Who is General Hospital’s New Avery? Recast Ayla Bullington Speaks Out
General Hospital has recast the role of Avery Corinthos, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Ava Jeorme’s (Maura West) daughter, with Ayla Bullington. The soap newcomer made her Port Charles debut on Monday, November 9.
Ayla Bullington is GH’s New Avery
Avery was born on-screen 0n November 4, 2014, and twins Ava and Grace Scarola began playing the part that year. The Scarola twins last aired as Avery in March 2025 — but viewers were prepped to see an older Avery the next time she appeared when she was referred to as a teenager on the October 8 episode.
Ayla Bullington, who hails from Franklin, TN, won the role after impressing producers via a taped audition and getting flown out to Los Angeles to try out in person.
“I truly never thought something like this would happen to me,” Bullington told TV Insider. “It’s so crazy and I’m so grateful for the opportunity.”
The actress gives rave reviews to her Daytime Emmy-winning on-screen parents, Benard and West. “I remember going on set and seeing how they worked and being like, ‘They are so talented and so good at what they do,’” Bullington said, crediting Benard with showing her how to master the dramatic tags at the end of a scene so common in soaps, and praising West for helping her to realize that it’s okay to make mistakes on set. “She’s taught me that, ‘Hey, it’s OK to get something wrong. You’re just learning.’”
Bullington began her run as Avery in explosive fashion, as the teen overheard a heated argument between her dad, Sonny, and her former stepsister, Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy), in which Joss denounced retired mobster Sonny for his various crimes.
“Avery is going through a lot at her young age,” Bullington noted. “She’s emotional and she’s curious and she’s a really fun person to play because so much stuff is happening in her life. I think she’s kind of confused about what’s happening and what to believe.”
Not all of her scenes will be quite as dramatic as her introductory ones. A month into playing Avery, “I’ve gotten to scream, to cry, to be happy. I’ve gotten to do some action stuff,” Bullington shared, predicting that while she’s working on GH, “I will never get bored.”
Now that Avery is a little older, expect the character to play a key role in the ongoing conflict between her warring parents — and Benard hinted to TV Insider that Sonny and Avery will both factor into a major upcoming plot. “We have a story coming up that could be very, very important,” he said.
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