name	Ronn Moss
birth name	Ronald Montague Moss
birth date	March 04, 1952
birth place	Los Angeles, California, USA
yearsactive	1969–present
spouse	Devin DeVasquez
website	Ronn Moss: Actor, Musician - His Official Website
notable role	Ridge Forrester on ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' }}

Ronald Montague "Ronn" Moss (born on March 4, 1952 in Los Angeles) is an American actor, musician and singer/songwriter, a member of the band Player, and best known for portraying Ridge Forrester, the dynamic fashion magnate on the CBS soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' since 1987.

Early life and music career

Ronn Moss was born and raised in Los Angeles. His father owned Mutual Ticket Agency, a ticket brokerage firm predating Ticketmaster, so from childhood Moss grew up surrounded by the theatre, concert, and rock & roll music world. At age 11, he started learning to play the drums, guitar and electric bass. In 1976, Moss joined creative forces with fellow singer/guitarist Peter Beckett, guitarist/keyboardist J.C Crowley, and drummer John Friesen to form the musical group Player, primarily as bassist and singer. In a garage in the Hollywood Hills, they wrote and rehearsed the music that would soon attract the attention of music impresario Robert Stigwood, who signed them to his RSO Records. In the first three weeks of 1978, their single "Baby Come Back" occupied the #1 position on the national pop charts & Player was voted to the Billboard Magazine honor roll of Top New Singles artist of 1978. The Australian edition of his 2000 album includes a fresh duet of the original hit 'Baby Come Back' & two bonus tracks, 'That's When I'll Be Gone' & 'Mountain'. Ronn Moss along with his band toured Australia between August and September 2006. More recently Moss also released his new solo album, "Uncovered".

''The Bold and the Beautiful'' and other film/TV work

Ron Moss plays the Saracen hero [[Ruggiero| Ruggero ]] who falls in love with Bradamante in the 1983 Italian film ''Paladini-storia d'armi e d'amori'' (aka ''Paladins—the story of love and arms'', aka ''Hearts and Armor'') – a film based on the legends surrounding the ''Peers'' of Charlemagne.

In 1987 Ronn Moss was offered the role of "Ridge Forrester" on a new soap opera, ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. Moss accepted the part; the show is broadcast in many nations across the globe and his major role has attracted thousands of fans worldwide. To this day, Moss is best-known for this role and he frequently travels overseas to promote the show and his music.

Ronn Moss has a large fan base in Australia. In 2006, a campaign surfaced to vote Moss as Australian of the Year. Moss recently featured in a television commercial for Berri, an Australian orange juice producer. The punchline of the advertisement was "you can tell when it's not all Aussie"; a line intended to show (in jest) that while Moss has long standing connections with Australia, his Hollywood career has resulted in his persona differing significantly from that of the cliché Australian male. He has appeared occasionally on the former program Rove Live when in Australia. He takes part in sketches that are parodies of daytime TV genre.

''The Bold and the Beautiful'' is a very popular prime-time show in much of Europe; in 2010 Moss was a participant in the Italian Dancing with the Stars, finishing second with his partner, Sara Di Vaira.

References

External links

Ronn Moss's Official Website

Ronn Moss's Official Myspace Page

A & A's Newssite 4 Ronn Moss

www.ronnmoss-uncovered.com

www.player-theband.com

Ronn Moss as Ridge Forrester @ RidgeForrester.com

Ronn Moss at the Internet Movie Database

Ronn Moss - Artist Profile

Category:American television actors Category:American male singers Category:1952 births Category:Living people

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name	Katherine Kelly Lang
birth name	Katherine Kelly Wegeman
birth date	July 25, 1961
birth place	Hollywood, California
parents	Keith R. Wegeman and Judith Lang
years active	1979 - present
spouse	Skott Snider(m.1989–1995; 2 children)Alex D'Andrea(m.1997–present; 1 child)
children	Jeremy Skott Snider (b.1990)Julian Lang Snider (b.1992)Zoe Katrina D'Andrea (b.1997)
other names	Kelly Lang
notable role	Brooke Logan on ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' }}

Katherine Kelly Lang (born Katherine Kelly Wegeman on July 25, 1961) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Brooke Logan Forrester on ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (1987 - present).

