Jill Foster Abbott
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Jill Abbott Fenmore is a fictional character
on the CBS
daytime soap opera
The Young and the Restless
. She is one of the series' original characters, and the only one remaining from its debut in March 1973. Much of Jill's history on the series revolves around her long-running conflict with Katherine Chancellor
(Jeanne Cooper
). Their feud is one of the longest rivalries on any American soap opera.
, who portrayed the character for nearly seven years before leaving in May 1980. (Footage of Dickson as Jill appears in the film Taxi Driver
.) Bond Gideon
played Jill briefly before Deborah Adair
took over the role for three years. Dickson returned to the role in 1983. Melinda Fee also played Jill briefly in 1984, and Deborah Adair
briefly reprised the role in 1986 as a fill-in for Dickson. Dickson continued until June 18, 1987, when she was replaced by Jess Walton
. Continuing in the role through late 2011, Walton has portrayed Jill longer than all the previous actresses combined.
Walton won a Daytime Emmy Award
in 1997 for Lead Actress in a Drama Series
for playing Jill, and was nominated in 1996 and 2000. She also won the Daytime Emmy for Supporting Actress
in 1991 after a nomination in 1990. Dickson won a Soap Opera Digest
Award in 1988 for Outstanding Villainess for the role, and Walton won one for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1994.
(Jeanne Cooper
) and is employed as her personal assistant. Jill and Katherine's friendship turns to animosity as they fight over men, including Katherine's husband Phillip Chancellor II (Donnelly Rhodes
). Jill and Phillip engage in sex resulting in a pregnancy. Phillip divorces Katherine and plans to marry Jill. While giving Phillip a ride in her car, Katherine begs him for a second chance. He refuses. She slams her foot down on the gas pedal and the car plunges off the road and over a cliff. Phillip is rushed to the hospital where, on his deathbed, he marries Jill.
The marriage is declared invalid thanks to Katherine who then kicks the Fosters out of the Chancellor Estate. She offers Jill $1 million in exchange for the baby she is carrying. Jill agrees in order to ensure a better life for the child. She later rejects the offer and has the money returned after giving birth to her son, Phillip Chancellor III in 1976.
In late 1976, Jill began a small relationship with David Mallory, the recipient of her late father Bill Foster's eye cornea. Jill cared for David, but she didn't have strong feelings for him, but strung him along for the next few months. Meanwhile, she met and began falling for hairdresser Derek Thurston, whom she began seeing on the side while still with David, who proposed marriage to a hesitant Jill. After Liz warned Jill about a loveless marriage, Jill realized she wasn't in love with David and declined his marriage proposal to be with Derek.
Next, Katherine fell in love with and tricked Derek into marrying her. But Derek was really in love with Jill. But Derek took Kay up on her deal. If he lived with her for a year, she would set up a $100,000 trust for Jill's son and set Derek up in his own salon. Then Derek's ex-wife Suzanne Lynch arrived in town, bent on getting Derek back. She befriended Kay, and gave her candy laced with drugs, which drove Kay into a sanitarium. Kay's roommate went berserk and set fire to the room. Kay escaped, but the roommate's body was identified as Kay because she was wearing Kay's ring. Derek found himself free of both wives, inheriting the Chancellor wealth and free to marry Jill. But Kay showed up at their wedding - very much alive! Kay reclaimed her fortune and Derek, and named him head of Chancellor Industries. They went on a cruise, had a fight, Kay jumped overboard, and was rescued by Felipe Ramirez who held her captive. They fell in love, and he let her loose to return to her world where she divorced Derek.
Around the same time, Jill briefly marries newspaper editor Stuart Brooks. She breaks up a romance he is having with her mother Liz by faking a pregnancy after a one-night stand. Stuart sees through her ruse, divorces Jill, and marries Liz.
, is impressed by Jill's abilities, and quickly promotes her to Head of Merchandising. Around that time, she meets Jack Abbott, John's son. John and Jill become romantically involved. They break up after she cheats on him with his son. She files a sexual harassment suit against Jack when he will not be with her and he has to pay a $10,000 settlement.
Soon after, John and Jill later reunite and marry. However, Abbott family housekeeper Mamie Johnson
seems to be a thorn in Jill's new marriage. Mamie, who wants to protect John, seemed to keep a close eye on Jill, which in turn led Jill to wish she acted like hired help instead of a friend to John. Despite Mamie's watchful eye, Jill continued her affair with Jack Abbott. This time Katherine gets a hold of pictures of their tryst. She shows them to John, who then suffers a stroke
. By 1986, John and Jill divorce and in the settlement, Jill got 20% of Jabot Cosmetics, a seat on the board of directors, and a cushy executive position with Jabot at $150,000 a year, all in hopes that she would remain silent about her affair with Jack, to avoid a scandal that would hurt Jabot's public image. She ends up becoming very effective at her job, surprising many.
Not long after, Jill is found in her shower, bleeding from a gunshot wound just as her son Phillip Chancellor III returned to town after years away at boarding school. The three main suspects in the shooting are John, Jack, and Katherine. Jack finally confesses to the crime in order to prevent his affair with Jill from becoming public. The real culprit is Sven, a masseur at the Genoa City Hotel. He had been rejected by Jill earlier in the night, and after getting drunk stole the gun from Gina's Restaurant. Sven kidnaps Jill and locks her in a meat freezer. Jack comes to her rescue. Sven escapes to Mexico
, but Jack is cleared of all charges.
Jill and Katherine fight over Jill's son, Philip Chancellor III, who is now a teenager. Philip had a past with acting out. A few years earlier, Jill was forced to send him to boarding school. Now, Philip turns to drinking. He fights his alcoholism with help from both Katherine and Jill, along with Christine Blair
(Lauralee Bell
). His drinking leads to engage in a one night stand
with Nina Webster
(Tricia Cast
). Nina becomes pregnant with Phillip's child. Phillip later dies in a car crash while he was driving under the influence
, but in 2009 it's reavled he faked his death.
. His name was Rex Sterling
, but his real name was Brian Romalotti, father of Danny Romalotti
and Gina Roma
. He was previously a con man, but cleaned up and began a romance with Katherine. Rex and Katherine ended up getting married, but Rex soon got annoyed by Katherine's behavior. However, Katherine was gone and replaced by her look-a-like Marge Cotrooke. Jill convinced Rex to divorce Katherine and marry her, which he did in 1991. However, Jill began seeing John Abbott
again and Katherine returned. Katherine and Rex remarried, but Rex was shot soon after.
Soon after, Jill began an affair with Victor Newman
and Jill assumed she would certainly be the next Mrs. Victor Newman. Hapless Jill, no more than shared her elation at the prospect with Jack, than Victor let her know that she was just a fling, and he had no real intentions where she was concerned. Mortified, Jill quickly found her way back into John's heart, and they remarried, much to his children's dismay. Jill wanted to have a baby, though John felt he was too old. But Jill managed to get pregnant before John got a secret vasectomy. When he discovered she was already pregnant, he insisted she have an abortion but Jill couldn't do it. John did wonder if Billy
might actually be Victor's, since he knew they had been together earlier.
