Stella Henry (Vernee Watson)

Stella Ashford is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital.

She has been portrayed by actress Vernee Watson since the character's debut on June 7, 2017.

Casting
Vernee Watson first debuted as Curtis Ashford's aunt Stella on June 7, 2017. Watson, a popular primetime actress is best known for her former roles on ', ', ' and '.

Watson also had two former daytime roles as "Birdie" on ' in 1999 and Dr. Ella Kraft on ' in 2007.

Storylines
Stella arrives in Port Charles on June 7 to surprise her nephew Curtis on his birthday. Stella is overjoyed to reunite with her nephew, whom she hadn't seen in years and looks forward to reuniting with her great nephew, T.J. Ashford. Her joy is cut short when Jordan Ashford arrives. Stella despises Jordan and blames her infidelity for causing her nephew Tommy's death. When Stella finds out that Curtis and Jordan are now dating, she vehemently disapproves.

Stella is unaware that Shawn Butler is T.J.'s biological father. Curtis and Jordan discuss this fact and decide to ease her into the truth since she is already so upset about their relationship. Stella heads to Kelly's Diner, where she runs into T.J. and they reunite. T.J. almost accidentally tells Stella about Shawn until Curtis and Jordan arrive. Stella rails into Jordan for keeping her away from T.J. and making him think that she didn't want to see him.

As Curtis tries to calm Stella down, T.J. tells him mom that he almost told Stella about Shawn. Jordan asks that T.J. not say anything until they can ease Stella into the news, but she will support him no matter what he decides. After things calm down, T.J. brings out some chocolate cake and they celebrate Curtis's birthday.