Charlotte Cassadine (Scarlett Fernandez)

Charlotte Beaulieu is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. She is the daughter of Claudette Beaulieu and possibly Valentin Cassadine.

She was formerly believed to be the daughter of Det. Nathan West and then of Dr. Griffin Munro due to Claudette's lies.

Casting
Charlotte made her first appearance in a picture on September 21, 2016.

The casting of Scarlett Fernandez as Charlotte was announced in an issue of Soaps In Depth.

Fernandez made her first appearance on October 13, 2016.

Background
On September 21, 2016, Claudette revealed to Nathan that she had given birth to a daughter, whom she named Charlotte, soon after their relationship ended. Claudette believed Nathan was Charlotte's father, as they never used protection, but knew there was a small chance her former lover, Griffin Munro could be the father.

Immediately after getting this news, Nathan tells his fiancée, Maxie Jones, who encourages him to get a paternity test done. Claudette had a lock of Charlotte's hair in a necklace and they used it to conduct the DNA test. Nathan sent the samples to a private lab.

On September 29, the DNA test showed that Nathan is Charlotte's father. Nathan wants to see his daughter as soon as possible, but Claudette is afraid to reveal their daughter's whereabouts. When pushed, Claudette tells Nathan that she is trying to protect her daughter and herself from Valentin Cassadine, with whom she had a prior romantic entanglement.

After things went south between Claudette and Valentin, he began threatening her and Charlotte, so they went into hiding.

Storylines
On October 13, Charlotte arrived in town with her mother and finally got to meet her "father" at the PCPD. She also met her "father's" fiancée, Maxie.

Maxie still had her doubts about Charlotte's paternity and unbeknownst to Nathan or Claudette, ordered a second DNA test, using a juice box Charlotte drank out of as a sample for comparison to Nathan. On October 18, the second DNA test returned and proved that Nathan is not Charlotte's father, which means the first test was tampered with somehow.

Nathan was shocked at this news, but Maxie was not surprised that Claudette lied. Later on, Nathan gets Claudette to admit that she used his mother's hair for the DNA test and that Griffin is in fact the father. Afterwards, Charlotte meets her real father.

Health and Vitals

 * Being threatened by Valentin Cassadine [2006-present; revealed Sep 2016]