Personal life

She was born in Hollywood, California; she graduated from Beverly Hills High School. She is the daughter of Olympic ski-jumper Keith R. Wegeman and actress Judith Lang and the granddaughter of Oscar-winning cinematographer Charles Lang.

Lang has been married and divorced twice, the second time to manager Alex D'Andrea. D'Andrea represents such actors as Stephen Baldwin and works for Edmonds Entertainment. Lang is the mother of three children: Jeremy Skott Snider (born 1990), Julian Lang Snider (born 1992), Zoe Katrina D'Andrea (born 1997) and stepdaughter Danyelle Puschendorf D'Andrea (born 1991).

Career

Lang's first credit was a movie called ''Skatetown, U.S.A.'' (1979), with Scott Baio, Maureen McCormick and Patrick Swayze. That was followed by guest roles in various television series such as the short-lived ''The Powers of Matthew Star'' and ''Masquerade'' and the longer-running ''Riptide'', ''Happy Days'', ''The Fall Guy'', and HBO's ''1st & Ten''.

In 1985 Lang appeared in two music videos: Alabama's ''There's No Way'' (where she played the love interest of Alabama lead singer Randy Owen), and The Beach Boys' ''Getcha Back''.

In 1987, she was offered the part of blue-collar Brooke Logan on the soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (''B&B;''), and has been an integral part of the program ever since. Her love affair with Ridge Forrester (played by Ronn Moss) has been a key story arc for over 20 years, and a love triangle among Brooke, Ridge, and Taylor (Hunter Tylo) stretched across an entire decade. The show's 5,000th episode included only the four core characters: Brooke, Ridge, Stephanie and Eric.

She appeared as her character, Brooke Logan on ''B&B;'''s sister show, ''The Young and the Restless'' in 1998. She interacted with Eric Braeden (Victor), Peter Bergman (Jack), and Eileen Davidson (Ashley). She previously appeared on ''Y&R;'' as Gretchen in 1981. She returned to ''Y&R;'' in July 2007 for a brief stint as Brooke.

Her work on ''B&B;'' has been recognized with seven Soap Opera Digest Award nominations, beginning in 1991 and most recently in 2005.

References

Category:American soap opera actors Category:1961 births Category:Living people

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Peter Beckett (born 10 August 1948, Liverpool) is an English musician and songwriter who has recorded written songs for many prominent recording artists and for several films, as well as produced solo work. He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist for 1970s soft rock group Player, which scored a U.S. #1 hit in 1977 with "Baby Come Back".

Beckett was born in the Aigburth district of Liverpool, England. He was greatly influenced by seeing the Beatles perform at the famous Cavern Club. At 16, he recorded his first record, "All Night Stand", with a band called ''The Thoughts''. "One Night Stand" was written by Ray Davies from The Kinks. He then joined a band called ''Winston G and The Wicked'', later renamed ''Whip''. After they disbanded, Beckett auditioned for Badfinger on the heels of "Come and Get It", and was on Peter Ham's and Tommy Evans' short list, but the job was offered to Joey Molland instead. Beckett then joined a progressive rock band called ''Paladin'', recording two albums called ''Paladin'' and ''Paladin Charge!.''

Moving to Los Angeles, California in 1974 he joined ''Skyband'' before hooking up with JC Crowley, Ronn Moss, and John Friesen to form Player. Player enjoyed a Number One hit in 1978 with "Baby Come Back" - voted most annoying record of 1978 by ''SpinIn'' magazine's yearly reader's poll.

After four successful albums, Player split up, and Beckett began writing songs for other recording artists such as Olivia Newton-John, The Temptations and Kenny Rogers as well as music for films and television throughout the 1980s. In 1991, Peter released his first solo CD called ''Beckett'', a combination of rock, pop, AOR tunes. He then joined up with Little River Band and toured with them for eight years.

