General Hospital didn’t just lose a lawyer when Diane went off canvas last fall. It lost a voice. Carolyn Hennesy stepped away to recover from a broken leg that required multiple surgeries, a long, grinding stretch that kept one of Port Charles’ sharpest minds off canvas longer than anyone wanted. Now she’s back, and the timing doesn’t feel random. Not just because Diane is overdue, but because Alexis is running out of room to breathe.
Diane Miller Returns, Right on Time
Hennesy spoke with Soap Opera Digest about her return, confirming that the road back was slow, steady, and earned inch by inch. She described a recovery that required patience, humor, and a realistic sense of limits after months of wearing braces, using walkers, and facing uncertainty. There was no shortcut—just persistence.
Asked how she knew she was ready to come back, Hennesy didn’t overthink it, hilariously remarking in her dry Diane tone, “I woke up from surgery.” The same instinct that makes the character work still drives her performance.
Coming back to the studio felt familiar in the best way. Hennesy talked about the cast and crew as family, about being supported rather than rushed, about the subtle care that made the first days back feel manageable instead of overwhelming. “In my mind, the world missed Diane!” she added, half-teasing, half owning the truth. And she wasn’t wrong.
Asked how she knew she was ready to come back, Hennesy didn’t overthink it, hilariously remarking in her dry Diane tone, “I woke up from surgery.” The same instinct that makes the character work still drives her performance.
Coming back to the studio felt familiar in the best way. Hennesy talked about the cast and crew as family, about being supported rather than rushed, about the subtle care that made the first days back feel manageable instead of overwhelming. “In my mind, the world missed Diane!” she added, half-teasing, half owning the truth. And she wasn’t wrong.
Alexis is defending Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) in a case that’s stopped being cut-and-dried. Trina (Tabyana Ali) and Kai (Jens Austin Astrup) have brought her information she can’t unhear: near proof that Willow shot Drew (Cameron Mathison). The reveal collided head-on with Alexis’s ethics, her career, and her family. Every option costs her something.
