Dimitri Marick and Erica Kane

Dimitri Marick and Erica Kane are fictional characters and a supercouple from the ABC daytime drama All My Children. Erica is portrayed by daytime icon Susan Lucci, and Dimitri was portrayed by Dynasty star Michael Nader. Sometimes referred to as a "stormy duo" these two carried out a tumultuous relationship spanning the nineties. While they had their share of antagonists speckled throughout their romance, the main roadblock always keeping them apart were their own equally stubborn and fierce personalities.

The couple is regarded as one of the greatest in soap opera history by Entertainment Weekly. and one of All My Children's most successful.

Background

Writing and portrayals

Dimitri and Erica were not originally scripted into a romantic pairing with each other. Erica Kane was created in the 1960s as one of the original characters in Agnes Nixon's story bible for All My Children.Museum of Television and Radio (New York, N.Y.) Worlds Without End: The Art and History of the Soap Opera, p. 28, ISBN 0-810-93997-5. Since the shows...
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