Jill's affair with Jed Sanders due to John's impotence caused their second divorce. However at first John suffered a stroke and the with the divorce underway, John's housekeeper Mamie
, admitted that she loved John. John confessed similar feelings. However, when Jill learned of their relationship, she fired Mamie and offered her millions of dollars to leave Genoa City, which she agreed to. Soon after John and Jill reunited, but eventually the divorce happened. This resulted a bitter custody battle over Billy and a stroke for John. John got custody of Billy and, unable to bear Jabot under Newman, they moved to New York City.
In 1998, Jill discovered a letter written by her late husband Philip Chancellor II in which Jill was named the sole owner of the Chancellor Estate. Jill quickly evicted Katherine, but Katherine found a legal loophole allowing her to stay on the Estate. Not only that, but with a teenage Billy Abbott and Brock Reynolds' lost teenage daughter, Mackenzie Browning
coming into town as well, they quickly developed a relationship.
After the turn of the century, Sean Bridges came into Genoa City as Jabot's new website designer. He quickly developed a relationship with the much older Jill. Jill was curious of his intentions, but gave in and allowed him to move into the Chancellor Estate. Soon after though, Sean moved away to New York City.
Soon after, Katherine allowed an ex-con Larry Warton
to move in and do some work around the house. Jill quickly began an affair with him, but wanting to keep it a secret because Larry was "beneath her". However, Katherine found out and attempted to confront Jill about it, but she continued to deny it and even insulted Larry. An angry Larry, walked in on a Jabot Meeting and emptied a box of Jill's sex toys across the table.
and Katherine's granddaughter Mackenzie Browning
had been in love, in a passionate but platonic relationship. However, the supposed mother-daughter connection between Katherine and Jill would mean that Mackenzie and Billy are first cousins. Unaware that they are supposedly blood relatives, the young couple is married, while a paralyzed
Katherine could do nothing but watch. A horrified Jill and John try to stop the wedding, but they are too late. Eventually, Jill informs the newlyweds of the shocking news before the marriage is consummated. Heartbroken, Billy and Mackenzie have their union annulled
, and the two separately leave town. Jill helps Katherine to recover and the two eventually resolve their differences.
In early 2007, Katherine uncovers repressed memories
of kidnapping Phillip III years ago just after he was born and switching him with another baby. Jill refuses to believe this at first, DNA testing of the corpse in Phillip III's grave confirms that he was not Jill's biological son. She is soon led to believe that her true biological son is revealed to be Ethan "Cane" Ashby
(Daniel Goddard), an Australia
n national whose visa has expired and is fighting deportation. As the true Phillip III, he would be a native-born American citizen and is thus permitted to remain in Genoa City. Cane soon forms a strong bond with Jill and Katherine.
Jill begins a romantic relationship with William Bardwell (Ted Shackelford
), the District Attorney, who has just inherited a fortune from his late uncle. Gloria Fisher
(Judith Chapman
), who wants Will for his money, drugs Ji Min Kim
(Eric Steinberg
) and Jill with libido
pills and arranges for William to walk in on them. A broken-hearted William eventually marries Gloria.
Jill and Ji Min develop genuine feelings for each other. Katherine is furious with Jill upon learning that her daughter is planning on eloping with Ji Min. Mrs. Chancellor offers him a bribe not to marry her daughter, but he declines. Ji Min Kim is murder
ed in September 2007 by David Chow, before he can marry Jill, which devastates her.
In 2008 Katherine retires as CEO of Chancellor Industries and makes Jill her successor. Jill feels that Katherine is constantly looking over her shoulder, and second-guessing her decisions. This is especially true when it comes to Chancellor subsidiary
Jabot Cosmetic's new CEO, Nikki Newman. In October 2008, for the first time Jill has both her sons Cane and Billy at home. Billy does not like that Jill has made Cane CEO of Jabot over him. In November 2008 Katherine Chancellor is believed to have died in a car crash. However, the true victim is her look-a-like Marge Cotrooke.
Due to the Abbott Family and Jeff and Gloria Bardwell, Chancellor losses control of Jabot, resulting in the firings of Jill and Cane. Jill and Victor Newman
formulate a plan to destroy Jack Abbott and return control of Jabot back to Chancellor Industries.
In 2009, two DNA tests seemingly indicate that Marge is impersonating the presumed-deceased Katherine. However, the corpse buried in Katherine's grave is exhumed and subjected to a third test. Ultimately, Jill's DNA matches neither the corpse nor Katherine (whom Jill believes to be Marge). Thus, Katherine's claim about her true identity is bolstered, and it is proven conclusively that Jill is not Katherine's biological daughter after all. After a final pair of DNA tests between Katherine and her son Brock are a match, not even Jill can deny the truth any longer. She bitterly rejects Katherine's overtures of affection, and the ensuing argument reignites the feud between the women in full force.
Weeks later, just prior to Cane's wedding to Lily Winters
, Jill learns that the bank in Cayman Islands
where she has deposited all her monies has collapsed. For the first time in decades, Jill is virtually penniless, with her 50% share in the Chancellor mansion and her shares of Jabot as her only assets. Shortly thereafter, Jill returns to her original occupation as a manicurist, albeit in another town outside of Genoa City to keep it a secret from others.
(who was Phillip's wife at the time of his supposed death) begins background research on Cane, as part of her efforts to adapt Katherine's memoir into a screenplay. Her suspicions about Cane continue to grow, and she eventually orders the exhumation of Phillip's body for genetic testing. When it was discovered that Phillip's casket is empty (and, in fact, never contained a corpse at all), Nina demanded that Cane submit to DNA testing to verify his status as Jill's biological son. Upon learning of Nina's demand, Cane retrieved a vial of Phillip's blood from a carousel of vials he kept in a hidden freezer for use in DNA testing. Thus, it became apparent that Phillip is Jill's biological son, not Cane. Not only that, but Phillip Chancellor III returned to Genoa City to protect Cane. Phillip claimed that Cane was to fill the void that he left when he faked his own death. Apparently, Phillip had been living a lie all of his life, in that he was actually a homosexual and couldn't stand the pressure of being the Chancellor heir. However, the Winters family had enough of Cane, and he planned on leaving town. Once Jill heard, she called Michael Baldwin
to a meeting of changing her will. She wants her estate split three ways between Phillip, Billy, and Cane—despite the fact that Cane is not her son.
