Jill Ackles is an American television

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. Jill has directed for soap operas such as

Days of Our Lives ''Days of Our Lives'' (also stylized as ''Days of our Lives''; simply referred to as ''Days'' or ''DOOL'') is an American television soap opera that aired on the network NBC from November 8, 1965, to September 9, 2022; the soap has streamed n ...

All My Children ''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 2 ...

, and

One Life to Live ''One Life to Live'' (often abbreviated as ''OLTL'') is an American soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as ...

. Jill occasionally draws doodles for Doodle Day. Jill was nominated for a

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It was first awarded at the 1st D ...

shared with fellow directors of All My Children in 1997.

Career

Jill Ackles has directed several different soap operas. Jill was nominated for a

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in 1997 for her work on

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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*Nominated, 1997, Directing, ''All My Children''

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