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Days of Our Lives Recasts Lexie Carver With Nikki Crawford, Sets March 6 Debut

Producers concealed the role during casting to protect a legacy return.

Overview

  • Peacock confirms Crawford’s first appearance on Friday, March 6, following filming completed last summer.
  • Lexie, portrayed by Renée Jones from 1993 to 2012 and long presumed dead, returns through a storyline connected to Dr. Wilhelm Rolf.
  • Crawford says she auditioned under a different character name and learned afterward that she would play Lexie Carver.
  • The Tony-nominated performer prepared by researching Lexie’s history and adapting to daytime television’s rapid pace for her first soap role.
  • She teases that Lexie’s comeback will disrupt Abe Carver’s life, including his marriage to Paulina Price.