Phoebe Forrester is a fictional character from the
CBS Daytime
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soap opera
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''
The Bold and the Beautiful
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''. The first actress to play the character on a contract basis was Addison Hoover, who joined the show in April 2005 and left the following year. From July 11, 2006 to December 9 2008, Phoebe was played by
MacKenzie Mauzy
MacKenzie Grace Mauzy (born October 14, 1988) is an American actress. She played the role of Phoebe Forrester on CBS daytime soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' from 2006 to 2008, and recurred as Abigail on the 2014 American Broadcasting C ...
, until the character was killed off. Phoebe and her twin sister,
Steffy (
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (born 17 April 1987) is a Canadian actress, musician and television personality. For playing fashion executive and heiress Steffy Forrester Finnegan in the CBS soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (2008–present), ...
), were born in September 1999 to
Ridge Forrester
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(
Ronn Moss
Ronald Montague Moss (born March 4, 1952) is an American actor, musician and singer/songwriter, a member of the band Player, and best known for portraying Ridge Forrester, the dynamic fashion magnate on the CBS soap opera ''The Bold and the Be ...
) and
Taylor Hayes (
Hunter Tylo
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). As a result of constant
SORASing, Phoebe was seventeen by 2006. The character has been described as an "ill-fated beauty".
Creation
Casting
After being played by a range of
child actors
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, Brynne McNabb began portraying Phoebe in January 2002, and departed in August 2003. Chandler Mella took over from January to March 2004, followed by
Keaton Tyndall from April to December 2004. Addison Hoover played the role from April to September 2005. Phoebe has been aged multiple times; first in January 2002, when she was aged to 6. In 2004, she was aged to
pre-teen
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, and by 2006 was nearly 20 years old. Mauzy relocated to
Los Angeles
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to be on ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. In May 2008, Steffy, who had been out of town since December 2006 was re-cast with
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (born 17 April 1987) is a Canadian actress, musician and television personality. For playing fashion executive and heiress Steffy Forrester Finnegan in the CBS soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (2008–present), ...
; the character was re-written as
fraternal twins
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. On July 3, 2008, it was announced that Mauzy was now on a recurring status, as the actress had been cast in the
Broadway production
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of ''
A Tale of Two Cities
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''. Her last appearance was on December 9, 2008, when the character was killed off
Development
Phoebe had a major romance with
Rick Forrester
Rick Forrester is a fictional character from ''The Bold and the Beautiful'', an American soap opera on the CBS network. He was born in 1990 as the son of Brooke Logan and Eric Forrester. Portrayed by several adult actors, he is currently portra ...
(
Kyle Lowder
Kyle Brandon Lowder (born August 27, 1980) is an American actor. He began his career in 2000, when he was cast in the role of Brady Black on the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''; he remained in the role until his exit in 2005. Lowder went on ...
), her legal uncle, although they are not blood related. At the time of the storyline, Mauzy was just 18 years old. Lowder stated that she was "so mature for her age", and that off-screen the actors did not feel "awkward" as they formed a bond which translated well on-screen.
Prior to Rick, Phoebe had a brief attraction to Shane McGrath (
Dax Griffin
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Career
Griffin is known for his role as Tim Truman on the NBC serial '' Sunset Beach'' ...
). Mauzy observed that the writers initially had Phoebe "so creeped out by him, but now, she's turning around and falling in love with him", a switch she called "fun" and "a challenge to figure out" as an actor.
Mauzy and co-star Lowder are both singers off-screen, which prompted executive producer
Bradley Bell
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Ea ...
to have both sing on the soap. Speaking of how this came about, Mauzy said, "It kind of evolved. I think I talked to Brad about having done theater in the past. One day, he called me and asked, 'Do you want to start singing on the show?' I said, 'Absolutely!'"
