Sheila Carter
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Sheila Carter is a fictional character
who appeared on both The Young and the Restless
and The Bold and the Beautiful
. Kimberlin Brown
played the character on The Young and the Restless from May 1990 to May 20, 1992 (returning for a handful of episodes in 1993, 1994 and 1995) and from August 5, 2005 to January 11, 2006; and on The Bold and the Beautiful from May 21, 1992 to October 2, 1998, with appearances from May 24, 2002 to November 5, 2002, and a two-week appearance from September 26 to October 10, 2003. Michelle Stafford
(who also plays Phyllis Newman
on The Young and the Restless) took over the role of Sheila from December 28, 2006 to February 9, 2007.
A significant portion of Sheila's history on both series revolves around her long-running conflict with businesswoman Lauren Fenmore
, whom she has attempted to kill on multiple occasions.
, Sheila moves to Wisconsin
in 1990. Sheila is a nurse who worked at Genoa City Memorial Hospital and immediately falls in love with the married Dr. Scott Grainger (Peter Barton). Her feelings for Scott quickly turn from infatuation to obsession. In order to steal him away from his wife Lauren Fenmore
(Tracey E. Bregman
), Sheila drugs him and has sex with him, ending up pregnant. At the same time Lauren also becomes pregnant by Scott but doesn't tell him. When the truth about the father of Sheila's baby comes out, Scott feels obligated, divorces Lauren and marries Sheila.
Sheila's baby dies, unbeknownst to Scott, and she secretly switches Lauren's newborn with a black market baby, which Lauren names Dylan. Sheila begins passing Lauren's baby off as her own, and Dylan eventually dies from meningitis
. Sheila's mother, Molly Carter (Marilyn Alex), finds out about her daughter's crime and intends to tell Lauren the truth, but suffers a stroke that renders her speechless. Sheila sends her mother to her farmhouse in Michigan before Molly can expose her. Lauren eventually finds out about the baby switch, but not before Sheila kidnaps both Lauren and Molly, and almost succeeds in killing both women, when during a brief struggle Lauren accidentally kicks over a lantern on a coffee table, setting the farmhouse they are imprisoned in on fire. Lauren and Molly are rescued by Lauren's ex-husband, private investigator Paul Williams (Doug Davidson
), and his secretary, Lynne Bassett (Laura Bryan Birn
). Sheila is never found, and authorities presume that she perished in the fire when a body burned beyond recognition turns up in the ashes. The corpse turns out to be a meter man that had visited the house just before the fire started; Sheila had escaped from the burning building. Picking up a discarded newspaper in an area diner, she reads about an opening working as a company nurse for the Forresters in Los Angeles
. She leaves Wisconsin to travel to California. Meanwhile, Lauren is reunited with Scott and her real son, Scott Jr.
(John McCook
)'s life by becoming the company nurse at Forrester Creations in Los Angeles
, as well as working as Rick Forrester
's nanny (after staging an accident that leaves the former nanny, Judy, hospitalized, and later threatening Judy and her family). Sheila and Eric fall in love and are eventually engaged, which angers Eric's ex-wife Stephanie
(Susan Flannery
), who suspects Sheila is a gold digger and a liar. To Sheila's dismay, Eric's most recent ex-wife Brooke Logan
(Katherine Kelly Lang
) is pregnant with a child that may either belong to Eric or his son Ridge
(Ronn Moss
). After Bridget
is born, Sheila manipulates the paternity test so that everyone will believe Ridge is the father. Security guard Mike Guthrie
(Ken Hanes) catches her in the act and after threatening to blackmail her, Sheila sets loose a vicious Doberman
to attack him.
