List of One Life to Live characters introduced in the 2000s
This is a list of notable characters from the ABC soap opera One Life to Live that made their first appearance between 2000 and 2009.
Kimberly Andrews
Kimberly Andrews is a fictional character on the American soap opera, One Life to Live. Amanda Setton originated the role on August 14, 2009, and last appeared on April 2, 2010. Setton reprised the role from August 22, 2011, until December 29, 2011.Kimberly Andrews is an exotic dancer who arrives in Llanview in August 2009 to help her best friend, Stacy Morasco. Stacy had miscarried her baby with Rex Balsom, and Kim conspires to help Stacy get pregnant again and pass the child off as Rex's. Running low on money, Kim sets her sights on Clint Buchanan. Kim manipulates her way into a position as Clint's executive assistant and soon finds out that Clint's wife Nora Buchanan has fallen back in love with her ex-husband, Bo Buchanan. In December, Kim arranges for Clint to discover the truth. Clint files for divorce and invites Kim to live at the mansion. Kim is devastated when Stacy falls into a frozen lake and is presumed dead. Kim and Clint marry in March 2010 so she can get custody of Stacy's baby. Kim is blackmailed by David Vickers into leaving Llanview in April 2010.
Kim later turns up at The Spotted Pony strip club in Anchorage, Kentucky in August 2011 and is spotted by Rex. She is then seen with an unknown woman who is later revealed to be Stacy. Clint is happy to see Kim again. In September, it is revealed that Kim is Cutter Wentworth's real sister, and that her real name is Aubrey Wentworth. She finds out that her brother was inspired to scam the Buchanan family after he read about Kim's marriage to Clint in the newspaper. She later comes face to face with Cutter's girlfriend, Christine Karr, who had been passing herself off as Aubrey Wentworth. Kim blackmails Rex's biological mother, Echo DiSavoy, to convince her son to return the Buchanan fortune to Clint so she can pay her friend's medical bills.
In September 2011, it is revealed that Kim's friend in the hospital is Stacy. Meanwhile, Cutter learns of Kim's plan, but she convinces him to let her continue to blackmail Echo. Kim tells Stacy that she got Echo to forge Rex's signature. It is also revealed that Stacy had plastic surgery to look like her sister Gigi. Cutter blackmails Kim to give him the forged documents. Kim reveals to Stacy what had happened several years ago at the Spotted Pony: Cutter had enlisted Kim to seduce a rich man, but Cutter put too many drugs into his drink, which caused the man to die. Cutter frames Kim for the murder of Berger. Kim begs Cutter to take care of Stacy while she's in jail.
Rex and Aubrey confront Kim in prison in December 2011 about Stacy being alive. Kim agrees to help them if they can get her released from prison, which they do. Kim tells Clint that Cutter is her brother, that her real name is Aubrey Wentworth, and that her friend in the Kentucky hospital is Stacy. Soon after, Kim receives a call from Cutter, who tells Kim to help him break out of prison. He also tells her that it was Gigi, not Stacy, whom she rescued, and that Stacy died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Cutter also tells Kim that he found their estranged mother, Alex Olanov, in Rio de Janeiro. Kim declines.
Hunter Atwood
Hunter Atwood is a fictional character on the American soap opera, One Life to Live. He was portrayed by Zach Roerig from June 11, 2007, until August 8, 2007.In June 2007, it is revealed that Todd Manning is being held captive by Hunter in Chicago. Hunter's girlfriend Sarah Roberts, who is also Todd's niece, recognizes her uncle and makes an anonymous call to let Todd's ex-wife, Blair Cramer, know where he is. In the meantime, Hunter brings Todd to Llanview and drops him at the doorstep of the man who had originally paid him: Miles Laurence.
Sarah cooperates with the police to find Hunter and Todd. Hunter threatens Sarah for betraying him. Rex offers to broker a deal for Todd's return, assuring Hunter that Blair will pay well for Todd. Hunter rejects the offer, but soon goes to Blair himself. In exchange for several thousand dollars, he gives her the address where he left Todd. Blair recognizes it as the residence of Marty Saybrooke, who had recently married Miles.
Miles keeps an unconscious, wounded Todd in a storage room, but soon dumps Todd outside to avoid being caught with him. Todd manages to get his hands on a cell phone and call Blair, but Hunter appears and knocks him unconscious. He calls Miles and offers to dispose of Todd for a fee, but Blair and John McBain find Todd first. In the end, Hunter is killed in self-defense by Cristian Vega.