In August 2007, former ''
American Idol
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'' contestant
Constantine Maroulis
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was cast as record promoter Constantine Parros on the show, with Phoebe as his protege. On the website for his company Boldface Records, he and Phoebe post a duet they recorded together, and another duet she recorded with now ex-boyfriend Rick, asking viewers to select their favorite. The series aired a special concert with Constantine, Phoebe, Rick, and recording artists
Elliott Yamin
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His self-titled album, released Marc ...
and
Jon McLaughlin. Maroulis told ''
People
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'' "
y character
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becomes sort of fixated on Phoebe" who is "beautiful and young and very, very talented". Mauzy said that Maroulis' character "adds such a great dimension to the show", and described filming Phoebe and Rick's duet as "the ultimate form of expression, because you're really putting yourself out there".
The actress found that shooting the concert before a live audience was "a different energy" from where the soap is usually filmed, in a studio.
Storylines
1998–2006
Phoebe and her twin, Steffy, were born onscreen on September 21, 1998, to
Ridge Forrester
Ridge Forrester is a fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera, ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. The character was introduced in the series premiere on March 23, 1987 and has been a regular fixture ever since. Ronn Moss played the role s ...
(
Ron Moss
Ronald Montague Moss (born March 4, 1952) is an American actor, musician and singer/songwriter, a member of the band Player, and best known for portraying Ridge Forrester, the dynamic fashion magnate on the CBS soap opera ''The Bold and the Be ...
) and
Dr. Taylor Forrester (
Hunter Tylo
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). Taylor nearly died giving birth to them after suffering from
tuberculosis
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. Steffy was named after her grandmother,
Stephanie Forrester (
Susan Flannery
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Early life
Flannery was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on July 31, 19 ...
). In February 2001, Ridge and Taylor took the twins and Thomas to
Saint Thomas, where they renewed their wedding vows. The family, along with the babysitter Catherine, then took a boat trip, and two-year-old Steffy fell overboard during stormy weather and was presumed eaten by sharks. However, Steffy turned up weeks later at
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's house. Morgan, an old flame of Ridge's who desperately wanted to have his child, had kidnapped her and was holding her captive. Taylor grew suspicious of Morgan and was shocked to discover Steffy in her house. As Taylor was about to take her daughter home, Morgan returned and held them both captive. Ridge eventually saved his wife and child by driving his car through Morgan's house as she was about to shoot Taylor. Morgan was eventually committed to a
psychiatric institution
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. Family problems continued to spiral when Taylor was presumed dead after being shot by
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(
Kimberlin Brown
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), Steffy and her siblings wanted
Bridget Forrester
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to live with them and raise them. Instead, Ridge married
Brooke Logan
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a woman he had been involved with and engaged to prior to meeting Taylor. A new addition, R.J Forrester was added to their family when Brooke and Ridge had ''their'' first child together before Ridge and Brooke married. Years later, Taylor was revealed to be alive and Ridge and Taylor renewed vows. The following year, they split up due to Taylor revealing the truth about her sleeping with a man named James in 1993. Phoebe believed that her older brother
Thomas'
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(
Drew Tyler Bell
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) relationship with
illegal immigrant
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Gaby Moreno (
Shanelle Workman
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) was what divided Ridge and Taylor, and informed Taylor that the two had sex, knowing that this would cause Taylor to have Gaby
deported
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. Taylor did call the immigration department, but was unsuccessful in convincing them to deport Gaby. After Taylor's second death from a gunshot wound, Brooke and Ridge married and she moved in with the family. Later Phoebe and Steffy chose to go to boarding school to gain more of their own independence.
2006–2008
On July 11, 2006, Phoebe returned to
Los Angeles
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to see her family, and explained that Steffy had opted to stay in
London
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, where they were on vacation. As she was driving home one night she got a flat tire. Her aunt,
Darla (
Schae Harrison
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), arrived to help her fix it. While strenuously pulling, Darla was jolted back onto the road and run down by a drunken Taylor who was coming to Phoebe's rescue. This resulted in Darla's death. Phoebe,
Hector Ramirez (
Lorenzo Lamas
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), and Phoebe's grandmother
Stephanie
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all conspired to keep Taylor's part in Darla's death a secret. Phoebe being the emotional twin, feared losing her mother again and begged for her mother to remain silent which Taylor gladly went along with. Phoebe had taken a liking to gardener
Shane McGrath (
Dax Griffin
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), who was a witness to Darla's accident. However, there has been a growing attraction between Phoebe and
Rick
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(
Kyle Lowder
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) since his return from Europe. It has been explained that Phoebe and Rick are technically not related, as Phoebe's father Ridge is the son of
Massimo Marone
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and not
Eric Forrester
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while Rick's father is Eric.
