Celebrity Photos Celebrity Hair Styles The Buzz The Wire Military Confessions
Full detailed profile on Jill Foster Abbott Played by Jess Walton on The Young and the Restless Daytime Soap Opera.
Jess Walton
|
Jill Foster Abbott
Actor: Jess Walton Who played Jill Foster Abbott over the yearsJess Walton (1987 - present) Useful information on Jill Foster Abbott* Was paid to keep company with Katherine Chancellor. |
Current: CEO of Chancellor Industries
Past: CEO of Jabot Cosmetics and major stockholder, Executive of Jabot Cosmetics, Head of the Men's Line at Jabot, Management Trainee at Jabot, Manicurist at Derek's Salon, Paid companion to Katherine Chancellor, Manicurist at a salon that Katherine frequented
In 1973, Jill Foster was a dreamer and worked in a salon as a manicurist with the hopes of living the high life. After meeting Katherine Chancellor, Jill took a job as Kay's companion. Although Jill and Kay were very close, Jill ended up having an affair with Katherine's husband Phillip. Feeling guilty, Jill accepted a marriage proposal from Kay's son Brock and the two married. However, Jill found out that she was pregnant with Phillip's child and ended her marriage with Brock before it was consummated.
Philip was happy with Jill's news and asked Kay for a divorce. However, Jill and Phillip's love affair ended abruptly after a drunken Kay picked him up from the airport and lost control of the car causing Phillip's death. Jill gave birth to a son, Phillip, and so Jill and Kay's long rivalry begins� For many years, Jill and Kay found themselves fighting over the same men, the Chancellor estate and constantly at each other's throats!
Jill went on to marry wealthy John Abbott, who gave her a job at Jabot, then had an affair with his son Jack, causing John to file for divorce. Jill found out that she was pregnant, but never knew who the father was due to a miscarriage. Wanting to keep the family disgrace secret, John awarded Jill a hefty divorce settlement: One-fourth of Jabot, a seat on the board, and an executive job with a salary of $150,000 a year!
Although Jill became a success at Jabot, her family life continued to dissipate. After her son Phillip married Nina Webster, against Jill's liking, he drove drunk and died in a car accident.
Throughout the years, Jill jumped from affair to affair until she finally won her way back into John Abbott's heart and the two remarried and had a son, Billy. Although John wasn't keen on the idea of having another child at his age, he was granted custody of Billy after catching Jill engaged in an affair with Jed Sanders. John and Billy moved to New York and Jill was left to battle with Katherine once again.
After finding that Phillip Chancellor wanted Jill to have his estate, Jill took Katherine to court and ended up winning half of the Chancellor estate. Although unbearable, the two lived under the same roof. When Billy returned home, to Jill's dismay, he fell in love with Katherine's granddaughter Mackenzie Browning. However, Jill got the shock of her life in 2003 when Katherine found out that Jill was her long lost daughter! Jill went on to find her father and even ended up forgiving Katherine for throwing her away as a child.
One of the most amazing mother and daughter reunions in daytime history, just when Jill and Katherine had put their sordid pasts behind them, in January of 2007, Jill was faced with a confession from Katherine that would change her life forever! Through a series of disturbing nightmares, Katherine realized that she had switched Jill's son with another baby at birth, meaning that Jill's 'real' son was indeed alive!
Jill has been reunited with her real son, Cane Ashby, and made peace with her mother over the matter. She is running Chancellor Industries, and still mourns the death of her lover, Ji Min Kim. She recently appointed Cane as CEO of Jabot, and had her other son, Billy, return to town.
Brock_Reynolds (not legal
Phillip Chancellor II (not legal - deceased)
Derek Thurston (not legal)
Stuart Brooks (divorced - deceased)
Rex Sterling (not legal)
John_Abbott (divorced - first time - deceased)
John_Abbott (divorced - second time - deceased)
David Mallory
Steven Williams
Andy Richards
Brad_Carlton
Marc Mergeron
Rex Sterling
David Kimble
Blade Bladeson
Victor_Newman
Jed Sanders
Michael Crawford
John_Silva
Keith Dennison
Sean Bridges
Larry Warton
Jack_Abbott
Elliot Hampton
Will_Bardwell
Ji Min Kim
Jeffrey Bardwell
William Foster (father by adoption)
Elizabeth Foster (mother by adoption)
Greg Foster (brother by adoption)
William 'Snapper' Foster (brother by adoption)
Phillip Chancellor IV (grandson)
Jennifer Elizabeth Foster (niece by adoption)
Pierre Charles Roulland (nephew by adoption)
Bruce Henderson (uncle by adoption)
Mark Henderson (cousin by adoption)
Lorie Brooks (cousin by adoption)
Katherine Chancellor (biological mother)
Arthur Hendricks (biological father)
Brock Reynolds (biological half-brother)
Mackenzie Browning (biological half-niece)
Chloe Mitchell (daughter-in-law)
Billy Abbott
Phillip Chancellor III (son with Phillip II - deceased, later discovered wasn't her son)
Cane Ashby (son)
Miscarriage (with either Jack or John Abbott)
There are no additional images yet
Jill welcomes Nikki cordially into the Chancellor home, but sighs dramatically over her presence. Nikki goes in to take a seat, and Jill tells Cane that she expected Nikki to be there today, but she still doesn't like it. He reminds his mother that Nikki was a friend to Kay, but she is her daughter. Jill laments to her son that she treated her mother badly.
