Heather Marie Tom (born November 4, 1975) is an American soap opera actress. She is best known for her roles on CBS soap operas, as Victoria Newman on The Young and the Restless from 1991 to 2003, and as Katie Logan Spencer on The Bold and the Beautiful since 2007. She may also be known for her role as Kelly Cramer on ABC's now-concluded One Life to Live.

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. In 2012, she received her first nomination in the Lead Actress category for her role as Katie Logan Spencer. Heather Tom holds the record for the most Emmy Award nominations for actresses under the age of thirty.

Victoria Nicole Abbott (née Newman; formerly McNeil, Howard, Carlton, and Hellstrom) is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless. She was born onscreen in 1982 as the daughter and first child of Victor Newman and Nikki Reed.

The role was previously most notably portrayed by Heather Tom for over a decade, who earned outstanding reviews and praise for her portrayal, earning over eight Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Younger Actress In a Drama Series consecutively from 1993 to 2000 and won twice in 1993 and 1999. Tom departed on December 17, 2003, and the role has been portrayed by former All My Children actress Amelia Heinle since March 21, 2005.

Victoria's history on the series has included romances with Ryan McNeil, Cole Howard, Brad Carlton and J.T. Hellstrom. She has two sons, Reed Hellstrom born 2008, and John Abbott, born 2012. She is currently married to former playboy Billy Abbott.

As a child, the role was played by Ashley Nicole Millan from 1982 to 1990, and Jessica Jean Dollarhide did a voice-over in early 1991. Actress Heather Tom was the first actress to portray the role once the character's birth year is revised to 1971 in 1991. Tom was only 15 years old at the time she began to portray Victoria, and just 16 years of age when she won her first ever Daytime Emmy award. Tom left the show in April 1997 and the role was recast with Sarah Aldrich, who was let go briefly after her arrival, and in October, Tom was asked to reprise the role, which she did. Tom, who won two Daytime Emmy Awards for the role, departed on December 17, 2003, saying her departure was due to creative differences. When Tom departed from the role of Victoria, audiences and crew did not react happily, saddened by the loss of a central cast member.

Against Me! is an American punk rock band formed in Naples, Florida in 1997 by singer and guitarist Tom Gabel. Since 2002 the band's lineup has also included guitarist James Bowman and bassist Andrew Seward; current drummer Jay Weinberg joined in 2010. After releasing three studio albums through independent record labels, Against Me! moved to Sire Records for 2007's New Wave, which reached no. 57 on the Billboard 200. Their fifth and most recent album, 2010's White Crosses, was their most successful, reaching no. 34. In 2011 the band launched their own record label, Total Treble Music, through which they plan to release future albums. In 2012 Gabel publicly came out as transgender, with plans to begin a medical process to live as a woman and eventually take the name Laura Jane Grace while continuing to front Against Me!. The first album expected to feature Laura Jane Grace as frontwoman is Transgender Dysphoria Blues.

Against Me! was formed in 1997 by singer/guitarist Tom Gabel as a solo act, occasionally performing with backing musicians. The first Against Me! release was an eponymously-titled 1997 cassette demo. With the addition of drummer Kevin Mahon, a second demo, Vivida Vis! (1998), was released in limited numbers by Misanthrope Records. The band's first EP, Against Me!, was released in 2000 through Crasshole Records. Their first widely-distributed release was the EP Crime as Forgiven by Against Me! (2001), released by Plan-It-X Records and Gabel's own Sabot Productions. A third EP, an eponymously-titled acoustic recording by Gabel and bassist Dustin Fridkin, was released later that year.

Jennifer Lynne Gareis (born August 1, 1970 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American actress and former beauty queen.

She is a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, where she majored in accounting and was an All-American Swimmer, and J.P. McCaskey High School of Lancaster Pa.

She's part Italian, her great grandmother Sebastiana Tringali came from Militello in Val di Catania, and the city gave her the honorary citizenship.

On June 11, 2010 Gareis gave birth to her first child, son Gavin Blaze Gareis Ghassemieh.

In January 2012 it was announced that Gareis was expecting her second child in the upcoming summer.

Gareis competed in her first beauty pageant in 1992 when she placed second runner-up at Miss Pennsylvania USA. She later competed in New York, winning the Miss New York USA 1994 title, and representing New York in the Miss USA 1994 pageant held in South Padre Island, Texas on February 11, 1994. Gareis placed in the top six of the nationally televised pageant, which was won by Lu Parker of South Carolina.

Don Diamont (born Donald Feinberg on December 31, 1962 in New York City, New York) is an American actor, best known for his long-running portrayal of Brad Carlton on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. In 1990, he was chosen as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world by People Magazine, becoming the first daytime drama actor to receive the honor. He currently plays Bill Spencer, Jr. on The Bold and the Beautiful.

After several years as a successful model, Diamont's first major acting role was as Carlo Forenza on Days of our Lives. He joined the cast in 1984 after being hired by Ken Corday, and was with the show for a year.

Diamont is best known for his portrayal of opportunistic businessman Brad Carlton on The Young and the Restless. He initially joined the show in 1985 and left the cast in 1996. He returned in 1998, remaining on the show until his character was killed off in early 2009.

On March 5, 2009 it was announced that Diamont would be joining the cast of the CBS daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful in the contract role of Bill Spencer, Jr. His first air date was May 12, 2009. "Don is a versatile actor with a vast range of talent," B&B's Executive Producer and Head Writer, Bradley Bell, said in a statement, "It is my pleasure to welcome him to B&B. He has also expressed an interest in being a script writer."