Getting back together with Ronn Moss in 1996, they recorded Player's fifth album, ''Lost in Reality'' and toured the United States. Since then, Peter has produced, written and played on two solo CDs for Ronn Moss and composed music for a television show: ''The Bold And The Beautiful''. Beckett and Ronn Moss had a world tour in 2006 as well as some dates in the United States. Beckett is also working on a second solo CD and continues to write film scores as well as material for other artists.

External links

Official Peter Beckett/Player Website

[ allmusic's Biography of Peter Beckett]

Official Player Website

Category:Living people Category:English pop musicians Category:Musicians from Liverpool Category:Little River Band members Category:1948 births

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series	The Bold and the Beautiful
portrayer	Ronn MossLane Davies (temporary)
first	March 1987
creator	William J. Bell
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nickname	The Dressmaker (pejorative, by Dominick Marone)
alias	Massimo Marone V Ridge Marone
gender	Male
born	January 28, 1962
occupation	Co-owner/CEO of Forrester Creations
residence	200 North Beston PlaceLos Angeles, California
parents	Massimo Marone Stephanie Forrester Eric Forrester (legal father)
siblings	Nick Marone Thorne Forrester Kristen Forrester Felicia Forrester Angela Forrester Diana Carter
spouse	Caroline Spencer [1990-1992] (widowed) Taylor Hamilton [1992-1997; divorced] [1998-2006; divorced)Brooke Logan [1994; invalid][1998; divorced] [2003; divorced] [2004-2005; invalid] [2009-present]
romances	Morgan DeWitt Alex Simpson [1987] Karen Spencer Lauren Fenmore Bridget Forrester Donna Logan Ashley Abbott (engaged)
children	''Unnamed child'' (abortion w/ Morgan) ''Unnamed child'' (stillborn w/ Brooke) Thomas Forrester Phoebe Forrester Steffy Forrester ''Unnamed son'' (stillborn w/ Morgan) R.J. Forrester Hope Logan (step-daughter)
grandparents	John Douglas Ann Douglas Massimo Marone III
aunts/uncles	Pamela Douglas John Forrester (legal)
nieces/nephews	Alexandria Forrester Zende Forrester Dominguez (adoptive)Dino DamianoJack Marone
cousins	Jessica Forrester (legal)
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Ridge Forrester is a fictional character from the CBS daytime soap opera, ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. The character was introduced in the series premiere on March 23, 1987 and has been a regular fixture ever since. Ronn Moss has played the role from the beginning and is one of the four remaining original cast members, along with Susan Flannery, John McCook and Katherine Kelly Lang.

Character History

Ridge Forrester: The favorite son

Ridge Forrester is the son of Eric and Stephanie Forrester (until a 2001 storyline changes his paternity), the oldest of the five Forrester children: Thorne, Kristen, Felicia and Angela. He is initially portrayed as an arrogant playboy who fully enjoys his status as the favored son. Yet, like Eric, Ridge is a talented designer and is the one expected some day to take over the family business, Forrester Creations. His rivalry with Thorne eventually leads to disaster.

A wedding deferred

As a playboy, he dates the virginal heiress, Caroline. Her father—the publishing tycoon, Bill Spencer—disapproves of him and demands that he break things off with his daughter. An infuriated Ridge responds by proposing to her, and she accepts. Just before the wedding ceremony, Bill tells Caroline that he had Ridge followed and knows for a fact that he slept with another woman just a week before. She walks down the aisle alone, still determined to go through with the wedding, but collapses before she reaches Ridge. While at the hospital, she meets and befriends the idolizing Valley girl, Brooke Logan, who will eventually prove to be her main rival for Ridge's affections.

Eventually, Caroline turns to Thorne, who helps her recover from a rape, and they marry. Thorne brings Caroline to live with him in the Forrester home, where Ridge and their parents still live. Ridge invites Brooke, of whom Stephanie fiercely disapproves, to move in with him; and the six of them living together proves toxic. Ridge and Caroline are drunk when he pulls a prank on her. He slips into her bed; but she thinks he is Thorne (or convinces herself that she thinks it) and has sex with him. Thorne finds out and, with booze and sleeping pills swimming inside him, takes a gun and shoots Ridge in the back of the head before stumbling into bed. He wakes up with no memory of Caroline's infidelity or of his attempted murder. The only one who knows of the latter is Stephanie, who does her best to keep Thorne and Caroline together, terrified that a split would trigger Thorne's memory. She also chokes down her hatred of Brooke and encourages her relationship with Ridge—strictly in order to keep him away from Thorne's wife.