In June 2010, Jill's mother Liz Foster had fallen ill on a flight to Genoa City to visit her. Once at the hospital, Jill reunited with her adopted brothers Greg and Snapper Foster
, but Liz took a turn for the worse, and confessed to Snapper that she has been aware of the identity of Jill's biological father for quite some time. Apparently Jill's father was Neil Fenmore, the father of Lauren Fenmore Baldwin
. Liz ended up dying on June 18, 2010 with all of her children by her side. Snapper ended up telling Jill the truth, and once it is confirmed by a DNA test, she in turn legally changed her surname to Fenmore, much to Lauren's chagrin.
With this new bond between Jill and Lauren Fenmore Baldwin
, Jill attempted to forge a sisterly relationship between them, but Lauren constantly rejecting the idea. Lauren's rejection even got to the point that Jill began to fear that it could be the beginnings of another rivalry like hers with Katherine. The feud took a turn for the worse when Jill filed a lawsuit asking for half of Neil Fenmore's estate. Despite Michael's
attempt to get them to at least talk, Lauren had no intention of ever accepting Jill as a sister. However, once Joanna Manning, Lauren's mother, testified that Neil knew of an illegitimate child, the court ruled that Jill was entitled to half of the Fenmore estate. Jill quickly fit into her new role as Co-CEO of Fenmore's Department Store, and even took control of the store once Lauren took a leave of absence when Daisy Carter returned to town and was quickly released from jail into the custody of Phyllis Newman because of her pregnancy. Lauren eventually came back, and she and Jill began getting closer.
Around the same time, as Chance Chancellor
attempted to prove his innocence that he was not behind a police drug operation, he was shot to death by his own half-brother, Ronan Molloy, who had been Nina Webster's
long-lost stolen son. However, Christine Blair
ended up informing Nina and Phillip that Chance was alive, and had entered the Witness Protection Program. Apparently, Ronan was an FBI agent with Christine, and needed to play the role of the corrupt police officer to protect Chance and bring the truly corrupt to justice. Yet, this news was kept only to Nina, Phillip, and later Katherine
, but not Jill.
In late January 2011, Jill became engaged to Australian businessman Colin Atkinson. Unbeknownst to her, he is Cane's biological father and the head of an organized crime syndicate in Australia. By late January, Colin and Jill agree that they should elope, while Katherine
strongly advised against the marriage. In addition, Cane was forced to come clean about most of his past to Lily Ashby
and wanted to tell Katherine and Jill, but Colin advised him not to and threatened to kill Jill if Cane told the truth. On February 2, Jill and Colin are married as Blake, one of Colin's henchmen, shot down Cane just outside with Lily and the twins watching.
Since Cane's death, Jill finally learned that her grandson Chance Chancellor
had actually been in the Witness Protection Program and didn't die. She watched as Chance donated his liver to his half-brother Ronan Malloy, but hadn't told Colin about Chance yet. Eventually, however, Chance decided to return to the Army leaving Jill and Nina
especially heartbroken. Colin, interestingly, had been extremely supportive of Jill during those difficult moments, but was also planning a grand scheme to steal his biological grandchildren, Charlie and Matilda Ashby back to Australia. Colin had been working with Cane's identical evil twin brother, Caleb Atkinson. However, the real Caleb had died the night of Jill and Colin's wedding, not Cane. Cane was now pretending to be Caleb in order to protect his family. Cane had been playing the role of the evil brother by eventually forcing Lily
to check into a mental facility out of fear of losing her sanity. However, when Cane learned that his actions led Lily to make that move, he grew more impatient to take down Colin. He began working with his biological mother, Genevieve Atkinson in secret to help bring down Colin.
The night that Colin's plan is put into place, he explained to Jill that he needed to go to San Francisco. However, she seemed suspicious and figured that Colin was going to surprise her with the twins, so she followed Colin around. However, when she confronted Colin at an abandoned estate, she saw Cane
, who is pretending to be Caleb. When Jill saw him, she fainted. Jill eventually came too just as Colin and "Caleb" were ready to steal the twins. Colin explained the situation to Jill, and she was horrified to learn that their marriage was a ruse. Suddenly, Neil Winters
came by just as Colin walked into the estate where he heard music playing. Walking around, he saw his late daughter's ashes and pictures of her laid in the formation of her body. Genevieve confronted Colin. They argued about his role in the death of Samantha, and she explained the truth about Cane, that Caleb died, not Cane. Colin, however, didn't seem surprised. As they arguing, she pushed him over the edge of the porch. As he hung on for his life, Jill saw him and ran up to try to save him. Once there, Genevieve explained that she was the real Mrs. Atkinson, and Jill suddenly let Colin go. As for Cane, he punches out one of Colin's henchman and saves the twins when a fire erupts. However, Cane is confronted by Neil, Lily
, and Daniel Romalotti. Neil explained the truth to Lily, but everyone wanted Cane gone. Later, Cane explained the situation to Lily, but she didn't want anything else to do with him.
Colin ended up surviving his fall, and was tormented at the hospital by Genevieve. When Jill rushed in, he explained that he was still legally married to Genevieve, thus their marriage was invalid. Once Katherine
discovered the truth about Colin, she threw all of his stuff out of the Estate, while Jill began drinking heavily. At Gloworm, Genevieve ended up trying to warm up to Lily
, but Neil
, Jill, and Katherine wanted her gone. Suddenly, to everyone's surprise, Colin was back. He had just been released on bail, and explained to Jill that he was to stay in Genoa City to try to win her back and prove his love for her.
Following the disaster of her marriage to Colin, she decided to focus on business as Fenmore's became the face of a new Jabot product line with Jack Abbott back on top. However, she continued to run into Colin, who is hoping for a reconciliation. Jill also discovered, not through Billy, but his custody of Delia Abbott was threatened by Chloe Mitchell
. Jill tried to help Billy, but he didn't want any. Instead, he ended up being arrested for soliciting a prostitute, and Jill in turn blamed her parenting of Billy for this. However, Billy lost custody and began drinking heavily again. After his estranged wife, Victoria Abbott
sought Jack, Jill, and Ashley's
help with Billy, he ended up getting into a car accident, but not because of drinking. Billy ended up skipping down to Hong Kong. Making matters worse, Jill and Nina Webster
lost contact with Chance Chancellor
. A worried Jill ended up being comforted by Colin Atkinson. Colin, however, also reconnected with Genevieve, yet soon after, he filed for divorce. An already skeptical Jill, grew more concerned with Genevieve informed her of her sleeping with Colin. However, Genevieve began ramping up her romance with Jack. Jill deeply disapproved of his romance with Genevieve, but decided to play against her by returning to a romance with Colin.
Jill renews her relationship with Colin, and surprisingly Cane because she feels lonely and abandoned by her two sons Phillip and Billy. Jill soon becomes sour with Colin when he stands her up only to find out, from a little snooping and some messages from Genevieve, that Colin has left town with his ex wife. Jill is furious and kicks herself for thinking she could ever be with Colin again. A few days later, with help from Cane, Jill discovers that Colin didn't stand her up for Genevieve at all, but was trapped in Genevieve's wine cellar for 2 days by his ex herself. All seems to be well again between Jill and Colin. Jill and Colin are no longer an item as she tricked him into thinking that they were going to have sex and then locked him up with cheetah print "hand-cuffs" and called the police as she overheard him on the phone and presumed to call th GCPD.
