Katie Logan

Katherine "Katie" Elizabeth Spencer (née: Logan) is a fictional character in the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. She is currently portrayed by veteran Soap Actress, Heather Tom. She is the sister of Brooke and Donna Logan, and the wife of tycoon Bill Spencer, Jr..

Casting

She was played by actress Nancy Sloan in a contract role from 1987 to 1989, was recurring from 1994 to 1996, and continued to make guest appearances in 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2004. In 2007, the role of Katie was recast with Heather Tom, who made her on-screen debut on August 30, 2007.^[1] Tom had previously held roles on The Young and the Restless (Victoria Newman McNeil Howard) and One Life to Live (Kelly Cramer Buchanan). In 2008, Tom signed a contract with the series to ensure her stay until sometime in 2011.^[2] On April 30, 2008, Heather Tom was nominated for the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Katie.

In June 2011, Tom won for her portrayal of Katie the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress.

Storylines

Early Storylines

Katie is the youngest child of Stephen (Patrick Duffy) and Beth Logan (Robin Riker). She has three siblings: Storm (William deVry), Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang), and Donna (Jennifer Gareis).

In her teenage years, Katie suffered from terrible acne - and as a result, very low self-esteem - as a teenager. Mainly from living in the shadow of Brooke and Donna, this has also made Katie somewhat jealous. Feeling sorry for her, Donna (played at the time by Carrie Mitchum) convinced her friend Rocco Carner (Bryan Genesse) to go on a date with her. Katie began to develop feelings for Rocco, and was devastated when she caught him kissing Donna. However, Katie and Rocco continued to date, and when Katie found an engagement ring in Rocco's pocket one day, she was ecstatic to think it was for her. She was devastated to find out that he had actually bought the ring for Donna, so she began to take an interest in her classmate Kurt.

Much to Brooke and Storm's (played at the time by Ethan Wayne) disappointment, Katie and Donna managed to track down and reunite with their long-absent father, Stephen (played at the time by Robert Pine). He and Beth reunited and moved to Paris. Katie faded into the background, and occasionally returned to babysit Brooke's children and for family events.

2007—

In August 2007, Katie returned to Los Angeles to attend Donna's upcoming wedding to Thorne Forrester (Winsor Harmon). Katie became suspicious about Donna's motives for marrying Thorne, given that Donna despises Thorne's mother Stephanie (Susan Flannery), and would do anything to get revenge on her mother-in-law to be.

On the day of the wedding, Katie overheard Donna confiding to her friend Jackie (Lesley-Anne Down) that she was not really in love with Thorne. Katie informed Thorne of this and he called off the wedding. Donna disowned Katie for her betrayal, while Katie appears to have struck up a friendship with a grateful Stephanie. According to Stephanie, she is "The only decent Logan on the family tree." Having lived in the shadow of her older sisters for many years, has made Katie more the voice of reason towards her sisters, Donna in particular. Recently Katie became a member of the Forrester Creations team by working in their Public Relations department, having had PR experience whilst away from Los Angeles. Recently, Katie and Jake Maclaine had discovered videotaped evidence that might show that her father, Stephen, may have shot Stephanie at the Forrester fashion show. This situation has strained relations between her and her father. However, she and Brooke later discovered that it wasn't Stephen, but their brother, Storm, who had shot Stephanie. Despite the shocking revelation, Stephen insisted on taking the blame for Storm, to alleviate all the stress he seemed to have bottled up. Katie was stunned, but still offered her support to Storm. When Stephanie planned to tell the police about Storm shooting her, it was Katie who eventually persuaded Mrs. Forrester to not do so; which she didn't, and Storm was eventually cleared of the charges.

Katie then saw that Brooke was on the verge of ruining her engagement to Ridge when Brooke discovered that she was the biological mother of Nick and Taylor's baby Jack. Katie wanted Brooke to finally commit to a life with Ridge so she convinced Brooke's daughter Bridget to rekindle her relationship with Nick. However, while babysitting baby Jack, Katie found herself attracted to Nick. Once she told Bridget, she accused it of being a harmless crush and let it go. Recently, whilst struggling with a gun that her brother Storm had, the gun went off, injuring Katie. Katie was originally on a heart and lung machine, until Storm committed suicide, so he could let Katie have his heart. After defibrulation, Katie's donated heart started beating, and now, she is alive once more, thanks to her brother's heart.

