Mary Beth Evans as Kayla Brady on "Days of our Lives"
Mary Beth Evans was voted Best Actress by her 4th-grade classmates in Orange County, California. From there the self-described "beach girl" set her sights on a performing career. At 14, Mary Beth Evans got a job in a fast-food restaurant and had her older sister drive her to acting classes.
Following graduation from Huntington Beach High School, Mary Beth Evans spent five months in Europe before joining the prestigious South Coast Repertory Conservatory.
Mary Beth Evans is known not only for her earlier stint on "Days of Our Lives," but also as "Katherine Bell" on "General Hospital" and "Sierra Montgomery" on "As the World Turns." Mary Beth Evans has appeared in many television shows and movies in guest roles, local theatre productions and won a Soap Opera Digest Award for Favorite Supercouple with co-star Stephen Nichols ("Steve 'Patch' Johnson").
As a working mother, Mary Beth Evans finds time to enjoy interior decorating, cooking and crafts. Mary Beth Evans has a mail order business for fresh, bake-them-yourself, apple pies. Mary Beth Evans married Dr. Michael Schwartz in 1985 and together they reside in Southern California with their three children, Danny, Katie and Matthew.