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The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
. She is one of the series' original characters, and the only one remaining from its debut in March 1973. Much of Jill's history on the series revolves around her long-running conflict with Katherine Chancellor
Katherine Chancellor
Katherine Chancellor Murphy is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless...
(Jeanne Cooper
Jeanne Cooper
Wilma Jeanne Cooper , best known as Jeanne Cooper, is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Katherine Chancellor on the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless...
). Their feud is one of the longest rivalries on any American soap opera.
Casting and awards
The role of Jill Foster was originated by Brenda DicksonBrenda Dickson
Brenda Irene Dickson ) is an American actress who originated the role of Jill Foster Abbott on the soap opera The Young and the Restless.-Work:...
, who portrayed the character for nearly seven years before leaving in May 1980. (Footage of Dickson as Jill appears in the film Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver
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.) Bond Gideon
Bond Gideon
Bond Gideon is a United States actress, born in Corpus Christi, Texas. She is best remembered for her work on television shows in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the second actress to play Jill Foster Abbott on the soap opera The Young and the Restless in 1980.-External links:...
played Jill briefly before Deborah Adair
Deborah Adair
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took over the role for three years. Dickson returned to the role in 1983. Melinda Fee also played Jill briefly in 1984, and Deborah Adair
Deborah Adair
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briefly reprised the role in 1986 as a fill-in for Dickson. Dickson continued until June 18, 1987, when she was replaced by Jess Walton
Jess Walton
Jess Walton is an American actress, best known for her role as Jill Foster Abbott on the American soap opera, The Young and the Restless.-Early life:...
. Continuing in the role through late 2011, Walton has portrayed Jill longer than all the previous actresses combined.
Walton won a Daytime Emmy Award
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in 1997 for Lead Actress in a Drama Series
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for playing Jill, and was nominated in 1996 and 2000. She also won the Daytime Emmy for Supporting Actress
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in 1991 after a nomination in 1990. Dickson won a Soap Opera Digest
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Award in 1988 for Outstanding Villainess for the role, and Walton won one for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1994.
Marriages to Philip Chancellor, Derek Thurston, and Stuart Brooks
When the series debuts, Jill Foster worked as a shampoo girl and manicurist, helping to put older brothers "Snapper" (David Hasslehoff) and Greg through college. She was a dreamer who gazed longingly at magazines filled with pictures of a life she thought she could never have. Later, she becomes friends with Katherine ChancellorKatherine Chancellor
Katherine Chancellor Murphy is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless...
(Jeanne Cooper
Jeanne Cooper
Wilma Jeanne Cooper , best known as Jeanne Cooper, is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Katherine Chancellor on the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless...
) and is employed as her personal assistant. Jill and Katherine's friendship turns to animosity as they fight over men, including Katherine's husband Phillip Chancellor II (Donnelly Rhodes
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). Jill and Phillip engage in sex resulting in a pregnancy. Phillip divorces Katherine and plans to marry Jill. While giving Phillip a ride in her car, Katherine begs him for a second chance. He refuses. She slams her foot down on the gas pedal and the car plunges off the road and over a cliff. Phillip is rushed to the hospital where, on his deathbed, he marries Jill.
The marriage is declared invalid thanks to Katherine who then kicks the Fosters out of the Chancellor Estate. She offers Jill $1 million in exchange for the baby she is carrying. Jill agrees in order to ensure a better life for the child. She later rejects the offer and has the money returned after giving birth to her son, Phillip Chancellor III in 1976.
In late 1976, Jill began a small relationship with David Mallory, the recipient of her late father Bill Foster's eye cornea. Jill cared for David, but she didn't have strong feelings for him, but strung him along for the next few months. Meanwhile, she met and began falling for hairdresser Derek Thurston, whom she began seeing on the side while still with David, who proposed marriage to a hesitant Jill. After Liz warned Jill about a loveless marriage, Jill realized she wasn't in love with David and declined his marriage proposal to be with Derek.
Next, Katherine fell in love with and tricked Derek into marrying her. But Derek was really in love with Jill. But Derek took Kay up on her deal. If he lived with her for a year, she would set up a $100,000 trust for Jill's son and set Derek up in his own salon. Then Derek's ex-wife Suzanne Lynch arrived in town, bent on getting Derek back. She befriended Kay, and gave her candy laced with drugs, which drove Kay into a sanitarium. Kay's roommate went berserk and set fire to the room. Kay escaped, but the roommate's body was identified as Kay because she was wearing Kay's ring. Derek found himself free of both wives, inheriting the Chancellor wealth and free to marry Jill. But Kay showed up at their wedding - very much alive! Kay reclaimed her fortune and Derek, and named him head of Chancellor Industries. They went on a cruise, had a fight, Kay jumped overboard, and was rescued by Felipe Ramirez who held her captive. They fell in love, and he let her loose to return to her world where she divorced Derek.
Around the same time, Jill briefly marries newspaper editor Stuart Brooks. She breaks up a romance he is having with her mother Liz by faking a pregnancy after a one-night stand. Stuart sees through her ruse, divorces Jill, and marries Liz.
Marriage to John Abbott, affair with Jack Abbott, and the fight over Philip III
In 1980 Jill goes to work for Jabot Cosmetics. Jabot's owner, John AbbottJohn Abbott (The Young and the Restless)
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, is impressed by Jill's abilities, and quickly promotes her to Head of Merchandising. Around that time, she meets Jack Abbott, John's son. John and Jill become romantically involved. They break up after she cheats on him with his son. She files a sexual harassment suit against Jack when he will not be with her and he has to pay a $10,000 settlement.
Soon after, John and Jill later reunite and marry. However, Abbott family housekeeper Mamie Johnson
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seems to be a thorn in Jill's new marriage. Mamie, who wants to protect John, seemed to keep a close eye on Jill, which in turn led Jill to wish she acted like hired help instead of a friend to John. Despite Mamie's watchful eye, Jill continued her affair with Jack Abbott. This time Katherine gets a hold of pictures of their tryst. She shows them to John, who then suffers a stroke
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. By 1986, John and Jill divorce and in the settlement, Jill got 20% of Jabot Cosmetics, a seat on the board of directors, and a cushy executive position with Jabot at $150,000 a year, all in hopes that she would remain silent about her affair with Jack, to avoid a scandal that would hurt Jabot's public image. She ends up becoming very effective at her job, surprising many.
