List of The Bold and the Beautiful characters introduced in the 2010s
The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera. It was first broadcast on March 23, 1987, and aired on CBS. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the soap opera between 2010 and 2019. All characters were introduced by the series' executive producer and head writer Bradley Bell.
Graham Darros
Graham Darros was played by Justin Baldoni in 2010. Executive producer and head writer Bradley Bell announced the role in late 2009, describing Graham as "a well-known fashion photographer who is hired by Steffy to work for Forrester Creations. It soon becomes evident that he has a sinister and mysterious past with another major character." He spoke of Baldoni as "a compelling young actor who will be able to bring forth the intensity that is essential for the character of Graham."Beverly
Beverly was portrayed by Gina Rodriguez from 2011 to 2012. Beverly was named after Beverly Hills before being placed in foster care and is a friend of formerly homeless Dayzee Leigh. Stephanie Forrester, who befriended Dayzee on the street and bought Insomnia Coffeehouse for Dayzee to run, is impressed with Beverly's determination to make something of herself and convinces her family to hire Beverly as an intern at Forrester Creations. Hope Logan catches the inexperienced Beverly taking photos of Forrester gowns with her cell phone. Later, when the dresses show up on Jackie M's runway, Hope and Stephanie accuse Beverly of selling their collection to their competitor, prompting Beverly to run away. Stephanie's sister, Pamela Douglas, the real thief, feels bad that Beverly is taking the fall for her. Jackie Marone affirms Beverly's innocence to Stephanie, noting that the intern had not worked at Forrester long enough to steal an entire line. Realizing their mistake, Stephanie and Hope track Beverly and Dayzee to a bus in Whittier; Stephanie stands in front of it to get it to stop. An angry Beverly dashes into a gated apartment complex, a transitional housing for kids who had aged out of the foster care system. Stephanie wears Beverly down by recounting her experience as an abused child, even admitting she had gotten pregnant and married Eric as a way out of her father's house. Beverly agrees to return to Forrester and then introduces Stephanie and Hope to other residents of the home. After meeting Rick Forrester, Beverly gushed to Dayzee that he was "definitely into" her. Though a jealous Amber Moore threatens Beverly to stay away, Beverly holds her own. She later stops appearing on the soap.In 2021, Richard Simms from Soaps She Knows put Beverly on his list of the most hated soap opera characters, commenting that "Long before finding fame as Jane the Virgin, Gina Rodriguez played a young woman befriended by Bold & Beautiful's Stephanie Forrester. Beverly—who never got a last name—became the focus of an Afterschool Special social-issues storyline regarding kids who age out of the foster-care system before disappearing entirely."
Othello
Othello is a DJ and friend of Rick Forrester. He showed up for a party that Caroline Spencer made Rick take her to, even though he was with Maya and took her as well. Othello asks Rick about his girlfriend, Caroline, but Rick introduces Othello to his new girlfriend, Maya. He DJ'd for a party that Bill Spencer Jr. set Jesse Graves up at so Caroline, his niece, could be with Rick again. Othello then showed up to DJ the Hope for the Future line that would cement Rick's role as president.Rick used Othello to lie to his sister Hope Logan that Hope's fiancée Liam Spencer slept with his ex-wife Steffy Forrester the night before his wedding to Hope. Othello is reluctant to go along with Rick's manipulation and refuses to lie directly to Hope, but does confirm Rick's lies.
Othello showed up to help Bill and Brooke Logan climb a mountain in Aspen, Colorado. Bill slipped and was dangling off a cliff, but he saved himself from falling.
Othello questioned Oliver Jones about his relationship with Alexandria Forrester right after Ridge Forrester almost fired him, thinking that Oliver had found a way to keep his job.
Othello attended a Forrester meeting, and it was said that Othello was the music director for Forrester. Othello was surprised to learn that Quinn Fuller was gone from the company.
