Victoria Newman
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Victoria Nicole Newman is a fictional character
from the American
soap opera
The Young and the Restless
. She was born on-screen on November 17, 1982 as the daughter of Victor Newman and Nikki Reed.
was the first actress to portray the role once the character's birth year is revised to 1971 in 1991. Tom left the show in April 1997 and the role was recast with Sarah Aldrich
, who was let go briefly after her arrival, and in October, Tom was asked to reprise the role, which she did. Tom, who won two Daytime Emmy Award
s for the role, departed on December 17, 2003, saying her departure was due to creative differences. The producers spent a year looking for a recast, intending for the character to reappear onscreen in 2004, but the role was not recast until 2005. Amelia Heinle
took over the role on March 21, 2005. Heinle was already a veteran soap star with the roles she had as Steffi Brewster on the soap opera Loving
(1993–1995), the same character on The City (1995–1996), and Mia Saunders
(2001–2004) on All My Children
all on ABC
.
or Nikki's then-husband, Kevin Bancroft. Kevin's mother, Alison Bancroft, who disliked Nikki, believed the child was Kevin's, and she set out to take custody from Nikki. She even hired Rick Daros to romance Nikki in order to pull both Kevin and Victoria from Nikki. Months later, it was learned that Victor was indeed Victoria's father. In 1990, Victoria was not happy about Nikki having married Jack Abbott
, but he saved her life when she nearly drowned in the Newman Ranch pool. Afterward, Victoria continued acting out until Victor, without consulting Nikki, sent her off to boarding school in Switzerland.
and Ashley Abbott
, respectively. She then began working in the mail room at Newman Enterprises, and she set her sights on the somewhat-older, Ryan McNeil
. Victor, unhappy about his daughter's involvement with an older man, attempted to pay Ryan off to leave town. Ryan refused Victor's offer and eloped with Victoria. Their marriage did not last long, as Ryan left Victoria for Nina Webster
.
After her divorce from Ryan, Victoria fell in love with Charles "Cole" Howard
. They eloped, but Victor was then forced to break some news to his daughter: Cole's mother, Eve Howard, told Victor that Cole was Victor's son. Believing they are brother and sister, Cole and Victoria annulled the marriage. Blood tests revealed that Cole was not actually Victor's son. He and Victoria then remarried. Eventually, Cole left Victoria for Ashley Abbott
. Soon after, Victoria discovered that she was pregnant with Cole's baby.
Neil Winters
was the first person to whom Victoria confessed that she was pregnant. Victoria and Neil became engaged and planned to raise her child together. They broke off the engagement when Victoria's child, a girl that they named Eve after Cole's mother, died shortly after birth. They remained friends.
Victoria later developed an attraction to Gary Dawson, a shy marketing expert, who turned out to be a stalker whose bedroom walls were plastered with her photos, including a nude centerfold that she had posed for years ago. Victoria discovered the disturbing collage on his wall. She was kidnapped by Gary and held hostage in the long-abandoned Newman treehouse. Her brother, Nick Newman
and Paul Williams rescued her, and Gary was confined to a mental institution.
, in order to find out whether or not he had been sleeping with her brother Nick's wife, Sharon Newman. She eventually developed feelings for him, and they began a relationship. Victor, having found out that Diego had slept with Sharon, paid him to leave town, infuriating Victoria. When Diego was beaten up by two thugs, who also took the $100,000 given to him by Victor, Victoria tracked him down at the hospital and they reunited. Diego became consumed with revenge against the thugs who beat him up. Victoria did not like this new vengeful side to Diego, so she ended the relationship.
Victoria and Michael Baldwin
grew close in 2003. They fell in love, but Victoria left Michael and Genoa City
in December 2003, when family problems became too much for her to handle. Victoria was not seen or heard from until she returned to town in March 2005. She arrived at Michael's doorstep, expecting to pick up where they left off. Michael informed her that he got married to Lauren Fenmore
while she was away, and Victoria bowed out gracefully.
Victoria then started dating Brad Carlton
in 2005. They married in April 2006. She became pregnant with his child, but she lost the baby shortly thereafter. Victoria discovered that Brad had a one-night stand with Sharon shortly after they got married. Victoria and Brad consequently divorced. Victoria turned to J.T. Hellstrom
whenever there was a problem in her relationship with Brad. The pair shared two one-night stands, the first in early 2006, before her marriage to Brad, and the second in April 2007. Victoria became pregnant with a son shortly after deciding to divorce Brad, and she was unsure of the paternity of the child. The father could have been Brad or J.T.
, and Victoria slept with Deacon Sharpe
. After Colleen's death, the two reconciled, and amid scandal, Victoria quit her job at Newman Enterprises due to the article that Billy Abbott
published about her affair with Deacon. She then believed that she needed a break, so she went to Dubai
, leaving J.T. and Reed in Genoa City. While she was away, J.T. grew close to Mackenzie Browning
, a woman he dated a few years back. When Victoria came home, she grew close to Billy Abbott. She and J.T. ultimately divorced and moved on with Mac and Billy respectively. Then, Victoria was named CEO of Jabot Cosmetics by her father. Still, after Victoria was told that Adam Newman helped Victor to win Jabot in the bids, she refused the offer, much to Victor's dismay.
began a tumultuous romance that they attempted to keep hidden, however, it caused problems the night of Adam Newman's supposed murder. Though Billy and Victoria were in bed together at the time of Adam's murder, Victoria would not verify her whereabouts to the police and was placed under arrest, which caused her to miss the custody hearing for her son, Reed. In her absence, the judge ruled that her soon-to-be-ex-husband, J.T. Hellstrom
would gain full custody of Reed. As Victoria was on the verge of being denied bail for Adam's murder, Billy attempted to save her, stating that they were together and offering an alibi. Victoria told him to shut up and denied everything he said. Billy went to see her after the fiasco; they argued and parted ways. Victoria's charges were dropped as the prosecuting attorney set his sights on two more likely suspects: her brother, Nicholas Newman
, and her father, Victor Newman
.
Victoria and Billy later found each other at the Abbott-Newman meeting held by Phyllis Newman
and Sharon Newman Abbott. As a second custody hearing for Reed was scheduled, Tucker McCall tipped off the judge that Victor tried to keep J.T. from missing the hearing. Suddenly, Victoria who hoped to gain joint custody of her son with J.T., learned that the judge awarded J.T. full custody. Billy ended up convincing a depressed Victoria to hop on a plane to Jamaica with him. After a night of heavy drinking, the two got married. The next morning, they woke up and remembered what happened. Victoria instantly stated that she wanted to get the marriage annulled; Billy preferred to see where things went, but he could not bring himself to say that he loved Victoria. Victor called Victoria and, after learning that she was in Jamaica, asked her to come home immediately to help with a work-related issue. Jack Abbott similarly called Billy and asked him to come home to deal with a problem with their sister, Ashley
. Victor and Jack were shocked to find Victoria and Billy together at the airport. Victor berated Victoria for her involvement with Billy, but she pointed out that she was both divorced and an adult, and she did not have to listen to her father. Similarly, when Jack tried to warn Billy of the relationship, Billy pointed out that Jack was the last person who should be giving relationship advice.