Not long after, Jill is found in her shower, bleeding from a gunshot wound just as her son Phillip Chancellor III returned to town after years away at boarding school. The three main suspects in the shooting are John, Jack, and Katherine. Jack finally confesses to the crime in order to prevent his affair with Jill from becoming public. The real culprit is Sven, a masseur at the Genoa City Hotel. He had been rejected by Jill earlier in the night, and after getting drunk stole the gun from Gina's Restaurant. Sven kidnaps Jill and locks her in a meat freezer. Jack comes to her rescue. Sven escapes to Mexico
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, but Jack is cleared of all charges.
Jill and Katherine fight over Jill's son, Philip Chancellor III, who is now a teenager. Philip had a past with acting out. A few years earlier, Jill was forced to send him to boarding school. Now, Philip turns to drinking. He fights his alcoholism with help from both Katherine and Jill, along with Christine Blair
Christine Blair
Christine Marie Ellen "Cricket" Blair is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed since July 1983 by Lauralee Bell...
(Lauralee Bell
Lauralee Bell
Lauralee Kristen Bell is an American soap opera actress. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended The Latin School of Chicago.The daughter of soap opera creators William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, and sister to Bill Bell, Jr...
). His drinking leads to engage in a one night stand
One Night Stand
One Night Stand is an HBO stand-up series that first aired on February 15, 1989. The half-hour series aired weekly and featured stand-up comedy specials from some of the top performing comedians. The series originally comprised 55 specials over the course of its four years on HBO...
with Nina Webster
Nina Webster
Nina Webster is a fictional character on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by American actress Tricia Cast from June 26, 1986 to February 1, 2001, as a guest star from November 14 to November 20, 2008, and returned on a regular basis on May 1, 2009. Cast won a Daytime Emmy Award...
(Tricia Cast
Tricia Cast
Tricia Cast is an American actress, best known for her role as Nina Webster on The Young and the Restless.-Personal life:...
). Nina becomes pregnant with Phillip's child. Phillip later dies in a car crash while he was driving under the influence
Driving under the influence
Driving under the influence is the act of driving a motor vehicle with blood levels of alcohol in excess of a legal limit...
, but in 2009 it's reavled he faked his death.
Continued scheming against Katherine and remarrying John Abbott
Also during the late 1980s, Jill hired someone off the street to seduce KatherineKatherine Chancellor
Katherine Chancellor Murphy is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless...
. His name was Rex Sterling
Rex Sterling
Rex Sterling was a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by actor Quinn Redeker from July 1987 to December 1994, and in a guest appearance on April 23, 2004.-Character's background:...
, but his real name was Brian Romalotti, father of Danny Romalotti
Danny Romalotti
Daniel "Danny" Romalotti, Sr. is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. He was played by Michael Damian from June 1981 to October 1993, and again from August 1994 to June 1998, returning briefly in December 11, 2002 and on recurring status from November 14, 2003 to...
and Gina Roma
Gina Roma
Gina Roma is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Actress Patty Weaver played the role from the fall of 1982 and was last seen in March 2009.-Character:...
. He was previously a con man, but cleaned up and began a romance with Katherine. Rex and Katherine ended up getting married, but Rex soon got annoyed by Katherine's behavior. However, Katherine was gone and replaced by her look-a-like Marge Cotrooke. Jill convinced Rex to divorce Katherine and marry her, which he did in 1991. However, Jill began seeing John Abbott
John Abbott
Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, PC, KCMG, QC was the third Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the office for seventeen months, from June 16, 1891 to November 24, 1892. - Life and work :...
again and Katherine returned. Katherine and Rex remarried, but Rex was shot soon after.
Soon after, Jill began an affair with Victor Newman
Victor Newman
Victor Newman is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless played by actor Eric Braeden from February 1980 through November 2, 2009 and again from January 15, 2010 to present. The character briefly appeared on The Bold and the Beautiful in 1999...
and Jill assumed she would certainly be the next Mrs. Victor Newman. Hapless Jill, no more than shared her elation at the prospect with Jack, than Victor let her know that she was just a fling, and he had no real intentions where she was concerned. Mortified, Jill quickly found her way back into John's heart, and they remarried, much to his children's dismay. Jill wanted to have a baby, though John felt he was too old. But Jill managed to get pregnant before John got a secret vasectomy. When he discovered she was already pregnant, he insisted she have an abortion but Jill couldn't do it. John did wonder if Billy
Billy Abbott
William "Billy" Abbott is a fictional character in the American soap opera The Young and the Restless. He is portrayed by Billy Miller as of September 19, 2008; other actors that have played the part include a set of child actors, and three contract actors: David Tom, Ryan Brown and Scott Seymour...
might actually be Victor's, since he knew they had been together earlier.
Jill's affair with Jed Sanders due to John's impotence caused their second divorce. However at first John suffered a stroke and the with the divorce underway, John's housekeeper Mamie
Mamie Johnson (The Young and the Restless)
Mamie Johnson is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. The role was originated in 1980 by Marguerite Ray, who was replaced in 1990 by Veronica Redd. Redd departed the series in 1995, and returned from 1999 to 2004...
, admitted that she loved John. John confessed similar feelings. However, when Jill learned of their relationship, she fired Mamie and offered her millions of dollars to leave Genoa City, which she agreed to. Soon after John and Jill reunited, but eventually the divorce happened. This resulted a bitter custody battle over Billy and a stroke for John. John got custody of Billy and, unable to bear Jabot under Newman, they moved to New York City.
In 1998, Jill discovered a letter written by her late husband Philip Chancellor II in which Jill was named the sole owner of the Chancellor Estate. Jill quickly evicted Katherine, but Katherine found a legal loophole allowing her to stay on the Estate. Not only that, but with a teenage Billy Abbott and Brock Reynolds' lost teenage daughter, Mackenzie Browning
Mackenzie Browning
Mackenzie Hellstrom is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, introduced in 1999 as a part of the new teen scene and revealed to be the granddaughter of wealthy businesswoman Katherine Chancellor.-Casting:Ashley Bashioum, the actress that played the role for the...
coming into town as well, they quickly developed a relationship.
After the turn of the century, Sean Bridges came into Genoa City as Jabot's new website designer. He quickly developed a relationship with the much older Jill. Jill was curious of his intentions, but gave in and allowed him to move into the Chancellor Estate. Soon after though, Sean moved away to New York City.
Soon after, Katherine allowed an ex-con Larry Warton
Larry Warton
Larry Warton is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. He was played by actor David "Shark" Fralick from December 1995 to January 1996 and again from December 29, 1999 to June 9, 2005.-Fictional character biography:...
to move in and do some work around the house. Jill quickly began an affair with him, but wanting to keep it a secret because Larry was "beneath her". However, Katherine found out and attempted to confront Jill about it, but she continued to deny it and even insulted Larry. An angry Larry, walked in on a Jabot Meeting and emptied a box of Jill's sex toys across the table.
