Bobbie Diane Eakes (born July 25, 1961) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as

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'' (1989–2000, 2001, 2002–2003) and for her role as

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on ''

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'' (2003–2011).

Biography

Personal life

She is the youngest of five daughters in an Air Force family. Eakes was Miss Georgia 1982, placing among the top 10 at

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. She studied at the

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. In 1992 she married novelist and actor David Steen on July 4. She has no children. Her sisters are Susan, Sharon, Shelly, and Sandra. Eakes shares a birthday with Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan Forrester on ''The Bold and the Beautiful'').

Career

Eakes received bit roles on nighttime television series, such as ''

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'', before becoming successful in the soap opera genre. In the mid-1980s, she was the lead singer of the dance-pop rock group Big Trouble. The group released one

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CD in 1987, which was produced by

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Their single " Crazy World" charted on the U.S. singles chart, reaching No. 71. As a result, Big Trouble became short-lived one-hit wonders. She first achieved fame in the role of

on the

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'', which she played from 1989 to 2000 (on contract), 2001 (guest appearance) and 2002 to 2003 (on contract). A very popular "good girl" kind of character, Macy battled with her inner demons (including an addiction to

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) before finally finding happiness with

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). On the show, Macy was an accomplished singer in her own right (in tune with Eakes' hobby). Between stints as Macy, Eakes hosted shows on the country music television channel

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. She was also featured on country music singer

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's 2000 single "Tired of Loving This Way", which peaked at No. 50 on the ''

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) charts. On July 7, 2000, her character "died" in a fiery explosion when her car crashed into a gasoline truck when the writers of the show felt the character of Macy no longer contributed to the show's storyline. She was brought back to the show during the ''B&B'' location shoot at

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, Italy in December 2002, and was then killed off after a chandelier fell on her during a concert in 2003. The decision was made to kill Macy off a second time after Eakes had decided to take the role of

on ''

'', as the complete opposite of Macy, playing the sexy and sassy character. The role of Krystal is loosely based on Eakes'

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upbringing. Eakes also starred in productions of ''

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'' and ''

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'' opposite her former costar

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. The two have still been friends offscreen. The CD they recorded together, ''Bold and Beautiful Duets'', went double-platinum in Europe. With ''All My Children'' airing its final episode on ABC in September 2011, earlier in June it was highly rumored that Eakes would be returning to ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. She also starred as Katherine "Kitty" on ''The Grove: The Series'' created by

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and in 12 episodes of ''

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''. Both were released exclusively online.

Filmography

Discography

Albums

Guest singles

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Bobbie Eakes Divas of Daytime Interview

Official Bobbie Eakes Channel

Official Bobbie Eakes Message Board

Bobbie Eakes profile
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