After coming across a video of Victoria and Billy's wedding on Billy's computer, Abby Newman
, Victoria and Billy's half-sister, revealed the news of the wedding to many of the residents of Genoa City. Later, however, the audience learned that Victoria and Billy's wedding was not legal. The two continued to see each other and even started officially dating. Victoria quit her job at Newman Enterprises, moved off the ranch and declared her independence from Victor. She and Billy got tattoos featuring each other's names. They ended up buying a 1950's style house from Gloria Abbott Bardwell, and later they learned that Victoria was pregnant. Thus, on September 8, 2010, Billy and Victoria got married, despite Victor's objections. During the wedding ceremony, Victoria was arrested and taken to jail. In an attempt to stop the wedding, Victor turned his own daughter over to the authorities for bribing a foreign official. Victor ended up taking the blame for bribing the foreign official, which got Victoria out of jail so she could be with Billy.
Victoria and Billy were happy expectant parents, but Victor continued to express his disappointment to Victoria about her husband and his use of the Restless Style magazine to publicize Newman family problems. During a particularly heated argument with Victor about an article that Billy had planned, the stress caused Victoria to become ill, and she eventually miscarried from the stress-related illness. Victoria could not forgive her father for causing her miscarriage and, along with her half-sister, Abby Newman
, she declared war on Victor via a lawsuit. With the advice of his ex-wife, Nikki Newman, Victor offered Abby and Victoria a settlement worth three billion dollars. Victoria refused it and talked Abby into doing the same; instead, they offered Victor a deal: they would call off the suit if Victor gave them Beauty of Nature, his cosmetics line that is a part of Newman Enterprises. Nikki ended up going to rehab the day of a hearing for the lawsuit, unbeknownst to Victoria.
Eventually, Victoria found out that J.T. and his new wife, Mackenzie Browning
, were moving to Washington, D.C. and taking Reed with them. Billy suggested that he and Victoria try to get pregnant again. However, Victoria learned that she could no longer have children. Because of Victoria's depression, Billy brought her a newborn baby girl that he adopted for them. In reality, Billy bought the baby girl for $2 million from Primrose Deville from the black market adoption ring that she ran. Victoria could not resist the baby, and after Billy promised her that the baby was really theirs, she welcomed the little girl into her arms. They named the baby Lucy Abbott, because Lucy looked like she was going to have red hair like Lucille Ball and her trademark character from the 1950s and '60s, I Love Lucy; and the fact that they love her.
Around the same time as the "death" of Sharon Newman, Daniel Romalotti revealed to Billy that he was the biological father of Lucy. He was forced to tell him when he suspected that Lucy might be in danger. Billy and Victoria's nanny, Jana Hawkes
, uncovered the truth and engineered a scheme to kidnap Lucy and Billy's other daughter, Delia Abbott, in hopes of reuniting with her ex-husband, Kevin Fisher
. Soon, Billy was forced to come clean regarding the adoption and working with Primrose. Once the truth came out, Daniel's mother, Phyllis Newman
, began pressuring Daniel not to sign over his parental rights to Billy and Victoria. However, Daniel believed that Billy and Victoria were best for Lucy, and he signed away his parental rights. Billy and Victoria compromised that Phyllis could have all the visitation rights and parenting input that she demanded, and they agreed to her insistence that Lucy had to grow up knowing Daniel was her biological father. Suddenly, the police and Child Services came into the house and demanded information about the adoption of Lucy. Chloe Mitchell filed a custody lawsuit against Billy for their daughter, Delia, and she mentioned how Lucy was illegally adopted. The police and Child Services grabbed Lucy away from a sobbing Victoria. Although Billy was terribly sorry for what happened, Victoria's heartbreak tore him apart and also began to tear apart their marriage. Victoria ended up kicking Billy out for the night. When he came to the door the next day, she took him in her arms and admitted that she was wrong in thinking she would be better off without him.
As a side note, Victor announced to Victoria, Billy and Nick that Nikki was returning to rehab and that he was going to be right by her side. Victor, had been busy recently dealing with the major business changes in Genoa City following Tucker McCall's accident. Katherine Chancellor Murphy
, the interim CEO of McCall Unlimited, and Tucker's mother, fired Tucker's fiancee, Ashley Abbott
from her job as CEO of Jabot, a McCall Unlimited entity. Victor suggested to Katherine to hire Victoria as CEO of Jabot, and Katherine eventually offered Victoria the position. However, Billy wanted her to turn it down and focus on Lucy. Regardless, she seemed intrigued as they fought. However, Lucy's case was their top priority as Kevin Fisher
, Lucy's uncle, agreed with Billy and Victoria, and Victoria told Billy that she wanted nothing more than to focus on the family that they were building together. They headed to court to have Daisy Carter's maternal rights terminated. They won, but just as the judge reached the decision, Phyllis and Daisy came into the courthouse announcing that Daisy was there to have her parental rights reinstated. After tense legal fights, Daisy's parental rights were reinstated, and thus the adoption was overturned.
With Lucy finally being taken away and little hopes of her returning, Victoria and Billy were both heartbroken. Victoria initially lashed out at Billy for his lies about Lucy and for continuing to make promises about their daughter when he knew that the adoption was illegal. Billy knew she was right, but he hoped that they could appeal the decision. Victoria left the house, but she ended up confiding in Nick that she felt bad for getting so angry with Billy. She said that she was sure that they would be able to work it out together. While she was gone, Billy and Victoria's lawyer and Billy's good friend, Rafe Torres, visited Billy and told him that there would be no hope of winning an appeal. Billy, believing Victoria wanted him to leave, packed his bags. When Victoria returned, he told her that he was leaving. She was shocked and disappointed. Pride, anger and sadness prevented the two of them from saying what was in their hearts, and Billy left, moving back into his old trailer.
