This week's issue of Soap Opera Digest reports that Michelle Ray Smith -who has played Ava Peralta Lewis on Guiding Light since 2005 - has been let go from the series.
There have been rumors circulating around the Internet for months of Smith's departure; her character will not be recast
We'll have more information on this story as it breaks, but the actress' final schedule air date on Guiding Light is July 28.
Congratulations to Michelle Ray Smith! The Guiding Light actress is pregnant.
The star and boyfriend Michael Laydon are expecting a child on July 21. Interestingly, this isaround the same time that Smith's contract with Guiding Light is due to be renegotiated.
Michelle Ray Smith (Ava Peralta) will be making an appearance on CBS' The Early Show Monday, September the 17.
The Guiding Light star will be there to talk about her work for The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). The actress is also appearing in the current edition of Glamour, where she discusses her father's suicide.