Meanwhile, Lauren finds out that Sheila is alive and well, and living on the West Coast. Lauren follows her and they once again fight. Lauren threatens to expose Sheila to the Forrester family, but Sheila turns the tables on Lauren by blackmail
ing her with pictures she took of Lauren sleeping with Brad Carlton
(Don Diamont
) and sent to Lauren as puzzle pieces. Despite Sheila's love for Eric, she panics when Lauren attempts to disclose her past at the wedding, and leaves a heartbroken Eric at the altar. After the guests leave, Sheila returns to the chapel and pleads for Eric's forgiveness. Although Eric demands answers, he eventually forgives Sheila and the two are married.
Sheila and Brooke become close friends; throughout Sheila's time in Los Angeles, Brooke was the only person with whom Sheila felt truly connected. Sheila and Eric's marriage becomes rocky when Sheila accepts a job from Brooke, who seizes control of Forrester Creations with her patent on the BeLieF formula. Eric feels betrayed by her actions and a rift is created in their marriage. Sheila proposes the two take a vacation and use this time to reconnect. The two leave town for Catalina Island
. Scott, who became ill, also vacations with Lauren in Catalina Island, where the two run into Eric and Sheila. Lauren intends to use Scott to expose Sheila's past to Eric; however, Scott, still caring for Sheila, keeps mum. Scott eventually dies on the island as a result of his illness. With both women by his side, he wishes that Lauren give Sheila a second chance. Lauren tearfully agrees.
When Sheila becomes concerned that Eric is excluding her from his will, she decides she would be more financially secure if she gave Eric a child. After a one-night stand
with former rival Connor Davis (Scott Thompson Baker), Sheila goes to Eric claiming she is pregnant with his child. Eric, who had recently had a vasectomy
, tells Sheila he wants a divorce
.
For some time she begins to see psychiatrist
Jay Garvin, who is friends with Brooke's fiance Dr. James Warwick
(Ian Buchanan
). James suspects Sheila is hiding something from the family, and tries to pry information from Dr. Garvin. However, during a brief struggle, Sheila accidentally pushes Jay off a balcony and to his death. James later learns from Lauren the secrets of her past. After attempting to drown Lauren in a hot tub, Sheila kidnaps James with the help of her new partner-in-crime, the security guard Mike. She imprisons him in the basement of her house (known as "The Houdini House") for some time. When James escapes and her secrets finally surface, she holds Stephanie, Eric, Ridge, Brooke, Lauren and James hostage in the Forrester mansion, welcoming them to her "goodbye party."
At the "party," Sheila tells everyone in attendance how they had personally wronged her (which she felt everyone did except for Brooke, who stopped their friendship at the behest of the Forresters). She then threatened to kill everyone except Brooke, who stunned Sheila when she said that the Forresters are family to her and if Sheila were to kill them, she would have to kill Brooke as well. Holding a gun to Stephanie, Sheila has a change of heart when the others step in front of her, and swallows a bottle of poison.
Having survived, Sheila is placed in a mental institution, under the care of Dr. Brian Carey (Kin Shriner
), but does not remain there for long, despite Stephanie's attempts to keep her there for good. Sheila tries to revive her friendship with Brooke, who sides with her at first, but later wants nothing to do with her. She begins dating neighbor Grant Chambers (Charles Grant
), until learning of his relationship with Michael Lai (Lindsay Price). After holding a knife to Grant, Sheila decides to set her eyes on another man - her psychiatrist, James Warwick. She continues to see James at this time, and memories of her abusive
childhood are revealed. During a particular visit, Sheila confesses that she murdered her father by poisoning him.
At a coffee shop, she bumps into Maggie Forrester (Barbara Crampton
), whom she befriends. The two are amazed to discover they both have ties to the same Forrester family. When Stephanie attempts to take Brooke's children, however, Sheila poisons her by replacing her medication with mercury
pills, and ultimately frames Maggie for the crime. Maggie, later realizing who was behind the poisoning, fights with Sheila and accidentally pushes her onto a fire poker, impaling her. Sheila also makes an enemy of Forrester Creations' rival, Sally Spectra
(Darlene Conley
) who defends Stephanie to her, thus planting the seeds of the eventual friendship between Stephanie and Sally.