Supposed family discoveries
In 2003, Liz Foster is diagnosed with a brain tumor and admits to Jill that she is adopted and that Charlotte Ramsey (who years later it was discovered had lied to get revenge on Kay) has provided proof that Katherine Chancellor,is her birth mother. In addition to being mortified to learn that she is the daughter of her sworn enemy, this revelation presents another crisis for Jill. For years, her son Billy AbbottBilly Abbott
William "Billy" Abbott is a fictional character in the American soap opera The Young and the Restless. He is portrayed by Billy Miller as of September 19, 2008; other actors that have played the part include a set of child actors, and three contract actors: David Tom, Ryan Brown and Scott Seymour...
and Katherine's granddaughter Mackenzie Browning
Mackenzie Browning
Mackenzie Hellstrom is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, introduced in 1999 as a part of the new teen scene and revealed to be the granddaughter of wealthy businesswoman Katherine Chancellor.-Casting:Ashley Bashioum, the actress that played the role for the...
had been in love, in a passionate but platonic relationship. However, the supposed mother-daughter connection between Katherine and Jill would mean that Mackenzie and Billy are first cousins. Unaware that they are supposedly blood relatives, the young couple is married, while a paralyzed
Paralysis
Paralysis is loss of muscle function for one or more muscles. Paralysis can be accompanied by a loss of feeling in the affected area if there is sensory damage as well as motor. A study conducted by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, suggests that about 1 in 50 people have been diagnosed...
Katherine could do nothing but watch. A horrified Jill and John try to stop the wedding, but they are too late. Eventually, Jill informs the newlyweds of the shocking news before the marriage is consummated. Heartbroken, Billy and Mackenzie have their union annulled
Annulment
Annulment is a legal procedure for declaring a marriage null and void. Unlike divorce, it is usually retroactive, meaning that an annulled marriage is considered to be invalid from the beginning almost as if it had never taken place...
, and the two separately leave town. Jill helps Katherine to recover and the two eventually resolve their differences.
In early 2007, Katherine uncovers repressed memories
Recovered memory therapy
Recovered-memory therapy is a term coined by affiliates of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation in the early 1990s, to refer what they described as a range of psychotherapy methods based on recalling memories of abuse that had previously been forgotten by the patient...
of kidnapping Phillip III years ago just after he was born and switching him with another baby. Jill refuses to believe this at first, DNA testing of the corpse in Phillip III's grave confirms that he was not Jill's biological son. She is soon led to believe that her true biological son is revealed to be Ethan "Cane" Ashby
Cane Ashby
Ethan "Cane" Ashby is a fictional character in the American soap opera The Young and the Restless. Daniel Goddard has portrayed the character since his January 12, 2007 debut...
(Daniel Goddard), an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n national whose visa has expired and is fighting deportation. As the true Phillip III, he would be a native-born American citizen and is thus permitted to remain in Genoa City. Cane soon forms a strong bond with Jill and Katherine.
Jill begins a romantic relationship with William Bardwell (Ted Shackelford
Ted Shackelford
Ted Shackelford is an American actor best known for his role as Gary Ewing on the CBS television series Knots Landing, in which he starred from 1979–93...
), the District Attorney, who has just inherited a fortune from his late uncle. Gloria Fisher
Gloria Bardwell
Gloria Bardwell is a fictional character, a resident of Genoa City on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. The role was originated by Joan Van Ark who played the role from April 6, 2004 to January 7, 2005, and is currently portrayed by Judith Chapman, who assumed the role on January...
(Judith Chapman
Judith Chapman
Judith Chapman is an actress known to fans of American daytime television. She gave her screen debut at the age of 16 in the Spaghetti Western Sette donne per i MacGregor. She has appeared on half a dozen daytime dramas since the mid-1970s...
), who wants Will for his money, drugs Ji Min Kim
Ji Min Kim
Ji Min Kim is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed from October 4, 2006 to September 4, 2007 by actor Eric Steinberg...
(Eric Steinberg
Eric Steinberg
Eric D. Steinberg is an American actor who most recently played the role of Emily Fields' father in the ABC Family hit seriesPretty Little Liars.Eric was born August 26, 1969 in Washington, D.C....
) and Jill with libido
Libido
Libido refers to a person's sex drive or desire for sexual activity. The desire for sex is an aspect of a person's sexuality, but varies enormously from one person to another, and it also varies depending on circumstances at a particular time. A person who has extremely frequent or a suddenly...
pills and arranges for William to walk in on them. A broken-hearted William eventually marries Gloria.
Jill and Ji Min develop genuine feelings for each other. Katherine is furious with Jill upon learning that her daughter is planning on eloping with Ji Min. Mrs. Chancellor offers him a bribe not to marry her daughter, but he declines. Ji Min Kim is murder
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
ed in September 2007 by David Chow, before he can marry Jill, which devastates her.
In 2008 Katherine retires as CEO of Chancellor Industries and makes Jill her successor. Jill feels that Katherine is constantly looking over her shoulder, and second-guessing her decisions. This is especially true when it comes to Chancellor subsidiary
Subsidiary
A subsidiary company, subsidiary, or daughter company is a company that is completely or partly owned and wholly controlled by another company that owns more than half of the subsidiary's stock. The subsidiary can be a company, corporation, or limited liability company. In some cases it is a...
Jabot Cosmetic's new CEO, Nikki Newman. In October 2008, for the first time Jill has both her sons Cane and Billy at home. Billy does not like that Jill has made Cane CEO of Jabot over him. In November 2008 Katherine Chancellor is believed to have died in a car crash. However, the true victim is her look-a-like Marge Cotrooke.
Due to the Abbott Family and Jeff and Gloria Bardwell, Chancellor losses control of Jabot, resulting in the firings of Jill and Cane. Jill and Victor Newman
Victor Newman
Victor Newman is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless played by actor Eric Braeden from February 1980 through November 2, 2009 and again from January 15, 2010 to present. The character briefly appeared on The Bold and the Beautiful in 1999...
formulate a plan to destroy Jack Abbott and return control of Jabot back to Chancellor Industries.
In 2009, two DNA tests seemingly indicate that Marge is impersonating the presumed-deceased Katherine. However, the corpse buried in Katherine's grave is exhumed and subjected to a third test. Ultimately, Jill's DNA matches neither the corpse nor Katherine (whom Jill believes to be Marge). Thus, Katherine's claim about her true identity is bolstered, and it is proven conclusively that Jill is not Katherine's biological daughter after all. After a final pair of DNA tests between Katherine and her son Brock are a match, not even Jill can deny the truth any longer. She bitterly rejects Katherine's overtures of affection, and the ensuing argument reignites the feud between the women in full force.
Weeks later, just prior to Cane's wedding to Lily Winters
Lily Winters
Lily Winters Ashby is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Starting off as a rebellious yet naive teenager, the character became one of the series' popular heroines. Stories centered around Lily included the mystery of her paternity and social issue...
, Jill learns that the bank in Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands is a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union located in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman, located south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica...
where she has deposited all her monies has collapsed. For the first time in decades, Jill is virtually penniless, with her 50% share in the Chancellor mansion and her shares of Jabot as her only assets. Shortly thereafter, Jill returns to her original occupation as a manicurist, albeit in another town outside of Genoa City to keep it a secret from others.
