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She portrays Victoria "Viki" Lord on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, a role she has depicted since March 17, 1971.
Slezak's character has gone through many tragedies. Victoria, who is known as "Viki", has had to live with Dissociative Identity Disorder (also known as DID). She has also had to go through the process of many divorces (such that her full legal name is now Victoria Lord Riley Burke Riley Buchanan Buchanan Carpenter Davidson), the deaths of loved ones, breast cancerBreast cancer is cancer of breast tissue. Worldwide, it is the most common form of cancer in females, affecting approximately 10% of all women at some stage of their life in the Western world. Although significant efforts are made to achieve early detecti, stroke, and heart disease. Viki also found out that she had two long-lost daughters: Megan (played by Jessica TuckJessica Tuck (born February 19, 1963 in New York City, USA) is an actress known for her roles on both daytime and primetime dramas. She played Megan Gordon Harrison on the soap opera One Life to Live from 1988 to 1992. She reprised the role in spirit form from 19891989 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 7 Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 the Kegworth Air Disaster A British Midland Boeing 737 cra through 19921992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday. Events January January The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 George H. Bush becomes the fi) and Natalie ( Melissa ArcherMelissa Archer (born December 2, 1979) is an American soap opera actress. She was born in Dallas, Texas. She was hired to play the role of bad girl Natalie Buchanan Vega on One Life to Live in 2001. Over time, the audience learned that Natalie was really); this is in addition to her other children, Kevin (most recently played by Dan GauthierDan Gauthier (born December 2, 1963) is an American actor. With appearances on television shows such as Melrose Place Beverly Hills, 90210 and Friends he currently portrays Kevin Buchanan on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live''. Gauthier, Dan Gauthier,), Joey ( Bruce Michael Hall), and Jessica ( Bree Williamson).
She has won the "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" Daytime Emmy in 1984, 1986, 1992, 1995, and 1996 (the most won by any daytime actress). Additionally, she has won many Soap Opera Digest Awards, including one for Favorite Couple with Mark Derwin in 2000.