In December 2014, Maya invited Othello over to her new apartment, which Rick bought for her. Othello was surprised at how cocky she was, claiming it was only temporary until she got her mansion. Maya confided in Othello that she and Rick were back together and swore him to secrecy as Rick was pretending to reunite with Caroline despite her kiss with Ridge.
Alison Montgomery
Alison Montgomery was the assistant of Bill Spencer Jr. who did all of his dirty work. She also had a brief romance with Deacon Sharpe.Father Fontana
Father Fontana is portrayed by Luca Calvani in 2012 and 2013. Fontana was the priest who was supposed to marry Liam Spencer and Hope Logan in Italy before they ended up breaking it off. When Hope and Liam planned to get married a third time, Hope's mother, Brooke Logan, had Fontana come to L.A. to have a reenactment of what would have happened in Italy. Taylor Hayes came with her daughter Steffy Forrester and Steffy told him she was pregnant. Hope convinced Liam to stay with Steffy. Steffy lost the baby in a motorcycle crash. Hope and Liam planned to get married a 4th time, and concluded that maybe Fontana was a jinx.Dr Caspary
Dr Caspary is a gynecologist who helped Brooke Logan and Steffy Forrester during their pregnancies. She is portrayed by Jacqueline Hahn.Dr Meade
Dr Meade is portrayed by Jon Hensley. He is a doctor at University Hospital and has been involved in taking care of Katie Logan and Steffy Forrester. He is familiar with both the Logan and Forrester families.Adele
Adele is portrayed by Taja V. Simpson. She was Katie Logan's assistant while she controlled Spencer Publications. Katie also frequently trusted Adele to look over her son, Will Spencer. Bill Spencer Jr., Katie's husband, took over the company, and Adele was fired and replaced by Bill's trusted assistant, Alison Montgomery.Carter Walton
Carter Walton, portrayed by Lawrence Saint-Victor, made his first appearance on January 31, 2013. In July 2020, Walton was upped to series regular status.Carter Walton comes to Los Angeles to visit his adopted brother, Marcus Forrester, who had also been adopted by the Forresters. Marcus proudly introduces Carter to his family, especially his wife, Dayzee Leigh. When Marcus brags about Dayzee's organizational skills, he runs across some mysterious adoption papers. Dayzee admitted she had long ago helped a woman named Maya Avant give up her baby for adoption since Maya was being wrongly jailed for a crime. Maya had recently returned and wanted her baby back, and Dayzee felt she might be in trouble since she had allowed attorneys to handle the adoption and did not know if money had changed hands. Carter studied the papers and informed Dayzee that Maya had a legal right to know who had adopted her baby.
Carter helped Marcus and Dayzee search for the adoptive family of Maya's daughter, only to find out that they had all died in a car crash. Later, Carter met Marcus' cousin, Rick Forrester. Rick explained that Forrester Creations had been having some problems with patents and counterfeit designs, and Marcus suggested that Rick hire Carter since that was Carter's area of legal expertise.
Carter met Maya and asked her out, not knowing that Maya had been interested in Rick until she found out Rick was hiding his identity as a Forrester. Carter brought Maya to the Forrester mansion for a dinner party and was oblivious when Maya was uncomfortable seeing Rick with his girlfriend, Caroline Spencer. He tries to woo Maya, but she is not interested.
Caroline gets an unsuspecting Carter involved in her next scheme to break up Rick and Maya. He is cast in a web series and is surprised yet excited when he learns that Maya has been cast in the show as well, thanks to Caroline. Later, Rick and Maya break up and Carter proposes to Maya. After hesitating, she said yes. She soon hit on Rick, which angered Carter and caused their breakup.
Since his split from Maya, Carter has been keeping busy with legal and celebratory work, including the weddings of Zende and Nicole, Brooke and Ridge, and Hope and Liam. He was later involved in the latter two marriages' annulments. Also, Carter legalized Steffy's adoption of a child that she named Phoebe, unaware that it was Hope and Liam's daughter Beth who had been kidnapped from them. Carter then officiated Hope and Thomas's wedding in 2019.