Charlie Banks
Charlie Banks was portrayed by Brian Kerwin from October 25, 2007, to May 11, 2011. He re-appeared on December 12 and 13, 2011, when Viki returned to Paris, Texas.Charlie comes into the Bon Jour Café in Paris, Texas, in October 2007. He befriends his waitress, Victoria "Viki" Lord Davidson, and asks her out. Charlie and Viki have a date at the local drive-in. A recovering alcoholic, Charlie is looking for his son to make amends. He gets a lead and heads to the nearby Buchanan Ranch, where the Buchanans are assembling for the reading of patriarch Asa's will. Charlie is unaware that Clint Buchanan is actually Viki's ex-husband, and that her daughters are at the ranch too. By the time Charlie arrives, his son Jared has returned to Llanview, Pennsylvania. Charlie discovers an injured Dorian Lord in the bushes and follows her home to Llanview to find Jared.
Charlie ends up at Nash Brennan's vineyard, where Jared had been living, and learns that Jared is now residing at the Buchanan mansion. Nash makes no attempt to hide his disdain for Jared but wishes Charlie luck. Charlie interrupts the Buchanans as butler Nigel Bartholomew-Smythe falsely reveals that Jared is Asa's son. Once Jared steps outside to greet his visitor, he is unpleasantly surprised to see that it is Charlie. Jared berates Charlie for his past alcohol abuse and for the way Charlie had treated him and his mother. Jared then informs Charlie that he wants nothing to do with him. Dorian eavesdrops on the entire conversation.
Charlie is devastated by Jared's apparent hatred of him and falls off the wagon, drowning his sorrows at Rodi's Bar. He finds a drinking buddy in troubled Dr. Michael McBain, whose wife Marcie is on the run from the police. Charlie ends up spending the night at Michael's apartment. Michael learns from Charlie that Marcie had been in Paris, Texas, and the two fly down to Paris. Charlie continues to drown his sorrows and shows up at the Bon Jour Café drunk. Unsure of how to handle the situation, waitress Gigi Morasco calls Viki for help. Viki flies back to Paris and convinces Charlie that the fight for sobriety is worthwhile.
Charlie commits himself to protecting Jared by hiding his identity as Jared's father from everyone, including Viki. Dorian, however, knows the truth and promises to keep the secret. Caught off guard after meeting Roxy Balsom, Charlie tells Rex Balsom and Adriana Cramer that his last name is Balsom, not realizing that Rex is Roxy's son. When Rex's investigation into his own background puts his paternity in question, Roxy claims that Charlie is his father to keep him from looking into his background. She begs Charlie to go along with the ruse, suggesting that the truth of Rex's parentage is worse than any lie she could tell. A compassionate Charlie agrees, but is later guilty as he is forced to lie to Viki as well.
On February 15, 2008, Jared indicates that he has at least one sibling when he relates to Charlie the abuse they and their mother had suffered at the hands of her boyfriend after Charlie had left them. On March 21, 2008, Jared and Charlie discuss how during that time Jared's younger brother, Jimmy, had been hit by a car and killed. Though Valerie had told Charlie that it had been an accident, Jared reveals that Jimmy had actually been overwrought because of their mother's abusive boyfriend. Jared blames himself for letting an upset Jimmy run out into the street.
On December 1, 2008, Charlie reveals that he had rebuilt Carlotta's diner, which had burnt down earlier in the year, in the image of the Bon Jour Cafe, naming it the Buenos Dias. Charlie marries Viki on August 4, 2009. Their happiness is short lived, however, when Jared is murdered by Mitch Lawrence. Unable to cope, he starts drinking again and pushes Viki away. In March 2011, Charlie starts an affair with Echo DiSavoy. In April 2011, Viki goes to Echo's apartment and barges in on Charlie and Echo in bed. Charlie admits that the affair has lasted a month. When Viki asks if he loves Echo, Charlie hesitates, and Viki storms off. On April 12, Viki asks Charlie again whether or not he loves Echo; he says he does. Viki files for divorce. Charlie learns of Echo's lies and ends their relationship. Charlie learns that the Bon Jour Cafe was destroyed and wants to help rebuild it. On May 11, 2011, Charlie apologizes to Viki and the two part. Charlie returns to Texas and Viki goes to see Clint.
When Viki goes back to Texas for a pie contest, she and Charlie run into each other as Viki again becomes a waitress. Though awkward at first, Charlie apologizes for the failures in their marriage, and they reconcile a friendship. Charlie tries to understand why Viki is in Texas again. When he accuses her of running away from her problems, she protests but soon divulges her feelings for Clint and how she feels like a consolation prize in contrast to Kim Andrews, Clint's younger ex-wife. Charlie shocks Viki by revealing that, despite the love they once had for each other, he always knew Viki belonged with Clint, and that they both still love each other, citing how Clint has and will always be a big part of Viki's life. He encourages her to go after him, prove she is Clint's first prize, and win him back.