Bridget Forrester
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| Soap opera character | |
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| Bridget Forrester | |
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| Address | Los Angeles, California |
| Date of birth | December 30, 1992 |
| Gender | female |
| Parents | Eric Forrester Brooke Logan |
| Siblings | Rick Forrester Hope Logan (maternal half-sister) RJ Forrester (maternal half-brother) Thorne Forrester (paternal half-brother) Felicia Forrester (paternal half-sister) Kristen Forrester Dominguez (paternal half-sister) Angela Forrester (paternal half-sister) (deceased) |
| Married | Deacon Sharpe (divorced) Dominick Marone(divorced) |
| Children | Nicole Forrester Marone (deceased) |
| Occupation | Student |
| Portrayer | Ashley Jones |
Bridget Forrester Sharpe Marone is a fictional character on the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Bridget has been played by actress Ashley Jones (pictured) since 2004.
Character
Bridget is the daughter of Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Eric Forrester (John McCook). She has an older brother, Rick (Justin Torkildsen), and six half-siblings: Thorne (Winsor Harmon), Felicia (Lesli Kay), Kristen (Tracey Lindsey Melchior), Angela (Judith Borne) (deceased), Hope (Amanda and Rachel Pace) and RJ (Jacob and Lucas Manos).Around the time of Bridget's conception, Brooke had slept with both Eric and his son, Ridge (Ronn Moss), which raised the question of her true paternity. It was not until 1996 that Eric was revealed to be Bridget's biological father.
When she turned 18, Bridget (then played by Jennifer Finnigan) fell in love with, and later married, the conniving Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan). Brooke, disapproving of her daughter's union with the sleazy Deacon, tried to convince him to leave Bridget. This led Brooke and Deacon to begin a secret affair! Brooke became pregnant with Deacon's child, who she passed off as that of Whip Jones (Rick Hearst), whom she eventually ended up marrying to cover up the affair with Deacon. The truth eventually came out and Bridget disowned her mother. Moments later, Brooke went into labour and Bridget, with the help of Brooke's mortal enemy Stephanie (Susan Flannery), delivered the child, a girl later named Hope.
After failed relationships with CJ Garrison (Mick Cain), Dr. Mark MacClaine (Michael Dietz) and even Ridge, who was once believed to be her father and then her brother, Bridget had all but given up on men. This changed, however, when she met Oscar Marone (Brian Gaskill) and was instantly attracted to him. Bridget and Oscar became engaged soon after.
Months into her engagement to Oscar, Bridget (then Emily Harrison) made the decision to relocate to Copenhagen to study medicine. Oscar went with her.
Later that year, Bridget (now played by Jones) returned to L.A. with unresolved feelings for Ridge, having broken off her engagement to Oscar. She confided in her mother's former fiancee, Nick Marone (Jack Wagner) and over the next few months they became closer. Despite warnings from Stephanie and Dante (Antonio Sabato, Jr.), the two married in September 2005 after Bridget discovered she was pregnant with his child, a daughter named Nicole.
Felicia then returned to town after a year in Europe, with a three-month-old son, named Dominick (Kaia and Kendall Huebner), whom she believed to have been fathered by Nick. Felicia discovered she was dying of cancer and Bridget agreed to raise Dominick, with Nick, after she died.
In February 2006, Nicole was stillborn. Bridget and Nick were dealt another blow when a paternity test was run and revealed that baby Dominick was fathered by Dante, not Nick. Bridget then realised that her mother, not her, was the true love of Nick's life, and presented him with divorce papers. Nick and Brooke then reunited.
Bridget and Dante decided to raise Dominick (who they nicknamed "Dino") together. In a surprising twist of fate, Felicia survived. While Bridget is thrilled to have her sister back, she worries that she won't be able to share Dino with Felicia. Felicia and Bridget are now competing for the affections of Dante.
Born on-air on December 30, 1992, SORAS has caused Bridget to age rapidly to the point where she turned 13 in 1998, and then turned 18 in 2001. As far as is known, Bridget has aged naturally since then.
Actor history
Bridget was played by three sets of twins and two child actresses from December 1992 through 1997. In December 1997, 12-year-old Agnes Bruckner took over the role, the first actress to play her on a contract basis. In July 2000, Jennifer Finnigan took over, aging Bridget to nearly 18. After winning three consecutive Daytime Emmys, Finnigan departed the soap in January 2004 and was immediately replaced by Finnigan look-a-like Emily Harrison. Viewers took an instant dislike to the new Bridget. She didn't seem mature enough to be the Bridget who had been through so much while Finnigan was in the role. Harrison was dropped to recurring status just three months into her contract and appeared on a recurring basis for an additional three months. Ashley Jones assumed the role on December 17, 2004, and was much better received as the character of Bridget.
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