All her efforts fail. The truth of the shooting comes out. Brooke's pregnancy—the primary reason she and Ridge are set to marry—miscarries. And now Ridge is free to make a choice between Caroline and Brooke. He chooses Caroline. The two finally wed, but their happiness is short-lived. Caroline dies of leukemia only months later.

Brooke vs. Taylor

Caroline's dying wish is that Ridge and Brooke reunite, but Brooke ends up marrying Ridge's father, while Ridge marries Caroline's oncologist, Taylor Ashford Hayes. By the time Taylor is presumed dead in a plane crash, Brooke is engaged to Taylor's associate, James Warwick. Ridge initially encourages their relationship, but he ends up crashing their wedding. He and Brooke soon marry instead. When Taylor turns up alive, Ridge initially chooses to stay with Brooke because he has established a strong paternal bond with his father's two children, Rick and Bridget, and informed Taylor that while he loved her and wanted to be with her, the children would be devistated if he left their mother; but when he catches Brooke kissing a designer named Grant Chambers, he leaves her and, during a Forrester fashion show, proposes to Taylor on the runway.

This sets in motion a bitter rivalry between Brooke and Taylor that will last for decades and eventually involve the adult children of both women. They help in the fight to keep Ridge with their respective mothers, or in the case of Rick (son of Eric), keep him away from her.

Marriage to Taylor

In an attempt to make Ridge jealous, Brooke threatens to elope with Grant if Ridge doesn't agree to remarry her. When Ridge refuses, she goes through with the wedding. She later gives Grant control over Forrester Creations to hurt Ridge. But when Brooke's son, Rick, shoots Grant, Ridge confesses to the crime to protect him for Brooke's sake. Through Grant's pleading, the court goes easy on him. While waiting for his sentencing, Ridge and Taylor make love in his motel room, where she ends up pregnant with Thomas. Before she can tell him the news, she finds him in Brooke's bed, drunk. Taylor nearly loses the baby as a result. She and Thorne conspire to keep the paternity of the child a secret; but Ridge tells Taylor that he wishes the baby were his. Brooke announces that she is also pregnant, but Taylor demands proof. Without it, she'll reveal to Ridge the truth of the baby's paternity. Brooke secretly moves up the wedding date. She and Ridge marry and then she has an immediate miscarriage, which Taylor suspects is too conveniently timed. Taylor has her baby, which she names Thomas (after the island, St. Thomas, on which Ridge first proposed to her). When Ridge learns he is Thomas's father and that Brooke conspired to keep the baby's paternity a secret, he has his marriage to Brooke annulled. He and Taylor marry for the second time in the summer of 1998. On the September 21, 1999 episode, the couple have identical twin daughters, Steffy and Phoebe.

Several ordeals undermine his happiness during the marriage. His old lover, Morgan DeWitt, tricks him into getting her pregnant. A physical confrontation with Taylor leads to Morgan miscarrying, which in turn leads to her kidnapping Steffy, faking the child's death and passing the girl off as her own. Morgan eventually has both Taylor and the child held captive; but Ridge manages to save them both. But it's an unrelated ordeal with another psychopath—Eric's ex-wife, Sheila Carter—that leads to true disaster. Sheila has Eric and Brooke held at gunpoint when Taylor arrives and struggles with Sheila for the gun. The gun goes off, Taylor is shot and—in the October 22, 2002 episode—she dies in Ridge's arms.

Massimo Marone

In 2001, the shipping magnate, Massimo Marone, comes to town and woos Ridge's mother, Stephanie. Ridge opposes his efforts, and during a heated argument with him, cuts his hand deeply. This leads to a hospital visit and a doctor's discovery, divulged to Stephanie, that the blood types of Eric and Ridge make it impossible for them to be father and son. Stephanie reveals to Massimo that he therefore must be Ridge's father, conceived during a trip to Lake Geneva in their college days. Stephanie convinces a reluctant Massimo to keep Ridge's paternity secret. Massimo secretly makes Ridge sole heir in his will and offers him a job at his company, Marone Industries. The truth eventually comes out to both Ridge and Eric, who are furious with Stephanie.

