Tonja Walker

Walker's first acting role was in Liar's Moon with Matt Dillon.

Walker's work has been primarily as a performer on daytime dramas. Her first daytime role was on the television serial Capitol. She played Lizbeth Bachman, a sophisticated heiress torn between playboy Jordy Clegg and handicapped doctor Thomas McCandless. Walker played the role from the show's launch until she left in 1984.

She returned to daytime as mob princess Olivia St. John on General Hospital from 1988 to 1990, playing a villainess complicating the lives of Duke Lavery and his family. Walker would make a brief return to this role in 2017.

Walker was then cast as Alex Olanov Hesser Buchanan Buchanan on One Life to Live. Alex was initially an FBI agent, but became involved with the mob. Walker had the longest run in this role, playing Alex from 1990 to 1997, with several return visits in 2001 and 2002. She made additional appearances as Alex on One Life to Live in August 2007 for the show's 9,999th and 10,000th episodes,{{Cite web |url=http://abc.go.com/daytime/onelifetolive/episodes/2007/20070816.html |title=One Life to Live recap (8/16/07) |publisher=ABC.com (Internet Archive) |date=August 16, 2007 |accessdate=April 23, 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080423053654/http://abc.go.com/daytime/onelifetolive/episodes/2007/20070816.html |archivedate = April 23, 2008}}{{Cite web |url=http://abc.go.com/daytime/onelifetolive/episodes/2007/20070817.html |title=One Life to Live recap (8/17/07) |publisher=ABC.com (Internet Archive) |date=August 17, 2007 |accessdate=April 23, 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080423053649/http://abc.go.com/daytime/onelifetolive/episodes/2007/20070817.html |archivedate = April 23, 2008}} Her character later returned again on November 2, 2007 for a brief run {{cite web | url=http://www.soaps.com/onelifetolive/update/3141/David_Returns | title='One Life To Live' Daily Update | date=November 2, 2007 | accessdate=2 November 2007 | archive-date=December 17, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217182605/http://www.soaps.com/onelifetolive/update/3141/David_Returns | url-status=dead }} and again on January 2, 2009,{{cite book |chapter=Comings and Goings: Tonja Walker (Alex Olanov) |title=Soap Opera Digest |pages=17 |date=December 30, 2008 |volume=33 |issue=53}} March 15, 2011 and November 17, 2011.

She also had recurring roles as Marie Green on Guiding Light from 2003 to 2004, where she worked with Capitol costar Marj Dusay, and as D.A. Grace Nancier on Passions, a role meant to spoof Nancy Grace.

Walker is also a singer and has released one album collection of her songs. She produced a film in which she also appeared, The Derby Stallion. The film starred Zac Efron, Bill Cobbs, and William R. Moses and was released on video on demand and on DVD in 2007.

Walker has two daughters and three stepchildren.{{cite web |url=http://www.tonjawalker.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=27 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523155146/http://tonjawalker.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=27 |archive-date=May 23, 2010 |title=Resume}} Her two daughters are Isabella and Abrianna, who played her on-screen daughters in The Derby Stallion. Her three stepchildren are named Evan, Samantha, and Alec. All of her children use the last name Davidson.{{cite web |title=Walker, Tonja 1960– (Tonja Walker Davidson, Tonja Walker–Davidson) |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/walker-tonja-1960-tonja-walker-davidson-tonja-walker-davidson |website=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=December 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128064730/https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/walker-tonja-1960-tonja-walker-davidson-tonja-walker-davidson |archive-date=January 28, 2021}}

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• {{Official website|http://www.tonjawalker.net/}}
• [http://www.missmarylandusa.com Miss Maryland USA official website]
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• [https://soaphub.com/general-hospital/general-hospital-tonja-walker-exclusive/ Tonja Walker Speaks About GH Return]

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