Aubrey Wentworth

Aubrey Wentworth

Terri Conn as Aubrey Wentworth
One Life to Live character
Portrayed by Terri Conn
Duration 2010–11
First appearance November 29, 2010 (2010-11-29)
Last appearance December 29, 2011 (2011-12-29)
Created by Ron Carlivati
Introduced by Frank Valentini
Classification Former, regular
Profile
Other names Kristine Karr
Occupation
  • Bartender
  • Con artist

Aubrey Wentworth[1] (born Kristine Karr;[2] formerly Buchanan) is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. She was portrayed by Terri Conn from November 29, 2010 to December 29, 2011. After the cancellation of As the World Turns in 2010, Conn left her role as then Katie Peretti, and joined the cast of One Life to Live as newly created character Aubrey.[3] Aubrey began her time in town as a smart and beautiful con artist[1] but soon developed into a more caring person with a less criminal outlook on life.

Casting and characterization

Terri Conn was offered the new role of Aubrey Wentworth following the cancellation and series finale of the CBS daytime drama As the World Turns, less than two months earlier.[4][5] After having spent 12 years as Katie Peretti from 1998 until 2010 and a guest starring role on CBS' The Young and the Restless in 1995,[6] Conn remained a part of the genre after the show contacted her agent after releasing a casting call for the character. After screen testing with legendary OLTL star Erika Slezak (Victoria Lord) and David Fumero (Cristian Vega), Conn was hired for the role.[7] Conn's continued career was considered a relief to the actress because of the difficult job market as well as the new direction she would be taking by playing a more mature role.[7]

Conn commented on the development of the character and the difference between her OLTL and ATWT roles in an interview with TV Guide columnist Michael Logan.

“ I love the name! It sounds so mature. I'm excited to play someone other than Katie, not that I didn't love her but I did play her for 12 years. It's time to spread my wings and try a different kind of character. Katie was so perky and I could never get away from that. Even toward the end they'd be going, 'Could you make her a little bit more...you know...Katie!' They never really let me grow up."[7] ”

The casting coincided with the hirings of former ATWT co-star Tom Degnan (Joey Buchanan)[8] and newcomer Josh Kelly (Cutter Wentworth).[9] The arrivals would permit a love quadrangle between these three characters and Kelly Cramer, played by Gina Tognoni,[7] who rejoined the show several months earlier after the cancellation of another long running CBS daytime drama, Guiding Light.[10]

Storyline

Aubrey Wentworth came to town on a plane coming from London to visit her boyfriend Joey Buchanan in Llanview. She met Joey's ex-wife Kelly Cramer and both women were unaware of the other's feelings for the man.[11] Aubrey arrived and met Joey's parents Clint Buchanan and Victoria Lord and accepted Joey's surprising marriage proposal, where Kelly learned the two were a couple.[7] As Kelly and Aubrey's rivalry grew, Aubrey's real boyfriend Cutter Wentworth arrived and it was apparent that the pair were planning on conning Joey of his fortune after she married him. As Cutter posed as her brother, they succeeded in keeping her secret from being revealed by Kelly and her aunt Dorian Lord. However, their deception came out when she and Joey took care of Ryder Ford, the son of Jessica Buchanan while she was under the influence of her alternate personality "Tess." Aubrey wanted to be honest with Joey because she finally recognized her feelings for him and told him about her and Cutter's real plans, but Joey broke up with her and Jessica soon regained custody of her son. After Cutter discovered that Aubrey had actual feelings for Joey, he shocked Aubrey by eloping with Tess/Jessica and blackmailing Clint for a piece of his fortune and ownership of The Buchanan Mansion in exchange for committing their daughter to St. Anne's. Cutter later lost his piece of the Buchanan fortune and the mansion when he discovered that Clint had a loophole in the mansion's deed that he could take back ownership of the mansion anytime he wanted to, and he gave the mansion to his long-lost son Rex Balsom after he blackmailed him for his entire fortune so that his recently "deceased" fiance Gigi Morasco can donate her heart to Clint after he suffered a major heart attack (it later turned out that he got the heart of Gigi's sister Stacy Morasco when it was later revealed that Gigi was still alive!).

After Joey and Kelly reunited and left town following his divorce from Aubrey, she shortly reunited with Cutter after they began a life without crime. However, she broke up with him again after learning his attempt to con Clint's other son, Rex after the "death" of his fiance Gigi, following the reveal that Aubrey's real name was Kristine Karr and the real Aubrey Wentworth was Cutter's own sister Kimberly Andrews. Kristine took on the name so that she and Cutter could con rich men out of money under the disguise of brother and sister. Aubrey eventually became a confidant for Rex and his son Shane Morasco as Cutter tried to con them out of their family's money with the fact that Gigi was still alive and it was her sister Stacy who died. Cutter was eventually arrested and Kim left town. After Rex and Shane reunited with Gigi, Aubrey realized she no longer had a place in anyone's lives and left town.

References

  1. 1 2 "Aubrey Wentworth Character Biography". ABC.com. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  2. ↑ One Life to Live. Season 44. August 19, 2011. American Broadcasting Company.
  3. ↑ http://sn.soapnet.go.com/news/article/terri-colombino-to-one-life-to-live
  4. ↑ AOL. "Soap Casting News: Terri Colombino Joins One Life". Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  5. ↑ http://www.soapoperadigest.com/terri-conn-411
  6. ↑ http://www.soapoperadigest.com/terri-conn-bio
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 TV Guide (2010-10-21). "As the World Turns' Terri Colombino Moves to Llanview". Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  8. ↑ http://www.aoltv.com/2010/10/18/soap-casting-news-atwts-terri-colombino-joins-one-life/
  9. ↑ http://sn.soapnet.go.com/news/article/two-casting-changes-one-life-to-live
  10. ↑ Michael Fairman (2009-09-23). "CONFIRMED: Gina Tognoni Back as Kelly Cramer and One Life to Live". Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  11. ↑ http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/news/terri-colombino

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