Sharon Collins Newman
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Sharon Newman is a fictional character
on the CBS
soap opera
The Young and the Restless
.
The character made her debut on March 28, 1994. Sharon was played briefly by Monica Potter
and followed by Heidi Mark
, before Sharon Case
began portraying the character on a regular basis in August of the same year. Case has held the role of Sharon Newman since 1994.
The character of Sharon Collins was created by William J. Bell
, the creator and executive producer of The Young and the Restless. Sharon was planned as a love interest for the newly SORASed
Nicholas "Nick" Newman
, portrayed by Joshua Morrow
. Ten-year-old Nick had been sent away to a Swiss boarding school in early 1994, returning that fall as a young teen with raging hormones. When he met Sharon, he decided to remain in Genoa City, rather than return to school abroad. Sharon was stated to be 18 years old when she arrived in Genoa City, with statements made that she was one year older than Nick, indicating that Nick had aged about seven years.
The characters of Nick and Sharon were married in 1996. Sharon's emotionally angsty storylines generally focus on her children and her romantic relationships. She has been separated and divorced from Nick, and been in several romantic relationships, as well as marriages to Jack Abbott and Adam Newman
. Recently, Sharon was assumed dead following an escape from prison where she had been sentenced after being falsely accused of the murder of Skye Lochart. In July 2011, police found her alive in New Mexico
and she was brought back to Genoa City and sentenced to 30 years in prison. However, on November 2, 2011, it was finally revealed that Sharon was innocent the entire time, and she is set free.
Sharon has given birth to four children. Her firstborn child was Cassidy "Cassie" Newman
, daughter of Sharon and Frank Barritt. Cassie died at age 14, as the result of a car accident. Sharon and Nick's son, Noah
, was born in 1997. Sharon gave birth to a stillborn, unnamed daughter in 2001. Faith Cassidy Newman was born in 2009; and was briefly thought to be dead until March 2010, when it was revealed that Adam Newman switched her with Ashley Abbott
's miscarried child. Her living children are Noah and Faith.
). They lived with modest means after Sharon's father abandoned them when she was a young child. While Sharon's childhood and youth took place off-screen, prior to the introduction of the character, stories of her childhood have been told in flashbacks
.
During her early years of high school, Sharon was a typical teenager, filled with angst and rebellion of authority. At one point, Sharon ran off to join her best friend Grace Turner
, portrayed by Josie Davis
, and Frank Barritt, Sharon's boyfriend. Out of concern, Doris went out during a dangerous snowstorm to search for her daughter and was injured in a car accident, resulting in paralysis
, which leaves Doris in a wheelchair.
At 16 , Sharon became pregnant with Frank's child. She gave the child up for adoption to a woman named Alice Johnson, portrayed by Tamara Clatterbuck. Alice named the little girl, Cassidy, or "Cassie".
In 1994, Sharon moved to Genoa City to get a fresh start. She began working two part-time jobs to help support her mother and pay for school. Back in Madison, Sharon had been dating, Matt Clark, who was initially portrayed by Eddie Cibrian
, and later by Rick Hearst
. However, she met Nick Newman, and they quickly began a relationship, much to the dismay of Matt.
Nick's mother Nikki Newman, portrayed by Melody Thomas Scott
, was also not in favor of the relationship. She felt that Sharon was simply using Nick and the Newman name to improve her financial and social station. Surviving the challenges of youth and family opposition, Sharon and Nick were married in 1996.
After being nominated in 1996 and 1997 for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress, Case picked up an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 1999, a category for which she was also nominated in 2000 and 2004.
The pairing of Nick and Sharon, has been a strong, gaining many fans since their initial introduction. They are popularly referred to by the portmanteau Shick for Sharon and Nick on Internet message boards and Soap Opera magazines.
The Nick
/Sharon/Phyllis
love triangle, which occurred during 2006–2010, was also well received. The love triangle was popular and successful by critics who felt that it changed Nick and Sharon's romance after the death of their daughter, Cassie; Soap Opera Digest
deemed it "Best Love Triangle".
In 2009, Sharon began an affair with Billy Abbott
and Nick
. Departing from character, she also experienced kleptomania
and began stealing items from her friends. During an interview with portrayer, Sharon Case, it was stated that the character of Sharon "is acting so bizarre!"
Sharon is one of the most popular characters on The Young and The Restless although in recent years critics and fan alike have been questing her judgment about Adam and lack of maturity.
, who is less than happy that she left him behind in Madison.
In the beginning of their senior year of high school, Nick is dating Sharon's best friend, Amy Wilson. The role was originated by Robin Scott, but quickly recast with Julianne Morris
portraying Amy Wilson.
Although Nick is dating Amy, when he meets Sharon, it is love at first sight. However, since Sharon states that she is dating Matt Clark, Nick chooses to stay in his relationship with Amy. While the choice is chivalrous, Nick is drawn toward Sharon and makes use of every opportunity to get to know her better.
In 1995, through a series of romantic gestures, Nick ends up winning Sharon's heart from Matt. In return, Matt begins harassing and stalking Nick and Sharon. Eventually, Nick and Matt get into a physical fight, with Matt prevailing. In response, Nick's father, Victor
, teaches his son to box, much to Matt's chagrin.
Overcome with anger and animosity, Matt chooses to get even with Sharon, trapping her in his car and raping her. Sharon tells no one, outside of a therapist that is helping her work through the trauma. When Amy begins dating Matt, Sharon tells her that he raped her. However, Matt convinces Amy that Sharon is lying.
When Nick and Sharon are crowned the queen and king of their high school dance, rather than Matt and Amy, Matt takes revenge. While Nick believes that Sharon is a virginal "good girl", Matt plans to disclose the truth about Sharon's past pregnancy, which results in giving her first-born child up for adoption. Nick does not believe him, and they get into a bad fight, with both experiencing serious injuries. In response, while clearing the air, Sharon admits to Nick that Matt is telling the truth. Much to Matt's dismay, rather than breaking up the couple, Nick forgives Sharon's duplicity and proposes marriage.
During Nick's courtship with Sharon, his mother and father are separated, with Nick living with his mother. Nikki strongly objects to Nick's relationship with Sharon, believing her to be a gold-digger. Nick and his mother are often fighting over Sharon, so Nick ends up moving in with his father. Unlike Nikki, Victor adores Sharon and even pays for an operation for her mother which she can not afford.
When Nick proposed to Sharon, she readily accepted. Sharon, feeling safe with Nick, and not wanting any secrets between them, admitted that Matt had raped her. Overcome with rage and anger, Nick raced to Matt's apartment only to find him on the floor in a pool of blood from a gunshot wound. The police arrested Nick, for attempted murder. At the time, Nick thought that Sharon tried to kill Matt. When Matt regained consciousness, he told the police that Nick tried to kill him. On October 30, 1995, as Nick's trial started, he and Sharon secretly eloped. On the night of their wedding they made love for the first time.
When the trial concluded, Nick was found guilty of attempted murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Sharon and the Newman family were devastated. Victor tracked down Amy, Matt's former girlfriend, who was suffering from serious emotional trauma. Victor was convinced that Amy's mental breakdown was caused by something that happened the night that Matt was shot.
Victor brought Amy back to recover from her breakdown, and hopefully help uncover the truth of what happened the night that Matt was shot. Upon seeing her former boyfriend, Amy's memories came rushing back, and she remembered that she had shot Matt, after he had brutally raped her. As the truth began unraveling around Matt's feet, he fled town.
Nick's name was cleared on January 17, 1996, with the judge dropping all charges and releasing him from jail. In the courtroom, he embraced Sharon and proposed marriage in front of his family. Nick kissed her, then took her by the hand. "Sharon, will you please marry me." Sharon started to cry, and said "Yes". Nick and Sharon were formally married in a small ceremony, one month later, on February 19, 1996.
The storyline introducing Sharon as Nick's new love interest was well-received, earning high ratings in viewership. The story of Sharon's rape, along with the aftermath and display of emotions ranging from fear and devastation of her rape, to joy and elation of her wedding to Nick, earned Sharon Case the first of five Daytime Emmy Award nominations. In 1996 and 1997, she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series
, while Y&R's writing team received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
in 1997.
, was born prematurely and became very ill, not expected to survive. In an effort to ease Sharon's grief, resulting from the expected death of her son, Sharon's friend, Grace, began a search for the child that Sharon gave up at birth, eventually locating her in a nearby town.
Now five years old, Sharon's daughter, Cassie, portrayed by Camryn Grimes
, was adopted by Alice Johnson, portrayed by Tamara Clatterbuck. Alice abandoned Cassie and left her with her elderly mother, Millie, portrayed by Ernestine Mercer. It was here, that Grace eventually discovered the location of Sharon's daughter. Realizing that she was barely able to take care of herself, let alone a young child, Millie allowed Grace to become the guardian of five-year-old Cassie.
Grace returned to Genoa City with the intent to reunite Sharon with her long, lost daughter. When Nick and Sharon's son unexpectedly survived, Grace decided to keep Cassie's identity a secret, choosing instead to raise Cassie as her daughter with her boyfriend, Tony Viscardi, who was portrayed by Nick Scotti
. While Grace had stated that she would one day tell Sharon the truth about Cassie's identity, Grace fell in love with the little girl and kept her true identity a secret for over a year.
Although Cassie missed Millie, she grew to think of Tony and Grace as her parents. Grace introduced Cassie to others in Genoa City as her "niece from out of town". After a year, Grace told the truth, that Cassie was actually Sharon's daughter. While Sharon was furious with Grace for keeping the secret, she was ecstatic to have her daughter back. Cassie, on the other hand, was at first devastated and angry at Sharon for giving her up at birth. However, after spending time with the Newman family, Cassie came to think of Nick and Sharon as her parents.
This particular storyline was well-written, earning high ratings in viewership. In 1999, The Young and the Restless
received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing
, while both Sharon Case and Camryn Grimes were honored for their portrayals of Sharon and Cassie respectively. At age ten, Grimes became the youngest person to receive a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series
, beating Kimberly McCullough
who was honored with the award at age 11.
During the course of Nick and Sharon's marriage, Grace Turner
, returned to Genoa City, either bringing trouble or leaving trouble in her wake. Her goal was generally the same. To claim Nick for herself. However, Nick was not interested, choosing to be faithful to his wife.
In summer 1997, Nick was out partying with friends. Since Sharon was sick and decided to stay home, Grace, now played by Jennifer Gareis
, offered to watch Cassie and Noah, while Nick was gone for the evening. Nick arrived home drunk, mistaking Grace for his wife. Responding willingly to his advances, Nick and Grace made love, with a delusional Nick thinking that he was with Sharon.
The following morning, Nick panicked. He was furious and swore Grace to secrecy. She ended up blackmailing Nick into giving her a job at Newman Enterprises. She constantly tried to get Nick alone so that she could seduce him. Time and again, she would plot for them to be alone together in the office, often late at night. One night, Grace intentionally left her phone number on Nick's desk to be seen by Sharon, who began suspecting that Grace was attracted to Nick.
In the fall of 1998, Sharon was scheduled to go on a business trip with Nick to Denver, but when Noah fell sick, Grace went in her place. Disappointed, drunk, and despondent that Sharon could not make the trip, Nick ended up sleeping with Grace. To Nick's surprise, Sharon showed up the next morning to surprise him. Standing outside the hotel room door, Sharon was stunned to overhear Grace telling Nick that their lovemaking was incredible. Distraught, Sharon rushed into the street and was struck by a car. When Sharon recovered, she refused to forgive Nick for his infidelity, and he moved out.
