Gwen Norbeck Munson is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera As the World Turns.
Originally shown to be a poor, emancipated minor, Gwen has risen to become a strong woman with a tough exterior, but when under pressure, the uncertainty of her life prevails.
[1] Munson then made her exit as Gwen in the episode that originally aired on April 4, 2010.
Will was nursing a crush on Allison Stewart, while Gwen showed more interest in Casey Hughes, Will's best friend.
While Casey wanted to leave the past behind them, Gwen had stunning news: she was pregnant.
She gave birth prematurely, thanks in part to the lack of care she received in her early pregnancy, and began to connect with the baby.
When Rosanna fell into a coma after being run off the road in her car, Gwen thought that she and Will (who she fell in love with) would be free to take custody of the baby but a roadblock was thrown in the form of Carly Snyder, Rosanna's half-sister.
Gwen sought custody of the baby, but at the hearing, the judge wanted her to name the father of the child.
The whole town turned against Gwen, as Casey's family had been the cornerstone of Oakdale for many years.
She cut off Will's trust fund, leaving the two teenagers penniless, and she enlisted Hal to help get them evicted from their apartment.
They returned to town and moved in with Will's father, Hal Munson, under the condition that they both go back to school and graduate.
Jade Taylor pretended to pregnant with Will's child and left Gwen contemplating a divorce of her own.
He was caught in mid-attack by Will and Casey, who overpowered him and forced him to agree to leave Oakdale forever.
Angry at Gwen and Maddie for getting away with attempted murder while continuing to look down their noses at her, Jade vowed revenge.
Posting an ad on the internet for a Gwen lookalike, she caught the attention of Cleo Babbit.
Cleo wanted Will to fall in love with her and leave Gwen, and deluded herself for a while into thinking that it was happening.
In retaliation, she knocked him out and then kidnapped Gwen, tying her to a railroad track alongside Jade, who had tried to warn the couple and stop the dangerous Cleo.
The Cleo experience changed Jade and caused her to make nice with Gwen before leaving town.
With the departure of her longtime nemesis, Gwen enjoyed some happy stress-free time with her husband.
Also in that month, Gwen was shocked to learn that her older brother Cole was back in Oakdale, after deserting her ten years prior to cope with a drunken Iris all alone.
Then Barbara tells her son and Gwen that a couple wants to give up their yet unborn child for adoption.
What they don't know is that this couple is in fact Sofie Duran and her boyfriend Cole Norbeck.
When Sofie is alone in her bedroom she cries for Cole, who left town, and for knowing she can't raise this baby.
When Gwen and Will come back, they notice that the door is open and when they find Hallie missing, they go to the police.
The judge grants Will and Gwen full custody of Hallie, and Sofie feels even more depressed.
[4] For her role as Gwen, Landon won three consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Younger Actress in 2006, 2007 and 2008.