This "Taking 20" Conversation was recorded LIVE in 2021. Jacklyn Zeman is a five-time Daytime Emmy® Award-nominated actress best known for her role as Bobbie Spencer on the ABC daytime drama, General Hospital, and as Lana McClain on ABC's One Life to Live. Winner of Hollywood International Favorite Actress Award and Soap Opera Digest Award Winner, Zeman's additional Television and film appearances include National Lampoon's Class Reunion, Young Doctors in Love, Jury Duty, Montana Crossroads, Mad TV, Chicago Hope, Love American Style, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Make This Place Your Home and more.

In this Taking20, we are traveling to Los Angeles to visit with my dear friend Jackie Zeman. We cover several topics, including being a mom, going through a divorce, and how life and career can change unexpectedly. 

You have probably seen Jackie as Nurse Bobby Spencer on General Hospital on ABC, or as a guest on Good Morning America, Oprah, Donahue, Live With Regis & Kathie Lee, Hollywood Squares, Family Feud, or Wheel of Fortune. Jacklyn hosted a popular cable special profiling the Men of Daytime and co-hosted a series of specials for EPCOT Magazine. You can also watch her on the multiple Emmy® Award-winning digital drama series THE BAY. We met in 2004 when Jackie was working on a Jewelry Line and I was a TV Shopping host. 

Jackie is also the host of Make This Place Your Home on TLC. I love visiting Jackie's home because she has the BEST taste. I feel like a princess when I spend the night in her guest room. She always has the best food and everything is detailed and beautiful. I think immediately of her guest towels and napkins. I know it sounds silly, but those little touches really make me feel special. 

Jackie has also literally given me the shirt off her back, as one time my luggage was lost for DAYS, and she kindly kept me from going "naked" in Santa Monica, CA. :-) 

Not only is she a wonderful person, mom, and friend. She is a talented actress. Honors and awards over the years include four Daytime Emmy Award nominations, including one for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1998, a Soap Opera Digest Award and the Les Etoiles de Coeur Award from the American Heart Association, the Left-handers Society's Outstanding Left-hander of the Year award, and the Hollywood International Favorite Actress Award. She has also been nominated as Best Supporting Actress Drama and Comedy in the Indie Series Awards for Misguided. 

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Jackie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackieZeman

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