Matt Clark as Carter Mills
By 2000, Nick and Sharon had rekindled their relationship and appeared to be back on track. They bought Crimson Lights Coffee House to save it from closure and to maintain the place of their courtship. For the most part, Nick and Sharon wanted to have something to work on together.
Matt Clark returned to town as "Carter Mills", with revenge on his mind. Disguised by plastic surgery, he got a job working at Crimson Lights. He became a trusted employee of Crimson Lights. Nick even considered promoting him to manage their next franchise.
Matt, now known as Carter, teamed up with Larry Warton, who was Nick's old cellmate from the time he went to prison for the attempted murder of Matt Clark. Both Warton and Carter were bent on revenge, and together, they planned to frame Nick for dealing drugs. Carter drugged Tricia McNeil and raped her. Rather than turn against him, she helped set up Nick for selling drugs.
One night, Sharon invited Carter to her house for dinner. He arranged for Nick to arrive home very late. While they were alone together, Carter put a date rape drug in Sharon's margarita, which caused her to pass out. Fortunately, Nick arrived home just in time, with Carter on the verge of raping the semi-conscious Sharon. Thinking that Sharon had simply had too much to drink, Nick sent Carter home and helped Sharon to bed.
Thanks to the evidence that Matt and Warton had planted at Crimson Lights, Nick was arrested for drug trafficking and was incarcerated. While Nick was imprisoned, Matt lured Sharon to an isolated cabin, planning to rape her. However, Victor showed up before Matt could harm her. Fearing the wrath of Victor Newman, Matt escaped and jumped into Tricia's waiting car.
Hoping to bring an end to all the treachery, Tricia intentionally drove off a cliff expecting to kill them both. She survived with cuts and bruises, but Carter had severe, life threatening injuries. Nick went to the hospital to face his enemy one last time. As his final dying act of revenge, Carter viciously told Nick that he had raped Sharon on the night that they were drinking margaritas together at the cottage. Then Carter deliberately yanked out his ventilator tube and shoved it in Nick's hand. Carter effectively committed suicide, making it look like Nick had murdered him.
Nick was quickly arrested and thrown in jail for the murder of Matt Clark, aka Carter Mills. While Tricia and Warton were cohorts in the plan to frame Nick for dealing drugs, they came clean after Matt's death, and cooperated with the authorities. Warton convinced the police that Matt had framed Nick by committing suicide, and Nick was freed.
After Nick was released from jail, he lavishly romanced Sharon to help her erase the memories of being tormented by Matt. He wanted to do whatever he could to help her through the post-traumatic stress and acclimate to her surroundings without the threat of being drugged, raped, and terrorized by Matt. He wanted things to get back to "normal".
Months later, Sharon found out that she was pregnant. Both Nick and Sharon feared that Matt could be the father of the child that she was carrying. Nick demanded a paternity test, upsetting Sharon by stating that he did not want anything to do with the baby if he was not the father. Fearing for the child's health, Sharon did not want to have the paternity test prior to birth. She told Nick that she was willing to trust that the child was his, but she was adamant that she would have her baby, regardless of who the biological father turned out to be. While discussing their feelings about the baby, the emotional disagreement escalated into angry, verbal outbursts aimed at one another.
Venting his frustration, Nick knocked over a chair, threw open the door and slammed it shut, as he climbed behind the wheel of his car and sped out of the driveway. Within moments, Nick hit the curb on the side of the road, and the tire of the car exploded. Fearful for Nick, not knowing what the loud noise was, Sharon ran for the door, tripped over the chair, and landed on her stomach.
The baby that Sharon was carrying was delivered prematurely and died shortly after birth. A paternity test confirmed that the baby girl was indeed Nick's daughter. Sharon blamed her husband for their loss. Sharon was unable to forgive him, believing that through his uncontrolled anger and stubbornness, he had killed their unborn child.
Diego Guittierez
In winter 2001, Diego Guittierez
came to Genoa City to find out more about his family. The role of Diego was initially portrayed by Diego Serrano
, but in April 2002, Greg Vaughan
took over the role. Diego struggled to get around town at first, but eventually found work at Crimson Lights Coffee House, which was owned by Nick and Sharon. To help Diego out, they also gave him a job working on the Newman family ranch.
By this time, Nick and Sharon had rekindled their relationship and were trying to work at their marriage. However, Diego regularly found himself comforting Sharon, who was having trouble working through her various issues involving insecurity and loss of her child. Her marriage to Nick suffered when she caught him with Grace, and later, when they lost their baby, in 2001. Sharon wanted something more than just comfort from Diego, but he refused to respond to her, preferring to remain her friend and nothing more. However, one night, Diego and Sharon succumbed to the moment and made love. They were both overcome with guilt, knowing that Nick was committed to working on his marriage to Sharon.
Sharon's affair with Diego Guittierez was primarily, a delayed, emotional reaction to Nick's affair with Grace. After sleeping with Diego, Sharon admitted the affair to Nick, who was devastated and responded by physically attacking Diego. Sharon was overcome with guilt and remorse, wanting her marriage to work out. Nick chose to end his marriage to Sharon. Although Sharon tried to reach out to Nick, he shut himself off to her, expressing disinterest in rekindling their relationship.
After much soul-searching, Nick realized that he loved Sharon and wanted to give his marriage another chance. He bought some flowers and took them to her house, as a gesture of love and forgiveness. When he arrived at the cottage, Sharon was locked in an embrace and kissing his father, Victor.
When the truth of the infidelity with her father-in-law surfaced, Sharon was ashamed of herself. When the stress of her life became too much for her to bear, she chose to leave Genoa City for a few months. The absence of Sharon in the storyline was made to accommodate the show's writers, when contract talks with Sharon's portrayer stalled.
Cameron Kirsten
In mid-January 2003, Sony Pictures Television
was unable to reach an agreement in contract talks with Sharon Case. Rather than recast the character or kill the character off, the show executives opted to have Sharon remain out of sight, until a new deal could be ironed out. Fortunately, for CBS and the fans, Case reached a deal with the show near the end of February.
When the character of Sharon returned from her retreat, both her mother-in-law, Nikki, and her daughter, Cassie were very upset with her for leaving. While Nick was not altogether pleased, he quickly forgave her. Eventually, Nick and Sharon reconciled and united as a happy family again.
After kissing Victor, Sharon ran away to Denver to "find herself". While in a bar, she met Cameron Kirsten
, portrayed by Linden Ashby
. He instantly fell in love with her. He followed her up to her motel room, romancing her, offering flowers and wine. Sharon succumbed to his advances, and they made love. One night, immediately after their love making, Cameron started beating her, hitting in the face and trying to suffocate her with a pillow. Before he could finish the beating, he fell asleep, and Sharon escaped. Rather than leave Denver and come directly home, Sharon remained out of town, primarily waiting for her wounds to heal, so that her abuse would not be detected by others.
In November, Cameron showed up in Genoa City, presumably to enter into a business deal with Nick. Cameron was intent on being with Sharon at any cost. He used their affair to continue controlling Sharon through his taunts and threats. In an effort to gain the upper hand, Cameron threatened to reveal their sexual past to Nick, unless Sharon would meet him at a motel. When she got to the motel, Cameron attempted to rape Sharon. In response, Sharon threw a bottle at his head, leaving him unconscious and unresponsive.
Believing that she had killed him, a terrified Sharon moved his body and left it behind a dumpster. Before long, his body was covered with snow. Cameron was declared missing by the police, while Sharon was haunted by Cameron's ghost. The only person that Sharon confided in during this time was her mother-in-law, Nikki.
When news media reported that a body had been discovered in the sewer, Sharon believed that it was most likely Cameron's body, but it was actually the body of Cassie's biological father, Frank. Cameron was revealed to be alive and well, having murdered Frank to make it look like he died. Grace Turner was in town again, and it was revealed that she was a part of Cameron's plan to get revenge on Sharon.
As part of his plan to be with Sharon and claim her as his own, Cameron took Sharon on a plane and held her hostage. Fortunately, Nick was hot on his trail, and showed up exploding in a fight where the three of them managed to get into parachutes and proceeded to jump out of the plane. Nick and Sharon landed safely, but Cameron landed in a tree, breaking his leg. Nick finally got the upper hand, and Cameron was forced to turn himself in. After all was said and done, with Cameron behind bars, Nick and Sharon resumed their relationship once again.
Victor Newman
Sharon had a short lived romance with Nick Newmans father Victor Newman. Victor has always been on Sharons side and will go to great lenghts to help her.
. As she began to expand her circle of friends and attracting the opposite sex, she also began acting out in rebellion by wearing makeup and clothing considered extreme by her parents. She was often grounded for one infraction or another, generally for breaking curfew or being less than truthful about where she had been.
On Friday, April 29, Cassie asked permission to go out to dinner and attend a movie with a group of her friends. While Nick and Sharon were initially hesitant, they relented and allowed Cassie to spend the evening with her friends, unaware that Cassie's true intentions were to attend a big high school party, where she hoped to gain the attention of her crush, Daniel.
During the party, Daniel became drunk, with Cassie finding him passed out in the back of his car. Concerned for her friend, Cassie offered to drive him home, despite her lack of driving experience or a drivers license. Unfortunately, they were in a car accident, in which both Cassie and Daniel were injured. The two were rushed to hospital with no memory of the crash.
It was believed that Daniel had been driving drunk, resulting in possibly facing several years' jail time for his culpability in the car accident. Overcome with grief over his part in hurting Cassie, he became distraught and encountered the wrath of the Newman family. While in the hospital, Cassie began having dreams that jogged her memory, revealing that she was the driver of the car, rather than Daniel. In response, she was determined to go tell Daniel. Although critically ill, she pulled out her I.V. and staggered out of the hospital to look for him.
When Cassie found Daniel, he was at Crimson Lights Coffee House with his girlfriend, Lily Winters
, portrayed by Christel Khalil
. Cassie stumbled in the door, delirious with fever and barely able to speak. While the barista
called for an ambulance, Cassie kept muttering that she needed to tell Daniel something important, but he told her that whatever she had to say could wait, because she needed to get back to the hospital. Just as Cassie almost got the words out, Nick rushed in and saw his daughter. He pulled Cassie into his arms, over her protests. Before she could tell them all the truth, she collapsed in her father's arms and was rushed back to hospital.
After returning to the hospital, the doctors reported that Cassie had taken a turn for the worst, with infection ravaging through her brain. She was not responding to the antibiotics. Cassie's condition was grave, and her doctors suggested that she be given some time alone with her parents. While her family held vigil at her bedside, Cassie shared her love with her parents, grandparents, and younger brother, Noah.
Sharon begged her daughter not to give up. Cassie asked her parents not to leave the room. Sharon explains to her that the doctors have done everything they could and that it's now up to her to hold on. As Sharon cradled Cassie, she reminisced about her daughter's life over the years. Nick remembered the first time she came into his life and tells Cassie that he has cherished every moment.
Cassie turned to her mother and told her that some day she will have another little girl. Sharon thanks her for all she's given to the family and how she's blessed her life and brought her joy. Cassie then quietly whispered in her father's ear, presumably revealing the partial truth about the accident. For a fleeting moment, he has a look of surprise on his face. Cassie tells her parents she's tired and needs to sleep. Her father begins singing "Lullaby and Goodnight". He begins sobbing, unable to finish the song. Both Sharon and Nick were crying, as a montage ran, encompassing various moments in Cassie's life. Cassie is slowly slipping away. Sharon looked on as the monitor flatlines. Sadly, on May 24, 2005, Cassie succumbed to her injuries.
