Somebody from soap genre, possibly (9)
I believe the answer is:
personage
'somebody' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'soap genre possibly' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'soap'+'genre'='soapgenre'
'soapgenre' anagrammed gives 'PERSONAGE'.
'from' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for personage that I've seen before include "VIP" , "(Important) individual" , "Somebody" , "Luminary" , "big noise, it's said" .)