Jana Hawkes

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Soap opera character
Jana Hawkes
Address	Apartment shared with Kevin Fisher 250 Market Street Genoa City
Date of birth	Unknown
Gender	Female
Parents	Milian Hawkes (father)
Siblings	Unknown
Marriages	None
Children	None
Occupation	Co-owner of Crimson Lights Coffeehouse Babysits Lauren Baldwin's son, Fenmore
Portrayer	Emily O'Brien

Jana Hawkes is a fictional character in the US soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed since 2006 by actress Emily O'Brien.

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Jana was hired as an employee at Kevin Fisher's (Greg Rikaart) coffee house, Crimson Lights, and soon took over as manager. Jana soon bonded with Kevin and they began dating. Lauren Baldwin (Tracey E. Bregman) also gave Jana a job tending her infant son, Fenmore.

Much of Jana's past is a mystery, and her reasons for moving to the United States were initially unclear. She is British, and claims to have been both an au pair and a sky diving instructor before arriving in Genoa City. She also lived in a trailer, and claimed to love the freedom this afforded her. She was also well-versed in art history, and was able to correctly identify the dynasty of a Chinese artifact owned by Katherine Chancellor (Jeanne Cooper) simply by glancing at it.

In February 2007, Jana disappeared, and Kevin suspected that Adrian Korbel (Eyal Podell) was responsible for that and the murder of Newman Enterprises executive Carmen Mesta (Marissa Ramirez). After Colleen Carlton (Adrianne Leon) was abducted and knocked out, Jana was revealed to be alive and apparently held captive in the walk in refrigerator Colleen awoke in. After Colleen revealed everything she knew about an artifact (The Grudgeon Reliquary) the Carlton family has been trying to protect, Jana was taken out the room.

After luring Kevin to Colleen, an armed Jana revealed that she and her father wanted the Grudgeon Reliquary, a piece of Jewish artwork that was stolen by Colleen's grandmother, Rebecca Kaplan (Lorna Raver), from the Nazis. Jana also confessed to killing Carmen Mesta, because Carmen saw the folder containing pictures of artwork that Jana stole from Victoria Newman's (Amelia Heinle) car. The folder didn't contain any useful information, as Colleen later pointed out, though Jana didn't know that at the time. In order to protect herself, Jana impulsively hit Carmen on the back of the head with a lead pipe. Jana revealed that she herself orchestrated the kidnapping, planted the bug at the house owned by Victoria and Brad Carlton (Don Diamont), and framed Adrian for Carmen's murder.She displayed little regret for her crimes, as she locked her boyfriend Kevin and Colleen in the refrigerator and set the building on fire. Despite her love for him, Jana was trying to make it look like Kevin was trying to kill Colleen again, as he had years before, and accidentally trapped himself.

Jana disappeared, and the Grudgeon Reliquary was turned over to foreign officials. Kevin and Colleen were able to escape with their lives, and as Kevin recovered, he received a phone call from Jana. She expressed joy that he was alive, though Kevin vowed to kill her if they ever met again.