This storyline earned the show a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team
. The death of Cassie Newman is rated Number 41 in the list of "The 100 Most Memorable Moments In Soap History", both recognitions by Soaps Hunks.
Following Cassie's death, Nick was very angry and obsessed with killing Daniel, blaming him for Cassie's death. Daniel was on the run with his girlfriend, Lily, in order to escape Nick's wrath. Daniel is caught and arrested. Later, he was released after Nick and Sharon handed over evidence to exonerate him from charges.
of their family loss, by late 2005, Nick had an affair with Daniel's mother, Phyllis
, portrayed by Michelle Stafford
. Sharon became suspicious after discovering clues that led her to uncover the truth of Nick and Phyllis' on-going affair. She confronted Nick about his relationship with Phyllis and asked for a divorce. After a discussion with Nick, they chose instead to legally separate, when he expressed his desire to save their marriage.
At the same time, Sharon went on a business trip with Brad Carlton
, portrayed by Don Diamont
, who was married to Nick's sister, Victoria
, portrayed by Amelia Heinle
. During their trip, Brad and Sharon became very close and began a brief affair of their own. However, when all was said and done, Brad decided to concentrate on his marriage to Victoria, while Sharon chose to honor her marriage vows to Nick.
Shortly thereafter, Phyllis discovered that she was pregnant. Paternity tests revealed that Nick, rather than Jack, was the father of Phyllis' baby. Devastated, Sharon filed for divorce, telling Nick to go and be with Phyllis.
Nick and Sharon divorced, sharing joint custody of Noah. Sharon received their house in the settlement, while Nick and Phyllis moved into the tack house on the Newman Ranch, so Nick could be close to his son.
Following Sharon's divorce from Nick and breakup with Brad, she would often commiserate with Jack Abbott, as like-injured parties by Phyllis and Nick's affair. Sharon began to rely more and more on Jack for support and the two became lovers. Sharon enjoyed her relationship with Jack and was impressed with the way Jack interacted with Noah. Eventually, Sharon and her son moved into the Abbott mansion. In spite of Sharon's relationship with Jack, Phyllis began blackmailing Sharon with proof of her previous affair with Brad, in order to harm her credibility with her friends and family.
In April 2007, Sharon was working at an NVP photo shoot, accompanied by Drucilla Winters, who was portrayed by Victoria Rowell
, and their mutual enemy Phyllis. Sharon told Drucilla that Phyllis was blackmailing her over her affair with Brad Carlton
. At that time, Phyllis threatened to reveal Sharon's affair with Brad to their friends and family. Sharon and Phyllis were standing on the edge of a cliff and began fighting over a phone that Phyllis was threatening to use. When Dru reached out for the phone in an effort to help Sharon, a brief struggle ensued, causing Sharon and Drucilla to lose their balance and fall backward.
After Sharon fell over the cliff, the bystanders found her hanging onto the edge for dear life. Phyllis tried to save her, but she lost her grip, causing both of them to fall into the river along with Drucilla. Search and rescue
combed the area and found Sharon's lifeless body. Fortunately, she was revived and lived. Sharon and Phyllis both survived the fall, but Dru was never found. Rescue personnel only find the remains of Drucilla's jacket. Her body was never recovered. Dru was presumed dead, either to have frozen to death or fatally injured on the rocks below and swept away by the current.
Following Sharon's close brush with death, she grew closer to Jack. He was a source of emotional and physical comfort. At the same time, Jack was running for the Wisconsin State Senate. Appearances were everything. In response to public demand and constituency concerns, Jack and Sharon were married on April 23, 2007, in an effort to boost his image with the voters. They were married at the ranch, with Noah serving as best man. Phyllis and Nick were legally wed just one week later, on May 1, 2007.
The news devastated the citizens of Genoa City. The family gathered at the Newman Ranch, along with Jack, awaiting news and updates of the search and rescue team, to no avail. It was suggested that the jet might have been sabotaged. As the family was grieving and looking for answers, Sharon surprised everyone when she casually walked in on the Newmans and Jack, unaware that she had been presumed dead. She was just as shocked to hear that the mere act of taking another flight had saved her life, and she was devastated that Nick was missing and presumed dead.
Nick eventually turned up lost in the woods, and shortly thereafter, returned to Genoa City and his family. However, Nick had no memory of the previous two years of his life, including his marriage to Phyllis and their baby, Summer. He also believed that Cassie was still alive. Remembering only his love for Sharon, Nick tried to win her back, even though she was married to Jack.
Of all the memories that Nick had of Phyllis, none indicated any feelings for her other than contempt. His reported relationship with her was puzzling. That said, he began seeing her and exploring his feelings. When Noah started acting out with Sharon, Nick agreed to move back in with Phyllis on the Newman Ranch, so Noah could live with them. While he continued to experience partial memory loss, it did not take long for him to fall in love with Phyllis, while continuing to assert his love for Sharon.
As Victor predicted, the first edition of Restless Style did not do as well as expected. In response, the second issue had a hipper cover, featuring singer Katy Perry
.
With the support of her husband, Victor Newman, Adrian Korbel was hired to write an article on Sabrina Costelana and the Newman Gallery for the third issue. Finding the final draft a bit boring, Jack did some further research and turned Adrian's article into a scandalous one. While the scandalous nature of the article was troubling to Victor and Sabrina, as well as the other principal partners of the magazine, the issue was a tremendous success, selling into a fourth printing.
In spite of the magazine's success, there were struggles in the boardroom regarding vision and focus. Jack, supported by Sharon, preferred to write articles that tended to be sensationalistic, leaning toward tabloid journalism. At the same time, Nick's vision was diametrically opposed, preferring to remain neutral and objective, leaning more toward responsible journalism. Sharon found it hard to work with Phyllis always disagreeing with her. Additionally, Sharon's marriage to Jack suffered, as they began to drift apart.
In the end, Jack's aggressive, exploitative business style, combined with Sharon's undying support, was making it difficult for the two couples to continue to work together at Restless Style, so they tossed a coin to determine who would maintain ownership of the magazine. Jack and Sharon won, leaving Nick and Phyllis to either buy them out or take the same price to leave.
Knowing that Nick did not have the funds to purchase the magazine from Jack, Sharon went to Victor and asked him to rehire Nick at Newman Enterprises. Surprising everybody, Victor gave Nick a line of credit for the buyout, rather than bringing him back on board at Newman. This left Nick and Phyllis as the sole owners of Restless Style.
Restructuring the magazine, Nick and Phyllis realized that they lacked executive staff with networking expertise in the fashion industry. After Nikki presented some key ideas to move the magazine forward, they brought her on as their interim Editor-in-Chief.
Nikki worked on the inaugural cover issue of the magazine, while Phyllis focused on writing the "Letter from the Editor" section that announced the changed in ownership of the magazine. She avoided the urge to trash Jack and Sharon, choosing to be respectful. However, after Nick spent a little too much time with Sharon resolving a problem with Noah, she revised the article to one that presented their former partners in a negative light. Bother Phyllis and Jack rightfully frustrated, when Nick's first act as adviser to Newman Enterprises was to rehire Sharon as their Beauty of Nature spokesperson.
In October, Nick and Sharon unexpectedly met in Paris where they kissed, unknowingly observed by Phyllis. While Sharon and Jack continue to drift apart, Phyllis became obsessed with keeping Sharon away from Nick.
Jack and Sharon continued drifting apart, while their marital problems escalated. Their primary difficulties involved Jack's unending desire to get even with Victor for all the professional takeovers, slights, and roadblocks, as well as personal attacks against him and his family. When Sharon discovered that Jack had fabricated evidence against Victor and framed him for murder, she finally left him and moved into the Genoa City Athletic Club. They were divorced on April 10, 2009.
quickly began a short affair of their own too.
By Spring, Nick and Sharon ran into each other at the Abbott cabin and made love again, after she confessed her love for him. Later on, Sharon realized that she was pregnant with Nick's child. With this news, they Nick and Sharon happily reunite. However in July, Nick and Phyllis' daughter, Summer, nearly died. In an effort to encourage Nick to go and be with Phyllis, Sharon lied and told Jack that he was her child's father, rather than Nick. Eventually, Nick found out the truth, remaining loyal to Phyllis, staying with her and Summer.
Nicknames the unborn baby "Faith". After Experiencing Kleptomania, Sharon is admitted to a psychiatric ward, where her ex sister in-law Ashley Abbott
is also staying. When Sharon goes into premature labor, she delivers the baby, and goes unconscious. Her doctor, Dr. Taylor, takes the baby into the hall for assistance, but Adam Newman kidnaps her and gives her to Ashley (Because Adam made Ashley think she was pregnant; after he caused her to miscarry her baby Faith). When taken to hospital, Sharon is told her baby died due to Birth Defects. Sharon dealt with her loss, receiving Sympathy from even Phyllis, her rival. Ashley does not know that Faith is Sharon's daughter, and she will now raise her as her own. Sharon and Adam become friends, and share their secrets. This relationship eventually turns romantic, much to the dismay of Jack and Nick who still have feelings for Sharon. Sharon also moves in Brad's old house. Sharon and Adam make love later, and Nick walks in the door confused and furious. despite everyone telling her Adam cannot be trusted, Sharon and Adam elope. While on their way back to Genoa City, the Newman jet hits turbulence and goes down. It is unknown for a brief moment whether or not Adam and Sharon were alive. Sharon was rushed to hospital, but only had a brief concussion, and did not remember when Adam wrote on a piece of paper "Your baby is alive" while the jet was going down. In Early 2010, Phyllis, Nick and Ashley find proof that Adam was making Ashley delirious. Sharon also suspects that her baby is alive as everything that happened that night at the ward did not add up. She confronts Adam who denies knowing anything. Sharon eventually leaves Adam after she knows he is hiding Something.
Sharon, Nick, Phyllis, Billy, and many more confront Adam in the cabin. Sharon turns her back on her husband once the truth is revealed and he escapes. But, Sharon is reunited with her child. He turns up at the masquerade ball but after a huge explosion, his body is found dead from a stab wound to the chest. Sharon is initially a suspect but set free from lack of evidence. It is later discovered that it was in fact not Adam's body in the basement, but the body of Richard Hightower who shared his DNA due to a bone marrow transplant that took place several weeks earlier. On June 3, Phyllis and Sharon are searching through a corn field to find some clue's about Adam trading places with Hightower. While Jack, Nick, Victor and a doctor dig up "Adam's" grave to get his dental records to see if he is the real Adam. While Sharon and Phyllis are searching they find a mask from the ball that Adam or Hightower wore. Victor, Nick, and Jack get caught while re-burying the coffin. While Sharon and Phyllis are talking, a plane flies over them. They split up and the plane begins releasing toxic gas over the corn field. Phyllis takes cover while Sharon runs back towards the cornfield in which she then inhales the wood shavings in her system. While Victor and Jack search for Adam, Phyllis grows increasingly uncomfortable with Sharon's bond with Nick as she begins to realize that Nick will never be completely over her. She walks in on an intimate moment between Nick and Sharon as he strokes Sharon's hair which makes her realize what she's up against. In June 2010, Sharon goes to Brazil to find Adam and bring him back to Genoa City to clear Nick's name. With Victor's help, their plan works and Nick is released from prison. Adam tricks Sharon into coming to the jail to see him, while talking to him she realizes that her feelings for him are still there. She is torn and confused between her feelings for Nick and her feelings for Adam.
