List of The Bold and the Beautiful characters introduced in the 2000s
The Bold and the Beautiful is a long-running American soap opera which has aired on CBS Daytime since March 23, 1987. This is a list of characters that debuted in the between 2000 and 2009, in order of first appearance.
Morgan DeWitt
Morgan DeWitt was portrayed by Sarah Buxton from 2000 to 2001, and again in 2005. Brought in by Brooke as a designer at Forrester Creations in 2000, Morgan had previously had an affair with Ridge in the 1980's. Meeting with Stephanie's disapproval, Morgan aborted the child at the time. On arriving in LA in 2000, she befriended Ridge's then-wife Taylor Hayes Forrester. Before long she confessed to Ridge about the 80's abortion, and soon after this it was revealed she wanted Ridge's child. While Taylor was out of town on a business trip, Morgan tricked Ridge into sleeping with her by faking an email from 'Taylor' signalling her approval for him to inseminate her.Morgan was revealed to be pregnant in the months that followed, and tried to tell anyone who asked that she had been artificially inseminated. Along the way Morgan exhibited increasingly unhinged behaviour - trying to have her confidante Clarke Garrison killed with a python and vowing revenge on Stephanie for not only the 80's abortion, but trying to drug her while pregnant this time to have her miscarry the child.
Once Ridge learned of Morgan's pregnancy, he resolved to tell Taylor. Taylor then confronted Morgan at Ridge and Taylor's Bel Air mansion, where Morgan fell from the second level landing onto the marble floor, losing her child.
This only deepened Morgan's psychosis - she kidnapped Ridge and Taylor's young daughter Steffy and held her hostage as though she were her own daughter. With her hair dyed red, she renamed Steffy 'Stacey'. With the Forresters presuming Steffy dead, it wasn't long until Taylor twigged that something wasn't quite right. Visiting Morgan's home, Taylor heard Steffy and went to save her presumed-dead daughter, but Morgan imprisoned her as well, with the help of psychiatrist Tim Reid.
With Taylor now having disappeared and Ridge confused, Morgan began to move in and attempt to seduce her long-time unrequited love, but Taylor continued to leave small clues that undermined Ridge's trust in Morgan and left him wondering more and more about Taylor's whereabouts. Enough clues gathered for Ridge - including a rogue phone call made to him by Steffy - to realise where Taylor was. He drove his car into Morgan's home, rescuing his daughter and wife while Morgan escaped.
Weeks later, the Forresters held a party to celebrate Steffy and Taylor's safe return home. Hiring clowns to entertain the children, it would be little surprise to anyone that Morgan and Tim took up those roles to infiltrate once more. After the party had finished, Morgan hung around and attempted to drown Stephanie, the two trading several blows before Eric arrived to haul her off Stephanie and hold her until she was arrested by police.
DeWitt reappeared in 2005 after a disoriented Ridge arrived at Cafe Russe. After he collapsed in front of her suffering some kind of memory lapse, she took him back to her hotel room and ultimately off to Venice, removing his wedding ring and taking advantage of his memory issues by pretending they were together.
When Ridge's memory began returning and Amber Moore arrived - separately - in Venice, Morgan's plan unravelled, and with the arrival of her mother Natalie - a neurologist - it all came undone. Amber took Ridge back to LA to a waiting Brooke, while Morgan broke down and Natalie promising to get her the help she needs.
Massimo Marone
Massimo Marone IV is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. He was portrayed by Joseph Mascolo.Massimo Marone attended college at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, with Stephanie Douglas, Eric Forrester, and Beth Henderson. Massimo dated Stephanie prior to her dating Eric, who was involved with Beth. Stephanie got pregnant and married Eric; Massimo went on to build the shipping conglomerate Marone Industries.
Antonio Domínguez
Antonio 'Tony' Domínguez was portrayed by Paulo Benedeti from 2001 to 2002, and again from 2012 and 2013, and in 2017.A young latin fashion designer, Dominguez was hired by Sally Spectra to help rebuild their company with a new look in 2001. Early in his tenure at Spectra, he was wooed by Forrester Creations, with head designer Eric Forrester sending his recently returned daughter Kristen to convince Tony to work at Forrester instead.
Tony stayed loyal to Spectra, but ended up romancing Kristen instead. Their deep, shared bond developed quickly, but was threatened very early on when an ex of Tony's - Ellen - was revealed to have died of AIDS. With Taylor's help, Tony began to understand and process his ultimate diagnosis - he was HIV positive.
While Kristen was understanding and willing to maintain the relationship, Tony tried to push her away, but their romance continued to develop in spite of opposition from Eric. Kristen proposed to Tony late in 2001 and they were married soon after, with Eric eventually accepting their union.
Tony and Kristen honeymooned in Africa and met a child at the orphanage named Zende. The bond grew fast and in the weeks after their trip, they decided to return to Africa and bring Zende back to LA as their adopted son.
