# Monica quartermaine
General Hospital fans desire to know where Monica Quartermaine is and what happened to Leslie Charleson?
As we enter 2023 it has been close to a year since soap vet Leslie Charleson has been seen on General Hospital. Her popular character Monica Quartermaine was recast with Holly Kaplan for a few episodes and never more was shown. Soaps in-Depth reported last summer that Charleson was placed on recurring status but she did not show up in Port Charles again and was only briefly mentioned.
Monica Quartermaine was mentioned on Thanksgiving on General Hospital but where is she?
Leslie Charleson observed 45 years of playing Monica Quartermaine on General Hospital on August 16 but she was nowhere t be seen. Soaps She Knows and other spoilers addressed the event and used quotes from Charleson from past interviews but nothing new was revealed. Monica has not been on screen since the end of January and the last time Charleson was seen was during an interview with Maurice Benard in March on his Vlog State of Mind.