Elizabeth Webber
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| Elizabeth Webber | |||||||||||||||
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| File:Gh elizabethwebber abcpromo.png Rebecca Herbst as Elizabeth Webber. | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Rebecca Herbst | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | August 1 1997 | ||||||||||||||
| Created by | Richard Culliton Karen Harris | ||||||||||||||
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Elizabeth Imogene Webber (formerly Lansing and Spencer) is a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera, General Hospital and General Hospital: Night Shift. Elizabeth has been portrayed by actress Rebecca Herbst since 1997. In 1999, the role brought Herbst the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Younger Lead Actress, as well as an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Younger Actress in 1999 and a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2007.
Character background
General Hospital writers brought the character of Elizabeth Webber to Port Charles at the age of fourteen. She is the granddaughter of Dr. Steve Hardy, one of General Hospital's original characters, and the daughter of Dr. Jeff Webber.
Lucky and Elizabeth
A young and rebellious Elizabeth blew into Port Charles, landing on her step-grandmother Audrey's doorstep unannounced, in August 1997. She instantly developed a crush on Lucky Spencer. However, Lucky had his own crush on her sister, Sarah.
On Valentine's Day 1998, Elizabeth was walking in the park when she was grabbed from behind, taken to the bushes, and raped. Lucky found Elizabeth after the attack and took her home, and the Spencer family helped her through her ordeal. This incident led to the revelation to Lucky that his father, Luke, had raped his mother, Laura, almost twenty years before. Lucky left home, moving in with Liz for a short while, before camping out in a boxcar and eventually moving into his own one-room apartment.
Liz and Lucky became close to Emily Quartermaine and Nikolas Cassadine. She and Lucky struggled through their teen years and fell in love. Then tragedy struck. In April 1999, the motorcycle shop which housed Lucky's apartment burst into flames. Lucky was presumed dead, and Liz was grief-stricken. Over the next several months, Liz became close friends with Jason Morgan, who helped her deal with the loss of her first love.
In 2000, Luke and Laura discovered that Lucky was alive. He had been held captive by Helena Cassadine and brainwashed into believing that he did not love Elizabeth. Lucky and Elizabeth eventually parted ways.
In 2005, Lucky and Elizabeth married. Their marriage was rocky, especially after Lucky became addicted to pain-killing drugs after an accident. Lucky began an affair with Maxie Jones, who supplied him with pills after his prescription from the hospital ran out. Elizabeth caught Lucky in bed with Maxie and turned to her friend Jason. Jason and Elizabeth slept together, conceiving a child. Lucky and Elizabeth divorced.
After Lucky went through rehab for his addiction, he remarried Elizabeth, believing her unborn child to be his. When the truth of the paternity and Elizabeth's infidelity came out, the couple separated.
Ric and Elizabeth
When Ric Lansing came to town, he became attracted to Elizabeth. When Ric found out Elizabeth's connections to Sonny and his enforcer, Jason Morgan (Elizabeth was friends with them and dated Jason), he decided to get close to her for information on them. Ric used Elizabeth's anger to try and take down Sonny and Jason, unknowingly to Elizabeth. Ric ended up falling in love with Elizabeth and conceived a child with her.
Ric and Elizabeth were married in 2003. Elizabeth was pregnant with Ric's baby but miscarried when she was pushed on the stairs by Ric's former lover, Faith Rosco. Ric kidnapped Carly Corinthos and Elizabeth found Carly in the panic room. Ric and Elizabeth re-married when she was pregnant with Cameron. She divorced him because of his lies and obsession with ruining Sonny's life.
Zander and Elizabeth
Elizabeth and Zander were good friends. She and Zander had a one-night-stand during which she conceived their son Cameron. Zander died when he was shot for his rage and kidnapping of Emily Bowen-Quartermaine before Cameron was born.
Jason and Elizabeth
(for more info. see Jason and Elizabeth)
Elizabeth first became involved with Jason after she treated him for a gunshot wound. While Jason was recovering, he stayed in Elizabeth's studio. They became close friends and even pretended to be lovers so no one would know that he was hurt. Jason left town and when he came back, Lucky had been discovered alive. Jason began to develop feelings for Elizabeth, and Elizabeth returned them. When Jason asked her to go away with him, she said she wanted to stay with Lucky. Jason came back a year later to find that Liz and Lucky were no longer together. Jason and Liz began dating, but Elizabeth was kidnapped. Jason pushed her away to protect her from his "dangerous life". Liz turned to her friend Zander Smith one night. Zander and Elizabeth moved in with Jason for protection. Jason and Elizabeth finally admitted to each other that they wanted to be together. Liz ended things with Jason when she found out he lied to her about Sonny's "death." Jason fell in love with and eventually married Courtney Matthews.
After Elizabeth was kidnapped again by Manny Ruiz in 2006, Jason rescued her once again. Both Jason and Elizabeth were in failing relationships, and the two slept together after each witnessed their partner cheating with another person. Elizabeth conceived a child with Jason, but hid the truth until the hostage crisis at the Metro Court in 2007. In May of 2007, Elizabeth gave birth to Jacob Martin Spencer. In November 2007, during the Black and White Ball, Lucky discovered the truth about Jake's paternity and agreed to keep the paternity a secret for Jake's safety. After Emily Quatermaine's death and funeral, Jason and Elizabeth began a secret relationship. They have stated their love for each other, but keep their feelings a secret to protect Elizabeth and Jake from Jason's enemies. In April 2008, Liz and Jason became engaged.
Family
Parents
- Jeff Webber (father)
Sibling(s)
- Sarah Webber (sister)
- Steven Webber (paternal half-brother)
Grandparents
- Audrey March Hardy (paternal step-grandmother)
- Steve Hardy (paternal grandfather; deceased)
Marital Status
- Engaged to Jason Morgan
Children
- Unnamed Lansing (son with Ric Lansing)
- Cameron Steven Webber (son with Zander Smith)
- Unnamed Jacks (daughter with Jasper Jacks)
- Jacob Martin Spencer (son with Jason Morgan)
Past Relationships
- Lucky Spencer (dated/lovers/married twice)(1998-1999, 2000-2002, 2005-2007)
- Zander Smith (two night stands/dated)(2002, 2003, 2004)
- Ric Lansing (dated/lovers/married twice)(2003-2004)
- Jason Morgan (dated/one night stand/lovers/engaged)(2002, 2006, 2007-2008)
External links
- "Rebecca Herbst: Elizabeth Webber on General Hospital", wchstv.com
- Profile at soapcentral.com
- Profile at about.com