Overview
- Kate Mansi wrapped her three-year run on General Hospital on Friday when her character Kristina Corinthos left Port Charles to attend medical school.
- Mansi told producers in advance that she would not sign a new deal so they could plan storylines and so she could gain schedule flexibility while her husband works abroad.
- She kept the decision largely private and withheld it from on-screen father Maurice Benard until their final rehearsal, producing an emotional, authentic farewell on set.
- On her last day Mansi received a producers’ sendoff and gifts from colleagues, she has a short-term project booked for the fall, and she has not ruled out returning to the show.
- Her exit follows a three-year tenure that included learning directing under executive producer Frank Valentini and reflects daytime soap norms of writing exits that preserve future story options.