Over time, Ridge's feelings about his paternity prove mixed: he is proud to be Massimo's son, but unhappy not to be Eric's. Eric's real sons, Thorne and Rick, have frequently exploited Ridge's lack of a biological tie to Eric. The short-term result of this revelation was Ridge leaving Forrester Creations to work at Marone, where he proves a great success, even acquiring Spectra Fashions (a longtime rival of Forrester) and renaming it Logan Designs before giving it to Brooke and proposing to her.

Ridge vs. Nick

Brooke is dating both Ridge and a Marone employee named Nick Payne, a ship's captain. Nick is soon revealed to be Massimo's son and thus Ridge's half-brother. Nick and Ridge both compete for Brooke, and Massimo is caught in the middle. Brooke eventually chooses to marry Ridge. They go on their honeymoon in South America, where Ridge is kidnapped by a group of thugs working for Sheila. While attempting to rescue Ridge, Brooke and then Nick are held captive by Sheila, who demands from Massimo $10 million in gold as ransom. Massimo stages a rescue, but Ridge ends up falling into a furnace and is presumed dead. Later, in her grief, Brooke makes love to Nick. When Ridge proves to be alive, he discovers that Brooke is pregnant, and that the baby may be Nick's.

R.J. Forrester

A paternity test (which later proves false) reveals that Nick is the father of Brooke's child. Ridge is crushed, but tells Brooke he wants to raise the child as his own. But Brooke has their marriage annulled. Stephanie and Eric try to persuade Ridge to step aside; and Nick's mother, Jackie, supports her son's relationship with Brooke. So does Massimo, which leads to Ridge turning his back on him and on Marone Industries. But it turns out that Ridge is the real father. When Brooke gives birth to the child, she names him Ridge Forrester, Jr. Thomas nicknames him R.J.

Thorne Forrester: The favorite son

Ridge returns to Forrester where Eric welcomes him back with open arms. Ridge is soon caught in a power struggle with Thorne, who was made president of Forrester during Ridge's time at Marone. It ends with Thorne leaving Forrester and joining Spectra Fashions, where Thorne proves himself within the industry. Circumstances lead to Ridge believing that Stephanie and Eric now favor Thorne; but this seeming favoritism is short-lived, as Thorne eventually resumes his status as second-class son.

Taylor's second return from the dead

Brooke returns to Ridge, but their marriage faces a new crisis. At the wedding of Nick and Bridget, a mysterious woman screams, and Ridge is sure that it's his dead wife, Taylor. Ridge, Nick and Thorne dig up Taylor's grave and find the "corpse" inside is a fake. And then Taylor, very much alive, appears in the graveyard. She explains that Prince Omar (who had prevented her from returning to him the last time she was presumed dead) kidnapped her, faked her death and took her back to his palace, where a painter named Dante Damiano helped her escape.

Now Ridge must make a decision: Brooke or Taylor. He decides that he will spend one day with Taylor and one day with Brooke, but have no sex with either. Brooke cheats by trying to seduce Ridge on the day he has with Taylor. Stephanie has a dirty trick of her own: she fakes a heart attack in order to manipulate Ridge into carrying out her final wish, which is to see him with Taylor. Ridge and Taylor marry right there in Stephanie's hospital room. During this crisis in her life, she and Nick (despite his being married to Bridget) become closer.

Ridge uses Donna as bait

Taylor confesses to Ridge that she had been unfaithful to him twenty years earlier with James Warwick when the two were trapped at Big Bear (an isolated cabin owned by the Forresters). Ridge forgives the infidelity, but not her hypocrisy in condemning Brooke over the years. A number of other factors finally ruin his marriage—including the kiss she shared with the ex-firefighter, Hector Ramirez; her cover-up of Thomas's quickie marriage to a woman named Gabriela Moreno; and the revelation that Stephanie's heart attack was faked. Ridge tries to return to Brooke, but she rejects him, explaining that him walking out on her was too much like her father walking out on her family when she was a girl. Instead, she resigns from Forrester and marries Nick, which leads to Ridge having a heart attack. At the hospital, a semi-conscious Ridge cries out for Brooke; and Stephanie is left with no choice but to persuade Brooke to return to L.A. to help Ridge recover. She does so, but then returns to Nick.

