“Days of Our Lives” wouldn’t be the same without Alison Sweeney and her portrayal of the drama-loving Sami Brady. Sweeney’s record includes more than 2,000 episodes stretched over 36 years, and she still manages to do other things as well.
She wrote books, partnered with brands, and acted in many other projects. Maybe she cracked the secret of time travel, maybe she has a secret clone, or maybe she lives in a parallel universe where a day has more than 24 hours. Those are the only reasonable explanations to her 9 million dollars’ worth of success.
Catherine Bach | The Young and the Restless | $10 Million
Some of you may remember Catherine Bach as the audacious Miss Daisy Duke, who stole the show on TV’s "The Dukes of Hazzard". Others may know the actress from her latest, seven-year-long role of Anita Lawson on "The Young and the Restless".
Her prolific acting career spans more than four decades and numerous roles, all of which have banked her a $10 million net worth. Would you believe that she’s now 66? Her glow is amazing. Once she tells people her secret to looking that good, her net worth might skyrocket even more.
Erik Estrada | Two Women One Road | $4 Million
Erik Estrada, one of People magazine's “ 10 Sexiest Bachelors in the World” in 1979, has had quite a unique acting career. It started out in 1970 and blew up with CHiPs in 1977 but one of the most significant chunks of it was in the telenovela "Two women, one road" (or "Dos mujeres, un camino").
Estrada was paid one million pesos for his appearance on the show. His character, Johnny, was a steamy Tijuana truck driver. It became the hottest telenovela in Latin American history and ran for more than 200 episodes despite it being initially slated for 100 and the fact that Estrada could not speak Spanish. The man has sex appeal and apparently that's enough for a $4 million net worth.
Tyler Christopher | General Hospital | $7 Million
Tyler Christopher's relationship with the soaps shares a lot of similarities with the scripted, on-screen relationships portrayed in them — on again, off again, running off into the arms of an alarmingly similar partner — it's all there and it all turned out to make him a lot of money ($7 million net worth).
Christopher's soap spell started in 1996 when he was cast on "General Hospital" as Nikolas Cassadine. He was last seen on the show in 2016, but during that time, he got to leave the show and get back on it a couple of times plus play a double character as his own doppelganger — Connor Bishop. True to his soapy self, in 2017 Christopher was cast on "Days of Our Lives" for another role that lasted 2 years.
Susan Lucci | All My Children | $60 Million
When you think of soap operas you think of Susan Lucci. Fans of "All My Children" throughout the years (and we are talking about more than 40 years!) loved to play Erica Kane, Lucci's character.
Kane turned Lucci into a soap opera legend. A legend that has made enough money to sustain a small country. She has made a living out of her ability to cry on cue and being the best soap villain out there.