Virginia Harrison
| Virginia Harrison | |||||
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| Sunset Beach character | |||||
| Portrayed by | Dominique Jennings | ||||
| Duration | 1997–99 | ||||
| First appearance | March 17, 1997 | ||||
| Last appearance | March 4, 1999 | ||||
| Created by | Robert Guza, Jr. | ||||
| Introduced by | Gary Tomlin, Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent | ||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||
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Nurse Jones FBI Agent Jones |
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| Occupation | Waitress Nurse |
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| Home | Sunset Beach, California | ||||
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| Husband | Jackson Harrison |
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| Sons | Jimmy Harrison |
Nurse Jones
Virginia Harrison is a fictional character from the US NBC soap opera Sunset Beach, played by Dominique Jennings. Virginia is characterised as a "bad girl" and has been central to a controversial storyline in which she impregnates a fellow female character without their consent.
Jennings was cast into the role of Virginia after she auditioned for another part in the programme. She was originally contracted to appear in ten episodes of the programme. However, after her first day on set, Jennings was offered a three year contract, which she accepted. In February 1999, it was announced that Sunset Beach had decided to end Jennings' contract with the serial, after they axed Virginia from the series. However, producers decided to not to kill her off and did not rule out a future return.
While the character is portrayed as "the bitch of the beach", Jennings said that Virginia has "depth and edge" to her. She described her as single mother from South Central L.A., who is "trying to make a better life for her son" but making Vanessa and Michael's lives miserable in the process. She opined that Virginia's interest and appeal came through the fact she started out as a completely different character. Jennings also said that there was no other black female portraying such a villainess on daytime television during the nineties. She also had so much fun playing Virginia that she had to remind herself to "snap out" of character.
Virginia is subject to a storyline in which she drugs and impregnates love rival Vanessa Hart (Sherri Saum) with Tyus Robinson's (Russell Curry) sperm, using a turkey baster. In doing so Virginia hopes to win the heart of fellow character, Michael Bourne (Jason Winston George). The storyline proved unpopular with some viewers. In another part of the storyline Virginia dresses up has her alter-ego "Nurse Jones" in an attempt to fool and run Vanessa's stay in hospital. Jennings was required to wear a padded fat suit and a "whacked-out" wig. Jennings said "It's really old and itchy, and it's hard to tell I have it on with the nurse's uniform, because the costume is so boxy. It's not so much heavy as it is hot. And the wig is just kind of out there."
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