Rachel Melvin News

In her latest blog entry, Rachel Melvin details her time away from Los Angeles. Here are excerpts of what the Days of Our Lives star had to say about the trip:

I have been out of town basically this whole month since the show took a two week hiatus at the beginning of July.

My first stop was Hawaii with the family. In celebration of me being nominated (though it would have been even cooler to have celebrated a win! :) ) I took my family to Oahu. As hard as it may be to believe my parents have not taken a vacation or gone anywhere since basically their honeymoon in 1980 or 81?

Regardless, it's been a while. So my sister, mom and dad and I took the 6 hour flight and laid on the beach for about 6 days.

Check out Melvin's full blog entry now.

To say that Days of Our Lives star Rachel Melvin is excited about her Daytime Emmy Award nomination would be an understatement.

"What you have to remember is I never won anything in my life. I never got the roles in plays. Not cheerleader. Nothing," she told The Fresno Bee, giving credit to her mother for giving her the support she needed to deal with all of the early disappointments.

"She told me that all of the people who got the play roles, when they got to Hollywood, they would not be able to handle the rejection as well as I could," Melvin said.

Rachel Melvin is a 2008 Daytime Emmy Award nominee!

As Chelsea on Days of Our Lives, Rachel Melvin was once involved in the cover-up of a murder at a sorority house.

Now, in her upcoming movie, Legacy, Melvin is faced with a dead body found at a sorority house. The three most popular “sisters” become the prime suspects of the crime. Sounds familiar, huh?

Directed by Irving Rothberg and starring Haylie Duff, Legacy finds Melvin playing the character of Julie. It's set to be released later this year.

What's in store for Chelsea on Days of Our Lives? Let's find out from the actress that portrays her, Rachel Melvin:

I feel extremely privileged and honored that the writers and producers of Days of Our Lives have entrusted myself and my character to experience what is to come. It is possibly one of the hardest acting challenges I am going to face, and definitely the most worthwhile.

I can't wait to tape them and even more so, have them air. The current storylines and pace in which they are unraveling, I believe, are really going to take us back to the Days of Our Lives that we all so know and love. I will be extremely surprised if our ratings don't skyrocket during such an intense situation.

Read Melvin's full blog entry now.

Today's soap opera star in the spotlight is Rachel Melvin.

Here are a few fun acts about the Days of Our Lives actress:

• She's involved in the American Diabetes Association and several animal charities.

• She moved to California after winning a $600 jackpot during a game of bingo at a casino.

• Only starred in one high school play because she wanted to focus on dancing instead.

• Thought about going to school to become an interior designer.

• She and sister Jessica were huge Days of Our Lives fans in high school. Carrie and Austin were Melvin's favorite characters.

Melvin gets along very well with her co-stars, once saying to Soap Opera Digest about Darin Brooks:

“He tries to be funny, and he’s not. I try to sound smart, and I’m not. And we pretty much make sure that both of us are aware of that. You’re not funny, and I’m not smart.”