According to co-star Melody Thomas Scott, the firing was protested behind the scenes of The Young and the Restless and was seen as unfair. Her last airdate as Ashley was January 11, 2007.
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In December 2006, Davidson told TV Guide that she was fired from The Young and the Restless due to lack of storyline. After a successful return as Ashley Abbott, which included Davidson's second Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress, Davidson was fired from the show. Davidson's five roles earned her a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1998.Īfter a year-long vacation from acting, she returned to her role on The Young and the Restless in March 1999. All other related characters were last seen in May 1998. Her character, Kristen, intended to keep her other character, Susan, prisoner on an island, but Susan ultimately prevailed and Kristen remained on the island until she returned to Salem in 2012. Reilly eventually penned three more roles for Davidson (Sister Mary Moira, Thomas, and Penelope). Reilly eventually developed an outrageous second role for Davidson, having her play Susan Banks, a Kristen look-alike. Reilly, who assumed head writing reins in 1993, began to make Kristen more of a villainess. As originally conceived, Kristen was a heroine, who had an Achilles' heel in that the show's supervillain, Stefano, had raised her after the death of her parents. She next appeared as Kristen Blake on Days of Our Lives beginning in May 1993. She returned to daytime when she assumed the role of Kelly Capwell on Santa Barbara from November 1991 until the soap's cancelation in January 1993. ĭavidson then appeared in primetime television, but her show, Broken Badges (1990–1991), was canceled. Davidson also appeared in several films during the 1980s, including a main role in the slasher film The House on Sorority Row (1983) and Easy Wheels (1989), opposite Ted Raimi.
She quit the show in December 1988 and the producers took her recommendation of hiring a look-alike actress named Brenda Epperson, whom Davidson had discovered waiting tables at a charity function. The character of Ashley became a front-burner character, and Davidson became an integral part of the show. Career Early work ĭavidson originated the role of Ashley Abbott on The Young and the Restless in March 1982, beating out more than 100 candidates. She attended Corona Del Mar High School in Newport Beach, California and Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa.
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In 2014, Davidson joined the cast of Bravo reality television series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, appearing full-time on the program until 2017.ĭavidson, the youngest of seven children, was born in Artesia, California, to Charlotte ( née Burkhard) Davidson, a homemaker, and Richard Davidson, an airplane parts manufacturer. ĭavidson also starred in the film The House on Sorority Row (1983), had a leading role in the short-lived CBS crime series Broken Badges (1990–91), and wrote a number of mystery novels in the 2000s. She was the second actress to win a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of "Lead Actress" for the soap and in 2018 she won the award again for her role on The Young and the Restless. In 2014, Davidson was awarded a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role in Days of Our Lives.
Davidson is best known for her roles in soap operas as Kristen DiMera and Susan Banks on NBC's Days of Our Lives and Ashley Abbott on CBS's The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful. Eileen Marie Davidson (born June 15, 1959) is an American actress, author, television personality and former model.
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