Courtney Hope
Courtney Hope is an American actress. She is known for playing Sally Spectra on daytime soap operas The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless. She is a Daytime Emmy winner. Hope has also been a nominee for BAFTA Award for Performer in a Leading Role, D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Character, and Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
She is also known for portraying Beth Wilder and Jesse Faden in video games Quantum Break and Control, respectively.
Career
''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (2017–2020)
In January 2017, Hope joined the CBS daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful as Sally Spectra, the grandniece of the original character played by Darlene Conley. Her first episode debut was on January 31, 2017. Hope's character was used to recreate previous iconic storylines between the original Sally Spectra and Stephanie Forrester. Storylines included a personal and business rivalry with Steffy Forrester, temporary relationships with Liam Spencer, Thomas Forrester and reviving the Spectra Fashion business which led to the introduction of new characters such as Shirley Spectra, Sally's grandmother and sister to the original Sally. Coco Spectra Sally's sister, Saul Feinburg a tailor for Spectra Fashions and her assistant Darlita. The storylines would also reintroduce C.J. Garrison. These characters including Hope's would eventually leave the show in 2018 due to no further storylines involving Spectra Fashions. Hope made her final appearance on April 5, 2018, but rejoined the cast a few months later with a new storyline involving Wyatt Spencer, a new career at Forrester Creations and a rivalry with Flo Fluton. In August 2020, Hope announced that she had been let go from the series, making her last appearance on August 5, 2020.In 2021, Hope was nominated for a 2021 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work as Sally Spectra on The Bold and the Beautiful.
''The Young and the Restless'' (2020–present)
In October 2020, it was announced that Hope had joined the main cast of The Young and the Restless, reprising her role as Sally Spectra. Hope made her first episode debut on November 3, 2020. Executive producer and head writer Josh Griffith reintroduced the character with new storylines including Sally getting a new job at Jabot, recurring feuds with Summer Newman and Phyllis Summers, conspiring with Tara Locke and romances with Jack Abbott and Adam Newman. When asked how all this started, Hope said it was a "definite collaborative meeting" with Griffith and the writers, saying, "They want to make sure the history is accurate and to make sure what has already happened is brought into the script when it's necessary to make sure that there is consistency. I definitely want to honor where they take Sally."In 2024, Hope won the Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work as Sally Spectra on The Young and the Restless.