Brooke Logan
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| Brooke Logan | |||||||||||||
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 Katherine Kelly Lang as Brooke Logan (2007) |
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| Portrayed by | Katherine Kelly Lang (1987 - ) |
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| First appearance | Episode 1 March 23, 1987 |
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| Created by | William J. Bell | ||||||||||||
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| Gender | Female | ||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1965 | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Designer at Forrester Creations | ||||||||||||
| Residence | The Logan Mansion 200 N. Beston Place Los Angeles, California |
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Brooke Logan is a fictional character in the American daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, portrayed since the show's premiere in 1987 by actress Katherine Kelly Lang. Brooke made brief appearances on The Young and the Restless in 1999 and 2007.
Brooke grew up in the San Fernando Valley outside Los Angeles with her mother Beth (Nancy Burnett) and siblings Storm (William deVry), Donna (Jennifer Gareis) and Katie (Heather Tom). Brooke's father, Stephen (Patrick Duffy), had deserted the family when the children were very young, but he has recently sought to mend his relationship with Brooke.
Brooke, who in 1987 was a college student majoring in biochemistry, fell for rich playboy Ridge Forrester (Ronn Moss) through the tabloids, and one evening she met him while working as a caterer for a Forrester party.
Brooke has had a rivalry with many, notably Stephanie Forrester, the mother of her love Ridge Forrester. Stephanie disapproves of her relationship with Ridge and has constantly tried to get Brooke out of Ridge's life with little success. In recent months, this rivalry has no longer been so significant, with Brooke developing a bigger rivalry with Taylor Hayes, as she tries to stop her marrying her son Rick Forrester. Her meddling in her children's lives has made many believe that she and Stephanie have much in common and perhaps she will realise the way Stephanie felt when she had to watch her son marry a woman she loathes.
Her children are Rick and Bridget with Eric Forrester, Hope Logan (by Deacon) who is adopted by Ridge Forrester and R.J. Forrester with Ridge; and while not the birth-mother, is the biological mother of Jack Marone via incidental egg donor to Taylor Hayes and Nick (Jack Wagner)
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[edit] Character history
[edit] Ridge Forrester
Ever since meeting Ridge, their relationship has been troubled, often because of the manipulations of his mother Stephanie. Although Ridge has loved other women such as such as Caroline Spencer (Joanna Johnson) and Taylor, his heart always belonged to Brooke in some fashion. Brooke used to feel that Ridge was her "destiny"and the couple has endured many trips to the altar. Finally in 2004 (after eight marriages, four of them to Ridge but only one of those valid) Brooke gave birth to Ridge's son R.J. Forrester. The two were recently engaged once again however Ridge's physical attack on her son Rick (Kyle Lowder), proved to be the turning point in their relationship when Brooke broke off their engagement. Hurt and furious that Ridge would dare to harm her son, Brooke refuses to forgive him. Ridge and Ashley Abbott started to date in April 2007 though it's clear he still very much in love with Brooke. Ridge and Brooke had a chance to reunite however when he realized that she still had feelings for Nick, he turned her down. Ridge's relationship with Brooke was strained when a series of events causes CPS to put RJ and Hope in his custody. Although he believes Brooke is a good mother and doesn't want to take the children, he thinks that she needs some time to get herself together. Brooke feels that Ridge has betrayed her and he feels torn between his love for her and concern for their children. However, after discovering Brooke's attacker's identity, he fought him off, and the attacker was accidentally killed after being distracted by a security guard and a flock of pigeons into a transformer, whilst holding an electrical antenna. Subsequently, Ridge dropped the custody suit, and, against Stephanie's wishes, reunited Brooke and her children. After he broke off his engagement to Ashley Abbott (Eileen Davidson), he and Brooke reunited. Currently, Ridge is postponing any marital commitments to Brooke until her feelings for Nick are proven to be over.
[edit] Eric Forrester
When Ridge left Brooke for Caroline, Eric consoled Brooke and they fell in love. She soon became pregnant with Rick and Eric divorced Stephanie and married Brooke. Brooke got pregnant again, with Bridget (Ashley Jones), but didn't know the paternity of the baby: was it Eric or Ridge? After one misleading test (tampered with by Sheila), it was proven Eric was the father. Eric and Brooke divorced after 2 years of marriage. The pair remarried in 2005 as part of a scheme to keep Bridget and Nick together - which was to convince Bridget that Brooke was not going to steal Nick from her. The marriage was dissolved only months later. Eric returned to Stephanie, but is now in the process of divorcing her once again, as he has fallen in love with Brooke's sister, Donna.
[edit] Thorne Forrester
Thorne pursued Brooke. Thorne's fiancee Macy Alexander (Bobbie Eakes) was left out in the cold by family. The whole family was against Brooke and Thorne's relationship, but was forced to accept it in the end, and the couple married. Six months later, Brooke realized she was still in love with Ridge . They annulled their marriage, although it was later discovered that the marriage was invalid since Thorne's wife, Macy, was still alive at the time of their wedding.
[edit] Deacon Sharpe
After unsuccessfully trying to get Ridge away from Taylor Hayes, Brooke sought comfort with her daughter's husband Deacon Sharpe, who she thought was no longer in a relationship with her daughter. Brooke became pregnant with Hope, and almost lost her daughter Bridget (then played by Jennifer Finnigan) in the process because of the affair with Bridget's husband. She broke up with Deacon, and later fought for custody of Hope with him. Deacon had to back off and left L.A. with his son Eric Sharpe and moved to Las Vegas.
