Ashley Aubra Jones (born September 3, 1976) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in soap operas as

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on ''

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'' and as

Bridget Forrester Bridget Forrester is a fictional character from ''The Bold and the Beautiful'', an American soap opera on the CBS network. She first appeared in 1992 as the infant daughter of Brooke Logan and Eric Forrester. The character was portrayed by actress ...

on ''

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''. She also had a recurring role as Daphne on the HBO drama series ''

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'' in 2009.

Early life

Jones was born in

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on September 3, 1976. Shawn Jones, her father, is a minister. The family lived in Tennessee for five years before her father took a job preaching in

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. Jones has one brother named Zach and one sister named Toni, named after their aunt who saved their mother’s life by donating blood. At the age of five, she filmed her first commercial. At the age of nine, Jones starred in several theatre productions in the Actors Theatre of Houston including '' The Women'', ''

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'', and

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's ''

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''. At the age of 12, she was in ''

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'' by

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Career

Jones rose to fame on the long-running

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soap opera ''

'', playing

from 1997 to 2000, and again in 2001. She received two

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nominations for her role on ''

''. She played Dr. Bridget Forrester on ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' from December 2004 to February 2012 and again in 2013. She has made brief return appearances several times since 2013. Jones starred as Daphne on the second season of HBO's ''

'' in 2009. Jones also has starred in the number of

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, like '' A Teacher's Crime'' (2008), '' Dead At 17'' (2008), ''Secrets from Her Past'' (2011), ''

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'' (2011), ''A Sister's Revenge'' (2013), and ''The Secret Sex Life of a Single Mom'' (2014) and "Saving My Daughter" (2021). In late January 2016, Jones was confirmed to be cast as Parker Forsyth on ''

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''.

Personal life

Jones was married to actor Noah Nelson, the son of actor

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, from August 17, 2002, to May 2009. She previously dated former ''B&B'' co-star Jack Wagner. In November 2015, Jones' engagement to IT infrastructure manager, Joel Henricks was announced. On February 1, 2016, it was announced that Jones and Henricks were married in a small courthouse wedding. In March 2016, it was announced that Jones and Henricks were expecting a son together. In May. 2016, Jones and Henricks welcomed their son. Henricks already has a son, Huck, from a previous relationship. The actress was arrested on August 22, 2019, on a felony domestic violence charge, an LAPD media relations officer confirmed to PEOPLE. She was released one day later on $50,000 bond. In September 2019, Jones filed for divorce from Henricks and was granted a temporary restraining order against him. They share joint custody of their minor child.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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