Victoria ended up being comforted by her father and a sympathetic Chloe Mitchell. When Victor comforted her, he surprised her by offering her a seat on the Newman Board of Directors. He also explained that Billy was at his best with her, but he was now reverting back to his old self: a gambler and a drunk. To try to prove Victor wrong, Victoria went out to look for Billy, finding him at his old trailer. Inside, she found Billy with a nearly nude woman. Billy had actually been fending off the woman, but the situation, along with the fact that Billy was drunk and admitted to betting on horses, caused Victoria to declare that her father was right about him. With that, Victoria agreed to the board seat and the position of COO of Newman Enterprises. However, Victoria continued to try to help Billy get out of rapid downward spiral. Victoria also testified for Billy during his custody suit with Chloe over their daughter, Delia Abbott. After her testimony, Billy hoped to reunite with Victoria, but she felt her testimony was no reflection of their relationship, because Billy was still struggling with his old destructive habits. Victoria changed her mind once Billy left, and she went to find him at the trailer. However, he never came home; instead, he was in jail for soliciting a prostitute. In reality, Victor arranged a prostitute to come to Billy, but Victoria was unaware of his role. The charge and his drinking cost him the custody of Delia and Victoria's desire to reconcile. Victoria believed him when he said he wasn't hiring a prostitute, but the fact that he was in a position for the charge to be made was just more evidence that he wasn't prepared to straighten up. Later that night, Billy went to Jimmy's Bar where he saw the new bartender, Cane Ashby
, who tried to help set Billy straight. Cane told Billy that he knew from experience what it was like to lose your children (Mattie and Charlie) and your wife (Lily Ashby), and he did not wish the same fate upon Billy. After arguing, Cane gave in and told Billy to just give up, and he began to pour Billy shots of tequila, leading the audience to believe that Billy was going to get drunk. At Jabot's launch party for their new cosmetics line, Jack received news that Billy was in a car accident. After Jack, Ashley and his mother, Jill Fenmore, see that Billy was bruised, yet alive in the hospital, Victoria decided to visit him at his bedside. The doctors confirmed that Billy was not drinking at the time of the accident, revealing that he never drank the shots that Cane poured him. While Victoria believed he was sedated from medication, she talked to Billy about how much she loved him and what he had given her and how much she missed her old life with him, when they used to have fun and laugh with each other and their children. She didn't laugh anymore, and they don't have their children anymore, and she could not handle all of Billy's mistakes on her own. She kissed him on the forehead and left, and after the door closes behind her, Billy opened his eyes, revealing that he heard every word that she said.
The next day, a package arrived for Victoria at her home, and she realized that it was Billy's birthday, and the package was a painting of the two of them that she had made for him. The painting was of Victoria and Billy at Halloween; Billy was Hugh Hefner
, and Victoria was a Playboy Bunny. Ashley came over to see Victoria and tell her that Billy was out of the hospital. She saw the painting, but Victoria told her she's not sure what to do with it. Ashley told her that she could come to the party that she and Jack were throwing for Billy, and she could give him his gift. Instead, she declined because Reed was coming over, and she quickly wrote a card for Ashley to give to Billy, just so he knew that she didn't forget his birthday. Billy was disappointed when Victoria didn't come to his party. He walked by their house, almost knocking on the door, but he peeked in the window to see Victoria playing with Reed, and he walked away. Later, they met up accidentally in the park, where, after a misunderstanding involving Delia, Victoria and Abby witnessed Chloe taking Delia away from Billy and threatening to have all of Billy's access to Delia removed. Victoria tried to encourage him to fight for his daughter, and she offered to fight with him. Billy, who after hearing Victoria's words in the hospital, decided that the best thing he could do for her was to push her away. He curtly dismissed all of her efforts to help and made a show of the fact that he hasn't changed his old ways, telling her to stay out of his problems because all he wanted to do was have a drink and check his bets. Victoria could not understand why Billy changed so drastically, but he told her that he was always like that, and she used to like it.
Meanwhile, Victoria approached Abby with a job opportunity. She wanted Abby's alter ego, the "Naked Heiress", to be the spokeswoman for Newman Enterprises' new cosmetics line for Beauty of Nature. The two daughters got their father's approval for the idea, but they were forced to put their project on hold: Victoria found out that Nikki was missing from her rehab center after Diane Jenkins
leaked pictures of Victor and Nikki in bed to the press, and Abby found out that Diane had a copy of the videotape where Abby confessed that she hit Tucker McCall with her car while driving drunk. Enraged at Diane, Victoria confronted her, scolding her for making Nikki pay for all of her mishaps. While Victor and Victoria were at the Athletic Club deciding how to handle the situation with Nikki, Billy, having seen an upset Victoria earlier at Crimson Lights, approached her when she was alone at the bar and offered to listen if she needed to talk. Victoria, still hurt by his treatment of her in the park, brushed him off, reminding him that just yesterday, he didn't even give her the time of day. While Victoria cried in the ladies' lounge, a frustrated Billy sat and drank. Later, as Victoria sat on a couch nearby, he walked up to the bar after ending a phone call, and he unknowingly was standing next to Victor, who shoved Billy and yelled at him for coming near Victoria, while Billy interjected that Victoria was back to her old uptight, closed-off self because of Victor. The two would have physically fought if Jack Abbott and Michael Baldwin
did not hold the two back. In the end, Billy was arrested and thrown in the jail for the night.
After the altercation, Victoria was one of many in her family who received a text from Diane Jenkins to meet her at the footbridge in the park. After Diane's body was found floating in the water, Victoria was next seen at the Police Station, where she bailed Billy out of jail and offered him a ride back to the Athletic Club, where his car was. She was acting very tense and on edge from the night before and asked him to stay with her so they could talk, but Billy, once again intent on pushing her away, said that it was not a good time for him, and the best thing for them both was to go their separate ways.
While Victoria was supporting Sharon at her court hearing, she received a call from Kevin Fisher
regarding her stepdaughter, Delia Abbott. After hearing that Delia was hospitalized, Victoria rushed over, only to hear the news that Delia was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia
and needed a bone marrow transplant. Victoria vowed to bring Billy home at all costs and reunite him with his little girl.
September 8, 2011 marked Billy and Victoria's one year wedding anniversary. To cheer her up, Sam came over with a surprise for Victoria: a new dog. Since moving to Genoa City, Sam, a veterinarian by trade, began working at the local animal shelter, and he decided to bring a stray home. Because Sam's garage apartment was too small, Victoria offered to keep the dog, which she named Keely because it meant "handsome". The episode ended with Billy waking up on a dirt floor in an undisclosed location. Victoria was unaware that Billy was locked up in a cave-like cell, and if Victor agreed to release him, he could not see Victoria ever again.
After hearing about Delia's condition, Billy agreed to return to Genoa City and never see his wife again. While her husband was still trapped in the clutches of her ruthless father, Sam and Victoria's friendship began to blossom. While she seemed to enjoy Sam's company, Victoria frequently called Jack Abbott for news on Billy. When Jack told her that his private investigators pinpointed Billy to being back in Hong Kong, Jack booked a flight there, and Victoria went to Billy's trailer, hoping that he might be on his way home. In reality, Billy had just left the trailer to secretly go visit Delia at the hospital with Kevin's help, and Victor had paid someone to confuse Jack into thinking that Billy was overseas when in reality, he was already home.