Ridge begins dating Brooke's sister, Donna, hoping Brooke will be jealous. And during Brooke's bedroom fashion show, he uses this very public venue to take Brooke and kiss her. This causes trouble between him and Donna and between Nick and Brooke. Nick has a one-night stand with Bridget, who ends up pregnant—but it turns out by Dante, not by him. This news comes too late, especially since Nick's other transgression was blackmailing the Forresters into selling him Forrester Creations. Brooke leaves Nick.

Rick returns

Rick returns from Paris and blames Ridge and Stephanie for the loss of Forrester Creations. Rick makes it no secret that he wants to prevent the marriage between Ridge and Brooke. Ridge, for his part, is opposed to Rick's involvement with his daughter, Phoebe. Brooke, Ridge, Rick, and Phoebe go to Sydney, Australia on a business trip to promote the boutiques for their new company, Forrester Originals. There, Ridge finds Rick and Phoebe in a hotel bed together. Ridge assaults Rick, which motivates Brooke to break off their engagement, fly back to L.A. and beg Nick to marry her, offering to him the child she denied him during their marriage and even offering to let him adopt Hope. She even resigns from Forrester Originals and goes to work with Nick at Forrester Creations. But all to no avail. He marries Taylor, and Brooke tries to return to Ridge, who rejects her. He has his eye on the new chemist at Forrester Originals, Ashley Abbott (a character who had been well established years earlier on ''The Young and the Restless'').

Shane McGrath

Ridge finds new trouble with the aspiring actor, Shane McGrath, who is living with the Forresters when he tries to commit suicide with a gun. Ridge struggles with him for it, the gun goes off, and Shane is shot dead. Ridge, fearing he would be blamed for Shane's death, wraps his body in a garment bag and an anchor chain and uses Nick's boat to dump Shane's body in Santa Monica Bay. Burdened with guilt, Ridge confesses his crime to his mother. Stephanie convinces Ridge to frame Nick for Shane's murder as payback for stealing Forrester Creations. Ridge does so, but when Nick is convicted of the crime, he confesses to the police. His lawyer, Christine Blair (another well-established character from ''The Young and the Restless''), successfully defends Ridge. Meanwhile, the truth comes out about Grant Chambers.

Engagement to Ashley Abbott

Ridge's romance with Ashley ends when it is revealed that Rick and Ashley had a one-night stand in Mexico on the night Ridge was arrested. But Ridge eventually forgives Ashley, and they end up engaged. Brooke begs Ridge to take her back, especially after she finds Ashley's engagement ring and thinks it is for her. Stephanie continues to want Brooke away from Ridge and hires a man named Andy Johnson to keep her occupied. But Andy rapes Brooke. Her ordeal brings Ridge and Brooke close again. Ashley demands that Ridge choose between them. He chooses Brooke, and Ashley returns to her hometown, Genoa City.

Death of Phoebe

Rick is now involved with Taylor. Phoebe, holding out hope for a reunion with Rick, angrily confronts him in his car. As he drives, she attacks him, causing him to run off the road and crash. He survives, but Phoebe is killed. Ridge's grief is overwhelming; but Rick's involvement in the accident is what puts a terrible strain on his relationship with Brooke. Rick makes matters even worse by pursuing Steffy, who falls in love with him. Ridge ends up returning to Taylor and nearly marries her at the family's summer house; but Brooke rides up on a horse to stop the wedding. Ridge and Brooke end up marrying yet again.