Phillip's return, Jill's true identity, and the truth about Cane
Following his wedding to Lily Winters, Cane recalls his telephone conversation years earlier with a man named "Langley" regarding their joint plan to con Jill and Katherine. The man bears a startling resemblance to the supposedly deceased Phillip. On June 10, 2009, it is revealed that "Langley" is indeed Phillip, and that he is still very much alive (unknown to everyone except Cane). Nina WebsterNina Webster
Nina Webster is a fictional character on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by American actress Tricia Cast from June 26, 1986 to February 1, 2001, as a guest star from November 14 to November 20, 2008, and returned on a regular basis on May 1, 2009. Cast won a Daytime Emmy Award...
(who was Phillip's wife at the time of his supposed death) begins background research on Cane, as part of her efforts to adapt Katherine's memoir into a screenplay. Her suspicions about Cane continue to grow, and she eventually orders the exhumation of Phillip's body for genetic testing. When it was discovered that Phillip's casket is empty (and, in fact, never contained a corpse at all), Nina demanded that Cane submit to DNA testing to verify his status as Jill's biological son. Upon learning of Nina's demand, Cane retrieved a vial of Phillip's blood from a carousel of vials he kept in a hidden freezer for use in DNA testing. Thus, it became apparent that Phillip is Jill's biological son, not Cane. Not only that, but Phillip Chancellor III returned to Genoa City to protect Cane. Phillip claimed that Cane was to fill the void that he left when he faked his own death. Apparently, Phillip had been living a lie all of his life, in that he was actually a homosexual and couldn't stand the pressure of being the Chancellor heir. However, the Winters family had enough of Cane, and he planned on leaving town. Once Jill heard, she called Michael Baldwin
Michael Baldwin
Michael Baldwin is a fictional character on the CBS television soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Christian LeBlanc originally from late December 1991 until June 1993 and then he returned on April 25, 1997. The character has also crossed over briefly to As the World Turns on April...
to a meeting of changing her will. She wants her estate split three ways between Phillip, Billy, and Cane—despite the fact that Cane is not her son.
In June 2010, Jill's mother Liz Foster had fallen ill on a flight to Genoa City to visit her. Once at the hospital, Jill reunited with her adopted brothers Greg and Snapper Foster
Snapper Foster
Dr. William "Snapper" Foster Jr. is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. An original character since the show's inception, the role was played by William Gray Espy from March 26, 1973 to July 1975, and David Hasselhoff from 1975 to May 1982...
, but Liz took a turn for the worse, and confessed to Snapper that she has been aware of the identity of Jill's biological father for quite some time. Apparently Jill's father was Neil Fenmore, the father of Lauren Fenmore Baldwin
Lauren Fenmore Baldwin
Lauren Baldwin is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless and its "sister soap" The Bold and the Beautiful. She is portrayed by American actress Tracey E. Bregman...
. Liz ended up dying on June 18, 2010 with all of her children by her side. Snapper ended up telling Jill the truth, and once it is confirmed by a DNA test, she in turn legally changed her surname to Fenmore, much to Lauren's chagrin.
With this new bond between Jill and Lauren Fenmore Baldwin
Lauren Fenmore Baldwin
Lauren Baldwin is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless and its "sister soap" The Bold and the Beautiful. She is portrayed by American actress Tracey E. Bregman...
, Jill attempted to forge a sisterly relationship between them, but Lauren constantly rejecting the idea. Lauren's rejection even got to the point that Jill began to fear that it could be the beginnings of another rivalry like hers with Katherine. The feud took a turn for the worse when Jill filed a lawsuit asking for half of Neil Fenmore's estate. Despite Michael's
Michael Baldwin
Michael Baldwin is a fictional character on the CBS television soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Christian LeBlanc originally from late December 1991 until June 1993 and then he returned on April 25, 1997. The character has also crossed over briefly to As the World Turns on April...
attempt to get them to at least talk, Lauren had no intention of ever accepting Jill as a sister. However, once Joanna Manning, Lauren's mother, testified that Neil knew of an illegitimate child, the court ruled that Jill was entitled to half of the Fenmore estate. Jill quickly fit into her new role as Co-CEO of Fenmore's Department Store, and even took control of the store once Lauren took a leave of absence when Daisy Carter returned to town and was quickly released from jail into the custody of Phyllis Newman because of her pregnancy. Lauren eventually came back, and she and Jill began getting closer.
Around the same time, as Chance Chancellor
Chance Chancellor
Phillip Robert "Chance" Chancellor IV is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. The character is currently portrayed by John Driscoll, from July 16, 2009 to September 9, 2010. He made a short departure from the show in September 2010, only to return by February...
attempted to prove his innocence that he was not behind a police drug operation, he was shot to death by his own half-brother, Ronan Molloy, who had been Nina Webster's
Nina Webster
Nina Webster is a fictional character on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by American actress Tricia Cast from June 26, 1986 to February 1, 2001, as a guest star from November 14 to November 20, 2008, and returned on a regular basis on May 1, 2009. Cast won a Daytime Emmy Award...
long-lost stolen son. However, Christine Blair
Christine Blair
Christine Marie Ellen "Cricket" Blair is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed since July 1983 by Lauralee Bell...
ended up informing Nina and Phillip that Chance was alive, and had entered the Witness Protection Program. Apparently, Ronan was an FBI agent with Christine, and needed to play the role of the corrupt police officer to protect Chance and bring the truly corrupt to justice. Yet, this news was kept only to Nina, Phillip, and later Katherine
Katherine Chancellor
Katherine Chancellor Murphy is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless...
, but not Jill.
In late January 2011, Jill became engaged to Australian businessman Colin Atkinson. Unbeknownst to her, he is Cane's biological father and the head of an organized crime syndicate in Australia. By late January, Colin and Jill agree that they should elope, while Katherine
Katherine Chancellor
Katherine Chancellor Murphy is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless...
strongly advised against the marriage. In addition, Cane was forced to come clean about most of his past to Lily Ashby
Lily Winters
Lily Winters Ashby is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Starting off as a rebellious yet naive teenager, the character became one of the series' popular heroines. Stories centered around Lily included the mystery of her paternity and social issue...
and wanted to tell Katherine and Jill, but Colin advised him not to and threatened to kill Jill if Cane told the truth. On February 2, Jill and Colin are married as Blake, one of Colin's henchmen, shot down Cane just outside with Lily and the twins watching.