In the summer of 2010, Nick's marriage begins to unravel, as he and Phyllis both come to the realization that their marriage has never really stabilized, due to his continuing deep feelings for Sharon and their baby daughter, Faith. Phyllis begins to slowly believe that she will never be able to feel that Nick loves only her and starts to question her desperation in trying to hold on to her marriage, while Nick will always have divided loyalties. They are divorced by September 2010, with Nick now working his hardest to protect Sharon and Faith from Adam.
Sharon had her marriage to Adam annulled. In August 2010, Sharon accidentally shoots Adam when he fails to identify himself while breaking into the Abbott Cabin. Adam survived; but his wife Skye constantly accused Sharon of trying to kill her husband. Adam never pays for his sins in the end. After the opening of Gloworm, Sharon & Adam kiss, but Sharon, Nick & Faith constantly went on outings/dates together. Whether Nick and Sharon reunite is uncertain.
Sharon is grateful towards Adam for saving Faith during a storm that hit Genoa City. While seeking shelter in a barn, the beams dropped down and Adam huddled his body around Faith, shielding her and injuring himself.
On Halloween, Sharon stopped Adam from leaving town, which indicates she still truly cares about him even though she still hates him for what he has done before in the past. Upon learning that Nick's marriage to Phyllis is officially divorced, Sharon & Nick's relationship re-intensifies and they make love.
Nick proposed marriage on in mid November. At first Sharon turned him down, but after he presents her with their first engagement ring from over 15 years ago, she accepted. Doubts about her engagement to Nick start to enter Sharon's mind as once again she finds herself experiencing Kleptomania
. Whether she can deal with it better than she did the first time, it has yet to be seen. Also, Adam continues to be a problem for Sharon because it is his & her lingering feelings for him that she is not sure if she should move forward with both her life & with Nick.
are trying to track her down and Phyllis
was there looking for a story for Restless Style. Sharon and Adam get together at New Orleans and make love. Nick sees Sharon with Adam and breaks up with her. Adam is arrested for the "murder" of his wife Skye. Sharon opts to help Adam and becomes the town reject due to this, including getting hate from Jack and her own son. Adam and Sharon team up with Phyllis to get information (So she can report it into her magazine). Sharon with some help of Adam began to trace Skye beginning with Skye's rare perfume. Sharon discovers that someone bought it in Hawaii recently. Believing Skye is there, Sharon leaves for Hawaii looking for Skye. Victor followed her. Sharon sees Skye at a hike near a Volcano in Hawaii; Victor is following close behind and witnesses everything. After argument, Skye falls off the Volcanic cliff despite Sharon's attempt to save her and take a picture of her.
When Sharon returns from Hawaii she sees Jack
and Phyllis
at the airport. Jack decides to follow up on Sharon's claims of seeing Skye; and travels to Hawaii himself. Sharon was arrested for the murder of Skye after a recording of the two fighting near the Volcano is leaked. She was charged with a $5,000,000 bail and a twenty years to life prison sentence with no parole if she could not come up with the money. Victor, choosing to remain anonymous, puts up the $500,000 (10% of her bail) releasing Sharon from jail. Sharon ends up being found guilty of murder after the trial. After the decision is made, Sharon breaks free from jail via a Courthouse bathroom. Out on the run, Adam goes before the public calling for Sharon's return and heads to St. Martin with Nick
and Phyllis supposedly looking for Sharon. Sharon turns to her mother for help, but she refuses. Sharon is carjacked and has all of her jewelry taken as well. The carjackers end up in an accident and they die. However, no one knows that she was carjacked and it is believed (since Sharon's fake ID was found in the car), that the dead corpse is that of Sharon. Since the body was burned, it is clearly based on appearance. Back in Genoa City, everyone thinks that Sharon is dead and her funeral was held. As everyone in Genoa City mourns the loss of Sharon, She lives peacefully with Sam Gibson in New Mexico under the alias of "Sherry". Sam, a Vet, takes her in despite Sharon hiding her identity. Sharon and Sam develop feelings for one another and eventually sleep with each other. Sharon rejects offers for phone calls home and doesn't do anything to leave a trace of her location.
. He plies Heather with alcohol and lures her up to his room, where her brother Ricky Williams is waiting with a camera and photographs them kissing. Ricky gives the photos to Sharon's lawyer, Avery Bailey Clark, who plans to use them to obtain a mistrial and work on a new defense. Meanwhile, Ronan Malloy is given a box of small items found at the scene of the murder of Diane Jenkins
. One of the pieces of evidence found is the memory card that Adam tossed into the river months earlier. Soon Phyllis Summers realizes that is the memory card that Adam claimed he never had. With this, Sharon is set free from Jail and doesn't have to serve the time she had to for escaping (as it had already been served during her months in jail). She goes to New Mexico with Faith to visit Sam.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
on the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
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...
.
The character made her debut on March 28, 1994. Sharon was played briefly by Monica Potter
Monica Potter
Monica Potter is an American film and television actress.-Early life:Potter, one of four daughters, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to an Irish American Roman Catholic family. Her father, Paul Brokaw, was the inventor of the first flame-resistant car wax, and her mother, Nancy, was a secretary....
and followed by Heidi Mark
Heidi Mark
Heidi Mark is an American model and actress. Heidi is of Finnish origin. Her father was born in Helsinki, Finland. She worked at her father's law office and Hooters. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in July 1995. Prior to being a Playmate, she appeared on the cover of April...
, before Sharon Case
Sharon Case
Sharon Case is an American actress. She is known for her roles on daytime television soap operas. Her most well-known role has been on CBS Daytime Television's The Young and the Restless. She has portrayed the role of Sharon Newman since August 1994...
began portraying the character on a regular basis in August of the same year. Case has held the role of Sharon Newman since 1994.
The character of Sharon Collins was created by William J. Bell
William J. Bell
William J. Bell was the creator and executive producer of the soap operas The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful.-Personal life:...
, the creator and executive producer of The Young and the Restless. Sharon was planned as a love interest for the newly SORASed
Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome
Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome is a term used to describe the practice of accelerating the age of a television character in conflict with the timeline of a series and/or the real-world progression of time. Characters unseen on screen for a time might reappear portrayed by an actor several years...
Nicholas "Nick" 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...
, portrayed by Joshua Morrow
Joshua Morrow
Joshua Jacob Morrow is an American actor and former pop singer who plays the role of Nicholas Newman on The Young and the Restless.-Private life:In 2001, Joshua married his longtime girlfriend, Tobe Keeney...
. Ten-year-old Nick had been sent away to a Swiss boarding school in early 1994, returning that fall as a young teen with raging hormones. When he met Sharon, he decided to remain in Genoa City, rather than return to school abroad. Sharon was stated to be 18 years old when she arrived in Genoa City, with statements made that she was one year older than Nick, indicating that Nick had aged about seven years.
The characters of Nick and Sharon were married in 1996. Sharon's emotionally angsty storylines generally focus on her children and her romantic relationships. She has been separated and divorced from Nick, and been in several romantic relationships, as well as marriages to Jack Abbott and Adam Newman
Adam Wilson (The Young and the Restless)
Victor Adam Newman, Jr. , better known by simply Adam Newman, is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless...
. Recently, Sharon was assumed dead following an escape from prison where she had been sentenced after being falsely accused of the murder of Skye Lochart. In July 2011, police found her alive in New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
and she was brought back to Genoa City and sentenced to 30 years in prison. However, on November 2, 2011, it was finally revealed that Sharon was innocent the entire time, and she is set free.
Sharon has given birth to four children. Her firstborn child was Cassidy "Cassie" Newman
Cassie Newman
Cassidy Ann "Cassie" Newman was a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless.Camryn Grimes originated the role on March 19, 1997 until the character's death on May 24, 2005, and appearing in a few separate occasions since 2005 as a ghost.Camryn's performances made her...
, daughter of Sharon and Frank Barritt. Cassie died at age 14, as the result of a car accident. Sharon and Nick's son, Noah
Noah Newman
Noah Christian Newman is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless.He is the eldest biological child of supercouple Nicholas Newman and Sharon Collins , born onscreen on March 3, 1997. The role was played by a series of infant and toddler actors during the character's...
, was born in 1997. Sharon gave birth to a stillborn, unnamed daughter in 2001. Faith Cassidy Newman was born in 2009; and was briefly thought to be dead until March 2010, when it was revealed that Adam Newman switched her with 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...
's miscarried child. Her living children are Noah and Faith.
Background
Sharon was born in 1975. She grew up in Madison, Wisconsin with her mother, Doris (Karen HenselKaren Hensel
Karen Hensel is an American actress. Karen is perhaps best known for the recurring role of Doris Collins, the mother of Sharon Newman, on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless...
). They lived with modest means after Sharon's father abandoned them when she was a young child. While Sharon's childhood and youth took place off-screen, prior to the introduction of the character, stories of her childhood have been told in flashbacks
Flashback (narrative)
Flashback is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached. Flashbacks are often used to recount events that happened before the story’s primary sequence of events or to fill in crucial backstory...
.
During her early years of high school, Sharon was a typical teenager, filled with angst and rebellion of authority. At one point, Sharon ran off to join her best friend Grace Turner
Grace Turner
Grace Turner is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. She was originated by Josie Davis from June 1996 to February 25, 1997. She was then replaced by Jennifer Gareis from February 26, 1997 to November 22, 1999...
, portrayed by Josie Davis
Josie Davis
Josie Rebecca Davis is an American actress and producer, best known for her role as Sarah Powell in the television sitcom Charles in Charge from 1987 to 1990.-Television work:...
, and Frank Barritt, Sharon's boyfriend. Out of concern, Doris went out during a dangerous snowstorm to search for her daughter and was injured in a car accident, resulting in paralysis
Paralysis
Paralysis is loss of muscle function for one or more muscles. Paralysis can be accompanied by a loss of feeling in the affected area if there is sensory damage as well as motor. A study conducted by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, suggests that about 1 in 50 people have been diagnosed...
, which leaves Doris in a wheelchair.
At 16 , Sharon became pregnant with Frank's child. She gave the child up for adoption to a woman named Alice Johnson, portrayed by Tamara Clatterbuck. Alice named the little girl, Cassidy, or "Cassie".
In 1994, Sharon moved to Genoa City to get a fresh start. She began working two part-time jobs to help support her mother and pay for school. Back in Madison, Sharon had been dating, Matt Clark, who was initially portrayed by Eddie Cibrian
Eddie Cibrian
Edward Carl "Eddie" Cibrian is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Cole Deschanel on Sunset Beach, Jesse Cardoza in CSI: Miami, Jimmy Doherty on Third Watch and Russell Varon in Invasion.-Early life and career:...
, and later by Rick Hearst
Rick Hearst
Rick Hearst is an American actor, best known for roles in US soap operas.-Personal life:Born in Queens, New York in 1965 and raised in Dallas, Texas....
. However, she met Nick Newman, and they quickly began a relationship, much to the dismay of Matt.
