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This season's I Wanna Be a Soap Star winner, Ashlee Holland, makes her debut in Salem on December 26.

The new Days of Our Lives actress was awarded a 13-week contract after winning the aforementioned reality show. Previous seasons have produced two current cast members on other shows:

• Mykel Shannon Jenkins just turned up on The Bold and the Beautiful as Charlie Baker.
• On One Life to Live, BethAnn Bonner has fit in nicely as Talia.

How long will Holland remain on Days of Our Lives? It will all depend on her performance.

Ashlee Holland was supposed to begin taping her Days of our Lives role last Friday, but the date has now been pushed back. For good reasons.

Hogan Sheffer, the head writer on Days of our Lives, decided he wanted to beef up the part and give Holland some real material into which she could sink her teeth.

Those that saw the live finale of I Wanna be a Soap Star saw a clip where after Ashlee's performance of one of the tasks, Sheffer said, "I want to write for you."

Looks like he was serious.

Holland will now begin taping November 30 and is scheduled to air December 26.

Congratulations are in order for Ashlee Holland. The young actress won the fourth edition of I Wanna Be a Soap Star.

Her tremendous reward? A 13-week gig on Days of Our Lives.

With that in mind, we figured fans might wanna learn a thing or two about the new daytime star. To wit:

Holland was born in Roanoke, VA and currently resides in Lawndale, CA. She includes pool, bowling, cooking, sewing, gardening, dancing, singing and reading among her many hobbies and interests.

Athletic genes also run in Ashlee's family, helping her master physical stunts on set. The actress' father was a pitcher for the Yankees and and Phillies.