The 2026 Maggies Winners List Is Here!

THE BALLOTS ARE COUNTED! HERE ARE YOUR FAN-VOTED 2026 MAGGIES WINNERS

TL;DR: Our fandom showed up and showed OUT across every one of our social media platforms, and we counted every single vote to bring you the official results. The Maggies have their 2026 winners across all thirteen categories, and the competition was fierce all the way down to the wire. Every nominee and winner is listed below, category by category.

Leading Actress

• Jane Elliot — GH — Tracy Quartermaine
• Deidre Hall — DAYS — Marlena Evans
• 👑 Katelyn MacMullen — GH — Willow Tait — WINNER
• Karla Mosley — BTG — Dani Dupree
• Cynthia Watros — GH — Nina Reeves
• Genie Francis — GH — Laura Collins
• Amelia Heinle — Y&R — Victoria Newman

Leading Actor

• Steve Burton — GH — Jason Morgan
• Scott Clifton — B&B — Liam Spencer
• Paul Telfer — DAYS — Xander Kiriakis
• 👑 Eric Braeden — Y&R — Victor Newman — WINNER
• John McCook — B&B — Eric Forrester
• Cameron Mathison — GH — Drew Cain
• Maurice Benard — GH — Sonny Corinthos

Supporting Actress

• 👑 Trisha Mann-Grant — BTG — Leslie Thomas — WINNER
• Beth Maitland — Y&R — Traci Abbott
• Kathleen Gati — GH — Liesl Obrecht
• Tamara Tunie — BTG — Anita Dupree
• Zuleyka Silver — Y&R — Audra Charles
• Rebecca Budig — B&B — Taylor Hayes
• Martha Madison — DAYS — Belle Black
• Maura West — GH — Ava Jerome

Supporting Actor

• Roger Howarth — Y&R — Matt Clark
• John-Paul Lavoisier — DAYS — Philip Kiriakis
• Sean Kanan — B&B — Deacon Sharpe
• Carlo Rota — GH — Jenz Sidwell
• Eric Martsolf — DAYS — Brady Black
• 👑 Lawrence Saint-Victor — B&B — Carter Walton — WINNER

Younger Actress

• 👑 Alice Halsey — DAYS — Rachel Black — WINNER
• Scarlett Spears — GH — Donna Corinthos
• Marissa Reyes — DAYS — Arianna “Ari” Horton
• Jordyn Gracie — B&B — Beth Spencer
• Najah Jackson — BTG — Samantha Richardson

Younger Actor

• 👑 Giovanni Mazza — GH — Gio Palmieri — WINNER
• Cary Christopher — DAYS — Thomas DiMera
• Jaden Lucas Miller — BTG — Tyrell Richardson
• Colin Cassidy — GH — Aiden Spencer
• Redding Munsell — Y&R — Harrison Abbott

Guest Performance

• 👑 Ray Wise — Y&R — Ian Ward — WINNER
• Erika Slezak — GH — Veronica “Ronnie” Bard
• Jack Wagner — B&B — Nick Marone
• Peter Reckell — DAYS — Bo Brady

Best Soap

• 👑 General Hospital — WINNER
• Bold and the Beautiful
• Beyond the Gates
• Young and the Restless
• Days of Our Lives

Think your favorite got robbed? Email us at amber@soapoperamagazine.com and tell us who should’ve won.

The Fun Categories

Best Couple

• 👑 Jason Morgan & Britt Westbourne — GH — Steve Burton & Kelly Thiebaud — WINNER
• Liam Spencer & Hope Logan — B&B — Scott Clifton & Annika Noelle
• Ric Lansing & Ava Jerome — GH — Rick Hearst & Maura West
• Naomi Hamilton Hawthorne & Jacob Hawthorne — BTG — Arielle Prepetit & Jibré Hordges
• Victor Newman & Nikki Newman — Y&R — Eric Braeden & Melody Thomas Scott
• Dani Dupree & André Richardson — BTG — Karla Mosley & Sean Freeman
• Michael Baldwin & Lauren Fenmore — Y&R — Christian LeBlanc & Tracey Bregman
• Chad DiMera & Cat Greene — DAYS — Billy Flynn & AnnaLynne McCord
• Curtis Ashford & Portia Robinson — GH — Donnell Turner & Brook Kerr
• Sheila Carter & Deacon Sharpe — B&B — Kimberlin Brown & Sean Kanan

Best Villain

• 👑 Luna Nozawa — B&B — Lisa Yamada — WINNER
• Jenz Sidwell — GH — Carlo Rota
• Matt Clark — Y&R — Roger Howarth
• Ian Ward — Y&R — Ray Wise
• Hayley Lawson — BTG — Marquita Goings
• Xander Kiriakis — DAYS — Paul Telfer

Best Hero

• Liam Spencer — B&B — Scott Clifton
• Will Spencer — B&B — Crew Morrow
• Javi Hernandez — DAYS — Al Calderon
• 👑 Steve Johnson — DAYS — Stephen Nichols — WINNER
• Li Finnegan — B&B — Naomi Matsuda
• Josslyn Jacks — GH — Eden McCoy
• Billy Abbott — Y&R — Jason Thompson
• Nick Newman — Y&R — Joshua Morrow

Best Comeback

• Britt Westbourne — GH — Kelly Thiebaud
• 👑 Nathan West/Cassius Faison — GH — Ryan Paevey — WINNER
• Malcolm Winters — Y&R — Shemar Moore
• Bo Brady — DAYS — Peter Reckell
• Brad Cooper — GH — Parry Shen
• Sami Brady — DAYS — Alison Sweeney
• Hope Brady — DAYS — Kristian Alfonso

Best Newcomer

• 👑 Rory Gibson — GH — Michael Corinthos — WINNER
• Ambyr Michelle — BTG — Eva Thomas
• Arielle Prepetit — BTG — Naomi Hamilton Hawthorne
• Nathan Owens — Y&R — Holden Novak
• Marissa Reyes — DAYS — Arianna “Ari” Horton

General Hospital Took Home The Most Hardware

Six wins out of thirteen categories, plus the night’s biggest prize in Best Soap. Scroll back up and see if your picks matched the voters.

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