Nick's mother Nikki Newman, portrayed by Melody Thomas Scott
Melody Thomas Scott
Melody Thomas Scott is an American actress, best known for playing Nikki Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless since 1979.-Early Training:Melody Thomas Scott has been a working actress since the age of three...
, was also not in favor of the relationship. She felt that Sharon was simply using Nick and the Newman name to improve her financial and social station. Surviving the challenges of youth and family opposition, Sharon and Nick were married in 1996.
Casting
Sharon Collins' original character outline was written by William J. Bell.- Monica Potter was initially cast in the role on a recurring basis in February 1994, first appearing on March 28, 1994.
- Heidi Mark was offered a contract and remained in the role for about four months.
- Sharon Case began portraying the character on a recurring basis on September 7, 1994. She remained on a recurrent basis through early 1995, when she was offered a contract. While Case thought she would only be on Y&R for six months at the most, she has been in Genoa City for over 16 years, tackling such dramatic tales as the rape and death of Sharon's teenage daughter, Cassie.
Reception
In 1999, Case was honored with a Daytime Emmy for her portrayal of Sharon. She has subsequently received five additional nominations for her work on Y&R. Case was absent from the show between February 17 and May 1, 2003, when she was in contract negotiations. , Case has appeared in over 1000 episodes of the daytime drama, and is considered one of the core characters of the series.After being nominated in 1996 and 1997 for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress, Case picked up an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 1999, a category for which she was also nominated in 2000 and 2004.
The pairing of Nick and Sharon, has been a strong, gaining many fans since their initial introduction. They are popularly referred to by the portmanteau Shick for Sharon and Nick on Internet message boards and Soap Opera magazines.
The Nick
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...
/Sharon/Phyllis
Phyllis Summers Newman
Phyllis Summers Newman is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Phyllis has been portrayed by actress Michelle Stafford from the week of October 17–21, 1994 to February 17, 1997 and from July 13, 2000 to the present. From March 21, 1997 to February 22, 1999, the...
love triangle, which occurred during 2006–2010, was also well received. The love triangle was popular and successful by critics who felt that it changed Nick and Sharon's romance after the death of their daughter, Cassie; Soap Opera Digest
Soap Opera Digest
Soap Opera Digest is a weekly magazine covering American daytime soap operas. It features onscreen and offscreen news about the series, interviews with and articles about performers, storyline summaries and analysis, and related promotional information...
deemed it "Best Love Triangle".
In 2009, Sharon began an affair with 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...
and Nick
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...
. Departing from character, she also experienced kleptomania
Kleptomania
Kleptomania is an irresistible urge to steal items of trivial value. People with this disorder are compelled to steal things, generally, but not limited to, objects of little or no significant value, such as pens, paper clips, paper and tape...
and began stealing items from her friends. During an interview with portrayer, Sharon Case, it was stated that the character of Sharon "is acting so bizarre!"
Sharon is one of the most popular characters on The Young and The Restless although in recent years critics and fan alike have been questing her judgment about Adam and lack of maturity.
Introduction of the character
In 1994, Sharon arrives in Genoa City and begins attending the local high school. Prior to moving to town, she had been dating bad boy, Matt Clark, portrayed by Eddie CibrianEddie Cibrian
Edward Carl "Eddie" Cibrian is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Cole Deschanel on Sunset Beach, Jesse Cardoza in CSI: Miami, Jimmy Doherty on Third Watch and Russell Varon in Invasion.-Early life and career:...
, who is less than happy that she left him behind in Madison.
In the beginning of their senior year of high school, Nick is dating Sharon's best friend, Amy Wilson. The role was originated by Robin Scott, but quickly recast with Julianne Morris
Julianne Morris
Julianne Morris is an American actress.She first reached stardom as Amy Wilson on the soap opera The Young and the Restless from November 18, 1994 to May 22, 1996....
portraying Amy Wilson.
Although Nick is dating Amy, when he meets Sharon, it is love at first sight. However, since Sharon states that she is dating Matt Clark, Nick chooses to stay in his relationship with Amy. While the choice is chivalrous, Nick is drawn toward Sharon and makes use of every opportunity to get to know her better.
In 1995, through a series of romantic gestures, Nick ends up winning Sharon's heart from Matt. In return, Matt begins harassing and stalking Nick and Sharon. Eventually, Nick and Matt get into a physical fight, with Matt prevailing. In response, Nick's father, Victor
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...
, teaches his son to box, much to Matt's chagrin.
Overcome with anger and animosity, Matt chooses to get even with Sharon, trapping her in his car and raping her. Sharon tells no one, outside of a therapist that is helping her work through the trauma. When Amy begins dating Matt, Sharon tells her that he raped her. However, Matt convinces Amy that Sharon is lying.
When Nick and Sharon are crowned the queen and king of their high school dance, rather than Matt and Amy, Matt takes revenge. While Nick believes that Sharon is a virginal "good girl", Matt plans to disclose the truth about Sharon's past pregnancy, which results in giving her first-born child up for adoption. Nick does not believe him, and they get into a bad fight, with both experiencing serious injuries. In response, while clearing the air, Sharon admits to Nick that Matt is telling the truth. Much to Matt's dismay, rather than breaking up the couple, Nick forgives Sharon's duplicity and proposes marriage.
During Nick's courtship with Sharon, his mother and father are separated, with Nick living with his mother. Nikki strongly objects to Nick's relationship with Sharon, believing her to be a gold-digger. Nick and his mother are often fighting over Sharon, so Nick ends up moving in with his father. Unlike Nikki, Victor adores Sharon and even pays for an operation for her mother which she can not afford.
Nick and Sharon's Marriage
When Nick proposed to Sharon, she readily accepted. Sharon, feeling safe with Nick, and not wanting any secrets between them, admitted that Matt had raped her. Overcome with rage and anger, Nick raced to Matt's apartment only to find him on the floor in a pool of blood from a gunshot wound. The police arrested Nick, for attempted murder. At the time, Nick thought that Sharon tried to kill Matt. When Matt regained consciousness, he told the police that Nick tried to kill him. On October 30, 1995, as Nick's trial started, he and Sharon secretly eloped. On the night of their wedding they made love for the first time.
When the trial concluded, Nick was found guilty of attempted murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Sharon and the Newman family were devastated. Victor tracked down Amy, Matt's former girlfriend, who was suffering from serious emotional trauma. Victor was convinced that Amy's mental breakdown was caused by something that happened the night that Matt was shot.
Victor brought Amy back to recover from her breakdown, and hopefully help uncover the truth of what happened the night that Matt was shot. Upon seeing her former boyfriend, Amy's memories came rushing back, and she remembered that she had shot Matt, after he had brutally raped her. As the truth began unraveling around Matt's feet, he fled town.
Nick's name was cleared on January 17, 1996, with the judge dropping all charges and releasing him from jail. In the courtroom, he embraced Sharon and proposed marriage in front of his family. Nick kissed her, then took her by the hand. "Sharon, will you please marry me." Sharon started to cry, and said "Yes". Nick and Sharon were formally married in a small ceremony, one month later, on February 19, 1996.
The storyline introducing Sharon as Nick's new love interest was well-received, earning high ratings in viewership. The story of Sharon's rape, along with the aftermath and display of emotions ranging from fear and devastation of her rape, to joy and elation of her wedding to Nick, earned Sharon Case the first of five Daytime Emmy Award nominations. In 1996 and 1997, she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series has been given every year at the Daytime Emmys since the 12th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony in 1985. The award category was originally called the Outstanding Ingenue in a Drama Series...
, while Y&R's writing team received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team-1970s:1974* Days of our Lives* The Doctors1975* Another World* Days of our Lives* The Young and the Restless1976* The Doctors...
in 1997.
Reunion with Cassie
After insecurities about her marriage to Nick, Sharon stopped using birth control and ended up pregnant. Despite Nick asking her to abort the child insisting that they are not mature enough to raise a child, she goes ahead with the pregnancy. In 1997, Sharon and Nick's son, NoahNoah Newman
Noah Christian Newman is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless.He is the eldest biological child of supercouple Nicholas Newman and Sharon Collins , born onscreen on March 3, 1997. The role was played by a series of infant and toddler actors during the character's...
, was born prematurely and became very ill, not expected to survive. In an effort to ease Sharon's grief, resulting from the expected death of her son, Sharon's friend, Grace, began a search for the child that Sharon gave up at birth, eventually locating her in a nearby town.
Now five years old, Sharon's daughter, Cassie, portrayed by Camryn Grimes
Camryn Grimes
Camryn Elizabeth Grimes is an American actress.-Life and career:Camryn is the daughter of Preston Lee and Heather Grimes. Camryn has six siblings, four sisters and two brothers...
, was adopted by Alice Johnson, portrayed by Tamara Clatterbuck. Alice abandoned Cassie and left her with her elderly mother, Millie, portrayed by Ernestine Mercer. It was here, that Grace eventually discovered the location of Sharon's daughter. Realizing that she was barely able to take care of herself, let alone a young child, Millie allowed Grace to become the guardian of five-year-old Cassie.
Grace returned to Genoa City with the intent to reunite Sharon with her long, lost daughter. When Nick and Sharon's son unexpectedly survived, Grace decided to keep Cassie's identity a secret, choosing instead to raise Cassie as her daughter with her boyfriend, Tony Viscardi, who was portrayed by Nick Scotti
Nick Scotti
Nick Scotti is an American actor, model and singer.Scotti left high school to travel the world for a career in modeling, moving to Japan at age 17 and France at age 19. In the process, he became a popular male model...
. While Grace had stated that she would one day tell Sharon the truth about Cassie's identity, Grace fell in love with the little girl and kept her true identity a secret for over a year.
Although Cassie missed Millie, she grew to think of Tony and Grace as her parents. Grace introduced Cassie to others in Genoa City as her "niece from out of town". After a year, Grace told the truth, that Cassie was actually Sharon's daughter. While Sharon was furious with Grace for keeping the secret, she was ecstatic to have her daughter back. Cassie, on the other hand, was at first devastated and angry at Sharon for giving her up at birth. However, after spending time with the Newman family, Cassie came to think of Nick and Sharon as her parents.
This particular storyline was well-written, earning high ratings in viewership. In 1999, 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...
received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team-1970s:1974* Days of our Lives* The Doctors1975* Another World* Days of our Lives* The Young and the Restless1976* The Doctors...
, while both Sharon Case and Camryn Grimes were honored for their portrayals of Sharon and Cassie respectively. At age ten, Grimes became the youngest person to receive a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series has been given every year at the Daytime Emmys since the 12th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony in 1985. The award category was originally called the Outstanding Ingenue in a Drama Series...
, beating Kimberly McCullough
Kimberly McCullough
Kimberly Anne McCullough is an American actress, dancer, and director. She is best known for her longtime role as Robin Scorpio on the soap opera General Hospital, a role which she originated at the age of 7, playing the character from 1985-1996...
who was honored with the award at age 11.
Marriage problems
Grace TurnerDuring the course of Nick and Sharon's marriage, Grace Turner
Grace Turner
Grace Turner is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. She was originated by Josie Davis from June 1996 to February 25, 1997. She was then replaced by Jennifer Gareis from February 26, 1997 to November 22, 1999...
, returned to Genoa City, either bringing trouble or leaving trouble in her wake. Her goal was generally the same. To claim Nick for herself. However, Nick was not interested, choosing to be faithful to his wife.
