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Aiden Turner (born 2 April 1977) is a British actor known for his role as Aidan Devane on All My Children (AMC), which he played from 6 June 2002 until he left AMC on 21 December 2009.
Aiden John Turner was born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, and attended local Catholic schools (St. Joseph's, St Hugh's and St Edmund's College, Ware).
Turner was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2003 for Outstanding Younger Actor in All My Children. He also appeared in Geri Halliwell's Bag It Up music video.
Turner left the role of Aidan Devane in May 2004 during which time the role was recast with actor Tom Archdeacon. Turner returned to the show a few months later and portrayed Devane until Turner left AMC on 21 December 2009. He has modeled for Avon and appears regularly in their print catalogs. He appeared in a CoverGirl commercial with Molly Sims.
On 8 April 2006, Turner married Megan Marshall, whom he met in Europe on the Eurostar train en route to London from Paris. Their daughter Ciella Larryn Turner was born in August 2009. Her middle name comes from her maternal grandfather, Larry Marshall, who died from cancer in two weeks before Ciella's birth.