When news broke that Kevin Fisher was a bone marrow match for Delia, Victoria joined in the celebration over Kevin's heroic act. She didn't know that her father forced Kevin to pose as the donor, when in reality, Billy was the true donor match. Thinking about Billy, Victoria sent him an e-mail, telling him about Delia's illness and how much everyone wanted him home. She had no idea that Billy had access to his laptop, and he read her e-mail. He wrote a short reply to her, but he backed out and deleted the message at the last minute. Billy was worried that Victoria would not be able to forgive him for what he did while he was in Hong Kong.
Sam decided to take Victoria to the Newman Ranch so she could see the horses and get her mind off Billy. While dismounting off a horse, she fell and twisted her ankle. Sam helped her to the car and back to her house, and he even went so far as to carry her up the stairs so she could get changed. Meanwhile, Billy became fed up with Victor's rules, and he left the trailer, headed to see Victoria at their home. Just as he was about to knock on the door, he saw Sam carrying Victoria up the stairs. Not knowing the prior circumstances, Victor told Billy that Victoria had moved on, and Billy believed that he was witnessing Victor's statement with his own eyes.
The next day, Billy snuck back inside his home and hid in the closet when Victoria showed up. She suspected that someone was inside, but Billy ran out the front door and avoiding being seen. Before he left, he heard Sam and Victoria engaging in what he thought was a flirtatious banter, but in reality, they were talking about Keely, the dog. After Billy left, Victoria wrote him another e-mail, telling him how much she loved and missed him. Instead of opening the e-mail, Billy, in an attempt to save himself from more heartache over his wife, deleted the confession. Victoria then decided that she couldn't keep living in the past, so she called her friend and lawyer, Michael Baldwin
to discuss divorce options. Michael told her that she could file for a type of divorce for when you couldn't find your husband or wife for them to sign and legalize the divorce themselves. Just as Victoria was about to sign the papers, she backed out at the last minute. On October 18, 2011, Victoria tries several times to sign the divorce papers, though at first she misplaces the original copies, and when Michael sends over new ones, she accidentally spills coffee on them. On October 27 Victoria finally signs the divorce papers, officially ending her marriage to Billy. On November 16, Victoria bumps into Billy at a bar in New York, while awaiting a flight back to Genoa City. They reconnect and in Genoa City she chooses him over Victor and this time she aboslutly means it.
Fictional character
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from the American
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soap opera
Soap opera
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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 was born on-screen on November 17, 1982 as the daughter of Victor Newman and Nikki Reed.
Casting
As a child, the role was played by Ashley Nicole Millan from 1982 to 1990, and Jessica Jean Dollarhide did a voice-over in early 1991. Actress Heather TomHeather Tom
Heather Marie Tom is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Victoria Newman on The Young and the Restless, Kelly Cramer on One Life to Live and currently Katie Logan Spencer on The Bold and the Beautiful....
was the first actress to portray the role once the character's birth year is revised to 1971 in 1991. Tom left the show in April 1997 and the role was recast with Sarah Aldrich
Sarah Aldrich
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, who was let go briefly after her arrival, and in October, Tom was asked to reprise the role, which she did. Tom, who won two Daytime Emmy Award
Daytime Emmy Award
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s for the role, departed on December 17, 2003, saying her departure was due to creative differences. The producers spent a year looking for a recast, intending for the character to reappear onscreen in 2004, but the role was not recast until 2005. Amelia Heinle
Amelia Heinle
Amelia March Heinle Luckinbill is an American actress best known for her roles in American soap operas.-Career:...
took over the role on March 21, 2005. Heinle was already a veteran soap star with the roles she had as Steffi Brewster on the soap opera Loving
Loving (TV series)
Caden Grant Carlton loves Mika Ayako Ryan more.Loving is an American television soap opera which aired on ABC's daytime lineup from June 26, 1983 to November 10, 1995 for 3,169 episodes...
(1993–1995), the same character on The City (1995–1996), and Mia Saunders
Mia Saunders
Mia Saunders is a fictional character from the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children. The role of Mia was played and originated by Amelia Heinle, who started the role on July 19, 2001 and left June 15, 2004. of She left to assume the role Victoria Newman on the CBS soap opera The Young and the...
(2001–2004) on All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
all on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
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.
Childhood
When Nikki Newman became pregnant with Victoria, her paternity was in question on whether if she was fathered by Victor NewmanVictor 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...
or Nikki's then-husband, Kevin Bancroft. Kevin's mother, Alison Bancroft, who disliked Nikki, believed the child was Kevin's, and she set out to take custody from Nikki. She even hired Rick Daros to romance Nikki in order to pull both Kevin and Victoria from Nikki. Months later, it was learned that Victor was indeed Victoria's father. In 1990, Victoria was not happy about Nikki having married Jack Abbott
Jack Abbott
Jack Henry Abbott was an American criminal and author. He was released from prison in 1981 after gaining praise for his writing and being lauded by a number of high-profile literary critics, including author Norman Mailer...
, but he saved her life when she nearly drowned in the Newman Ranch pool. Afterward, Victoria continued acting out until Victor, without consulting Nikki, sent her off to boarding school in Switzerland.
Return to Genoa City and Early Romances
In 1991, a teenaged Victoria returned from boarding school in Switzerland, determined to put an end to both Nikki and Victor's marriages to Jack AbbottJack Abbott (Y&R)
John "Jack" Abbott Jr. is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. The character is the oldest son of the Abbotts, one of the core families that was introduced to the show in 1980. Terry Lester played Jack from June 1980 until September 1989, when he resigned from the...
and Ashley Abbott
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...
, respectively. She then began working in the mail room at Newman Enterprises, and she set her sights on the somewhat-older, Ryan McNeil
Ryan McNeil
Ryan McNeil was a fictional character on the CBS soap opera, The Young and the Restless. He was played by Scott Reeves from 1991 to 2001.-Character:...
. Victor, unhappy about his daughter's involvement with an older man, attempted to pay Ryan off to leave town. Ryan refused Victor's offer and eloped with Victoria. Their marriage did not last long, as Ryan left Victoria for 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...
.
After her divorce from Ryan, Victoria fell in love with Charles "Cole" Howard
Cole Howard
Cole Howard is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. He was played as a child by N.P. Schoch from September 1980 to the fall of 1981. The character returned as an adult when portrayed by J...
. They eloped, but Victor was then forced to break some news to his daughter: Cole's mother, Eve Howard, told Victor that Cole was Victor's son. Believing they are brother and sister, Cole and Victoria annulled the marriage. Blood tests revealed that Cole was not actually Victor's son. He and Victoria then remarried. Eventually, Cole left Victoria for Ashley Abbott
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...
. Soon after, Victoria discovered that she was pregnant with Cole's baby.
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...
was the first person to whom Victoria confessed that she was pregnant. Victoria and Neil became engaged and planned to raise her child together. They broke off the engagement when Victoria's child, a girl that they named Eve after Cole's mother, died shortly after birth. They remained friends.