In summer 1997, Nick was out partying with friends. Since Sharon was sick and decided to stay home, Grace, now played by Jennifer Gareis
Jennifer Gareis
Jennifer Lynne Gareis is an American actress and former beauty queen.-Private life:She is a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, where she majored in accounting and was an All-American Swimmer, and J.P...
, offered to watch Cassie and Noah, while Nick was gone for the evening. Nick arrived home drunk, mistaking Grace for his wife. Responding willingly to his advances, Nick and Grace made love, with a delusional Nick thinking that he was with Sharon.
The following morning, Nick panicked. He was furious and swore Grace to secrecy. She ended up blackmailing Nick into giving her a job at Newman Enterprises. She constantly tried to get Nick alone so that she could seduce him. Time and again, she would plot for them to be alone together in the office, often late at night. One night, Grace intentionally left her phone number on Nick's desk to be seen by Sharon, who began suspecting that Grace was attracted to Nick.
In the fall of 1998, Sharon was scheduled to go on a business trip with Nick to Denver, but when Noah fell sick, Grace went in her place. Disappointed, drunk, and despondent that Sharon could not make the trip, Nick ended up sleeping with Grace. To Nick's surprise, Sharon showed up the next morning to surprise him. Standing outside the hotel room door, Sharon was stunned to overhear Grace telling Nick that their lovemaking was incredible. Distraught, Sharon rushed into the street and was struck by a car. When Sharon recovered, she refused to forgive Nick for his infidelity, and he moved out.
Matt Clark as Carter Mills
By 2000, Nick and Sharon had rekindled their relationship and appeared to be back on track. They bought Crimson Lights Coffee House to save it from closure and to maintain the place of their courtship. For the most part, Nick and Sharon wanted to have something to work on together.
Matt Clark returned to town as "Carter Mills", with revenge on his mind. Disguised by plastic surgery, he got a job working at Crimson Lights. He became a trusted employee of Crimson Lights. Nick even considered promoting him to manage their next franchise.
Matt, now known as Carter, teamed up with Larry Warton, who was Nick's old cellmate from the time he went to prison for the attempted murder of Matt Clark. Both Warton and Carter were bent on revenge, and together, they planned to frame Nick for dealing drugs. Carter drugged Tricia McNeil and raped her. Rather than turn against him, she helped set up Nick for selling drugs.
One night, Sharon invited Carter to her house for dinner. He arranged for Nick to arrive home very late. While they were alone together, Carter put a date rape drug in Sharon's margarita, which caused her to pass out. Fortunately, Nick arrived home just in time, with Carter on the verge of raping the semi-conscious Sharon. Thinking that Sharon had simply had too much to drink, Nick sent Carter home and helped Sharon to bed.
Thanks to the evidence that Matt and Warton had planted at Crimson Lights, Nick was arrested for drug trafficking and was incarcerated. While Nick was imprisoned, Matt lured Sharon to an isolated cabin, planning to rape her. However, Victor showed up before Matt could harm her. Fearing the wrath of Victor Newman, Matt escaped and jumped into Tricia's waiting car.
Hoping to bring an end to all the treachery, Tricia intentionally drove off a cliff expecting to kill them both. She survived with cuts and bruises, but Carter had severe, life threatening injuries. Nick went to the hospital to face his enemy one last time. As his final dying act of revenge, Carter viciously told Nick that he had raped Sharon on the night that they were drinking margaritas together at the cottage. Then Carter deliberately yanked out his ventilator tube and shoved it in Nick's hand. Carter effectively committed suicide, making it look like Nick had murdered him.
After Nick was released from jail, he lavishly romanced Sharon to help her erase the memories of being tormented by Matt. He wanted to do whatever he could to help her through the post-traumatic stress and acclimate to her surroundings without the threat of being drugged, raped, and terrorized by Matt. He wanted things to get back to "normal".
Months later, Sharon found out that she was pregnant. Both Nick and Sharon feared that Matt could be the father of the child that she was carrying. Nick demanded a paternity test, upsetting Sharon by stating that he did not want anything to do with the baby if he was not the father. Fearing for the child's health, Sharon did not want to have the paternity test prior to birth. She told Nick that she was willing to trust that the child was his, but she was adamant that she would have her baby, regardless of who the biological father turned out to be. While discussing their feelings about the baby, the emotional disagreement escalated into angry, verbal outbursts aimed at one another.
Venting his frustration, Nick knocked over a chair, threw open the door and slammed it shut, as he climbed behind the wheel of his car and sped out of the driveway. Within moments, Nick hit the curb on the side of the road, and the tire of the car exploded. Fearful for Nick, not knowing what the loud noise was, Sharon ran for the door, tripped over the chair, and landed on her stomach.
The baby that Sharon was carrying was delivered prematurely and died shortly after birth. A paternity test confirmed that the baby girl was indeed Nick's daughter. Sharon blamed her husband for their loss. Sharon was unable to forgive him, believing that through his uncontrolled anger and stubbornness, he had killed their unborn child.
Diego Guittierez
In winter 2001, Diego Guittierez
Diego 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:...
came to Genoa City to find out more about his family. The role of Diego was initially portrayed by Diego Serrano
Diego Serrano
Diego Serrano is an American actor.Serrano was born in Quito, Ecuador. He has appeared on The Young and the Restless as Diego Guittierez and the long-running, defunct soap opera, Another World as Tomas Rivera . In 2000, he starred alongside star Jennifer Love Hewitt on the Fox television series...
, but in April 2002, Greg Vaughan
Greg Vaughan
James Gregory Vaughan, Jr is an American actor.-Personal life:Vaughan is the son of James Gregory Vaughan, Sr., and Barbara Ann Alt. Greg has Greek & Native American ancestry....
took over the role. Diego struggled to get around town at first, but eventually found work at Crimson Lights Coffee House, which was owned by Nick and Sharon. To help Diego out, they also gave him a job working on the Newman family ranch.
By this time, Nick and Sharon had rekindled their relationship and were trying to work at their marriage. However, Diego regularly found himself comforting Sharon, who was having trouble working through her various issues involving insecurity and loss of her child. Her marriage to Nick suffered when she caught him with Grace, and later, when they lost their baby, in 2001. Sharon wanted something more than just comfort from Diego, but he refused to respond to her, preferring to remain her friend and nothing more. However, one night, Diego and Sharon succumbed to the moment and made love. They were both overcome with guilt, knowing that Nick was committed to working on his marriage to Sharon.
Sharon's affair with Diego Guittierez was primarily, a delayed, emotional reaction to Nick's affair with Grace. After sleeping with Diego, Sharon admitted the affair to Nick, who was devastated and responded by physically attacking Diego. Sharon was overcome with guilt and remorse, wanting her marriage to work out. Nick chose to end his marriage to Sharon. Although Sharon tried to reach out to Nick, he shut himself off to her, expressing disinterest in rekindling their relationship.
After much soul-searching, Nick realized that he loved Sharon and wanted to give his marriage another chance. He bought some flowers and took them to her house, as a gesture of love and forgiveness. When he arrived at the cottage, Sharon was locked in an embrace and kissing his father, Victor.
When the truth of the infidelity with her father-in-law surfaced, Sharon was ashamed of herself. When the stress of her life became too much for her to bear, she chose to leave Genoa City for a few months. The absence of Sharon in the storyline was made to accommodate the show's writers, when contract talks with Sharon's portrayer stalled.
Cameron Kirsten
In mid-January 2003, Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television, Inc. is an American and global television production/distribution subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In turn, the latter is part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.-Background:...
was unable to reach an agreement in contract talks with Sharon Case. Rather than recast the character or kill the character off, the show executives opted to have Sharon remain out of sight, until a new deal could be ironed out. Fortunately, for CBS and the fans, Case reached a deal with the show near the end of February.
When the character of Sharon returned from her retreat, both her mother-in-law, Nikki, and her daughter, Cassie were very upset with her for leaving. While Nick was not altogether pleased, he quickly forgave her. Eventually, Nick and Sharon reconciled and united as a happy family again.
After kissing Victor, Sharon ran away to Denver to "find herself". While in a bar, she met Cameron Kirsten
Cameron Kirsten
Cameron Kirsten is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera, The Young and the Restless played on recurring status by American actor Linden Ashby from November 2003 to August 2004.-Character history:...
, portrayed by Linden Ashby
Linden Ashby
Clarence Linden Garnett Ashby III , best known as Linden Ashby, is an American actor and martial artist.-Early life:...
. He instantly fell in love with her. He followed her up to her motel room, romancing her, offering flowers and wine. Sharon succumbed to his advances, and they made love. One night, immediately after their love making, Cameron started beating her, hitting in the face and trying to suffocate her with a pillow. Before he could finish the beating, he fell asleep, and Sharon escaped. Rather than leave Denver and come directly home, Sharon remained out of town, primarily waiting for her wounds to heal, so that her abuse would not be detected by others.
In November, Cameron showed up in Genoa City, presumably to enter into a business deal with Nick. Cameron was intent on being with Sharon at any cost. He used their affair to continue controlling Sharon through his taunts and threats. In an effort to gain the upper hand, Cameron threatened to reveal their sexual past to Nick, unless Sharon would meet him at a motel. When she got to the motel, Cameron attempted to rape Sharon. In response, Sharon threw a bottle at his head, leaving him unconscious and unresponsive.
Believing that she had killed him, a terrified Sharon moved his body and left it behind a dumpster. Before long, his body was covered with snow. Cameron was declared missing by the police, while Sharon was haunted by Cameron's ghost. The only person that Sharon confided in during this time was her mother-in-law, Nikki.
When news media reported that a body had been discovered in the sewer, Sharon believed that it was most likely Cameron's body, but it was actually the body of Cassie's biological father, Frank. Cameron was revealed to be alive and well, having murdered Frank to make it look like he died. Grace Turner was in town again, and it was revealed that she was a part of Cameron's plan to get revenge on Sharon.
As part of his plan to be with Sharon and claim her as his own, Cameron took Sharon on a plane and held her hostage. Fortunately, Nick was hot on his trail, and showed up exploding in a fight where the three of them managed to get into parachutes and proceeded to jump out of the plane. Nick and Sharon landed safely, but Cameron landed in a tree, breaking his leg. Nick finally got the upper hand, and Cameron was forced to turn himself in. After all was said and done, with Cameron behind bars, Nick and Sharon resumed their relationship once again.
Victor Newman
Sharon had a short lived romance with Nick Newmans father Victor Newman. Victor has always been on Sharons side and will go to great lenghts to help her.
Cassie's death
In spring 2005, at the age of 14 years, Cassie developed a crush on older boy, Daniel Romalotti, portrayed by Michael GraziadeiMichael Graziadei
Michael Graziadei is an American actor best known for his role as Daniel Romalotti on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. He is only 14 years younger than Michelle Stafford, who plays the role of his mother Phyllis on the show. Graziadei is of Italian and Lithuanian heritage...
. As she began to expand her circle of friends and attracting the opposite sex, she also began acting out in rebellion by wearing makeup and clothing considered extreme by her parents. She was often grounded for one infraction or another, generally for breaking curfew or being less than truthful about where she had been.
On Friday, April 29, Cassie asked permission to go out to dinner and attend a movie with a group of her friends. While Nick and Sharon were initially hesitant, they relented and allowed Cassie to spend the evening with her friends, unaware that Cassie's true intentions were to attend a big high school party, where she hoped to gain the attention of her crush, Daniel.