After the fire poker incident, Sheila sets her sights on proving to James that she has changed for the better, in the hopes that he would fall in love with her. However, James has feelings for Maggie instead. Maggie goes to Sheila's house to inform her that she needs to find a new therapist, because Maggie wouldn't allow her to see James anymore. After Maggie taunts her excessively and throws a telephone book at her face, Sheila snaps and nearly chokes Maggie to death. Mike later kidnaps her and holds her prisoner at Pacific Park
. Sheila, wanting to prove to James that she had changed, hesitantly agrees to release Maggie.
After having crashed James and Maggie's wedding, Sheila reveals that she has become pregnant after a night alone with James. The three come to a settlement that Sheila would temporarily stay with them until her baby was born, and the child would be given to James and Maggie. After Sheila hands her baby, Mary, over to the Warwicks, she relocates to Death Valley
, where she meets Amber Moore
(Adrienne Frantz
). Anxious to see her daughter, Sheila suggests that Amber babysit for James and Maggie, so that she can secretly visit Mary in LA. Amber is hired and keeps her alliance with Sheila secret for some time, but when Sheila threatens her, she exposes herself to James and Maggie. Sheila eventually takes matters into her own hands and takes Mary back.
James attempts to trick Sheila into marrying him, so that he can gain full custody of his daughter. When Sheila realizes the marriage is a set-up, she attempts to kill herself again by jumping off a roof. James, who had actually fallen for Sheila during this time, promises to stay with her. Meanwhile, an angry Maggie sneaks into Sheila's hospital room and cuts off her oxygen
. Sheila is rescued by doctors and Maggie is immediately arrested.
With the help of Mike Guthrie and his brother Martin, a desperate Maggie captures Sheila and holds her prisoner, appropriately, in the house from Psycho
at Universal Studios Hollywood
. When Sheila escapes, James demands that Maggie leave. Maggie and Lauren later team up in an attempt to drive Sheila over the edge. They wire Sheila's house with hidden cameras and an audio system, while the former nanny Judy surprises Sheila on her doorstep. The plan fails, however, and Maggie, realizing James and the baby are lost to her, leaves town. When a friendship begins between James and Stephanie, a paranoid
Sheila becomes jealous and attempts to drown Stephanie in a pool. To prevent Stephanie from telling anyone about this incident, Sheila threatens to kill Stephanie's grandson, Thomas
. Sheila is arrested for the threat, but secretly switches places with a woman named Sybil. After breaking out of prison in disguise, Sheila shoots Stephanie, kidnaps baby Mary and leaves town.
Sheila returns to L.A. four years later to find her now-teenage daughter Mary (whom she had renamed Erica Lovejoy). Erica (Courtnee Draper
), who is completely unaware of her mother's past or her own real name, has traveled to L.A. to meet her idol - Amber Forrester. She soon develops a crush on Amber's husband, Rick
(then played by Justin Torkildsen
), although she never intends to act on her feelings. Sheila convinces Erica to seduce Rick, saying that a Forrester man would never abandon the woman carrying his child. She then pays off a man named Lance to drug Amber and take her to bed. Amber tracks Lance down and begins to question him. When a nervous Lance threatens to tell Amber everything, Sheila kills him by releasing a tank of bee
s into his apartment.
Amber becomes increasingly suspicious and confronts Erica in Rick's office. During a struggle, Erica falls and hits her head on a desk, making Amber look guilty of pushing her. At the hospital, a disguised Sheila confronts Amber, angrily warning her to stay away from her daughter. Amber then decides to look for clues at Erica's apartment, but is impeded when Sheila throws a pot at the window and the police arrive, arresting Amber and causing the Forresters to distrust her further. Meanwhile, while browsing through a photo album of Eric's, Erica is startled to find a picture of her mother. She then learns that Sheila was formerly married to Eric, and that her mother wants her to live the life she had always dreamed of with Rick. Sheila pushes Erica to have sex with Rick, so that she can live vicariously as a Forrester through her daughter.