Victoria later developed an attraction to Gary Dawson, a shy marketing expert, who turned out to be a stalker whose bedroom walls were plastered with her photos, including a nude centerfold that she had posed for years ago. Victoria discovered the disturbing collage on his wall. She was kidnapped by Gary and held hostage in the long-abandoned Newman treehouse. Her brother, Nick Newman
Nick Newman
Nick Newman is a satirical British cartoonist and comedy scriptwriter.The son of an RAF officer, Newman was born in Kuala Lumpur and schooled at Ardingly College where his satirical career began, working on revues with Ian Hislop...
and Paul Williams rescued her, and Gary was confined to a mental institution.
Victoria and Ryan's Wedding Tragedy
Later, Victoria and Ryan fell in love again and planned to re-marry. Neil Winters, Victoria's one-time love interest, was Ryan's best man. On the day of the wedding, Ryan's psychotic ex-wife, Tricia Dennison McNeil, kidnapped Victoria and tied her up. She arrived at the ceremony dressed in a wedding gown, identical to Victoria's, begging Ryan for a second chance. Victor rescued Victoria, but when she arrived at the chapel, Tricia produced a handgun and fired a shot at her. Ryan jumped in front of Victoria and took the bullet, saving Victoria's life, but he eventually died from the injury, leaving Victoria devastated and alone.Relationships with Diego and Michael and Marriage to Brad Carlton
In 2002, Victoria feigned an interest in ranch hand, Diego GuittierezDiego Guittierez
Diego Guitterez was a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, first portrayed by Diego Serrano from December 18, 2001 to April 26, 2002, then by Greg Vaughan from April 30, 2002 to February 17, 2003.-Character's background:...
, in order to find out whether or not he had been sleeping with her brother Nick's wife, Sharon Newman. She eventually developed feelings for him, and they began a relationship. Victor, having found out that Diego had slept with Sharon, paid him to leave town, infuriating Victoria. When Diego was beaten up by two thugs, who also took the $100,000 given to him by Victor, Victoria tracked him down at the hospital and they reunited. Diego became consumed with revenge against the thugs who beat him up. Victoria did not like this new vengeful side to Diego, so she ended the relationship.
Victoria and 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...
grew close in 2003. They fell in love, but Victoria left Michael and Genoa City
Genoa City (fictional city)
Genoa City, Wisconsin is the fictional setting for the long-running American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. The real U.S. village of the same name is otherwise unlike and unrelated to the mid-size city depicted in the series.- Overview :...
in December 2003, when family problems became too much for her to handle. Victoria was not seen or heard from until she returned to town in March 2005. She arrived at Michael's doorstep, expecting to pick up where they left off. Michael informed her that he got married to Lauren Fenmore
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...
while she was away, and Victoria bowed out gracefully.
Victoria then started dating Brad Carlton
Brad Carlton
Bradley "Brad" Carlton was a fictional character on CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Actor Don Diamont played the role since May 1985 until he departed the show in 1996 and returned on July 28, 1998. Diamont was temporarily replaced by Russell Todd in 1993. The character has also...
in 2005. They married in April 2006. She became pregnant with his child, but she lost the baby shortly thereafter. Victoria discovered that Brad had a one-night stand with Sharon shortly after they got married. Victoria and Brad consequently divorced. Victoria turned to J.T. Hellstrom
J.T. Hellstrom
Jeffrey Todd "J.T." Hellstrom is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by actor Thad Luckinbill since August 27, 1999. Luckinbill originally appeared on a recurring basis until he was put on contract in November 2002.J.T. left the show on November 5, 2010,...
whenever there was a problem in her relationship with Brad. The pair shared two one-night stands, the first in early 2006, before her marriage to Brad, and the second in April 2007. Victoria became pregnant with a son shortly after deciding to divorce Brad, and she was unsure of the paternity of the child. The father could have been Brad or J.T.
Marriage to J.T. and the Birth of Reed
Victoria and J.T. became engaged in October 2007. Days later, a pregnant Victoria was left comatose after being hit by a falling piece of rock during the Clear Springs explosion. Her baby was delivered prematurely via C-section. Victoria was cared for at the Newman Ranch. After a long wait and a few arguments between Brad and J.T., it was announced that J.T. was the father of Victoria's baby. While Victoria was still comatose, J.T. named the baby boy Reed Hellstrom after Victoria's mother, Nikki's, maiden name, and because a reed is strong and bends with the wind. J.T. brought the baby home to Victoria, and she awoke from her coma. Victoria and J.T. married in February 2008. Their marriage faced a rough patch when J.T. kissed Colleen CarltonColleen Carlton
Colleen Cecile Carlton is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless. She was last portrayed by Tammin Sursok, who joined the cast on July 30, 2007 and departed on October 5, 2009...
, and Victoria slept with Deacon Sharpe
Deacon Sharpe
Deacon Sharpe is a fictional character on the CBS soap operas The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless. Sean Kanan originated the role on October 1, 2000 on The Bold and the Beautiful and continued in the role until February 22, 2005...
. After Colleen's death, the two reconciled, and amid scandal, Victoria quit her job at Newman Enterprises due to the article that Billy Abbott
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...
published about her affair with Deacon. She then believed that she needed a break, so she went to Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, leaving J.T. and Reed in Genoa City. While she was away, J.T. grew close to 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...
, a woman he dated a few years back. When Victoria came home, she grew close to Billy Abbott. She and J.T. ultimately divorced and moved on with Mac and Billy respectively. Then, Victoria was named CEO of Jabot Cosmetics by her father. Still, after Victoria was told that Adam Newman helped Victor to win Jabot in the bids, she refused the offer, much to Victor's dismay.
Marriage to Billy Abbott, Lawsuit against Victor and Adoption of Lucy Abbott
Victoria and 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...
began a tumultuous romance that they attempted to keep hidden, however, it caused problems the night of Adam Newman's supposed murder. Though Billy and Victoria were in bed together at the time of Adam's murder, Victoria would not verify her whereabouts to the police and was placed under arrest, which caused her to miss the custody hearing for her son, Reed. In her absence, the judge ruled that her soon-to-be-ex-husband, J.T. Hellstrom
J.T. Hellstrom
Jeffrey Todd "J.T." Hellstrom is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by actor Thad Luckinbill since August 27, 1999. Luckinbill originally appeared on a recurring basis until he was put on contract in November 2002.J.T. left the show on November 5, 2010,...
would gain full custody of Reed. As Victoria was on the verge of being denied bail for Adam's murder, Billy attempted to save her, stating that they were together and offering an alibi. Victoria told him to shut up and denied everything he said. Billy went to see her after the fiasco; they argued and parted ways. Victoria's charges were dropped as the prosecuting attorney set his sights on two more likely suspects: her brother, Nicholas Newman
Nicholas Newman
Nicholas Christian "Nick" Newman is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. He has been portrayed by American actor Joshua Morrow since 1994, but was earlier portrayed by various child actors, including John Nelson-Alden, a son of the show's former writer, Kay...