[edit] Nick Marone
After being disappointed by Ridge, Brooke started seeing the new man in town, Dominick "Nick" Payne. Little did she know he was Ridge's half-brother. In the end though Brooke returned to Ridge, but her feelings for Nick weren't completely gone. Thinking that Ridge had died after being kidnapped by Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown), Brooke slept was seduced by Nick and got pregnant, and wasn't sure of the paternity of the child. Ridge (who turned out to be alive after all) was proven to be the father of a boy they named Ridge Junior, aka RJ. Nick went on to marry Brooke's daughter Bridget when he learned that she was pregnant with his child, but the feelings between Nick and Brooke never went away. Eventually Bridget lost the baby and decided to give Nick his freedom so that he could be with Brooke. Brooke married Nick, but Ridge's constant interference caused Nick to embark on a drunken one-night stand with Bridget resulting in another pregnancy. Nick soon revealed to Brooke that Bridget was pregnant with his child. A furious Brooke dumped him and went back to Ridge, not realising that Bridget's baby was actually fathered by Dante Damiano (Antonio Sabato, Jr.). Bridget lost the baby, but yet Nick had vengeance on his mind after his mother fell over a balcony during an argument with Stephanie. To get even with Stephanie, he blackmailed Eric to sell Forrester Creations to him, or else Stephanie would be going to jail. He got the company, making enemies of the entire Forrester family in the process; and even Brooke stunned him by selling her shares to him and leaving him returning to Ridge. Brooke's break-up with Ridge when he physically assaulted her son, Rick, is she tried to get Nick back. Nick, however, married her longtime rival, Dr. Taylor Hayes in May 2007.
[edit] Stephanie Forrester
Brooke was the daughter of Stephanie Douglas Forrester's old college rival Beth Logan. Brooke and Stephanie have never liked each other and over the years have had many major arguments. Stephanie can never accept Brooke's relations with any of the men in her family or the fact that Brooke at one point took over control of the family company. Stephanie was able to regain control of the company, but was still driven to sever the family's ties with Brooke once and for all. However, in a surprising about-face, Stephanie has now embraced Brooke and given her 50% percent ownership of Forrester Creations, after her son Ridge nearly died from a heart attack brought on by anger over Stephanie's continuing disdain for Brooke, but things changed after Brooke married Nick (Stephanie wanted Brooke and Ridge together). Stephanie asked for Brooke to return the stock because she was not part of the family any longer. Brooke refused to give back the stock and now Stephanie plots to regain control of Forrester Creations. However, since Brooke left Nick and is now back with Ridge, Stephanie and Brooke's relationship has improved significantly. The feud is back on since the return of Eric and Brooke's son, Rick to LA, and his mending relationship with his former 'niece' and Stephanie's granddaughter, Phoebe Forrester (MacKenzie Mauzy). Stephanie feels that Brooke's support for their relationship is misplaced, and was very relieved when Brooke ended her engagement to Ridge in April 2007. After it was discovered that Stephanie had had a hand in her rape, Brooke has returned to Ridge and are determined to build a life together, despite Stephanie's meddling.
[edit] Current storylines
The rivalry between Stephanie and Brooke returned in July 2007, when Stephanie used her influence to have Child Protective Services investigate Brooke when a series of unfortunate events occurred and Hope and R.J. were accidentally left alone. Stephanie used her position to testify and have a reluctant Ridge go for temporary custody of the children. She was thrilled to have taken Brooke's children and refused to let Brooke see them. Stephanie vowed to keep the children and Brooke away from her family.
In a desperate attempt to prove that Brooke was an unfit mother, Stephanie convinced sleazy lawyer Andy Johnson (Paul Ganus) to pursue Brooke. Andy began to send Brooke gifts, and began regularly flirting with her. In August 2007, Andy followed Brooke home and raped her, threatening to damage her chances of gaining custody of Hope and R.J. should she report him to the police. She has revealed her attack to Bridget, and Ridge. A furious Ridge tracked Andy down on the top of a roof of an upscale eatery, and after being distracted by a security guard and a flock of pigeons, was backed into an electrical transformer, whilst holding an antenna. Andy was electrocuted, and the death was ruled accidental. Against Stephanie's wishes, Ridge dropped the custody suit (she had hoped to help him get permanent custody) and reunited Brooke and her children. She later revealed the story of her attack to not only Nick; but to Felicia, her sisters, Donna and Katie, Eric and also Ridge's ex-fiancee, Ashley. When she discovered that it was Stephanie who had a hand in it, (although she did not know what Andy had done) Brooke furiously destroyed all the pictures of Stephanie on the mantel. This occurred after she received a letter from Stephanie, who had found out what happened and offered a heartfelt apology, before leaving town without telling anyone. When Stephanie did return, she went to see Brooke, who was furious with her for her hand in the rape. As Stephanie pleaded to forgive her, Brooke remained unmoved, until she encouraged Brooke to tell her what he had done. Which Brooke did, and it shocked even the unflappable Stephanie to the core. Although she has accepted Stephanie's explanation, she did not accept her apology or forgive her for her hand in one of her most traumatizing moments. She has bonded together with her family; Ridge and Eric against Stephanie to prevent her from ruining her happiness ever again.
Brooke's animosity with Taylor has reached fever pitch of late, due to the fact that although she signed away her rights to her biological child, Jack Marone, she still insists on being in his life, and has sued for custody. This has shown that Brooke has become even more manipulative of her family as Stephanie is of her own family. Also, Brooke has intended to manipulate her children in their romantic lives, again, much like Stephanie does with her own children.
She doesn't like the idea of Bridget getting back together with Nick (as Brooke still loves him and selfishly wants him for herself) and Rick, who has infuriated his mother by asking her long-time arch-rival Taylor to marry him. Again, much of this has to do with her own selfishness, and she wants her son Jack, and her former husband, Nick for herself, and never mind who gets hurt, in this case, her own daughter who still loves him, and her arch-rival, whom she has no liking for.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Though biologically Brooke's child, Jack was carried by Taylor Hamilton.
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