As a reluctant Erica is about to carry out her mother's plan, Rick's brother Ridge bursts in and exposes Erica's true identity. Rick kicks Erica out, but not before Sheila kidnaps Amber, who is stunned to learn that Erica is really Mary Warwick. Sheila litters the crime scene with drugs and tequila, then drags Amber off to her apartment. Massimo Marone
(Joseph Mascolo
) - who had been romantically involved with Sheila for a short time - gets a call from Sheila, and Stephanie recognizes her voice. The two track Sheila and Amber down. Sheila then flees and holds Eric and Taylor Hayes (Hunter Tylo
) hostage at the mansion. But when Brooke walks into the room, a struggle ensues in which Taylor and Brooke are shot. Brooke survives her wounds, whereas Taylor succumbs. Sheila is arrested and subsequently confronted by her daughter, who condemns Sheila's actions and wants nothing to do with her. Sheila is jailed for her crimes but soon escapes with the help of a sympathetic warden named Sugar (Robin Mattson
).
In late 2003, she kidnaps Ridge and Brooke, while on their South American honeymoon
. Soon Ridge's half-brother Nick Marone (Jack Wagner
) arrives to rescue Ridge but he is soon captured by Sheila as well. When Ridge and Nick's father, Massimo, arrives to deliver the ransom, Sheila reveals that she had a baby daughter, Diana, whom she claims to be the result of the fling she had with Massimo during her previous trip to L.A. When Massimo tries (unsuccessfully) to trick Sheila into handing over the infant, she and Sugar run away. Brooke and Nick are soon rescued; however, it is believed that Ridge had been burned to death in the foundry Sheila stashed him in. Soon after, it is revealed that Ridge had survived, and he reunites with Brooke on the island.
(Blair Redford
) against her, under the alias "Brenda Harris". It is soon revealed that the woman in the mental institution who was believed to be Sheila (having turned herself in) is actually Sugar - Sheila had tricked her into having plastic surgery
in order to look just like Sheila, and then turned Sugar in to the police. Meanwhile, the real Sheila develops another persona, "Jennifer Mitchell," by wearing a fake nose, wig, and speaking in a British
accent. She allies with Tom Fisher
(Roscoe Born
), who helps her in her scheme to poison Lauren with a necklace that Scott would offer his mother as a gift. In exchange, Tom has Sheila manipulate his estranged wife Gloria Abbott (Judith Chapman
) into giving him money and later bail
ing him out of prison.
When Lauren plans a rooftop dinner with fiancé Michael Baldwin
(Christian LeBlanc
), Sheila surprises her and persuades her to commit suicide by jumping off of the roof. Lauren, intoxicated by the poisoned necklace, believes Sheila is a hallucination
and before she can jump, she is rescued by Michael and taken to the hospital. There, Sheila sneaks into her hospital room as "Jennifer," and attempts to inject the poison into Lauren's bloodstream, but is interrupted before she can execute her plan.
In December 2005, she convinces Tom (who is Michael's stepfather) to help her abduct Lauren from a yacht while on her honeymoon with Michael. She then bombs the yacht, hoping to kill both Lauren and Tom, who she wants to take the fall for the crime. Sheila is then trapped in a bomb shelter
with her nemesis when Tom turns on her. Tom leaves the two together and in the meantime is shot and killed by John Abbott
(Jerry Douglas
). When the bomb shelter is nearly destroyed in an accident, Lauren is astonished when Sheila saves her life. Sheila escapes on her own and is last seen in an unidentified plastic surgeon's office in January 2006, asking for a new face.