, and her father, 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...
.
Victoria and Billy later found each other at the Abbott-Newman meeting held by Phyllis Newman
Phyllis Newman
Phyllis Newman is an American actress and singer. She was nominated twice for the Drama Desk Award and won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.-Early life:...
and Sharon Newman Abbott. As a second custody hearing for Reed was scheduled, Tucker McCall tipped off the judge that Victor tried to keep J.T. from missing the hearing. Suddenly, Victoria who hoped to gain joint custody of her son with J.T., learned that the judge awarded J.T. full custody. Billy ended up convincing a depressed Victoria to hop on a plane to Jamaica with him. After a night of heavy drinking, the two got married. The next morning, they woke up and remembered what happened. Victoria instantly stated that she wanted to get the marriage annulled; Billy preferred to see where things went, but he could not bring himself to say that he loved Victoria. Victor called Victoria and, after learning that she was in Jamaica, asked her to come home immediately to help with a work-related issue. Jack Abbott similarly called Billy and asked him to come home to deal with a problem with their sister, Ashley
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...
. Victor and Jack were shocked to find Victoria and Billy together at the airport. Victor berated Victoria for her involvement with Billy, but she pointed out that she was both divorced and an adult, and she did not have to listen to her father. Similarly, when Jack tried to warn Billy of the relationship, Billy pointed out that Jack was the last person who should be giving relationship advice.
After coming across a video of Victoria and Billy's wedding on Billy's computer, Abby Newman
Abby Carlton
Abigail "Abby" Rachel Newman is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless. Darcy Rose Byrnes played the role from 2003 to June 2008. Byrnes also made several appearances as Abby on The Bold and the Beautiful...
, Victoria and Billy's half-sister, revealed the news of the wedding to many of the residents of Genoa City. Later, however, the audience learned that Victoria and Billy's wedding was not legal. The two continued to see each other and even started officially dating. Victoria quit her job at Newman Enterprises, moved off the ranch and declared her independence from Victor. She and Billy got tattoos featuring each other's names. They ended up buying a 1950's style house from Gloria Abbott Bardwell, and later they learned that Victoria was pregnant. Thus, on September 8, 2010, Billy and Victoria got married, despite Victor's objections. During the wedding ceremony, Victoria was arrested and taken to jail. In an attempt to stop the wedding, Victor turned his own daughter over to the authorities for bribing a foreign official. Victor ended up taking the blame for bribing the foreign official, which got Victoria out of jail so she could be with Billy.
Victoria and Billy were happy expectant parents, but Victor continued to express his disappointment to Victoria about her husband and his use of the Restless Style magazine to publicize Newman family problems. During a particularly heated argument with Victor about an article that Billy had planned, the stress caused Victoria to become ill, and she eventually miscarried from the stress-related illness. Victoria could not forgive her father for causing her miscarriage and, along with her half-sister, Abby Newman
Abby Carlton
Abigail "Abby" Rachel Newman is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless. Darcy Rose Byrnes played the role from 2003 to June 2008. Byrnes also made several appearances as Abby on The Bold and the Beautiful...
, she declared war on Victor via a lawsuit. With the advice of his ex-wife, Nikki Newman, Victor offered Abby and Victoria a settlement worth three billion dollars. Victoria refused it and talked Abby into doing the same; instead, they offered Victor a deal: they would call off the suit if Victor gave them Beauty of Nature, his cosmetics line that is a part of Newman Enterprises. Nikki ended up going to rehab the day of a hearing for the lawsuit, unbeknownst to Victoria.
Eventually, Victoria found out that J.T. and his new wife, 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...
, were moving to Washington, D.C. and taking Reed with them. Billy suggested that he and Victoria try to get pregnant again. However, Victoria learned that she could no longer have children. Because of Victoria's depression, Billy brought her a newborn baby girl that he adopted for them. In reality, Billy bought the baby girl for $2 million from Primrose Deville from the black market adoption ring that she ran. Victoria could not resist the baby, and after Billy promised her that the baby was really theirs, she welcomed the little girl into her arms. They named the baby Lucy Abbott, because Lucy looked like she was going to have red hair like Lucille Ball and her trademark character from the 1950s and '60s, I Love Lucy; and the fact that they love her.
Around the same time as the "death" of Sharon Newman, Daniel Romalotti revealed to Billy that he was the biological father of Lucy. He was forced to tell him when he suspected that Lucy might be in danger. Billy and Victoria's nanny, Jana Hawkes
Jana Hawkes
Jana Hawkes was a fictional character in an American soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by actress Emily O'Brien first on recurring status from May 11 to September 5, 2006, and then on contract from October 10, 2006 to February 20, 2007. The actress returned on June 15, 2007...
, uncovered the truth and engineered a scheme to kidnap Lucy and Billy's other daughter, Delia Abbott, in hopes of reuniting with her ex-husband, Kevin Fisher
Kevin Fisher
Kevin Fisher is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Emmy Award-winning actor Greg Rikaart since July 11, 2003. Rikaart won a Daytime Emmy Award for his portrayal of Kevin in 2005....
. Soon, Billy was forced to come clean regarding the adoption and working with Primrose. Once the truth came out, Daniel's mother, Phyllis Newman
Phyllis Newman
Phyllis Newman is an American actress and singer. She was nominated twice for the Drama Desk Award and won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.-Early life:...
, began pressuring Daniel not to sign over his parental rights to Billy and Victoria. However, Daniel believed that Billy and Victoria were best for Lucy, and he signed away his parental rights. Billy and Victoria compromised that Phyllis could have all the visitation rights and parenting input that she demanded, and they agreed to her insistence that Lucy had to grow up knowing Daniel was her biological father. Suddenly, the police and Child Services came into the house and demanded information about the adoption of Lucy. Chloe Mitchell filed a custody lawsuit against Billy for their daughter, Delia, and she mentioned how Lucy was illegally adopted. The police and Child Services grabbed Lucy away from a sobbing Victoria. Although Billy was terribly sorry for what happened, Victoria's heartbreak tore him apart and also began to tear apart their marriage. Victoria ended up kicking Billy out for the night. When he came to the door the next day, she took him in her arms and admitted that she was wrong in thinking she would be better off without him.
Aftermath of Custody Battle for Lucy
Eventually, Lucy ended up in the hands of Daniel, and after another paternity test proved the truth, Daniel moved into Billy and Victoria's house with Lucy. An angry Phyllis learned of this news and wrote a column on Restless Style's website. Billy immediately fired Phyllis from his magazine and tried to get her blog removed. Still, he failed; Phyllis even was able to write another story.As a side note, Victor announced to Victoria, Billy and Nick that Nikki was returning to rehab and that he was going to be right by her side. Victor, had been busy recently dealing with the major business changes in Genoa City following Tucker McCall's accident. Katherine Chancellor Murphy
Katherine Chancellor
Katherine Chancellor Murphy is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless...