Tony and Kristen are understood to have lived in Florida since 2002, with the pair making regular visits back to LA for key family events, such as the death of Stephanie Forrester, Christmas and son Zende's wedding to Nicole Avant.
Zende Forrester Domínguez
Zende Forrester Dominguez is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. The character was played by Daniel E. Smith on a recurring basis from 2001 to 2002 and made guest appearances in 2005 and then by Rome Flynn, as a series regular, since June 29, 2015. In August 2017, Flynn announced he would leave the role of his own decision and makes his last appearance on September 8, 2017. In July 2020, Daytime Confidential announced Delon de Metz had been cast in the role; he made his first appearance on October 7, 2020.While honeymooning in Africa, newly married Kristen Forrester and Antonio "Tony" Dominguez noticed that they had lost a roll of film. A mysterious boy showed up with the film to return it. As they began to talk to him they formed a bond with him. The boy, named Zende, invited them to visit him before they left the country.
Kristen and Antonio were shocked to discover that Zende had been orphaned when both parents died of AIDS. Zende had lived at an orphanage with his younger brother, but sadly, his brother also died of the disease. To help pay his way, Zende worked around the orphanage and helped take care of the younger children. Kristen and Tony discovered when Zende became too old to live in the orphanage he would probably end up on the streets or working anywhere he could find work.
On their return to Los Angeles, Kristen and Tony admitted that Zende had never left their thoughts. They had both been drafting letters to send him. Since Antonio had been battling HIV himself, he felt a special connection to Zende; the couple saw this as the first chance to have a family of their own. They decided to rush back to Africa and start adoption proceedings immediately. They legally adopted young Zende, choosing to give him both of their surnames.
Zende went to live with Kristen and Tony, who have since left Los Angeles and are currently living in Florida.
In 2015, after a ten-year absence, Zende returned to Los Angeles and is happily greeted by his uncle Ridge Forrester. Zende decides to follow in the footsteps of his family and is hired as an intern at Forrester Creations, along with Nicole Avant, whom Zende takes a liking to. He attends the wedding of his uncle Rick Forrester and Nicole's sister Maya Avant as her date. When Nicole tells him that his cousin Thomas Forrester unexpectedly kissed her, Zende is not fazed by it. In fact, he asks Nicole out on a date and even gives her a kiss. They then decide to officially become a couple. He even supports her when she decides to be Rick and Maya's surrogate despite objections from her parents.
Sofia Alonso
Sofia Alonso is a former Spectra Creations model. She is the confidante and former lover of Antonio Dominguez. She was portrayed by Sandra Vidal from 2001 to 2003.Ziggy Deadmarsh
Ziggy Deadmarsh was portrayed by Matt Borlenghi from April 26, 2002 to September 4, 2002.Ziggy is introduced as a landlord of an apartment complex who shows an available apartment to Erica Lovejoy. Erica agrees to rent it from him.
Lance Day
Lance Day was portrayed by Adam Huss from July 19, 2002 to August 6, 2002.Lance is introduced as a friend of Ziggy Deadmarsh and as an aspiring model and actor. He is tasked by Sheila Carter to drug Amber Moore, with the aim of breaking Amber and her husband Rick Forrester up and enable her daughter Erica Lovejoy to romance Rick instead.
When Lance threatens Sheila with blowing her cover to the Forresters, she murders him by filling his apartment with bees, to which he is allergic.
Tricia Quick
Tricia Quick was played by Tamara Davies from 2002 to 2003. A psychiatrist like Taylor, Tricia is introduced in the days following Taylor's apparent death in 2002. Pre-arranged by Taylor to help with Ridge and his family's grief, she takes a dislike to Brooke quickly and is egged on in this by Stephanie.While helpful to the family in their immediate grief, Tricia quickly fades to the background, moving in - briefly - with Thorne and sharing a short romance with him before he pursued back-from-the-dead Macy Alexander.
Samantha Kelly
Samantha Kelly was played by Sydney Penny from 2003 to 2005. Richard Simms from Soaps She Knows noted how Samantha left the show in 2005 with [|Hector] and had an "incredibly short shelf ".Samantha was brought onto the canvas at Stephanie's behest as a potential love interest for Ridge in 2003. An attempt to distract him from Brooke - who was being wooed by Nick at the time - Samantha's overtures ultimately failed and she was largely a character used for exposition dialogue until the death of her small pomeranian dog 'Pucci' in 2004. This revealed that Samantha had a daughter who she believed to have died, but when she ran into Hector Ramirez - the father of said child - she realised that her mother had lied about her daughter's death and that she was very much alive. Samantha met her daughter Caitlin, then she and Hector became engaged, but their romance seemingly fizzled out, Samantha leaving town in 2005 with Caitlin in tow, leaving Hector behind to romance recently back-from-the-dead Taylor Hayes.