It was revealed at the end of 2006 that Paul had been hiding the fact that Sheila (who had had plastic surgery
in order to look like Phyllis Newman
(Michelle Stafford
)) was still alive, and that he had been keeping her locked in a cage she had constructed in an abandoned warehouse. However, Sheila was determined to escape and take Phyllis's place in order to infiltrate Michael and Lauren's lives. Sheila was accidentally freed from the prison she created for Lauren by Detective Maggie Sullivan (Tammy Lauren
), Paul's girlfriend. After acting as a kidnap victim and pleading for Maggie's help, Maggie opened up the cell, and unhandcuffed Sheila. Sheila thanked her, then choked her to the ground, bound her, and shot her. Maggie survived the injury, but lost a lot of blood.
Subsequently, Paul returned to the warehouse only to be ambushed by Sheila, who imprisoned both Paul and Maggie in the cell. Sheila and Phyllis then had a face to face encounter. After overpowering Phyllis, Sheila lured an unsuspecting Lauren and her baby Fenmore into her clutches; she then fled with Phyllis and the babies as hostages, after subduing Lauren. By this time Michael had arrived at the warehouse and freed Paul and Maggie, the latter being taken to the hospital after that.
Posing as an elderly woman named Betsy, Sheila took Phyllis, Summer, and Fen to a nearby retirement home to hide out. After learning of their location, Lauren went to the home carrying a gun in her purse. Following a tip from a neighbor, Lauren found Sheila's apartment and forced her way inside. Sheila and Phyllis then argued over who was who, and Lauren screams at them to stop. Sheila then ran to grab baby Summer to use her as a shield against Lauren; Phyllis yelled "Point the gun at me! Lauren, point the gun at me!" in order to protect her daughter. A frightened Lauren (realizing the real Phyllis would never put her daughter in the line of fire) turned to Sheila and shot her on February 9, 2007.
, Daisy Carter (Yvonne Zima
) and her twin brother Ryder Callahan (Wilson Bethel
) come in Genoa City with their aunt Sarah Carter (Sheila's sister) to get revenge on Lauren for killing their mother. Actress Kimberlin Brown was asked to reprise her role in 2010 but the storyline was dropped and the mastermind behind Ryder and Daisy was revealed to be Sheila's sister. It is currently unknown if or how Brown could return as Sheila as her character had plastic surgery to look like Phyllis and was subsequently recast with Michelle Stafford.
Fictional character
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who appeared on both 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...
and The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987....
. Kimberlin Brown
Kimberlin Brown
Kimberlin Ann Brown is an American actress, best known for her iconic role as Sheila Carter on The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful Kimberlin Ann Brown (born June 29, 1961 in Hayward, California) is an American actress, best known for her iconic role as Sheila Carter on The...
played the character on The Young and the Restless from May 1990 to May 20, 1992 (returning for a handful of episodes in 1993, 1994 and 1995) and from August 5, 2005 to January 11, 2006; and on The Bold and the Beautiful from May 21, 1992 to October 2, 1998, with appearances from May 24, 2002 to November 5, 2002, and a two-week appearance from September 26 to October 10, 2003. Michelle Stafford
Michelle Stafford
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(who also plays Phyllis Newman
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...
on The Young and the Restless) took over the role of Sheila from December 28, 2006 to February 9, 2007.
A significant portion of Sheila's history on both series revolves around her long-running conflict with businesswoman Lauren Fenmore
Lauren Fenmore Baldwin
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, whom she has attempted to kill on multiple occasions.
The Young and the Restless
Originally from MichiganMichigan
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, Sheila moves to Wisconsin
Wisconsin
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in 1990. Sheila is a nurse who worked at Genoa City Memorial Hospital and immediately falls in love with the married Dr. Scott Grainger (Peter Barton). Her feelings for Scott quickly turn from infatuation to obsession. In order to steal him away from his wife Lauren Fenmore
Lauren Fenmore Baldwin
Lauren Baldwin is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless and its "sister soap" The Bold and the Beautiful. She is portrayed by American actress Tracey E. Bregman...
(Tracey E. Bregman
Tracey E. Bregman
Tracey E. Bregman is an German-American soap opera actress. She is best known for the role of Lauren Fenmore on The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful and for her role as Sarah Smythe on The Young and the Restless .-Personal life:She was born...
