Sydney Mikayla

Fans were disappointed when Sydney Mikayla chose to leave GENERAL HOSPITAL to focus on her schoolwork at UCLA and the role of Trina was recast. And the actress herself was sad to leave her Port Charles family behind. “Frank [Valentini, GH’s executive producer] had made such a space for me...

The Thursday, March 17 episode of “General Hospital” marked the final appearance by actress Sydney Mikayla in the role of Trina Robinson. The character has been recast with daytime newcomer Tabyana Ali who will make her first appearance on the soap later this month. Earlier this month, Mikayla...

This Thursday, March 17, will mark Sydney Mikayla’s last episode as GENERAL HOSPITAL’s Trina. As previously reported, the Daytime Emmy nominee announced her plans to part ways with the soap to focus on her college studies at UCLA. In a recent sit-down with Soap Opera Digest’s Dishing with Digest podcast, the teenager opened up about how important her education is to her, how she managed the first few months of juggling both GH and her course load, and why she ultimately decided that she needed to say goodbye to the soap opera.

After requesting to be placed on recurring status last fall, “General Hospital” actress Sydney Mikayla has now decided to leave the daytime drama series completely in order to concentrate full-time on her academics. Her last airdate is set for Thursday, March 17 with her role as Trina Robinson being recast with daytime newcomer Tabyana Ali who will make her debut later this month.

Sydney Mikayla is an American actress. Mikayla is best known for her role as Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas in the Lifetime biopic for which she won a Young Artist Award. Mikayla's earliest roles included an episode of her favourite childhood television show, Yo Gabba Gabba! and an episode of the daytime soap opera, Days of Our Lives.

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