, the interim CEO of McCall Unlimited, and Tucker's mother, fired Tucker's fiancee, Ashley Abbott
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...
from her job as CEO of Jabot, a McCall Unlimited entity. Victor suggested to Katherine to hire Victoria as CEO of Jabot, and Katherine eventually offered Victoria the position. However, Billy wanted her to turn it down and focus on Lucy. Regardless, she seemed intrigued as they fought. However, Lucy's case was their top priority as Kevin Fisher
Kevin Fisher
Kevin Fisher is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Emmy Award-winning actor Greg Rikaart since July 11, 2003. Rikaart won a Daytime Emmy Award for his portrayal of Kevin in 2005....
, Lucy's uncle, agreed with Billy and Victoria, and Victoria told Billy that she wanted nothing more than to focus on the family that they were building together. They headed to court to have Daisy Carter's maternal rights terminated. They won, but just as the judge reached the decision, Phyllis and Daisy came into the courthouse announcing that Daisy was there to have her parental rights reinstated. After tense legal fights, Daisy's parental rights were reinstated, and thus the adoption was overturned.
With Lucy finally being taken away and little hopes of her returning, Victoria and Billy were both heartbroken. Victoria initially lashed out at Billy for his lies about Lucy and for continuing to make promises about their daughter when he knew that the adoption was illegal. Billy knew she was right, but he hoped that they could appeal the decision. Victoria left the house, but she ended up confiding in Nick that she felt bad for getting so angry with Billy. She said that she was sure that they would be able to work it out together. While she was gone, Billy and Victoria's lawyer and Billy's good friend, Rafe Torres, visited Billy and told him that there would be no hope of winning an appeal. Billy, believing Victoria wanted him to leave, packed his bags. When Victoria returned, he told her that he was leaving. She was shocked and disappointed. Pride, anger and sadness prevented the two of them from saying what was in their hearts, and Billy left, moving back into his old trailer.
Victoria ended up being comforted by her father and a sympathetic Chloe Mitchell. When Victor comforted her, he surprised her by offering her a seat on the Newman Board of Directors. He also explained that Billy was at his best with her, but he was now reverting back to his old self: a gambler and a drunk. To try to prove Victor wrong, Victoria went out to look for Billy, finding him at his old trailer. Inside, she found Billy with a nearly nude woman. Billy had actually been fending off the woman, but the situation, along with the fact that Billy was drunk and admitted to betting on horses, caused Victoria to declare that her father was right about him. With that, Victoria agreed to the board seat and the position of COO of Newman Enterprises. However, Victoria continued to try to help Billy get out of rapid downward spiral. Victoria also testified for Billy during his custody suit with Chloe over their daughter, Delia Abbott. After her testimony, Billy hoped to reunite with Victoria, but she felt her testimony was no reflection of their relationship, because Billy was still struggling with his old destructive habits. Victoria changed her mind once Billy left, and she went to find him at the trailer. However, he never came home; instead, he was in jail for soliciting a prostitute. In reality, Victor arranged a prostitute to come to Billy, but Victoria was unaware of his role. The charge and his drinking cost him the custody of Delia and Victoria's desire to reconcile. Victoria believed him when he said he wasn't hiring a prostitute, but the fact that he was in a position for the charge to be made was just more evidence that he wasn't prepared to straighten up. Later that night, Billy went to Jimmy's Bar where he saw the new bartender, 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...
, who tried to help set Billy straight. Cane told Billy that he knew from experience what it was like to lose your children (Mattie and Charlie) and your wife (Lily Ashby), and he did not wish the same fate upon Billy. After arguing, Cane gave in and told Billy to just give up, and he began to pour Billy shots of tequila, leading the audience to believe that Billy was going to get drunk. At Jabot's launch party for their new cosmetics line, Jack received news that Billy was in a car accident. After Jack, Ashley and his mother, Jill Fenmore, see that Billy was bruised, yet alive in the hospital, Victoria decided to visit him at his bedside. The doctors confirmed that Billy was not drinking at the time of the accident, revealing that he never drank the shots that Cane poured him. While Victoria believed he was sedated from medication, she talked to Billy about how much she loved him and what he had given her and how much she missed her old life with him, when they used to have fun and laugh with each other and their children. She didn't laugh anymore, and they don't have their children anymore, and she could not handle all of Billy's mistakes on her own. She kissed him on the forehead and left, and after the door closes behind her, Billy opened his eyes, revealing that he heard every word that she said.
The next day, a package arrived for Victoria at her home, and she realized that it was Billy's birthday, and the package was a painting of the two of them that she had made for him. The painting was of Victoria and Billy at Halloween; Billy was Hugh Hefner
Hugh Hefner
Hugh Marston "Hef" Hefner is an American magazine publisher, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises.-Early life:...
, and Victoria was a Playboy Bunny. Ashley came over to see Victoria and tell her that Billy was out of the hospital. She saw the painting, but Victoria told her she's not sure what to do with it. Ashley told her that she could come to the party that she and Jack were throwing for Billy, and she could give him his gift. Instead, she declined because Reed was coming over, and she quickly wrote a card for Ashley to give to Billy, just so he knew that she didn't forget his birthday. Billy was disappointed when Victoria didn't come to his party. He walked by their house, almost knocking on the door, but he peeked in the window to see Victoria playing with Reed, and he walked away. Later, they met up accidentally in the park, where, after a misunderstanding involving Delia, Victoria and Abby witnessed Chloe taking Delia away from Billy and threatening to have all of Billy's access to Delia removed. Victoria tried to encourage him to fight for his daughter, and she offered to fight with him. Billy, who after hearing Victoria's words in the hospital, decided that the best thing he could do for her was to push her away. He curtly dismissed all of her efforts to help and made a show of the fact that he hasn't changed his old ways, telling her to stay out of his problems because all he wanted to do was have a drink and check his bets. Victoria could not understand why Billy changed so drastically, but he told her that he was always like that, and she used to like it.
