District Attorney Nora Hanen Buchanan (formerly Gannon and Colson) is a fictional character on the long-running American soap opera One Life to Live and the currently running soap opera General Hospital . The role was originated by Hillary B. Smith in September 1992 and has been until the shows official end in 2013. She also portrays Nora on GH. In 2017, Nora will somehow make her way to Port Charles, New York.