Maria Celeste Arraras Guest Star @ NBC’s ‘Passions’.

NBC and Telemundo networks announced that award-winning journalist Maria Celeste Arraras will make a guest appearance on NBC’s daytime drama “Passions” on Wednesday, Nov. 27 and Friday, Nov. 29.

Arraras, who joined the Telemundo in April 2002, is playing herself in the daytime NBC series. She will be performing as a longtime friend of Pilar (Eva Tamargo Lemus) who visits her during a Latin version of the traditional Thanksgiving.

In addition to anchoring “Al Rojo Vivo con Maria Celeste,” Arraras also serves as managing editor for the one-hour news magazine, which airs Monday-Friday (5 p.m. ET). “Al Rojo Vivo” is a news program with an edge that delivers the hottest news stories daily.

“It’s a very exciting challenge because, even though I play myself, the part involves acting, which is something very different from what I do on camera every day,” says Arraras. “I’m also proud to be part of a U.S. Hispanic celebration of Thanksgiving in such a highly rated soap opera.”