The actress has played Hope Williams Brady on the soap for more than three decades.

Hope doesn’t always spring eternal:Kristian Alfonsois leavingDays of Our Lives,EW has confirmed.

The actress who plays Hope Williams Brady first joined the NBC sudser in 1983.

Kristian Alfonso

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I feel blessed and honored to have been invited into peoples homes for over three decades.

SinceDOOLremains out of production, kinda looks Alfonso won’t be back on the set.

A daytime icon, Alfonso played a member of the Horton Family – the key clan inDOOL.

Her on-screen relationship with Bo (Peter Reckell) was ultimately dubbed a daytime super couple.

General Hospitalon ABC is expected to resume production in mid-July.