VERY TROUBLE NEWS! General Hospital Eden McCoy !! Very Heartbreaking đ News !! It Will Shock You
The Daytime Emmy winner reveals the secret to her success as Joss is her âGHâ costars
During her teen scene years on General Hospital (GH), Eden McCoy got to play some serious drama â including her character Josslyn Jacksâ searing revenge porn story, which provided the actress the juicy material that helped her nab her first Daytime Emmy last year. Today, Josslyn has matured into a headstrong college co-ed and a Port Charles heroine whoâs managed to come to the rescue of her true love, Dex, on more than one occasion.
FIRST for Women caught up with McCoy to talk growing up with Joss, learning the ropes from soap icons like General Hospital star Laura Wright and Jacklyn Zeman, and whether she plans to leave Port Charles any time soon.
GHÂ star Eden McCoy talks growing up on a soap opera
As the stepdaughter of Port Charles kingpin Sonny Corinthos, Josslyn thought she understood the mob life. Then she fell for Evan Hofersâ Dex, a military veteran turned mob heavy who keeps finding himself in the line of fire. Loving â and repeatedly saving! â a man in the life has been a wakeup call.
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With a mysterious figure now targeting Port Charles mob bosses, Sonnyâs sent Dex out of town for betraying him. And naturally, Josslyn has gone right into hero mode. Sheâs determined to find her man, and with Spinelliâs help, she might just do it.
Since Eden McCoy signed on to play Josslyn at only 12-years old, Carly and Jaxâ daughter has survived the loss of her brother, Morgan, to mob violence, and her first love, Oscar, to cancer. She also tracked down her kidney donorâŠonly to have it turn out to be crazy Nelle.
Eden McCoy opens up about her journey as Josslyn
As the character has evolved from adorable victim to fiercely protective heroine, McCoy has literally grown up before viewersâ eyes.
âItâs funny, because people ask me what that was likeâŠa lot,â the 20-year-old tells FIRST. âBut for me, itâs just life. Itâs just the gradual transition of becoming a whole different human being. But it is really special to have so much of your life, especially such vital years, documented nearly every day!â
Born in 2009, Josslyn spent much of her childhood as a pawn in the marital love triangle between Jax, Carly and Sonny. She was also repeatedly kidnapped and threatened by her parentsâ enemies and survived a battle with cancer, thanks to that aforementioned kidney donation.
It was when McCoy assumed the role in 2015 that the character experienced âSoap Opera Rapid Aging Syndromeâ and proved to be very much Carlyâs daughter.
âIâve been compared to (portrayer) Laura Wright and Carly since my first day,â says McCoy. âAnd Iâll take it!â
While a kid at the forefront of heavy General Hospital drama, McCoy attended school full time and became a champion volleyball player who landed a scholarship to the University of Southern California. After her first year on the USC volleyball team, however, sheâs now taking a break from trying to do it all.
âIâm not doing Hannah Montana speed anymore,â she cracks. âThatâs not sustainable.â Instead of dividing her attention, McCoy is now putting all her focus on acting.
âDevoting my time to one thing â which is the thing I want to do with my life and my career â felt really important to me,â she explains. âSchool will always be there.â
Daytime Emmy-winner Eden McCoy talks the women of GH
While McCoy is taking a break from USC, the actress is not resting on her laurels after winning what turned out to be the last ever Daytime Emmy for Younger Performer in December.
âIâm a complete thief of the veterans of my show,â she says. âGrowing up watching them was the best schooling I could have possibly been given. And every day is a chance to learn something new. I hope Iâm literally never done learning.â
The soap veteran whoâs been by McCoyâs side since the start has been onscreen mom Wright â who was on Loving (1991â1995), The City (1995â1997) and Guiding Light (1997â2005) before signing on to play General Hospitalâs Carly.
âLaura was around my age now when sheâs started and sheâs shared bits and pieces of her 20s, growing up on soaps,â McCoy says. âItâs been really cool to get advice from her and talk to her about that, because Iâm in the same boat, now. Itâs helpful. Sheâs always been such an amazing mentor. The same with all the amazing women on our show.â
Another one of those âamazing womenâ was the late Jacklyn Zeman. McCoy was on personal leave when General Hospital honored her onscreen grandmother, Bobbie â because after losing her real mother to cancer in November, her own grief was still too fresh. âI donât think that would have been good for me, at the time,â she explains.
While McCoy says it was âbittersweetâ to let stand-in Courtney Fulk play the goodbye to Zemanâs character, she is thrilled she got to spend time with the daytime icon while shooting the Nurses Ball. Not only did those end up being Zemanâs final episodes, but the long production days gave them time to talk.
âMy last conversations with her were so beautiful, because we had hours and hours off,â McCoy says. âShe would just tell these incredible stories from her life â and she loved her life. That was such an amazing lesson, inherently, to hear someone so passionate in speaking about their times on soapsâŠand not on soaps. It was inspiring. She was so freaking brilliant, so Iâm lucky I got those moments. And she knows I love her.â
GHÂ star Eden McCoy talks sticking around Port Charles
Since returning to the General Hospital canvas in February after taking a personal leave, McCoy has been thrust right back into the drama. In addition to grappling with the (alleged!) death of her lifelong pal Spencer, Joss is determined to find Dex â even if bringing him home puts him in danger.
With Steve Burtonâs Jason set to return on March 4, some General Hospital fans are speculating Dex could redeem himself to Sonny by returning with his believed-dead lieutenant in tow. Still, others fear McCoy is preparing to exit General Hospital after Josslyn announced she was going to leave Port Charles.
Whateverâs to come for Joss and Dex, General Hospitalâs young Daytime Emmy winner doesnât sound like she has any intention of saying goodbye to Port Charles.
âRight now, I am lucky enough to have a job,â McCoy tells FIRST. âI love the work and I literally love every single person I work with â and that is a blessing in itself. It hasnât always been that way in the past, let me tell you. So Iâm gonna ride this out as long as I can!â