Haley Pullos

Pullos was born in Palo Alto, California, on July 10, 1998.^[1][2] She was given Alexis as her middle name,^[3] and has two brothers and two sisters.^[2] A child actress,^[4] she played a patron in the 2002 movie Carney Tales and had a recurring role as Lansing-Davis on General Hospital,^[2] starting in July 2009,^[3][5] when she was 11.^[2] Earlier in 2007, she starred in 'Til Death and Moonlight.^[3][5] In 2008, Pullos had her first recurring television role on Ghost Whisperer,^[3][5] where she played a young Melinda (played by Jennifer Love Hewitt) in flashbacks,^[2] and also appeared in The Cleaner and The Middleman.^[2]

While appearing on General Hospital, Pullos made several guest appearances,^[5] including the pilot episode of Dollhouse,^[3] and appeared in the "Two Story" episode of House,^[2] for which she won a Young Artist Award.^[6] In 2009, she also appeared in Dead Air and Dark House, the former starring Corbin Bernsen and Jeanne Cooper,^[3] and it was announced she would appear in The Midnight Man (The Collector) and Montana Amazon, the latter starring Olympia Dukakis and Haley Joel Osment.^[3] In 2013, Pullos appeared in the ad "Little Tricks" for Yoplait.^[7] She subsequently appeared in TV commercials for L'Oreal, Burger King, and Walmart.^[1] In 2014, she guest starred in Growing Up Fisher.^[8] From 2016 to 2018, Pullos had a recurring role as Addison Pierce in Mr. Student Body President.^[8] In 2017, she starred as Belle Knox, a real-life college woman who entered the porn industry to pay her tuition,^[2] From Straight A's to XXX on Lifetime.^[9][10] Also in 2017, she starred as Lily Brooks in A Royal Christmas Ball on Ion Television.^[10]

In 2018, Pullos starred as Taryn McGivensin in Soronity Stalker (previously titled No Good Deed and alternatively Lethal Beauty) on Lifetime.^[11] Also in 2018, she guest starred in Scorpion,^[10] as well as in The Mick.^[2] In March 2019, GQ Italia placed Pullos fourth in its "sexiest 20-year-olds in the world" list.^[12][13] As of August 2019, she appeared in 402 episodes of General Hospital.^[5] In 2020, Pullos starred as Schmerz in The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia,^[2] a Latinx comedy on Netflix co-created by Mario Lopez of Access Hollywood and Friends producer Seth Kurland.^[13] In 2021, she had a main role as Elisa in Red Riding Hoods.^[14] In 2022, she guest starred in Mr. Mayor.^[15][16] In 2023, she appeared on God-ly.^[17] In May 2023, her role on General Hospital was recast, originally by Holiday Mia Kriegel,^[18] due to an automobile accident;^[19] she had appeared in almost 500 episodes of General Hospital since 2009.^[4] For her roles in General Hospital (2009–2023) and Instant Mom (2013–2015), she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Awards,^[20][21] and won four Young Artist Awards (for her role on General Hospital),^[5] including three consecutive ones.^[13]

On April 29, 2023, Pullos was involved in a road traffic collision, where she collided head-on with another vehicle whilst driving on the wrong side of an on-ramp to the 134 Freeway in Pasadena, California.^[22][23] Pullos had been involved in a previous hit-and-run incident in the run-up to the collision, and nearly collided with a further car prior to the crash.^[24] The driver of the other vehicle was hospitalised with reported life-threatening injuries but survived.^[25] According to police reports from the incident obtained by TMZ, firefighters rescued Pullos from her car, wherein she subsequently struck one firefighter who was assessing her injuries.^[24]

On May 11, 2023, it was announced Pullos' role on General Hospital had been recast as a result of the car accident.^[26] Pullos stated: "Unfortunately, I was involved in an automobile accident and I'm doing okay, but I am going to need a little time to recover. I will be back as soon as possible!"^[27] Six days later TMZ published reported excerpts from police reports of the crash; she was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI), and was subsequently charged with two counts of felony DUI.^[22][23] Later that day, she entered into a rehab facility in Malibu, California.^[28]

In June 2023, Pullos was sued by the driver of the vehicle involved in the head-on collision. The lawsuit alleged that Pullos was "simultaneously intoxicated with marijuana and drunk on alcohol" when she had collided with the other driver. Officers found edible cannabis products and mini-bottles of tequila in Pullos' vehicle.^[29][30]

On April 29, 2024, Pullos was sentenced to 90 days in jail.^[31][32] She was released from jail on July 29, and sentenced to five years of probation,^[33][34] including 200 hours of community service, a nine-month alcohol program, a mental health treatment program, required to pay $8,260 in restitution to the victim, and not to drive a motor vehicle for at least a year.^[4] Her attorney Mark Daniel Melnick told People that "Haley is very grateful to the court for a minimum sentence and for recognizing her remorse and the strides she has made in her sobriety."^[31] General Hospital actress Nancy Lee Grahn defended Pullos after her sentence, writing on social media: "As Haley's TV mom I can tell some truth about her as I've loved her since she was a little girl. She made a HUGE mistake, knows it, owns it & has spent the last yr doing EVERYTHING imaginable to take responsibility 4 it."^[31] In October 2025, the civil lawsuit was settled for $1 million as part of an insurance payout by No Comment, a restaurant in Pasadena where Pullos was working the night of the accident, with "no admission of liability".^[35][36]