Abigail Deveraux is a fictional character from Days of Our Lives, an American soap opera on the NBC network.

Mansi then appeared as Abigail that August in the spin-off, Chad and Abby in Paris, and then on the main show from November 2019 to May 2020.

Miller's portrayal later earned her three Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2018, 2019 and 2022.

[8][9][10] In December 2010, it was reported that the character of Abby would be brought back to the canvas with newcomer Kate Mansi assuming the role.

[12][13] In June 2016, Soap Opera Digest broke the news that newcomer Marci Miller had been cast as Abigail.

[28] Throughout the spring of 2011, the head writers teased a relationship between the two, however Abigail was "turned off" because Chad is a DiMera, before realizing he isn't like his family.

In an interview with TV Source Magazine from 2011, Mansi compared Chad and Abigail's dynamic to Romeo and Juliet.

The duo shared an "instant attraction" but she distances herself because he is a DiMera knowing her mother Jennifer Horton (Melissa Reeves) does not approve.

Mansi revealed that Stefano and Kate would also interfere in the romance forcing Chad and Abigail to "fight for their relationship," which makes them stronger.

Giddens said that while he wasn't a fan of their initial romance, "Abby and Chad's scenes were fun, and made me wish I could see more.

Abby begins spending a lot of time with her best friend Chelsea Benson, who starts dating Max Brady.

[31] Sadly, Jack becomes terminally ill shortly after his return but dies when his car crashes into a river and his body is never found.

Jennifer and Frankie Brady begin seeing each other which upsets Abby, especially when she walks in on them making love in her parents' room.

Little did both girls know that pictures of them kissing their boyfriends were taken by website owners and posted online which Frankie and Jennifer end up finding.

In 2006, during Jennifer's wedding to Frankie, Jack returns from being presumed dead with his presumed-dead amnesiac brother, Steve Johnson.

When Max tells Abby that he wants to stay friends and not pursue a relationship with her, she gets in a fight with him and leaves Salem to spend the summer with her family in London and doesn't return.

In March 2011, Abigail surprises her mother when she returns to Salem and expresses her dismay for her father Jack's absence.

[32] She tries to talk Jennifer into moving on without Jack and encourages her to pursue a relationship with Dr. Daniel Jonas, the surgeon who saved her life.

Abby reacts in extreme anger when her father returns, after learning he lied again, and has a brief estrangement from him but eventually they reconcile.

Abigail then begins to build a connection with Lexie Carver's half-brother, Cameron Davis, a doctor at the University of Salem.

He works with Marlena Evans and a support group to recover from PTSD and so, Jack eventually manages to open up to Abigail about it and she soon forgives him.

Later, believing herself to be pregnant due to morning sickness, she takes an at-home pregnancy test, which returns a positive result.

It is soon revealed that Ben is the killer and before leaving for Hope Williams Brady's wedding to Aiden Jennings, Abigail realizes the truth.

Eventually, Ben is put in jail and Abigail is reunited with her son after JJ and Chad find him abandoned in a motel.

At this time, Abigail begins to believe she is seeing hallucinations of Ben; in an attempt to confront her fears, she sets traps to see if she can catch him.

As a result, Chad commits her Shady Hills psych ward; while there, she continues to be threatened by hallucinations of Ben.

Chad and Abby reconcile and plan to remarry in a double wedding with Sonny and Paul, but they're interrupted by Ben, who announces that Will is alive.

Chad and Abby's New Year's Eve party is crashed by Vivian Alamain and her long-lost son with Stefano, Stefan.

Security footage shows a woman that resembles Gabi from the back is seen leaving Andrè's office with the lid to the murder weapon.

After Stefan helps Gabby come to terms with the fact that she isn't the real Gabi Hernandez, another alter, named Dr. Laura, emerged.