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Days of our Lives actress Aloma Wright in Second Chance Christmas.
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A graduate of New York's prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Aloma Wright toured with "Ain't Misbehavin'," and "The Gospel Truth with Jennifer Holiday, Tramaine Hawkins and Johnny Brown. She won two Drama Logue Awards, one in 1996 for her role in "The Visit" under the direction of Ted Lange and the other in 1997 for her work in "From the Mississippi Delta." She was also nominated by the NAACP Image Awards for Best Actress in 1994 for "First Breeze of Summer" and again in 1997 for "Four Queens no Trump."
From 2001 to 2009 she starred in the hit primetime comedy
Scrubs as Nurse Laverne Roberts and, later, as Nurse Shirley. Since 2008, she has played Nurse Maxine on NBC's daytime drama
Days of our Lives.
On Saturday, December 6, she stars in the TV One holiday movie
Second Chance Christmas with McKinley Freeman (
Hit The Floor), Michael Rainey Jr. (
Power), Robinne Lee (
Being Mary Jane), Kandi Burruss (R&B Singer and
The Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member), Durrell “Tank” Babbs (R&B singer) Ella Joyce (
Roc), Golden Brooks (
Hollywood Divas) and Rolonda Watts (
Days of our Lives).
In
Second Chance Christmas, Maisie (Lee) and her 13-year-old son Lawrence (Rainey Jr.) form a small, yet tight-knit family unit. Lawrence knows his mother doesn't have the easiest life as a single mother, but it makes him happy simply to know that she is there for him. His prayers for his mother to find happiness are answered when Malcolm (Freeman) marries Maisie. Yet ironically, Lawrence is indifferent to Malcolm and is certainly not afraid to wear his feelings on his sleeve. However, when a tragic car accident takes Maisie’s life, Lawrence and Malcolm must learn to lean on one other and get by with an important piece of their lives missing.
We Love Soaps recently spoke with Aloma Wright about her career and role in
Second Chance Christmas. Read our exclusive interview below:
WE LOVE SOAPS: Second Chance Christmas tells the story of a young boy's struggle to accept his stepfather after the untimely and tragic death of his mother. How does your character fit into the story?
ALOMA WRIGHT: My character is the social worker who actually takes the boy from the stepfather. The stepfather makes a decision that the child is acting out and he can't handle him. He figures the best thing for him to do is let him go with his biological grandparents because of the loss of his mother. I'm the case worker that initiates the process.
In its 20th year of bringing Christmas cheer to viewers, Freeform returns with "25 Days of Christmas," cable's biggest programming event of the year. The 25 continuous days of holiday-themed entertainment for the whole family runs from December 1 - 25, and viewers can ring in the season with festive specials, classic holiday movies and returning favorites.
Days of our Lives, NBC's longest running scripted series, will be honored at this year's 83rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade on November 30. Cast members Deidre Hall, Kristian Alfonso, Suzanne Rogers, Galen Gering, Lauren Koslow, Peggy McCay, Joseph Mascolo, Greg Vaughan, Bill Hayes, Susan Seaforth-Hayes, John Aniston, Shawn Christian, Arianne Zucker, Eric Martsolf, Kate Mansi, Guy Wilson, True O'Brien, Drake Hogestyn, Jen Lilley, Mary Beth Evans, Bryan Dattilo, Casey Moss, Billy Flynn, Molly Burnett, Meredith Scott Lynn, Aloma Wright, and Christopher Sean will participate in the special presentation on behalf of the series. 
EDITOR'S NOTE: "25 Days of Christmas" 2016 Schedule Released by Freeform, Begins December 1st