Soap operas are the kind of shows you either watch or you don't, but no one can deny how unique they are: melodramatic to a fault, extremely sentimental, and more long-form than almost any other form of media. Just take The Archers, a BBC Radio 4 soap opera that's been running since 1951 — that's 70 years. Not even COVID-19 has stopped it from broadcasting, since the actors can record from home (though the schedule's been cut down a bit).
As the World Turns began not a few years later in 1956, and its final episode aired in 2010. An impressive run indeed, of which Parisse can call herself a part. She portrayed Julia Lindsay, part of a sensationally impactful love triangle with Jack Snyder (Michael Park) and Carly Tenney (Maura West). Internet message boards in the late 1990s and early 2000s flared with debate over the three characters, but there was no debate about the strength of Parisse's performance, which earned her a nomination for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series.