During the party, Daniel became drunk, with Cassie finding him passed out in the back of his car. Concerned for her friend, Cassie offered to drive him home, despite her lack of driving experience or a drivers license. Unfortunately, they were in a car accident, in which both Cassie and Daniel were injured. The two were rushed to hospital with no memory of the crash.
It was believed that Daniel had been driving drunk, resulting in possibly facing several years' jail time for his culpability in the car accident. Overcome with grief over his part in hurting Cassie, he became distraught and encountered the wrath of the Newman family. While in the hospital, Cassie began having dreams that jogged her memory, revealing that she was the driver of the car, rather than Daniel. In response, she was determined to go tell Daniel. Although critically ill, she pulled out her I.V. and staggered out of the hospital to look for him.
When Cassie found Daniel, he was at Crimson Lights Coffee House with his girlfriend, Lily Winters
Lily Winters
Lily Winters Ashby is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Starting off as a rebellious yet naive teenager, the character became one of the series' popular heroines. Stories centered around Lily included the mystery of her paternity and social issue...
, portrayed by Christel Khalil
Christel Khalil
Christel Adnana Khalil is an American actress.-Career:Khalil is best known for her role as Lily Ashby on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. She played the role from August 15, 2002 until September 2, 2005. Soon after she left the soap, Khalil was replaced by Davetta Sherwood...
. Cassie stumbled in the door, delirious with fever and barely able to speak. While the barista
Barista
A barista is a person, usually a coffee-house employee, who prepares and serves espresso-based coffee drinks.- Application of the title :...
called for an ambulance, Cassie kept muttering that she needed to tell Daniel something important, but he told her that whatever she had to say could wait, because she needed to get back to the hospital. Just as Cassie almost got the words out, Nick rushed in and saw his daughter. He pulled Cassie into his arms, over her protests. Before she could tell them all the truth, she collapsed in her father's arms and was rushed back to hospital.
After returning to the hospital, the doctors reported that Cassie had taken a turn for the worst, with infection ravaging through her brain. She was not responding to the antibiotics. Cassie's condition was grave, and her doctors suggested that she be given some time alone with her parents. While her family held vigil at her bedside, Cassie shared her love with her parents, grandparents, and younger brother, Noah.
Sharon begged her daughter not to give up. Cassie asked her parents not to leave the room. Sharon explains to her that the doctors have done everything they could and that it's now up to her to hold on. As Sharon cradled Cassie, she reminisced about her daughter's life over the years. Nick remembered the first time she came into his life and tells Cassie that he has cherished every moment.
Cassie turned to her mother and told her that some day she will have another little girl. Sharon thanks her for all she's given to the family and how she's blessed her life and brought her joy. Cassie then quietly whispered in her father's ear, presumably revealing the partial truth about the accident. For a fleeting moment, he has a look of surprise on his face. Cassie tells her parents she's tired and needs to sleep. Her father begins singing "Lullaby and Goodnight". He begins sobbing, unable to finish the song. Both Sharon and Nick were crying, as a montage ran, encompassing various moments in Cassie's life. Cassie is slowly slipping away. Sharon looked on as the monitor flatlines. Sadly, on May 24, 2005, Cassie succumbed to her injuries.
This storyline earned the show a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team-2011, 38th Daytime Emmy Awards:*As the World Turns: Jean Passanante*The Bold and the Beautiful: Bradley Bell*Days of our Lives: Dena Higley...
. The death of Cassie Newman is rated Number 41 in the list of "The 100 Most Memorable Moments In Soap History", both recognitions by Soaps Hunks.
Following Cassie's death, Nick was very angry and obsessed with killing Daniel, blaming him for Cassie's death. Daniel was on the run with his girlfriend, Lily, in order to escape Nick's wrath. Daniel is caught and arrested. Later, he was released after Nick and Sharon handed over evidence to exonerate him from charges.
Affair with Brad Carlton, Divorce from Nick and Marriage to Jack Abbott
Sharon and Nick's marriage survived various infidelities, but the couple's union was most severely tested in the aftermath of Cassie's death. Unable to handle the griefGrief
Grief is a multi-faceted response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or something to which a bond was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, it also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, and philosophical dimensions...
of their family loss, by late 2005, Nick had an affair with Daniel's mother, Phyllis
Phyllis Summers Newman
Phyllis Summers Newman is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Phyllis has been portrayed by actress Michelle Stafford from the week of October 17–21, 1994 to February 17, 1997 and from July 13, 2000 to the present. From March 21, 1997 to February 22, 1999, the...
, portrayed by Michelle Stafford
Michelle Stafford
Michelle Stafford is an American actress, best known for her role as Phyllis Summers on The Young and the Restless.-Career:...
. Sharon became suspicious after discovering clues that led her to uncover the truth of Nick and Phyllis' on-going affair. She confronted Nick about his relationship with Phyllis and asked for a divorce. After a discussion with Nick, they chose instead to legally separate, when he expressed his desire to save their marriage.
At the same time, Sharon went on a business trip with 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...
, portrayed by Don Diamont
Don Diamont
Don Diamont is an American actor, best known for his long-running portrayal of Brad Carlton on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. In 1990, he was chosen as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world by People Magazine, becoming the first daytime drama actor to receive the honor...
, who was married to Nick's sister, Victoria
Victoria Newman
Victoria Nicole Newman is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless...
, portrayed by Amelia Heinle
Amelia Heinle
Amelia March Heinle Luckinbill is an American actress best known for her roles in American soap operas.-Career:...
. During their trip, Brad and Sharon became very close and began a brief affair of their own. However, when all was said and done, Brad decided to concentrate on his marriage to Victoria, while Sharon chose to honor her marriage vows to Nick.
Shortly thereafter, Phyllis discovered that she was pregnant. Paternity tests revealed that Nick, rather than Jack, was the father of Phyllis' baby. Devastated, Sharon filed for divorce, telling Nick to go and be with Phyllis.
Nick and Sharon divorced, sharing joint custody of Noah. Sharon received their house in the settlement, while Nick and Phyllis moved into the tack house on the Newman Ranch, so Nick could be close to his son.
Following Sharon's divorce from Nick and breakup with Brad, she would often commiserate with Jack Abbott, as like-injured parties by Phyllis and Nick's affair. Sharon began to rely more and more on Jack for support and the two became lovers. Sharon enjoyed her relationship with Jack and was impressed with the way Jack interacted with Noah. Eventually, Sharon and her son moved into the Abbott mansion. In spite of Sharon's relationship with Jack, Phyllis began blackmailing Sharon with proof of her previous affair with Brad, in order to harm her credibility with her friends and family.
In April 2007, Sharon was working at an NVP photo shoot, accompanied by Drucilla Winters, who was portrayed by Victoria Rowell
Victoria Rowell
Victoria "Vicki" Lynn Rowell is an American actress and dancer. She is best known for her portrayal of ballerina-turned-model Drucilla Winters on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless, and medical examiner/pathologist Dr. Amanda Bentley on the CBS drama Diagnosis: Murder...
, and their mutual enemy Phyllis. Sharon told Drucilla that Phyllis was blackmailing her over her affair with 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...
. At that time, Phyllis threatened to reveal Sharon's affair with Brad to their friends and family. Sharon and Phyllis were standing on the edge of a cliff and began fighting over a phone that Phyllis was threatening to use. When Dru reached out for the phone in an effort to help Sharon, a brief struggle ensued, causing Sharon and Drucilla to lose their balance and fall backward.
After Sharon fell over the cliff, the bystanders found her hanging onto the edge for dear life. Phyllis tried to save her, but she lost her grip, causing both of them to fall into the river along with Drucilla. Search and rescue
Search and rescue
Search and rescue is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, mostly based upon terrain considerations...
combed the area and found Sharon's lifeless body. Fortunately, she was revived and lived. Sharon and Phyllis both survived the fall, but Dru was never found. Rescue personnel only find the remains of Drucilla's jacket. Her body was never recovered. Dru was presumed dead, either to have frozen to death or fatally injured on the rocks below and swept away by the current.
Following Sharon's close brush with death, she grew closer to Jack. He was a source of emotional and physical comfort. At the same time, Jack was running for the Wisconsin State Senate. Appearances were everything. In response to public demand and constituency concerns, Jack and Sharon were married on April 23, 2007, in an effort to boost his image with the voters. They were married at the ranch, with Noah serving as best man. Phyllis and Nick were legally wed just one week later, on May 1, 2007.
Nick's amnesia
In 2007, Victor and Sharon were scheduled to fly to Clear Springs on a business trip for Newman Enterprises. Due to scheduling conflicts, Victor had to cancel and ended up sending Nick in his place. On the return trip, the Newman jet went down in Lake Michigan with no known survivors. Both Nick and Sharon were presumed dead.The news devastated the citizens of Genoa City. The family gathered at the Newman Ranch, along with Jack, awaiting news and updates of the search and rescue team, to no avail. It was suggested that the jet might have been sabotaged. As the family was grieving and looking for answers, Sharon surprised everyone when she casually walked in on the Newmans and Jack, unaware that she had been presumed dead. She was just as shocked to hear that the mere act of taking another flight had saved her life, and she was devastated that Nick was missing and presumed dead.
Nick eventually turned up lost in the woods, and shortly thereafter, returned to Genoa City and his family. However, Nick had no memory of the previous two years of his life, including his marriage to Phyllis and their baby, Summer. He also believed that Cassie was still alive. Remembering only his love for Sharon, Nick tried to win her back, even though she was married to Jack.
Of all the memories that Nick had of Phyllis, none indicated any feelings for her other than contempt. His reported relationship with her was puzzling. That said, he began seeing her and exploring his feelings. When Noah started acting out with Sharon, Nick agreed to move back in with Phyllis on the Newman Ranch, so Noah could live with them. While he continued to experience partial memory loss, it did not take long for him to fall in love with Phyllis, while continuing to assert his love for Sharon.
Restless Style
In 2008, after Jack lost his senate seat and Nick was fired from Newman Enterprises, they got together with Phyllis and Sharon and decided to start a new national fashion and style magazine called Restless Style. The magazine, published both online and in print, presented social and public interest articles, that had a tendency to exploit various people in Genoa City.As Victor predicted, the first edition of Restless Style did not do as well as expected. In response, the second issue had a hipper cover, featuring singer Katy Perry
Katy Perry
Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...
.
With the support of her husband, Victor Newman, Adrian Korbel was hired to write an article on Sabrina Costelana and the Newman Gallery for the third issue. Finding the final draft a bit boring, Jack did some further research and turned Adrian's article into a scandalous one. While the scandalous nature of the article was troubling to Victor and Sabrina, as well as the other principal partners of the magazine, the issue was a tremendous success, selling into a fourth printing.
In spite of the magazine's success, there were struggles in the boardroom regarding vision and focus. Jack, supported by Sharon, preferred to write articles that tended to be sensationalistic, leaning toward tabloid journalism. At the same time, Nick's vision was diametrically opposed, preferring to remain neutral and objective, leaning more toward responsible journalism. Sharon found it hard to work with Phyllis always disagreeing with her. Additionally, Sharon's marriage to Jack suffered, as they began to drift apart.
In the end, Jack's aggressive, exploitative business style, combined with Sharon's undying support, was making it difficult for the two couples to continue to work together at Restless Style, so they tossed a coin to determine who would maintain ownership of the magazine. Jack and Sharon won, leaving Nick and Phyllis to either buy them out or take the same price to leave.
