Bridget Forrester

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Soap opera character
Bridget Forrester
First appearance	30 December, 1992
Nicknames	Budge (by Rick)
Address	Taylor's Beach House, Los Angeles, California
Date of birth	Born on-screen December 30, 1992; aged to eighteen by 2001
Gender	Female
Parents	Eric Forrester Brooke Logan
Siblings	Rick Forrester Hope Logan (maternal half-sister) R.J. Forrester (maternal half-brother) Thorne Forrester (paternal half-brother) Felicia Forrester (paternal half-sister) Kristen Forrester (paternal half-sister) Angela Forrester (paternal half-sister) (Angela deceased)
Married	Deacon Sharpe (divorced) Nick Marone (divorced)
Children	Nicole Marone (deceased) Unnamed Child (miscarriage)
Romantic entanglements	Deacon Sharpe C.J. Garrison Mark MacClaine Nick Marone Oscar Marone Ridge Forrester Dante Damiano
Occupation	Physician at University Hospital
Portrayer	Ashley Jones (2004 - ) Emily Harrison (2004) Jennifer Finnigan (2000 - 2004) Agnes Bruckner (1997 - 1999)

Dr. Bridget Forrester Sharpe Marone is a fictional character in the US soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful who was born on air on 30 December 1992. Bridget has been played by actress Ashley Jones (pictured) since December 2004. She was previously played by Agnes Bruckner (1997-1999), Jennifer Finnigan (2000-2004) and Emily Harrison (January to July 2004). Finnigan won three Daytime Emmys for the role.

[edit] Character

Bridget is the daughter of Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Eric Forrester (John McCook). She has an older brother, Rick (Kyle Lowder), and six half-siblings: Thorne (Winsor Harmon), Felicia (Lesli Kay), Kristen (Tracy Lindsey Melchior), Angela (deceased), Hope (Amanda and Rachel Pace) and R.J. (Trevor and Preston Shores).

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 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 C.J. 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 made the decision to relocate to Copenhagen to study medicine. Oscar went with her.

In December of 2004, Bridget 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 to be named Nicole.

Felicia then returned to town after a year in Europe, with a three-month-old son, named Dominick, 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 realized that her mother Brooke 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 was thrilled to have her sister back, she worried that she wouldn't be able to share Dino with Felicia. Felicia and Bridget were now competing for the affections of Dante. Bridget recently realized that she didn't love Dante as much as she thought, and stepped aside so Felicia can resume a relationship with the father of her child. This also strengthened their relationship, which had been frayed because of the battle over Dante.

On Monday, August 14th, 2006, Bridget announced that she had become a full-fledged doctor. She was also pregnant with Dante's child. At first, she thought it was from her one-night stand with her ex-husband, Nick, but discovered that it was further along than she thought, meaning that it wasn't Nick's child, but Dante's. Despite that, Dante gently told Bridget that what they had was over for good, and he was intent on being with Felicia, but would be in his child's life. Tragically, she discovered that she had miscarried yet again; however, Felicia and Dante were by her side to support her.

[edit] SORAS

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.

[edit] Actress 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, 21-year-old Jennifer Finnigan took over, aging Bridget to her early teens. 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.