), Sheila drugs him and has sex with him, ending up pregnant. At the same time Lauren also becomes pregnant by Scott but doesn't tell him. When the truth about the father of Sheila's baby comes out, Scott feels obligated, divorces Lauren and marries Sheila.
Sheila's baby dies, unbeknownst to Scott, and she secretly switches Lauren's newborn with a black market baby, which Lauren names Dylan. Sheila begins passing Lauren's baby off as her own, and Dylan eventually dies from meningitis
Meningitis
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. Sheila's mother, Molly Carter (Marilyn Alex), finds out about her daughter's crime and intends to tell Lauren the truth, but suffers a stroke that renders her speechless. Sheila sends her mother to her farmhouse in Michigan before Molly can expose her. Lauren eventually finds out about the baby switch, but not before Sheila kidnaps both Lauren and Molly, and almost succeeds in killing both women, when during a brief struggle Lauren accidentally kicks over a lantern on a coffee table, setting the farmhouse they are imprisoned in on fire. Lauren and Molly are rescued by Lauren's ex-husband, private investigator Paul Williams (Doug Davidson
Doug Davidson
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), and his secretary, Lynne Bassett (Laura Bryan Birn
Laura Bryan Birn
Laura Bryan Birn is an American actress who previously played the recurring role of Paul Williams's assistant Lynne Bassett on CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless from 1988 to September 2, 2004....
). Sheila is never found, and authorities presume that she perished in the fire when a body burned beyond recognition turns up in the ashes. The corpse turns out to be a meter man that had visited the house just before the fire started; Sheila had escaped from the burning building. Picking up a discarded newspaper in an area diner, she reads about an opening working as a company nurse for the Forresters in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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. She leaves Wisconsin to travel to California. Meanwhile, Lauren is reunited with Scott and her real son, Scott Jr.
The Bold and the Beautiful
Sheila quickly worms her way into fashion CEO Eric ForresterEric Forrester
Eric Forrester is a fictional character on the CBS Daytime soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. He has been portrayed by John McCook since the show's debut in 1987...
(John McCook
John McCook
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)'s life by becoming the company nurse at Forrester Creations in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, as well as working as Rick Forrester
Rick Forrester
Eric "Rick" Forrester Jr. is a fictional character from the daytime soap opera The Bold and The Beautiful. The role was originated by child actor Jeremy Snider from 1991–1995. Then the character was aged to a teen with Steve Hartman from 1995-1997 and Jacob Young from 1997-1999. Rick was recast by...
's nanny (after staging an accident that leaves the former nanny, Judy, hospitalized, and later threatening Judy and her family). Sheila and Eric fall in love and are eventually engaged, which angers Eric's ex-wife Stephanie
Stephanie Douglas Forrester
Stephanie Forrester is a fictional character on the American soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. She is known for her on-again, off-again marriages to the famed fashion designer, Eric Forrester, and for her rivalry with Brooke Logan, who has been involved with Eric and her sons, Ridge and Thorne...
(Susan Flannery
Susan Flannery
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), who suspects Sheila is a gold digger and a liar. To Sheila's dismay, Eric's most recent ex-wife Brooke Logan
Brooke Logan
Brooke Logan Forrester is a fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. She has been portrayed by Katherine Kelly Lang since the series debuted in March 1987, although Catherine Hickland and Sandra Ferguson briefly filled in on two occasions when Lang was on...
(Katherine Kelly Lang
Katherine Kelly Lang
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) is pregnant with a child that may either belong to Eric or his son Ridge
Ridge Forrester
Ridge Forrester is a fictional character from the CBS daytime soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. The character was introduced in the series premiere on March 23, 1987 and has been a regular fixture ever since...
