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The Young and the Restless CAST - Ashley Abbott
Full detailed profile on Ashley Abbott Played by Eileen Davidson on The Young and the Restless Daytime Soap Opera.
Eileen Davidson
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Ashley Abbott
Actor: Eileen Davidson Who played Ashley Abbott over the yearsEileen Davidson (1982 - 1989; 1999 - present) Useful information on Ashley Abbott* Used to reside at the Abbott Mansion on 603 Glenwood Drive. |
CURRENT & PAST OCCUPATION
Current: Head of R&D at Forrester Creations
Past: CEO of Jabot Cosmetics
Past: President of Jabot Cosmetics
ASHLEY ABBOTT'S HISTORY
Fresh out of college, Ashley Abbott returned to Genoa City in 1982. One of three Abbott children abandoned by their mother, the 'beauty' of the family, Ashley was the apple of her father's eye. Taking her spot in the family business, Ashley became a chemist at Jabot under the name Susan Ashley as a way to distract from the fact that she was an Abbott. After she earned the respect within the company, Ashley went on to use her real name and was appointed president of Jabot.
Ashley got the shock of her life when Brent Davis revealed on his death bed that he was her biological father. Devastated by the news, Ashley had an emotional breakdown, but was rescued and taken in by Victor and Nikki Newman. Although only a handful of people, her mother Dina, Jack, Jill, Katherine, and Victor, knew the truth, Ashley vowed to keep her paternity a secret for fear of breaking John's heart.
Her time with Victor would be the beginning of their love story and of Ashley's feud with Nikki. For years the three would find themselves in love, out of love, threatened by the other, and so on and so forth! After her stay at the ranch, and Nikki and Victor's divorced over her affair with Jack, Ashley and Victor fell in love. However, shortly after Ashley became pregnant, Victor and Nikki reconciled, leading Ashley to have an abortion. Not mentally stable, Ashley ended up in a mental institution and later returned to GC with her father.
The good thing to come from her time in the hospital was meeting her future husband Stephan. However, their marriage would end soon after Stephan was stalked and murdered by a past mental patient. Her next tangle with love was with her sister's ex-husband Brad Carlton. Not wanting to hurt her sister, Ashley escaped to her cottage in the woods. Dealing with the pain of Nikki's marriage to Jack, Victor came to Ashley and the two married! However, as always, Victor's tie with Nikki was too strong and he and Ashley soon divorced. Ashley would then go on to have two more unsuccessful marriages: with Jabot's photographer Blade and novelist Cole Howard.
Fed up with love, Ashley took off for Paris, then returned to GC pregnant! Determined to keep the baby's father a secret, Ashley accepted Brad's marriage proposal and his undying love for her and her unborn child. Ironically, and to Brad's dismay, Ashley revealed during her fight with breast cancer that Victor Newman was the father of little Abby! Not only was Brad shocked, so was Victor after finding out that Ashley stole his sperm and was artificially inseminated! Although Brad and Ashley tried to salvage their marriage by having a child of their own, Ashley miscarried due to a car accident and the two divorced shortly after.
Her next battle would come when her father met and fell in love with Gloria Fisher. With Jabot on the edge of bankruptcy, her personal life a mess, Ashley started dating Paul Williams and soon found herself being charmed by Tom Callahan. Little did Ashley know, Tom was the same Tom who had been married to Gloria and abused her and her two sons! After a series of blackmail attempts, lies were exposed and it was revealed that Tom Callahan (Fisher) was Gloria's husband! Fearing for his family's life, John Abbott shot and killed Tom, and Ashley took the blame for the crime! It wasn't long before John would recover from the shock and admit to the crime and was in turn sentenced to seven years in prison.
While dealing with the anguish of her father in prison, Ashley was faced with controversy after Gloria contaminated her new line of beauty cream! Even though Gloria was never found out, the damage she did to Jabot was immense. With Katherine now the company's new owner, the company was able to survive.
Ashley's biggest devastation came with the death of her father shortly before he was to be pardoned and released from prison. Blaming Gloria as the reason for her father going to prison in the first place, Ashley and Jack tried to strip her of the Abbott name after finding out that she and their father were never legally married. In the end, although Gloria had been shut out of John's will, due to Jack's manipulation, a judge allowed her to keep the Abbott name.
