Erica Lovejoy

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Courtnee Draper as Erica Lovejoy.
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Courtnee Draper as Erica Lovejoy.

Erica Lovejoy (born Mary Warwick) was a fictional character in the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. She was played by Courtnee Draper from April to October 2002.

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Mary Margaret Warwick was born to James (Ian Buchanan) and Sheila Warwick (Kimberlin Brown).

Sheila and James' marriage began to crumble when Sheila became jealous of James' growing friendship with Stephanie Forrester (Susan Flannery). In order to keep Stephanie away from her husband, Shiela threatened to kill Stephanie's grandson, Thomas. Stephanie had Sheila jailed for the threat, and after breaking out, Sheila kidnapped her daugher, and a devastated James left town.

Erica tried to come between Rick and Amber.
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Erica tried to come between Rick and Amber.

Years later, Mary, who Sheila had renamed Erica Lovejoy, and who knew nothing of her past or of her real identity, arrived in Los Angeles to meet her long-time idol, fashion designer Amber Moore (Adrienne Frantz), who happened to be an old nemesis of Sheila's. When Amber was in hospital after having a miscarriage, Erica befriended and supported her, soon landing a job as Amber and Rick's (Justin Torkildsen) son Eric Jr.'s babysitter. Sheila traced Erica to L.A. and furiously confronted her for running away. However, upon learning that Erica had become close to the Forresters, and of Erica's crush on Rick, Sheila realized that she could use this to her advantage.

As Rick and Amber began having marital problems when Amber turned to alcohol to ease the pain of her miscarriage. After telling her daughter about her real identity and the circumstances of her birth, Sheila urged Erica to seduce Rick into getting her pregnant, as a Forrester man would never abandon the mother of his child. Blinded by her feelings for Rick, Erica reluctantly agreed. Sheila kidnapped Amber, and as Rick and Erica were about to sleep together, Ridge (Ronn Moss) burst in and told Rick the truth about Erica. Meanwhile, during a tense confrontation between Sheila, Eric (John McCook), Taylor (Hunter Tylo) and Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang), Sheila shot Taylor and Brooke.

Sheila was thrown in jail. Erica visited her mother and told her that she never wanted to see her again, labelling her a psychopath. She then told Sheila that she was reclaiming her real identity, Mary Warwick, and left town to find her father.