The Forresters are strongly opposed to the growing relationship between Rick and Phoebe.
Phoebe's recent friendship with singer
Constantine Parros has caused some friction between her and Rick. Constantine, who saw her and Rick singing in a video posted by Rick's friend
C.J. Garrison offered for them to join his label, Boldface Records, but Rick declines while Phoebe agrees, much to Rick's dismay. Rick believes that Constantine has an "ulterior motive" to his relationship with Phoebe and is determined to find out what he can all while he hides his affair with
Ashley Abbott
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. Rick and Constantine make a bet, to which Phoebe reluctantly agrees, that they will both sing at C.J's cafe Insomnia with Phoebe. The flirtatious and complicated triangle between Phoebe, Rick, and Constantine continues. Eventually Constantine 'moves on' with Rick's half-sister Felicia, ending the love triangle between them and Phoebe. For a while, Rick and Phoebe were happy, despite the disapproval from both of their families, but then Phoebe was devastated when she discovered Rick had slept with Ashley so she broke things off.
About a year later Phoebe suddenly says she still has feelings for Rick, but Rick has fallen in love with her mother Taylor. Phoebe then went to
Australia
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, unaware of Rick and Taylor's feelings. Meanwhile in L.A., Taylor told Rick that she loved him. When Phoebe returned, she walked in her mothers room and saw Rick and Taylor kissing on the bed. After seeing how upset Phoebe was Taylor broke it off with Rick because her love for her daughter was more important to her than her love for Rick. Then later Phoebe calmed down and told her mother and Rick (in front of Brooke and Ridge) that she would not stand in the way of their love because she understood how being in love felt. Brooke was very upset and ordered Taylor to stay out of her son's life.
Phoebe left to tour with a band but returned to
Los Angeles
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to attend her father's upcoming wedding to
Brooke Logan
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.
She told her mother that she stayed away on tour and promoting Forrester Creations's new fragrance "Phoebe" because she didn't want to see her mother and Rick together. Phoebe talked with
Steffy about Rick's recent antics toward their father. What she didn't expect to hear was her sister's confession that Rick had recently kissed her, against Steffy's will. Extremely furious, Phoebe told Steffy she had to make a stop before going to
Ridge
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and
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's wedding rehearsal party. Hurt, angry and immaturely thinking that Rick had used her, her mother, then her sister Phoebe argued with
Rick
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in his office at Forrester Creations then followed him to his car to continue the argument. She told Rick to pull over but he refused wanting to get to the rehearsal and away from Phoebe as quickly as possible. Phoebe commence to pummel Rick furiously yelling and screaming causing it to be hard for him to control the car. She also unknowingly placed her foot atop his on the accelerator flooring the gas which led to a very bad car crash. After the accident, Rick very injured, in pain, and dizzy from a head injury managed to walk to Eric's house for help. He encountered
Ridge
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in front of the house trying to call Phoebe and got him to help. Ridge went with Rick to the site of the accident and found a barely conscious Phoebe. As he called to her she woke up and began to sing the song she wrote for
Ridge
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and
Brooke Brooke may refer to:
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's wedding then died in her father's arms. Ridge screams out in horror at the site of Phoebe's death, and her family mourns her. Rick is initially blamed for the crash, but evidence later comes to light that Phoebe was attacking Rick when he lost control of the car. In 2019, Steffy names her adoptive daughter after Phoebe, although ends up giving her up after it transpires that she is the stolen baby of
Liam Spencer
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and
Hope Logan
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Reception
In 2007, ''
Soap Opera Digest
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'' named Mauzy their annual "Hottest Newcomer" on soaps, noting that she had been "thrown into heavy story right away" upon her casting.
Notes
External links
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