| Virginia Harrison | |||||||||||
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| Sunset Beach character | |||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Dominique Jennings | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1997–1999 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | March 17, 1997 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | March 4, 1999 | ||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||
| Created by | Robert Guza, Jr. | ||||||||||
| Introduced by | Gary Tomlin, Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent | ||||||||||
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Virginia Harrison is a fictional character from the American television soap opera Sunset Beach, played by Dominique Jennings. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on March 17, 1997. Jennings originally auditioned for another role in the soap. Virginia was supposed to feature in ten episodes but producers offered Jennings a permanent contract to join the show's regular cast. Virginia is characterized as a "bad girl" and has been central to a controversial storyline in which she impregnates a fellow female character without their consent. In the plot, Virginia uses a sperm laced turkey baster to assault her love rival, Vanessa Hart (Sherri Saum). The story formed one of Virginia's main story arcs in which she attempts to snare Michael Bourne (Jason Winston George) from Vanessa. This is included Virginia impersonating a nurse to fool Vanessa, which during filming Jennings wore a fat suit to create Virginia's disguise. Jennings made her final appearance as Virginia during the episode broadcast on March 4, 1999.