Amber and Daniel arrive at the Chancellor home and are greeted by Esther. Danny and Gina come in and Gina begs Daniel to try and get Danny to stay for a few more days, but Danny says he can't. Billy comes through the door next and is warmly greeted by Cane. Just as Mitchell Sherman asks everyone to have a seat, Gloria and Jeffrey blow into the room. Jill looks outraged! Mitchell begins to read the will. She leaves Brock 1% of her estate in trust so that he may continue his good works, and he is also named Chairman of the Chancellor Foundation. Danny and Gina get one half of 1% of her estate in cash as her stepchildren, and she leaves Esther enough money to live the rest of her life in comfort as well as her entire 50% ownership of the Chancellor Estate! Esther nearly faints, and Nikki calls for water. Billy smirks at Jill, "Mom, you may be in the market for a new maid!" Jill takes Mitchell aside and says that Katherine must have been drunk when she made the changes, but Mitchell tells her it's ironclad and Katherine was certainly not impaired! He continues the reading of the will, telling Nikki, that as someone who Kay thought of as a daughter, she has been left Katherine's jewelry and her mother's ring - a family heirloom!
Still in the Chancellor living room, Mitchell details how Billy and Cane will receive one-quarter each of her estate. Amber and Daniel are given enough money to fund their respective ventures, and Amber also gets sole rights to Katherine's memoirs! Jill jumps out of her seat in protest, but Mitchell cuts her off, saying that Jill has been left the remainder of the estate, and all but 5% of her Jabot shares. He then turns to Gloria and tells her she has been left a priceless vase that was a gift from John, as well as the remaining 5% of her Jabot shares - in honor of John's memory! Jill turns to Cane in panic, and Jeff and Gloria beam! As they all rise from their seats, Daniel asks Amber if she's going to publish the memoirs, but she says she wonders if she should bring more upset to the family. Danny comes over and says goodbye. Brock wanders over and says he'd like to know more about the memoirs. They all share a laugh. Across the room, Jeff purrs at Gloria that she's never looked hotter than she does right now. Jill comes over and asks what she did to make Katherine give her the shares. Gloria says that Kay genuinely liked her! Billy takes Jill away, telling her that if he had inherited what she just did, he'd be dancing on the table right now! Jill goes after Amber before she can leave - she informs her that she won't have her capitalizing on Katherine's memoirs and if she tries to print it, she'll fight her every step of the way. Amber tells Daniel she's going to make it her life's mission to print them now! Nikki is next to leave, telling Jill that she hopes she doesn't mind Katherine giving her the jewelry. Jill rudely tells her that her life's such a mess, how could she mind. Esther kindly tells Nikki she can still come to the house to visit her. Jill goes back into the living room and notes to Cane that they're very vulnerable without that stock! It then dawns on Jill that she is no longer answering to Katherine and can do whatever she wants!
Jill thanks Gina for arranging the reception at the GCAC. Esther, Danny, Liz and Brock all discuss how much Katherine would have liked the service. Billy, Cane, Chloe, Amber and Daniel join in the conversation too. They joke about how wild she could be at times and share a laugh. Neil, Karen, and Lily arrive and pay their respects. Jill thanks them for coming. Billy asks Brock why he called her 'the Duchess', and Brock explains that that's the way he always saw her. Liz agrees that she had a regal bearing. Neil takes Lily aside and asks if she's okay - she's been very quiet. Lily notes that it's just a sad day. Neil is joined by Karen and they tell Lily that they're engaged. She congratulates them happily. Nearby, Brock introduces Cane to Nina. Cane tells her that he's the 'other' son - Jill will always consider Philip her son as well. He says he'd like to meet her son sometime, and she says he'd love that too. They agree to meet to chat later.
Danny tells Gina that her food is terrific and Amber and Daniel agree. Nina strolls over and says she used to live on it! She mentions how shocked she was that Gina's restaurant burned down. Amber asks where Nina lives, and she says she is a screenwriter in L.A. Danny and Amber toot Daniel's horn by sharing with Nina that he's a talented artist. They all discuss Philip being in the army, and Gina hugs Nina. Next to them, Jill stands with Liz, and they thank Jana and Kevin for stopping by. Liz then tells Jill that she's so glad that she told Jill the truth, and that she and Katherine had time together.
Gloria and Jeffrey are now at the GCAC and approach Jack. He asks if they got Katherine to sign over the stock. When his question is met with silence, he tells them their association is over - their chances of getting Jabot back now is as dead as Katherine! Jill and Liz are speaking with Mitchell Sherman nearby, and Billy walks up and asks if he'll give them a hint about the will. Mitchell says he'll see them later and leaves. On his way out, he stops to tell Gloria that Katherine has put her in the will. Jeffrey is puzzled, and Gloria notes it's probably another reprimand from beyond the grave.
Click Here To Read Previous Related Archives On Jill Foster Abbott »