Maxie Jones

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Maxie Jones, born Maria Maximiliana Jones, is a fictional character on the American television series General Hospital. The character is a resident of Port Charles, and the daughter of supercouple Frisco and Felicia Jones. Originally played by Robyn Richards, the character is currently played by Kirsten Storms.

[edit] Character background

Maxie was born on Halloween night and was given the first name Maria in honor of Felicia's grandmother, who was Texas-based Mexican royalty with both Anglo and Aztec connections. The show has used the upper-class English pronunciation of Maria's name: ma-RYE-uh, with a long "i," like singer Mariah Carey. However, the name has consistently been spelled "Maria" and not "Mariah" in official cast lists. Maxie's middle name, Maximiliana, was given in honor of Felicia's relative Maximilian. Felicia and Frisco initially called their daughter "Max," but "Maxie" was the nickname that stuck.

Maxie's biggest story came in 1994 when she developed Kawasaki disease and required a heart transplant. Her cousin Barbara Jean "BJ" Jones was killed when her school van was hit by a drunk driver. BJ was declared brain dead, devastating her family and friends. Her heart was transplanted into Maxie. One of the most heartbreaking scenes on General Hospital showed BJ's father, Dr. Tony Jones, laying his head on Maxie's chest and listening to his daughter's heart beat within his niece (a similar emotional scene occurred in the hospital series "St. Elsewhere", when one episode ended with a doctor listening to the heartbeat of his now dead wife, as the heart beat inside a stranger patient). It was a storyline that won much critical acclaim and several awards.

Maxie and her sister Georgie have been raised by Felicia and their stepfather Mac Scorpio. Their father Frisco has had little involvement with them. The show never made it clear whether Mac legally adopted the girls, but he has raised them and both Maxie and Georgie call and refer to him as their father.

As a little girl, Maxie had her first crush on Lucky Spencer. As a teenager and young woman, Maxie has been rebellious. She felt under a great amount of pressure to live for both her dead cousin BJ and herself because of the heart transplant. The burden has sometimes been too much. Maxie lost her virginity to Kyle Ratcliffe at a party and found out that it was broadcasted on the Internet. Her first love and first serious relationship was with Jesse Beaudry. Unfortunately a few months after they began their relationship, Jesse (who was a cop) got shot. Nothing could be done and Jesse died. At one point it was feared that she was rejecting BJ's heart and might need a new transplant, but she has since recovered from the infection.

She is currently supplying her longtime crush Lucky Spencer with pills and has been trying to steal him away from his wife Elizabeth with steadily escalating manipulation, including a suicide attempt. She is claiming to be pregnant by Lucky Spencer after using a faulty condom manufactured by ELQ, the Quartermaine family company.