(Ronn Moss
Ronn Moss
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). After Bridget
Bridget Forrester
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is born, Sheila manipulates the paternity test so that everyone will believe Ridge is the father. Security guard Mike Guthrie
Mike Guthrie
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(Ken Hanes) catches her in the act and after threatening to blackmail her, Sheila sets loose a vicious Doberman
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to attack him.
Meanwhile, Lauren finds out that Sheila is alive and well, and living on the West Coast. Lauren follows her and they once again fight. Lauren threatens to expose Sheila to the Forrester family, but Sheila turns the tables on Lauren by blackmail
Blackmail
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ing her with pictures she took of Lauren sleeping with Brad Carlton
Brad Carlton
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(Don Diamont
Don Diamont
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) and sent to Lauren as puzzle pieces. Despite Sheila's love for Eric, she panics when Lauren attempts to disclose her past at the wedding, and leaves a heartbroken Eric at the altar. After the guests leave, Sheila returns to the chapel and pleads for Eric's forgiveness. Although Eric demands answers, he eventually forgives Sheila and the two are married.
Sheila and Brooke become close friends; throughout Sheila's time in Los Angeles, Brooke was the only person with whom Sheila felt truly connected. Sheila and Eric's marriage becomes rocky when Sheila accepts a job from Brooke, who seizes control of Forrester Creations with her patent on the BeLieF formula. Eric feels betrayed by her actions and a rift is created in their marriage. Sheila proposes the two take a vacation and use this time to reconnect. The two leave town for Catalina Island
Santa Catalina Island, California
Santa Catalina Island, often called Catalina Island, or just Catalina, is a rocky island off the coast of the U.S. state of California. The island is long and across at its greatest width. The island is located about south-southwest of Los Angeles, California. The highest point on the island is...
. Scott, who became ill, also vacations with Lauren in Catalina Island, where the two run into Eric and Sheila. Lauren intends to use Scott to expose Sheila's past to Eric; however, Scott, still caring for Sheila, keeps mum. Scott eventually dies on the island as a result of his illness. With both women by his side, he wishes that Lauren give Sheila a second chance. Lauren tearfully agrees.
When Sheila becomes concerned that Eric is excluding her from his will, she decides she would be more financially secure if she gave Eric a child. After a one-night stand
One-night stand
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with former rival Connor Davis (Scott Thompson Baker), Sheila goes to Eric claiming she is pregnant with his child. Eric, who had recently had a vasectomy
Vasectomy
Vasectomy is a surgical procedure for male sterilization and/or permanent birth control. During the procedure, the vasa deferentia of a man are severed, and then tied/sealed in a manner such to prevent sperm from entering into the seminal stream...
, tells Sheila he wants a divorce
Divorce
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.
For some time she begins to see psychiatrist
Psychiatrist
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Jay Garvin, who is friends with Brooke's fiance Dr. James Warwick
James Warwick (The Bold and the Beautiful)
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(Ian Buchanan
Ian Buchanan
Ian Buchanan is a Scottish television actor who appeared on the soap opera All My Children as Dr. Greg Madden.His first major work in the United States was playing the characters Duke Lavery on the soap General Hospital from 1986 to 1989, and Ian McFyfer in series three and four of the comedy...
). James suspects Sheila is hiding something from the family, and tries to pry information from Dr. Garvin. However, during a brief struggle, Sheila accidentally pushes Jay off a balcony and to his death. James later learns from Lauren the secrets of her past. After attempting to drown Lauren in a hot tub, Sheila kidnaps James with the help of her new partner-in-crime, the security guard Mike. She imprisons him in the basement of her house (known as "The Houdini House") for some time. When James escapes and her secrets finally surface, she holds Stephanie, Eric, Ridge, Brooke, Lauren and James hostage in the Forrester mansion, welcoming them to her "goodbye party."
At the "party," Sheila tells everyone in attendance how they had personally wronged her (which she felt everyone did except for Brooke, who stopped their friendship at the behest of the Forresters). She then threatened to kill everyone except Brooke, who stunned Sheila when she said that the Forresters are family to her and if Sheila were to kill them, she would have to kill Brooke as well. Holding a gun to Stephanie, Sheila has a change of heart when the others step in front of her, and swallows a bottle of poison.
