Princess Gina became a skilled art thief and forger hired and manipulated by Stefano DiMera.

Believing John dead, Gina became mentally ill and no longer wished to paint, becoming useless to Stefano.

In actuality, a delusional Gina has remained imprisoned in France, with only her devoted manservant, Kurt, for a companion as she waits for John to rescue her.

Gina began to reclaim her mind, and was eventually allowed by her manservant, Kurt, to attend a ball thrown in her honor.

Disguising herself as Countess Elsa Schwengel, Gina and Hope talk and she eventually learns that John was still alive and living in Salem.

She also appeared to her daughter Greta in 2001, when she was completing the tasks necessary for her to become the new Princess Von Amberg, and to Marlena Evans in 2019, when she coded after being shot by Xander Kiriakis, on the orders of Kristen DiMera.

It is revealed in Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem that Princess Gina (really a brainwashed Hope) stole the famous Alamainian peacock in 1991, and fenced the jewels.