Alison Sweeney Directs Friday's Episode of 'General Hospital'

Alison Sweeney.

Alison Sweeney, who plays Sami Brady on NBC's Days of our Lives, directs the Friday, August 15 episode of ABC's General Hospital.

"There were so many people who came up to me, who I’ve known from daytime for so many years, who were thrilled to have me there," she says in the new issue of Soap Opera Digest. "The first person I saw that morning was Kirsten [Storms, Maxie; ex-Belle, Days], and she practically dropped everything she was doing to give me this big hug and say, 'Congratulations.' I didn't get to direct her in my episodes, but she was like, 'You have to come back so you can direct me!' She was excited for me, as were Lynn Herring [Lucy], Michelle [Stafford, Nina], Finola [Hughes, Anna] and Nancy Lee Grahn [Alexis]. It was amazing. In some ways, even though we’re on different shows, daytime is such a family and it was such a wonderful, welcoming environment."

Sweeney has been invited back by Executive Producer Frank Valentini to direct another episode of GH.