Knowing that Nick did not have the funds to purchase the magazine from Jack, Sharon went to Victor and asked him to rehire Nick at Newman Enterprises. Surprising everybody, Victor gave Nick a line of credit for the buyout, rather than bringing him back on board at Newman. This left Nick and Phyllis as the sole owners of Restless Style.
Restructuring the magazine, Nick and Phyllis realized that they lacked executive staff with networking expertise in the fashion industry. After Nikki presented some key ideas to move the magazine forward, they brought her on as their interim Editor-in-Chief.
Nikki worked on the inaugural cover issue of the magazine, while Phyllis focused on writing the "Letter from the Editor" section that announced the changed in ownership of the magazine. She avoided the urge to trash Jack and Sharon, choosing to be respectful. However, after Nick spent a little too much time with Sharon resolving a problem with Noah, she revised the article to one that presented their former partners in a negative light. Bother Phyllis and Jack rightfully frustrated, when Nick's first act as adviser to Newman Enterprises was to rehire Sharon as their Beauty of Nature spokesperson.
In October, Nick and Sharon unexpectedly met in Paris where they kissed, unknowingly observed by Phyllis. While Sharon and Jack continue to drift apart, Phyllis became obsessed with keeping Sharon away from Nick.
Jack and Sharon continued drifting apart, while their marital problems escalated. Their primary difficulties involved Jack's unending desire to get even with Victor for all the professional takeovers, slights, and roadblocks, as well as personal attacks against him and his family. When Sharon discovered that Jack had fabricated evidence against Victor and framed him for murder, she finally left him and moved into the Genoa City Athletic Club. They were divorced on April 10, 2009.
Birth of Faith and Affairs with Nick and Adam Newman
In January 2009, Sharon wrote a letter to Nick confessing her feelings for him. Although she never intended for him to read it, Nick found the letter and read it. In response, he and Sharon made love. However, Sharon 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...
quickly began a short affair of their own too.
By Spring, Nick and Sharon ran into each other at the Abbott cabin and made love again, after she confessed her love for him. Later on, Sharon realized that she was pregnant with Nick's child. With this news, they Nick and Sharon happily reunite. However in July, Nick and Phyllis' daughter, Summer, nearly died. In an effort to encourage Nick to go and be with Phyllis, Sharon lied and told Jack that he was her child's father, rather than Nick. Eventually, Nick found out the truth, remaining loyal to Phyllis, staying with her and Summer.
Nicknames the unborn baby "Faith". After Experiencing Kleptomania, Sharon is admitted to a psychiatric ward, where her ex sister in-law 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...
is also staying. When Sharon goes into premature labor, she delivers the baby, and goes unconscious. Her doctor, Dr. Taylor, takes the baby into the hall for assistance, but Adam Newman kidnaps her and gives her to Ashley (Because Adam made Ashley think she was pregnant; after he caused her to miscarry her baby Faith). When taken to hospital, Sharon is told her baby died due to Birth Defects. Sharon dealt with her loss, receiving Sympathy from even Phyllis, her rival. Ashley does not know that Faith is Sharon's daughter, and she will now raise her as her own. Sharon and Adam become friends, and share their secrets. This relationship eventually turns romantic, much to the dismay of Jack and Nick who still have feelings for Sharon. Sharon also moves in Brad's old house. Sharon and Adam make love later, and Nick walks in the door confused and furious. despite everyone telling her Adam cannot be trusted, Sharon and Adam elope. While on their way back to Genoa City, the Newman jet hits turbulence and goes down. It is unknown for a brief moment whether or not Adam and Sharon were alive. Sharon was rushed to hospital, but only had a brief concussion, and did not remember when Adam wrote on a piece of paper "Your baby is alive" while the jet was going down. In Early 2010, Phyllis, Nick and Ashley find proof that Adam was making Ashley delirious. Sharon also suspects that her baby is alive as everything that happened that night at the ward did not add up. She confronts Adam who denies knowing anything. Sharon eventually leaves Adam after she knows he is hiding Something.
Sharon, Nick, Phyllis, Billy, and many more confront Adam in the cabin. Sharon turns her back on her husband once the truth is revealed and he escapes. But, Sharon is reunited with her child. He turns up at the masquerade ball but after a huge explosion, his body is found dead from a stab wound to the chest. Sharon is initially a suspect but set free from lack of evidence. It is later discovered that it was in fact not Adam's body in the basement, but the body of Richard Hightower who shared his DNA due to a bone marrow transplant that took place several weeks earlier. On June 3, Phyllis and Sharon are searching through a corn field to find some clue's about Adam trading places with Hightower. While Jack, Nick, Victor and a doctor dig up "Adam's" grave to get his dental records to see if he is the real Adam. While Sharon and Phyllis are searching they find a mask from the ball that Adam or Hightower wore. Victor, Nick, and Jack get caught while re-burying the coffin. While Sharon and Phyllis are talking, a plane flies over them. They split up and the plane begins releasing toxic gas over the corn field. Phyllis takes cover while Sharon runs back towards the cornfield in which she then inhales the wood shavings in her system. While Victor and Jack search for Adam, Phyllis grows increasingly uncomfortable with Sharon's bond with Nick as she begins to realize that Nick will never be completely over her. She walks in on an intimate moment between Nick and Sharon as he strokes Sharon's hair which makes her realize what she's up against. In June 2010, Sharon goes to Brazil to find Adam and bring him back to Genoa City to clear Nick's name. With Victor's help, their plan works and Nick is released from prison. Adam tricks Sharon into coming to the jail to see him, while talking to him she realizes that her feelings for him are still there. She is torn and confused between her feelings for Nick and her feelings for Adam.
In the summer of 2010, Nick's marriage begins to unravel, as he and Phyllis both come to the realization that their marriage has never really stabilized, due to his continuing deep feelings for Sharon and their baby daughter, Faith. Phyllis begins to slowly believe that she will never be able to feel that Nick loves only her and starts to question her desperation in trying to hold on to her marriage, while Nick will always have divided loyalties. They are divorced by September 2010, with Nick now working his hardest to protect Sharon and Faith from Adam.
Sharon had her marriage to Adam annulled. In August 2010, Sharon accidentally shoots Adam when he fails to identify himself while breaking into the Abbott Cabin. Adam survived; but his wife Skye constantly accused Sharon of trying to kill her husband. Adam never pays for his sins in the end. After the opening of Gloworm, Sharon & Adam kiss, but Sharon, Nick & Faith constantly went on outings/dates together. Whether Nick and Sharon reunite is uncertain.
Sharon is grateful towards Adam for saving Faith during a storm that hit Genoa City. While seeking shelter in a barn, the beams dropped down and Adam huddled his body around Faith, shielding her and injuring himself.
On Halloween, Sharon stopped Adam from leaving town, which indicates she still truly cares about him even though she still hates him for what he has done before in the past. Upon learning that Nick's marriage to Phyllis is officially divorced, Sharon & Nick's relationship re-intensifies and they make love.
Nick proposed marriage on in mid November. At first Sharon turned him down, but after he presents her with their first engagement ring from over 15 years ago, she accepted. Doubts about her engagement to Nick start to enter Sharon's mind as once again she finds herself experiencing Kleptomania
Kleptomania
Kleptomania is an irresistible urge to steal items of trivial value. People with this disorder are compelled to steal things, generally, but not limited to, objects of little or no significant value, such as pens, paper clips, paper and tape...
. Whether she can deal with it better than she did the first time, it has yet to be seen. Also, Adam continues to be a problem for Sharon because it is his & her lingering feelings for him that she is not sure if she should move forward with both her life & with Nick.
Murder Trial and Faked Death
Sharon feels she needs some time alone with her thoughts, so she decides to take a short trip to New Orleans, but Adam followed her there and Nick and MichaelMichael 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...
are trying to track her down and Phyllis
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:...
was there looking for a story for Restless Style. Sharon and Adam get together at New Orleans and make love. Nick sees Sharon with Adam and breaks up with her. Adam is arrested for the "murder" of his wife Skye. Sharon opts to help Adam and becomes the town reject due to this, including getting hate from Jack and her own son. Adam and Sharon team up with Phyllis to get information (So she can report it into her magazine). Sharon with some help of Adam began to trace Skye beginning with Skye's rare perfume. Sharon discovers that someone bought it in Hawaii recently. Believing Skye is there, Sharon leaves for Hawaii looking for Skye. Victor followed her. Sharon sees Skye at a hike near a Volcano in Hawaii; Victor is following close behind and witnesses everything. After argument, Skye falls off the Volcanic cliff despite Sharon's attempt to save her and take a picture of her.
When Sharon returns from Hawaii she sees Jack
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...
and Phyllis
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:...
at the airport. Jack decides to follow up on Sharon's claims of seeing Skye; and travels to Hawaii himself. Sharon was arrested for the murder of Skye after a recording of the two fighting near the Volcano is leaked. She was charged with a $5,000,000 bail and a twenty years to life prison sentence with no parole if she could not come up with the money. Victor, choosing to remain anonymous, puts up the $500,000 (10% of her bail) releasing Sharon from jail. Sharon ends up being found guilty of murder after the trial. After the decision is made, Sharon breaks free from jail via a Courthouse bathroom. Out on the run, Adam goes before the public calling for Sharon's return and heads to St. Martin with Nick
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 Phyllis supposedly looking for Sharon. Sharon turns to her mother for help, but she refuses. Sharon is carjacked and has all of her jewelry taken as well. The carjackers end up in an accident and they die. However, no one knows that she was carjacked and it is believed (since Sharon's fake ID was found in the car), that the dead corpse is that of Sharon. Since the body was burned, it is clearly based on appearance. Back in Genoa City, everyone thinks that Sharon is dead and her funeral was held. As everyone in Genoa City mourns the loss of Sharon, She lives peacefully with Sam Gibson in New Mexico under the alias of "Sherry". Sam, a Vet, takes her in despite Sharon hiding her identity. Sharon and Sam develop feelings for one another and eventually sleep with each other. Sharon rejects offers for phone calls home and doesn't do anything to leave a trace of her location.
Return to Genoa City
After agreeing to go to a dance with Sam, the arrest of the carjackers who carjacked Sharon ended up leading to the Sheriff to arrest Sharon, and taking her back to Genoa City. Sharon re-connected with Adam at the Station; however Adam disposes the memory card which proves Sharon's innocence into a river after he finds out that Sharon and Sam had an affair while In New Mexico. She was sentenced to 30 Years in prison. Adam proposes and at his jail-house wedding to Sharon, he tells her he could never marry her and from then their relationship evaporated. But in his twisted way, in November 2011 Adam attempts to help Sharon by discrediting the prosecuting attorney, A.D.A. Heather StevensHeather Stevens
Heather Stevens is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. She was born onscreen in 1979 as the daughter of Paul Williams and April Stevens....
. He plies Heather with alcohol and lures her up to his room, where her brother Ricky Williams is waiting with a camera and photographs them kissing. Ricky gives the photos to Sharon's lawyer, Avery Bailey Clark, who plans to use them to obtain a mistrial and work on a new defense. Meanwhile, Ronan Malloy is given a box of small items found at the scene of the murder of 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...
. One of the pieces of evidence found is the memory card that Adam tossed into the river months earlier. Soon Phyllis Summers realizes that is the memory card that Adam claimed he never had. With this, Sharon is set free from Jail and doesn't have to serve the time she had to for escaping (as it had already been served during her months in jail). She goes to New Mexico with Faith to visit Sam.