later as well as bore an uncanny resemblance to the late Victor Cassadine
* Tobias Richard - Victor's former henchman
* Carlos Rivera - (deceased)
* Winston Rudge - Olivia Jerome's accomplice and Valentin Cassadine's associate from South Africa who bores an uncanny resemblance to him (imprisoned)
* Jeffrey Scribner - (deceased)
* Erich Sydney - (imprisoned)
* Tilda
* Unnamed sniper - Revealed to be working for John Brennan as the shooter is concealing his face, identity, and physical appearance to remain unseen
* Franco Walker - Cyrus' henchman, associate, and enforcer (deceased)
* Waltz
* Bill Watkins - Victor's former henchman
* Eric Watson - Armed robber in revenge for the late Peter August
* Heather Webber - Franco and Esme's biological mother aka "The Hook" (imprisoned)
* Allison Young - Victor's former henchwoman (imprisoned)
* Johnny Zacchara - (imprisoned)