Meanwhile, Victoria approached Abby with a job opportunity. She wanted Abby's alter ego, the "Naked Heiress", to be the spokeswoman for Newman Enterprises' new cosmetics line for Beauty of Nature. The two daughters got their father's approval for the idea, but they were forced to put their project on hold: Victoria found out that Nikki was missing from her rehab center after Diane Jenkins
Diane Jenkins
Diane Jenkins is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. She last portrayed by Maura West from October 8, 2010 to August 1, 2011. Since August 3, 2011, West continues to appear as Diane in flashbacks...
leaked pictures of Victor and Nikki in bed to the press, and Abby found out that Diane had a copy of the videotape where Abby confessed that she hit Tucker McCall with her car while driving drunk. Enraged at Diane, Victoria confronted her, scolding her for making Nikki pay for all of her mishaps. While Victor and Victoria were at the Athletic Club deciding how to handle the situation with Nikki, Billy, having seen an upset Victoria earlier at Crimson Lights, approached her when she was alone at the bar and offered to listen if she needed to talk. Victoria, still hurt by his treatment of her in the park, brushed him off, reminding him that just yesterday, he didn't even give her the time of day. While Victoria cried in the ladies' lounge, a frustrated Billy sat and drank. Later, as Victoria sat on a couch nearby, he walked up to the bar after ending a phone call, and he unknowingly was standing next to Victor, who shoved Billy and yelled at him for coming near Victoria, while Billy interjected that Victoria was back to her old uptight, closed-off self because of Victor. The two would have physically fought if Jack Abbott and 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...
did not hold the two back. In the end, Billy was arrested and thrown in the jail for the night.
After the altercation, Victoria was one of many in her family who received a text from Diane Jenkins to meet her at the footbridge in the park. After Diane's body was found floating in the water, Victoria was next seen at the Police Station, where she bailed Billy out of jail and offered him a ride back to the Athletic Club, where his car was. She was acting very tense and on edge from the night before and asked him to stay with her so they could talk, but Billy, once again intent on pushing her away, said that it was not a good time for him, and the best thing for them both was to go their separate ways.
Billy's Departure to and Return from Hong Kong
Billy went back home to collect the rest of his belongings, and Victoria found him there. She told him that they were worse apart than they are together, and Victoria leaned in to kiss Billy. He gave in to her, and on August 4, 2011, they made love in their home. Afterward, Victoria went to get herself and Billy some coffee from the kitchen, and when she came back, Billy was gone. Later, she got a phone call from Billy's cell phone, but the person on the other line worked at an airport in Hong Kong, where Billy had left his phone. Victoria was left beside herself after Billy's departure. Abby Newman tried to help her half-sister loosen up and get away from her work after Billy left her, even going as far as to ask her to move in with her so she could leave her old house and old memories behind. Victoria did not want to leave her house, so she was surprised yet happy when Sam Gibson, Sharon Newman's lover from New Mexico, came to her door. Apparently, Victor told Sam that Victoria had a room for rent, even though she really didn't have a room to spare. It was unknown what Victor's motives were by introducing Sam to Victoria, but Victoria decided to let Sam live in the apartment that she had above her garage.While Victoria was supporting Sharon at her court hearing, she received a call from Kevin Fisher
Kevin Fisher
Kevin Fisher is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Emmy Award-winning actor Greg Rikaart since July 11, 2003. Rikaart won a Daytime Emmy Award for his portrayal of Kevin in 2005....
regarding her stepdaughter, Delia Abbott. After hearing that Delia was hospitalized, Victoria rushed over, only to hear the news that Delia was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia
Acute myeloid leukemia
Acute myeloid leukemia , also known as acute myelogenous leukemia, is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells, characterized by the rapid growth of abnormal white blood cells that accumulate in the bone marrow and interfere with the production of normal blood cells. AML is the most common acute...
and needed a bone marrow transplant. Victoria vowed to bring Billy home at all costs and reunite him with his little girl.
September 8, 2011 marked Billy and Victoria's one year wedding anniversary. To cheer her up, Sam came over with a surprise for Victoria: a new dog. Since moving to Genoa City, Sam, a veterinarian by trade, began working at the local animal shelter, and he decided to bring a stray home. Because Sam's garage apartment was too small, Victoria offered to keep the dog, which she named Keely because it meant "handsome". The episode ended with Billy waking up on a dirt floor in an undisclosed location. Victoria was unaware that Billy was locked up in a cave-like cell, and if Victor agreed to release him, he could not see Victoria ever again.
After hearing about Delia's condition, Billy agreed to return to Genoa City and never see his wife again. While her husband was still trapped in the clutches of her ruthless father, Sam and Victoria's friendship began to blossom. While she seemed to enjoy Sam's company, Victoria frequently called Jack Abbott for news on Billy. When Jack told her that his private investigators pinpointed Billy to being back in Hong Kong, Jack booked a flight there, and Victoria went to Billy's trailer, hoping that he might be on his way home. In reality, Billy had just left the trailer to secretly go visit Delia at the hospital with Kevin's help, and Victor had paid someone to confuse Jack into thinking that Billy was overseas when in reality, he was already home.
When news broke that Kevin Fisher was a bone marrow match for Delia, Victoria joined in the celebration over Kevin's heroic act. She didn't know that her father forced Kevin to pose as the donor, when in reality, Billy was the true donor match. Thinking about Billy, Victoria sent him an e-mail, telling him about Delia's illness and how much everyone wanted him home. She had no idea that Billy had access to his laptop, and he read her e-mail. He wrote a short reply to her, but he backed out and deleted the message at the last minute. Billy was worried that Victoria would not be able to forgive him for what he did while he was in Hong Kong.
Sam decided to take Victoria to the Newman Ranch so she could see the horses and get her mind off Billy. While dismounting off a horse, she fell and twisted her ankle. Sam helped her to the car and back to her house, and he even went so far as to carry her up the stairs so she could get changed. Meanwhile, Billy became fed up with Victor's rules, and he left the trailer, headed to see Victoria at their home. Just as he was about to knock on the door, he saw Sam carrying Victoria up the stairs. Not knowing the prior circumstances, Victor told Billy that Victoria had moved on, and Billy believed that he was witnessing Victor's statement with his own eyes.
The next day, Billy snuck back inside his home and hid in the closet when Victoria showed up. She suspected that someone was inside, but Billy ran out the front door and avoiding being seen. Before he left, he heard Sam and Victoria engaging in what he thought was a flirtatious banter, but in reality, they were talking about Keely, the dog. After Billy left, Victoria wrote him another e-mail, telling him how much she loved and missed him. Instead of opening the e-mail, Billy, in an attempt to save himself from more heartache over his wife, deleted the confession. Victoria then decided that she couldn't keep living in the past, so she called her friend and lawyer, 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 discuss divorce options. Michael told her that she could file for a type of divorce for when you couldn't find your husband or wife for them to sign and legalize the divorce themselves. Just as Victoria was about to sign the papers, she backed out at the last minute. On October 18, 2011, Victoria tries several times to sign the divorce papers, though at first she misplaces the original copies, and when Michael sends over new ones, she accidentally spills coffee on them. On October 27 Victoria finally signs the divorce papers, officially ending her marriage to Billy. On November 16, Victoria bumps into Billy at a bar in New York, while awaiting a flight back to Genoa City. They reconnect and in Genoa City she chooses him over Victor and this time she aboslutly means it.