| Character Description | Character Name | Primary years on show |
| Incestuous father of longtime show heroine | |
| Sexpot split personality of longtime heroine | |
| Wild child teen, drug addict and kidnapper | |
| Adulterous doctor who tried covering up his medical negligence | |
| Homewrecking gold-digger, disgraced doctor (among many other things) | |
| Pimp and blackmailer who swapped two women's babies | |
| Billionaire, bigamist and all-around bully | |
| Con-man turned cult leader who just won't stay dead | |
| | Character Description | Character Name | Primary years on show |
| Cult victim & kidnapper who spent decades in a coma | |
| Refined, dignified but still down & dirty drug dealer | |
| Frat-boy rapist with a violent streak turned publishing tycoon | |
| Control freak split personality of longtime heroine | |
| Shady night-club promoter, brother of good guy DA | |
| Spiteful, scheming ex-wife of good guy lawyer | |
| Closeted gay politician who stooped to murder | |
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