However, Katie's body began rejecting the heart not long after; her prognosis looked rather grim. She began taking anti-rejection medicine; but despite that, she realized that death for her would be inevitable. Her family helped to set up a lovely prom night for her, (her dress was a Forrester Original which had been brought over by Eric's friend, and Nick's mother, Jackie) wherein Nick and Katie had a nice time. Stephanie also sat up with Katie, helping her through her situation, because she had always gotten on well with her. Despite all the best medical help, Katie's condition continued to deteriorate. Until Katie's niece, Bridget, discovered a cool gene therapy, which had been done in Stockholm that could perhaps help. With the aide of her doctor, Bridget put the therapy to work, and was pleased that it was successful. The therapy broke her fever, and although it still meant Katie had to take her anti-rejection medication, the crisis had seemed to pass.

Katie continues to have feelings for Nick, but stood aside so that Bridget and Nick could wed. She officiated at their wedding on July 14. On Friday, August 1, during a routinely check-up, Katie learns that she is pregnant. She and Nick have decided to keep their baby. In September, Nick told Bridget of Katie's pregnancy. Bridget immediately left Nick and their marriage telling her husband and aunt that she is "finally free of both of you." Katie lost her baby and is currently focusing on Nick's son, Jack. However, in a kind of ironic twist, where her sisters Brooke and Donna have always had their share of troubles and antagonism with Stephanie Forrester, Katie has the same kind of antagonistic relationship with Jackie Marone, the mother of her fiance, Nick. Jackie has made no secret of her wish that Nick and Bridget get back together and resume their marriage, because she has always liked Bridget and thinks she would be better for Nick, and thus finds Katie to be less than suitable for her son. Because of this, the two have had their share of arguments and spats. Since then, Katie and Nick have broken up and Nick has reunited with Bridget.

Katie's romantic life did not remain calm for long, as she started dating bad boy Bill Spencer shortly after his failed stint at romancing her sister, Donna. The romance with Katie and Bill was highly unexpected, and highly unlike, due to Spencer's desire to steal Forrester Creations from the Forresters—and Logans. After hooking up with Bill, Katie was appointed the new CEO of Forrester Creations, which was a newly acquired division of Spencer Publications. Bill's motives towards her were unclear to Katie, especially after she saw a DVD that was made by Bill's father, Bill Spencer, Sr., that he had left to his son, asking Bill, Jr., to take down Eric Forrester, Donna and Brooke Logan, after what they had done to the woman he truly loved, Stephanie Forrester. Katie then got Bill's word that he was not using or romancing her to pursue his father's vendetta against the Forresters. They then got married in Katie's old neighborhood, with their nearest and dearest alongside them. Bill's sister Karen, Katie's mother and father Beth and Stephen, were those who were especially there for the ceremony.

In August 2010, it is discovered that Bill could have fathered a son, Liam Cooper. When Bill fires Liam, and finds a photo of an old flame, Katie in return re-hires Liam and reveals he could be Bill's long-lost son. When it's confirmed, through a DNA test, that Liam is, in fact, Bill's son, Katie and her niece Hope help Liam accepted Bill's role of being his father, despite Liam wanting Thorne Forrester to be his biological father. Bill later begins an affair with Steffy. In July 2011, Katie decided to surprise Bill with a surprise visit from his sister Karen, as well as a vow renewal ceremony. Bill arrived at the beach house, with the intent to leave Katie for Steffy. He however, goes on with the vow renewal, and breaks things off with Steffy. Katie is then confronted by Taylor, who insists that Steffy is in love with Bill, which causes her to have chest pains. Upon arguing with Bill, Katie suffers from a heart attack. Bill eventually decides to remain by Katie's side, believing in their marriage. Steffy re-entered Katie's family life again when she married Liam.

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