If you ever catch some vintage soap opera footage, you may see a few familiar faces. Here are some of today's hottest stars who got their start on daytime dramas.

1. Demi Moore

For her first 19 years, her name was Demetria Guynes, but then she married musician Freddy Moore and took the name that most recognize today. In 1982, Demi beat out thousands of actors for the role of Jackie Templeton on General Hospital. She was an instant sensation as a sassy reporter who went to great lengths to get a scoop. She left daytime TV in 1983, eventually starring in such feature films as Ghost, Indecent Proposal, and A Few Good Men.

2. Ricky Martin

This hottie was "Livin' La Vida Loca" in General Hospital's Port Charles as Miguel Morez. As a fab example of typecasting, Martin was tapped to play a Latino singer. He had long, curly hair and steamed up the afternoons from 1994 to 1995. Today he's far from Port Charles; in fact, this Grammy Award-winning artist spends much of his free time working for children's charities.

Pierre Omidyar Meg Ryan starred on As the World Turns before she hit it big in film.

3. Kathleen Turner

As a child, Mary Kathleen Turner traveled the world because her father was a U.S. foreign service officer. During that time, the Turner family lived in Canada, Cuba, London, Venezuela, and Washington, D.C. By age 23, she shed her first name and got her first big break in show business on The Doctors. From 1978 to 1979, Turner played trampy Nola Dancy, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who married someone from the right side. Then, in 1981, she debuted on the big screen as a sizzling temptress in Body Heat.

4. David Hasselhoff

The man listed in Guinness World Records as the "most watched TV star in the world" got his start on daytime television. Between 1975 and 1982, Hasselhoff could be seen on The Young and the Restless as Dr. Snapper Foster, who was put through college by his poor mother and manicurist sister (Jill Abbott, who is still on the show). After seven years, Hasselhoff left daytime TV without knowing what would come next. But he didn't have to wonder for long -- NBC President Brandon Tartikoff asked him to play the lead (opposite a talking car) in a new show called Knight Rider. By 1989, the phenomenon known as Baywatch hit the airwaves with Hasselhoff at the helm as lead actor and executive producer.

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