Although Jack secretly regained control of Jabot through his other company the House of Kim, Ashley found herself torn from her brother and from the family business that she onced loved.
Ashley decided to try something new and moved to Hong Kong to work for Forrester International. She had an affair with younger man, Rick Forrester. Forrester moved Ashley back to Los Angeles, where she became engaged to Ridge Forrester. His continued relationship with his ex, Brooke Logan, ruined things for the pair.
Currently, Ashley is due to return to Genoa City.
PAST MARRIAGES
Brad_Carlton (divorced)
Charles "Cole" Victor Howard (divorced)
Blade Bladeson (widowed)
Victor_Newman (divorced)
Dr. Stephen Lassiter (widowed)
FLINGS & RELATIONSHIPS
Brian (lab assistant)
Eric Garrison
Marc Mergeron
Victor_Newman
Matt Miller
Dr. Stephen Lassiter
Brad_Carlton
Blade Bladeson
Rick Bladeson
Adam Hunter
Kurt Costner
Cole Howard
Tom Fisher (deceased)
Paul_Williams
Will_Bardwell
Rick Forrester
Ridge Forrester (broken engagement)
RELATIVES
Brent Davis (father)
John Abbott (always believed he was her father - deceased)
Dina Abbott Mergeron (mother)
Jack Abbott (half-brother)
Traci Abbott (half-sister)
Billy Abbott (half-brother)
Keemo Volien Abbott (half-nephew)
Kyle Jenkins (half-nephew)
Colleen Carlton (half-niece)
CHILDREN
Abby Carlton (daughter with Victor Newman)
Robert Carlton (son with Brad Carlton - stillborn)
Aborted baby (with Victor Newman)
PICTURES
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RELATED DAILY UPDATES
Tuesday, September 30 2008: Love In a Dirty Diaper!
In New York, Billy thanks Jack for the plane ticket. Jack quickly turns the conversation back to Jabot and needing their proxies. Billy is all for any plan that will get Jabot back in the family. Ashley protests that Billy would have to go behind his own mother's back! Billy doesn't care - she put him in the mailroom! Jack accuses Ashley of having been at Forrester too long. He gets quiet and says sometimes he feels like their father is in the room with him - he wants to right the wrongs he has done in the past. Ashley says she won't be involved in anything underhanded. Jack claims that his plan is above-board, but Ashley points out that he's said that before! Jack pleads with them to trust him - just this once! Jack tells Ashley that when the time is right, he'll tell her everything. She counters by saying, "When the time is right, I'll give you my answer." Traci and Ashley say goodbye and Billy asks Jack to stay for a drink. He tells his brother that he's decided to head back to Genoa City! They have a conversation in which Billy thanks Jack for financing his lavish lifestyle. Jack says it's their little secret, but now he needs a favor - he needs him to move back to Genoa City permanently! Billy asks Jack what his assignment will be in Genoa City. Jack tells him he needs more than his proxy - he needs an inside man at Jabot to feed him information! "Just like old times, buddy!"
Monday, September 29 2008: Shoving Flowers Into Gun Barrels!
Jack and Ashley meet for breakfast in a restaurant in New York. She tells him he is up to something and she wants to know what it is! Just then, Traci arrives. Jack tells Ashley he wanted to surprise her, but Ashley narrows her eyes. "What game are we playing?" Jack concedes and tells them that there is a giant opportunity for their family. He explains that he's lined up a way for them to reclaim controlling interest in Jabot - but he'll need their proxies! He points out that John would hate what is going on with the company right now. Jack gives a heartfelt little speech about restoring it to what it was meant to be - a family business. Traci smiles, but Ashley regards him with obvious skepticism!
Just as Ashley is telling Jack that if he insists on being so secretive, she'll have to say 'no', and Traci agrees, Jack says there is someone who might be able to change their minds - Billy walks in! Ashley and Traci are tickled to see him and Jack laughs as Billy calls out in mock desperation for coffee!
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