Both Oscar winners (Dead Man Walking and My Cousin Vinny), both former soap opera actresses(Search for Tomorrow and As the World Turns)
Some other good actors who got their start on soap operas:
Julianne Moore - As the World Turns
Meg Ryan - As the World Turns (yeah, yeah, I know alot of people find Meg Ryan annoying...)
William Fichtner - As the World Turns(notice a trend here?)
Kevin Bacon - Guiding Light
Alec Baldwin - Knot's Landing (Like him or not, his 5 minutes in Glengarry GlenRoss is a cinematic classic)
Demi Moore - OK, she's not a very good actress but she managed to score the highest salary ever for a female actress (at the time) which is a longgggggggg way from her salad days on General Hospital....
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