Since Cane's death, Jill finally learned that her grandson Chance Chancellor
Chance Chancellor
Phillip Robert "Chance" Chancellor IV is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. The character is currently portrayed by John Driscoll, from July 16, 2009 to September 9, 2010. He made a short departure from the show in September 2010, only to return by February...
had actually been in the Witness Protection Program and didn't die. She watched as Chance donated his liver to his half-brother Ronan Malloy, but hadn't told Colin about Chance yet. Eventually, however, Chance decided to return to the Army leaving Jill and Nina
Nina Webster
Nina Webster is a fictional character on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by American actress Tricia Cast from June 26, 1986 to February 1, 2001, as a guest star from November 14 to November 20, 2008, and returned on a regular basis on May 1, 2009. Cast won a Daytime Emmy Award...
especially heartbroken. Colin, interestingly, had been extremely supportive of Jill during those difficult moments, but was also planning a grand scheme to steal his biological grandchildren, Charlie and Matilda Ashby back to Australia. Colin had been working with Cane's identical evil twin brother, Caleb Atkinson. However, the real Caleb had died the night of Jill and Colin's wedding, not Cane. Cane was now pretending to be Caleb in order to protect his family. Cane had been playing the role of the evil brother by eventually forcing Lily
Lily Winters
Lily Winters Ashby is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Starting off as a rebellious yet naive teenager, the character became one of the series' popular heroines. Stories centered around Lily included the mystery of her paternity and social issue...
to check into a mental facility out of fear of losing her sanity. However, when Cane learned that his actions led Lily to make that move, he grew more impatient to take down Colin. He began working with his biological mother, Genevieve Atkinson in secret to help bring down Colin.
The night that Colin's plan is put into place, he explained to Jill that he needed to go to San Francisco. However, she seemed suspicious and figured that Colin was going to surprise her with the twins, so she followed Colin around. However, when she confronted Colin at an abandoned estate, she saw Cane
Cane Ashby
Ethan "Cane" Ashby is a fictional character in the American soap opera The Young and the Restless. Daniel Goddard has portrayed the character since his January 12, 2007 debut...
, who is pretending to be Caleb. When Jill saw him, she fainted. Jill eventually came too just as Colin and "Caleb" were ready to steal the twins. Colin explained the situation to Jill, and she was horrified to learn that their marriage was a ruse. Suddenly, Neil Winters
Neil Winters
Neil Winters is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by actor Kristoff St. John since his first appearance in January 1991...
came by just as Colin walked into the estate where he heard music playing. Walking around, he saw his late daughter's ashes and pictures of her laid in the formation of her body. Genevieve confronted Colin. They argued about his role in the death of Samantha, and she explained the truth about Cane, that Caleb died, not Cane. Colin, however, didn't seem surprised. As they arguing, she pushed him over the edge of the porch. As he hung on for his life, Jill saw him and ran up to try to save him. Once there, Genevieve explained that she was the real Mrs. Atkinson, and Jill suddenly let Colin go. As for Cane, he punches out one of Colin's henchman and saves the twins when a fire erupts. However, Cane is confronted by Neil, Lily
Lily Winters
Lily Winters Ashby is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Starting off as a rebellious yet naive teenager, the character became one of the series' popular heroines. Stories centered around Lily included the mystery of her paternity and social issue...
, and Daniel Romalotti. Neil explained the truth to Lily, but everyone wanted Cane gone. Later, Cane explained the situation to Lily, but she didn't want anything else to do with him.
Colin ended up surviving his fall, and was tormented at the hospital by Genevieve. When Jill rushed in, he explained that he was still legally married to Genevieve, thus their marriage was invalid. Once Katherine
Katherine Chancellor
Katherine Chancellor Murphy is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless...
discovered the truth about Colin, she threw all of his stuff out of the Estate, while Jill began drinking heavily. At Gloworm, Genevieve ended up trying to warm up to Lily
Lily Winters
Lily Winters Ashby is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Starting off as a rebellious yet naive teenager, the character became one of the series' popular heroines. Stories centered around Lily included the mystery of her paternity and social issue...
, but Neil
Neil Winters
Neil Winters is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by actor Kristoff St. John since his first appearance in January 1991...
, Jill, and Katherine wanted her gone. Suddenly, to everyone's surprise, Colin was back. He had just been released on bail, and explained to Jill that he was to stay in Genoa City to try to win her back and prove his love for her.
Following the disaster of her marriage to Colin, she decided to focus on business as Fenmore's became the face of a new Jabot product line with Jack Abbott back on top. However, she continued to run into Colin, who is hoping for a reconciliation. Jill also discovered, not through Billy, but his custody of Delia Abbott was threatened by Chloe Mitchell
Chloe Mitchell
Chloe Mitchell is a fictional character on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. She was first portrayed by a set of twins, Darla and Sandra Greer, from 1990 to 1991, and briefly by Danielle Ryah in 1994...
. Jill tried to help Billy, but he didn't want any. Instead, he ended up being arrested for soliciting a prostitute, and Jill in turn blamed her parenting of Billy for this. However, Billy lost custody and began drinking heavily again. After his estranged wife, Victoria Abbott
Victoria Newman
Victoria Nicole Newman is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless...
sought Jack, Jill, and Ashley's
Ashley Abbott
Ashley Suzanne Abbott McCall is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless, currently played by American actress Eileen Davidson, who had played the character for a total of more than 16 years prior to her return in September 2008...
help with Billy, he ended up getting into a car accident, but not because of drinking. Billy ended up skipping down to Hong Kong. Making matters worse, Jill and Nina Webster
Nina Webster
Nina Webster is a fictional character on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by American actress Tricia Cast from June 26, 1986 to February 1, 2001, as a guest star from November 14 to November 20, 2008, and returned on a regular basis on May 1, 2009. Cast won a Daytime Emmy Award...
lost contact with Chance Chancellor
Chance Chancellor
Phillip Robert "Chance" Chancellor IV is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. The character is currently portrayed by John Driscoll, from July 16, 2009 to September 9, 2010. He made a short departure from the show in September 2010, only to return by February...
. A worried Jill ended up being comforted by Colin Atkinson. Colin, however, also reconnected with Genevieve, yet soon after, he filed for divorce. An already skeptical Jill, grew more concerned with Genevieve informed her of her sleeping with Colin. However, Genevieve began ramping up her romance with Jack. Jill deeply disapproved of his romance with Genevieve, but decided to play against her by returning to a romance with Colin.
Jill renews her relationship with Colin, and surprisingly Cane because she feels lonely and abandoned by her two sons Phillip and Billy. Jill soon becomes sour with Colin when he stands her up only to find out, from a little snooping and some messages from Genevieve, that Colin has left town with his ex wife. Jill is furious and kicks herself for thinking she could ever be with Colin again. A few days later, with help from Cane, Jill discovers that Colin didn't stand her up for Genevieve at all, but was trapped in Genevieve's wine cellar for 2 days by his ex herself. All seems to be well again between Jill and Colin. Jill and Colin are no longer an item as she tricked him into thinking that they were going to have sex and then locked him up with cheetah print "hand-cuffs" and called the police as she overheard him on the phone and presumed to call th GCPD.