She played Jennifer Horton von Leuschner Ramirez Deveraux Blake Deveraux on Days of Our Lives from 1985 to 1995. She made a return to the show in 2000, hailed by NBC advertising as Jennifer's comeback. She's been with the show since.
In 1995, Reeves left DAYS during the show's 30th anniversary to spend some time at home with Scott. She was replaced by Stephanie Cameron until 1998. Reeves returned back in 2000 during the show's 35th anniversary.
Reeves' real-life husband insisted that she quit her job because of an extramarital affair between her and a "significant male performer" on the show, the suit contends.
MelissaReeves appeared in a TV movie with her husband of ten years, about the real-life Dilley septuplets, and told reporters then that she wanted to get back to work.
MelissaReeves, the mega-popular actress who played Jennifer Horton Deveraux Blake [or is that Blake Deveraux?], on NBC's DAYS OF OUR LIVES has been telling friends and intimates that she was returning to the role she left nearly 5 years ago.