Stephanie Johnson has had quite the eventful life during her short time on Days of Our Lives. The young woman was abducted as an infant and things didn't get much better from there! Multiple failed relationships, another kidnapping, a rape, and an accidental murder are just some of the traumas Stephanie has endured over the years.
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Stephanie Kay Johnson is the daughter of Steve and Kayla Johnson, born in 1990. She was kidnapped by her nanny, Sheila, but thankfully rescued soon after in Australia.
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After Steve’s “death,” Stephanie moved to Los Angeles with her mother and wasn’t seen again until she was an adult (played by Shayna Rose) — and a race car driver!
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Stephanie briefly left Salem again, only to return (played by Shelly Hennig) when her father, Steve, returned from the dead.
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Dating Jeremy Horton, Stephanie convinced her friends to invest in his business, but it turned out to be a counterfeit clothing smuggling operation. Max lost his money, but found he was developing feelings for Stephanie. Unfortunately, she remained committed to Jeremy and kept him at arm’s length.
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After Jeremy left town to avoid the police, Stephanie tried to avoid her feelings for Max by dating Ford, but the young man drugged her drink and raped her!
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Unable to get justice against Ford, Stephanie took things into her own hands, persuading her sorority sisters to drug him and teach him a lesson. But when he tried to drug and rape Chelsea, Ford fell to his death, and Stephanie convinced the girls they should hide the body instead of telling the police.
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The rape brought Stephanie closer together with Max, though she regretted helping him find his long-lost sister, Melanie, when the two women did not get along. When Stephanie broke Max’s confidence by turning Melanie in to the police, the couple split up.
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Making a fresh start at Titan, Stephanie found herself drawn to Philip Kiriakis and the two eventually became engaged, despite Melanie’s interference. Unfortunately, this put Stephanie in the middle of the DiMera/Kiriakis feud, and she was kidnapped by Owen. After being rescued, Stephanie continued to suffer anxiety from her abduction, and it eventually led to the end of her relationship with Philip.
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Stephanie next fell for Nathan Horton, but was nervous because he clearly still had feelings for Melanie. After learning that Philip was the real father of Chloe’s baby, Stephanie chose to keep the secret so Melanie wouldn’t leave Philip and reunite with Nathan. But when Nathan discovered that Stephanie knew the truth and had kept it from everyone, they split up anyway!
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Stephanie hasn’t been seen around Salem since 2011, but the young woman made a special appearance when her parents, Steve and Kayla, were remarried so that she could be be a part of the family celebration.
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Stephanie was born to Steve and Kayla Johnson. As a child she was kidnapped by her nanny, Sheila Salsbury who took her to Australia. She was rescued and not seen on canvas until 2006.
Stephanie is all grown up and a race car driver. She came to town with Kayla and stayed for a few months until she accepted a position with a racing team outside of Salem. During her time in Salem she dated Max Brady and was broken hearted when he dumped her after she was in a race car accident due to the black glove crimes.
She left town shortly thereafter for work but is now back in Salem. She left town shortly thereafter for work but is now back in Salem. She became fast friends with Chelsea Brady, much to everyone’s surprise, and eventually introduced bad boy Jeremy Horton as her boyfriend. He was abusive to her and when she and Chelsea became airline stewardesses for Jeremy’s “Touch The Sky” airline, she started spending time with Max Brady again, while he dates Morgan Hollingsworth.
During this time, Stephanie left Jeremy and was raped by Ford Decker, the campus rapist. She told nobody and though she suspected she was pregnant, a test confirmed she was not. She finally told her parents, who comforted her. She spills this all to Max, and they build a relationship, slowly, and wind up together. She gains closure with the rape when Ford is accidentally killed on campus, and she and Max start having issues in their relationship when Max’s lack of trust causes him not to be completely honest with her about helping Nick Fallon get his grant proposal. When Trent Robbins came to town, Max’s biological father, Max keeps it a secret from Stephanie for a while and this causes issues between them as well. When he finds out he has a sister in Europe. He takes off for Paris and Stephanie follows. Their relationship got worse when Stephanie and Melanie met and didn’t hit it off. Stephanie saw Melanie’s character flaws and didn’t take to her, but Max didn’t see them or didn’t want to see them, so they grew apart. Eventually, when Stephanie betrays Max’s trust and goes to the police with information that Max knows about Melanie being at the cemetery when Trent was murdered, Max dumps her.
Stephanie gets a job at Titan, and tries to move on without Max. She works under Philip Kiriakis and the two start growing closer. They become engaged, but Stephanie can't abide by Philip's dangerous work. She's kidnapped on EJ's demands by Owen, the gardener, who is a spy for the DiMera family, and shoved into a cold drawer in a funeral home until she is rescued by Philip. Eventually, she and Philip separate and she becomes interested in Nathan Horton, who is already interested in Melanie Layton. Since things don't work out between Nathan and Melanie, Stephanie gets involved with him but becomes increasingly insecure that her beau may still have feelings for Melanie. When Stephanie learns Philip cheated on Melanie with Chloe and it turns out he's the father of Chloe's baby, the test results quickly change and suddenly they show Daniel as the father of Chloe's baby. Stephanie is working hard with an old friend Ian, to get to the bottom of who switched the results, concerned Nathan will learn the truth and leave her for Melanie. Nathan did find out and he did leave her. She broke down and left canvas for several years. She returns February 2017 for Steve and Kayla's Valentine's Day wedding.
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