When Carter sees Zoe Buckingham at Forrester Creations, he is drawn to her and engages her in conversation about her return. He starts to fall for Zoe and tries to warn her about Thomas, but Zoe defends Thomas and declares her love for him. Carter is called to officiate Zoe and Thomas's wedding but hopes Zoe has come to her senses. Thomas dumps a shocked Zoe at the altar for Hope. Carter feels bad for Zoe and praises her for standing up for herself. Afterwards, Zoe and Carter ended up getting closer. Carter is later promoted to COO by Eric and Ridge. Carter is surprised when his friend Zende Forrester returns to L.A. He and Zende catch up, and Zende meets Zoe. What Carter does not know is that Zoe is starting to fall for Zende.
Carter and Zoe's relationship increases to where Carter gives Zoe a key to his place and ends up proposing to her, an offer that she accepts. Carter then meets Zoe's sister, Paris Buckingham, who decides to stay in L.A for a while. Zoe tries to get Paris to leave L.A. in order to sabotage her romance with Zende, who has begun to develop feelings for Paris. Zende, however, responds by telling Zoe that he will not betray Carter, he genuinely likes Paris, and he no longer has feelings for Zoe. Carter begins to question Zoe on why she wanted her sister to leave L.A. Ridge catches Zoe and Zende arguing and learns about the pair's feelings. Carter is heartbroken when Ridge tells him that Zoe cares more for Zende than she does for him. Zoe tries to beg for forgiveness, but Carter refuses and calls off their engagement.
After his second failed engagement, Carter puts his energy into his work at Forrester Creations. Zoe tries to win Carter back, even having Quinn talk to him at his place. Quinn is still dealing with the consequences of her actions in trying to break up Ridge; Brooke and Eric are refusing to be intimate with her. Quinn discussed being lonely and Eric being cold to her even though he forgave her. Quinn and Carter then kiss and have sex. The next day, they realize it was a mistake, especially since Eric is a family friend and Quinn is married to him. However, Quinn and Carter almost had sex again until Zoe stopped by his place and went into his room. Quinn hides at the bottom of the bed. When Carter tries to kick Zoe out, she sees a woman's jacket. Zoe is heartbroken and leaves in tears. At work, Zoe interrupts a conversation between Quinn, Shauna, and Carter. She sees the same jacket that she saw at his place. Shauna covers for Quinn and lies and says that she is the woman that Carter had slept with. Carter begs Zoe to forgive him and tells her that he still loves her. Zoe forgives Carter but warns Shauna to stay away from him.
Zoe and Carter are engaged again, but Paris becomes suspicious of Carter. Paris then overhears Quinn and Shauna confessing and learns about Carter and Quinn. Paris confronts Quinn and Carter for betraying Zoe and Eric. Both Carter and Quinn beg Paris not to say anything. Carter then becomes guilty and tries to get Quinn to come clean to Eric. However, Quinn refuses and warns him that they will lose everything. Eric and Quinn announce they are renewing their vows, and Eric wants Carter to officiate the wedding. Brooke, who wants Quinn out of Eric's life for hurting him in the past, begs Eric to rethink it. Before the wedding starts, Brooke overhears Quinn and Paris arguing and demanding she leave. Brooke questions Paris on her argument with Quinn. Paris apologizes to Brooke for not coming clean sooner but tells her the truth. Before Eric and Quinn can say "I do," Brooke stops the wedding. Brooke tells Eric that Quinn has hurt him again. Eric tells Brooke to leave, but Brooke calls out to Carter to tell Eric the truth. Carter finally confesses to Eric, which infuriates him. Eric lashes out at Quinn for hurting him again and kicks her out of the house and declares that she is fired, and that he wants a divorce. Afterwards, Paris calls Zoe and tells her the news. Off-screen, Zoe confronts Carter, calls off their engagement, and leaves L.A. for Paris.