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Full detailed profile on Ashley Abbott Played by Eileen Davidson on The Young and the Restless Daytime Soap Opera.
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Ashley Abbott
Actor: Eileen Davidson Who played Ashley Abbott over the yearsEileen Davidson (1982 - 1989; 1999 - 2007; 2008 - present) Useful information on Ashley Abbott* Used to reside at the Abbott Mansion on 603 Glenwood Drive. |
Current: Head of R&D at Forrester Creations
Past: CEO of Jabot Cosmetics
Past: President of Jabot Cosmetics
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.
Although Ashley is still traveling for Forrester Creations, she is returning to Genoa City.
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Charles "Cole" Victor Howard (divorced)
Blade Bladeson (widowed)
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Dr. Stephen Lassiter (widowed)
Brian (lab assistant)
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Adam Hunter
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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)
Abby Carlton (daughter with Victor Newman)
Robert Carlton (son with Brad Carlton - stillborn)
Aborted baby (with Victor Newman)
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Billy and Ashley discuss his break up with Mac in the coffee house. She tells him when you can be yourself without holding your breath and worrying about the reaction you'll get - that's when you've found your soulmate. Billy jokes at her seriousness, and they discuss Thanksgiving. Billy says he'll just work.
Ashley arrives home to find Adam alone with the baby. He explains about the nanny's father having a heart attack. Ashley asks about his date - he says she understood. He then muses that it's maybe too early to be back out there anyway. Ashley urges him to give himself a chance. Ashley goes up to see to the baby, and Adam calls for the car to come around. Upstairs, the baby is fussy, and Ashley wonders what's wrong with her.
Jack drops in on Ashley at the Ranch. He looks at Faith sleeping, and Ash asks if he is there about the Chancellor stock again. He says he's glad she is investing, but he won't be buying any stock. He wants to talk about Thanksgiving - things aren't what they should be with the family. He calls Billy and makes arrangements for a Thanksgiving meal.
At the Ranch, Adam fusses over what to wear and asks Ashley's advice. She realizes he wants to impress someone. Just then, Sharon calls him - she says she made reservations for them, but Adam thought they were going to meet at her house. Sharon says it's time for him to come out of hiding. Jack arrives and trades a barb with Adam, before asking Ashley again about the Chancellor stock. Ashley says she will be investing in it - she just won't be doing it with him! They argue as she tries to explain her reasons, and Jack pushes about Jabot being their legacy. Ashley says he's done too many things she disapproves of - he needs to accept this! Jack leaves, and Adam asks Ashley about the project she mentioned to him. She says she still can't tell him any details. She wonders who he's seeing tonight. He keeps mum.
Ashley meets with Billy on the patio at the coffee house. He says he asked her to come to talk about Mac - she doesn't want to be with him anymore. He explains about the surrogacy, and Ashley says the baby would be Cane and Lily's - besides, as far as she understands, this was just the last straw. Ashley tells Billy that she's had her eyes opened with Victor. Billy doesn't want to have his eyes opened to life without Mac.
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