Kelley Menighan Hensley (born February 15, 1967, in Glenview, Illinois) is an American actress best known for her role as Emily Stewart on As the World Turns.
Career Hensley appeared on the program from 1992 until the series finale in 2010. She earned Daytime Emmy nominations in 2002 and 2008 for Best Supporting Actress.Kelley Menighan Hensley, Soaps.com. Accessed December 26, 2025. "Daytime Emmy Awards Nomination, Daytime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2002, 2008)"
Hensley also made a cross-over to the daytime drama, The Young and the Restless on March 27, 2007, portraying Emily opposite Adrienne Frantz's Amber Moore.
In 2012, Hensley appeared on the Showtime dark satire series Reality Show. She played Katherine Warwick, the matriarch of a family being recorded for a reality TV series without their knowledge or permission. From 2013 to 2014, Hensley portrayed Veronica Ashton on the soap opera web series Tainted Dreams.
Personal life A resident of Old Tappan, New Jersey, she married her co-star Jon Hensley (Holden Snyder) on May 25, 1996.Rohan, Virginia. "Longtime soap As the World Turns comes to a halt this week", The Record, September 15, 2010. Accessed December 26, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "For Kelley Menighan Hensley of Old Tappan, who has played Emily Stewart since 1992, that realism took getting used to. The actress, who'd grown up on ABC soaps and had never seen ATWT, checked it out before testing for the show.... Hensley, who met her husband, actor Jon Hensley (Holden Snyder), on ATWT, came to love being part of the show." The couple had three children and divorced in 2015. Hensley is a vegetarian.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1990GunsTong's Blonde2015Shooting the WarwicksKatherine Warwick
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1992–2010As the World TurnsEmily Stewart1,713 episodes1989Young Charlie ChaplinUncreditedEpisode #1.61991The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the DrawWaitressTelevision film2007The Young and the RestlessEmily StewartEpisode #1.86062012Reality ShowKatherine Warwick7 episodes2014–2017Tainted DreamsVeronica Ashford12 episodes
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