Hallucinogenic berries

Now it is Ridge's son, Thomas, who puts a strain on his marriage with Brooke. He creates a new line at Forrester called Taboo, and in order to sell it, he manufactures a scandal: he kisses Brooke in full view of the press and their cameras. The sexual tension between them is not wholly faked, but despite Thomas being the aggressor, the marriage nearly ends. Just as things are about to return to normal, Brooke and Thomas end up together on a plane that crashes on a remote island. The two of them, nearly starving, find berries to eat. They prove to be hallucinogenic and inspire a kind of innocent eroticism in the two. Eventually, they are saved and Ridge is thrilled to have his wife and son back. But when Stephanie finds out about the berries, she conspires with Thomas to break up Ridge and Brooke with a lie: she bribes Thomas into claiming that he and Brooke had sex on the island. Brooke, unable to remember such an event, believes Thomas nevertheless and sinks into self-hatred. She pushes Ridge for a quick divorce and a quick remarriage to Taylor. But just before the ceremony is complete, the truth comes out, and Ridge returns to Brooke.

References

See also

List of supercouples

External links

Ridge Forrester Category:Soap opera supercouples

Category:The Bold and the Beautiful characters Category:Fictional businesspeople

name	Heather Tom
birth date	November 04, 1975
birth place	Hinsdale, Illinois, U.S.
partner	James Achor (2001-present)
occupation	Actress
years active	1989–present }}

Heather Tom (born November 4, 1975) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Victoria Newman on ''The Young and the Restless'', Kelly Cramer on ''One Life to Live'' and currently Katie Logan on ''The Bold and the Beautiful''.

Career

Very early in her career, she played Heather Harper (Jonathan Bower's love interest) on an episode of ''Who's The Boss?''.

She is well known to American daytime drama fans for her role as Victoria Newman, daughter of the powerful Victor (Eric Braeden) and Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) on CBS' ''The Young and the Restless''. She played the role from 1991 until December 2003. She won two Daytime Emmy awards in 1993 and 1999 for "Outstanding Younger Lead Actress" along with nominations in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008. Heather Tom holds the record for the most Emmy Award nominations for actresses under the age of thirty.

In 2003, she took on a new role as Kelly Cramer Buchanan on ABC's soap opera ''One Life to Live''. She also made a handful of guest appearances on ''All My Children'' in 2004 playing the Kelly Cramer Buchanan character. She is the third actress to portray Kelly Cramer Buchanan after Gina Tognoni and Tracy Lindsey Melchior. In August 2006, Tom announced she had decided not to renew her contract with ''One Life to Live'' after three years. She last aired in December 2006.

In February 2007, she guest starred on ''Monk'' and in March 2007, she and her sister Nicholle Tom guest starred on ''The Wedding Bells''. In October 2008, she guest starred in two episodes of ''Ugly Betty'' as a woman assisting Daniel Meade in gaining custody of his son.

In August 2007, she took over the role of Katherine "Katie" Logan (previously played by Nancy Sloan), the younger sister of Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang), Donna (Jennifer Gareis) and Storm Logan (William deVry), on ''The Bold and the Beautiful.''

Tom has also worked extensively in theater, both in New York and on the West Coast.

Private life

Tom was born in Hinsdale, Illinois. Her younger siblings are: actor David Tom and his twin sister actress Nicholle Tom. David also played Billy Abbott on ''The Young and the Restless'' and also co-starred with her on ''One Life to Live'' as her brother, Paul Cramer. Nicholle also played Maggie Sheffield on '' The Nanny''.

Filmography

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Awards (Won)

Daytime Emmy Awards

(2011) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Bold and the Beautiful''

(1999) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Young and the Restless''

(1993) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Young and the Restless''

Soap Opera Digest Awards

(1997) Soap Opera Digest Award Outstanding Younger Lead Actress for ''The Young and the Restless''

Award (Nominated)

Daytime Emmy Awards

(2008) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Bold and the Beautiful''

(2007) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ''One Life to Live

(2005) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ''One Life to Live''

(2004) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Young and the Restless''

(2000) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Young and the Restless''

(1998) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Young and the Restless''

(1997) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Young and the Restless''

(1996) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Young and the Restless''

(1995) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Young and the Restless''

(1994) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for ''The Young and the Restless''

External links

Heather Tom's Official Site

Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:People from Hinsdale, Illinois Category:American film actors Category:American television actors Category:American soap opera actors Category:Daytime Emmy Award winners

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