Having survived, Sheila is placed in a mental institution, under the care of Dr. Brian Carey (Kin Shriner
Kin Shriner
Kin Shriner is an American actor, best known for playing Scott Baldwin on both daytime serials General Hospital and Port Charles .-Personal life:...
), but does not remain there for long, despite Stephanie's attempts to keep her there for good. Sheila tries to revive her friendship with Brooke, who sides with her at first, but later wants nothing to do with her. She begins dating neighbor Grant Chambers (Charles Grant
Charles Grant (actor)
Charles Grant , also listed as Charles Flohe or Charles Floye, is an American actor most notably recognized for his role as Connor McCabe on NBC's soap opera Santa Barbara. He portrayed the role from 1992 to 1993...
), until learning of his relationship with Michael Lai (Lindsay Price). After holding a knife to Grant, Sheila decides to set her eyes on another man - her psychiatrist, James Warwick. She continues to see James at this time, and memories of her abusive
Child abuse
Child abuse is the physical, sexual, emotional mistreatment, or neglect of a child. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Children And Families define child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or...
childhood are revealed. During a particular visit, Sheila confesses that she murdered her father by poisoning him.
At a coffee shop, she bumps into Maggie Forrester (Barbara Crampton
Barbara Crampton
Barbara Crampton is an American actress.She is considered a scream queen.-Early years:Crampton was born in Levittown, Long Island, New York. She was raised in Vermont and spent summers while growing up traveling the country with the carnival as her father was a carnie...
), whom she befriends. The two are amazed to discover they both have ties to the same Forrester family. When Stephanie attempts to take Brooke's children, however, Sheila poisons her by replacing her medication with mercury
Mercury (element)
Mercury is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is also known as quicksilver or hydrargyrum...
pills, and ultimately frames Maggie for the crime. Maggie, later realizing who was behind the poisoning, fights with Sheila and accidentally pushes her onto a fire poker, impaling her. Sheila also makes an enemy of Forrester Creations' rival, Sally Spectra
Sally Spectra
Sally Spectra was a fictional character on the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Sally was played by actress Darlene Conley from 1988 until Conley's death on January 14, 2007 and last appeared onscreen on January 26, 2007 via flashback memorial...
(Darlene Conley
Darlene Conley
Darlene Conley was an American actress.Conley's career spanned fifty years, but she was best known for her performances in daytime television, and in particular, for her portrayal of larger-than-life fashion industrialist Sally Spectra on The Bold and the Beautiful. Conley played the role from...
) who defends Stephanie to her, thus planting the seeds of the eventual friendship between Stephanie and Sally.
After the fire poker incident, Sheila sets her sights on proving to James that she has changed for the better, in the hopes that he would fall in love with her. However, James has feelings for Maggie instead. Maggie goes to Sheila's house to inform her that she needs to find a new therapist, because Maggie wouldn't allow her to see James anymore. After Maggie taunts her excessively and throws a telephone book at her face, Sheila snaps and nearly chokes Maggie to death. Mike later kidnaps her and holds her prisoner at Pacific Park
Pacific Park
Pacific Park is an oceanfront amusement park located in Santa Monica, California.The park looks directly out on the Pacific Ocean, in the direction of Catalina Island. There are a total of twelve rides in Pacific Park, including a Ferris wheel that provides a view of the Pacific Ocean and a roller...
. Sheila, wanting to prove to James that she had changed, hesitantly agrees to release Maggie.
After having crashed James and Maggie's wedding, Sheila reveals that she has become pregnant after a night alone with James. The three come to a settlement that Sheila would temporarily stay with them until her baby was born, and the child would be given to James and Maggie. After Sheila hands her baby, Mary, over to the Warwicks, she relocates to Death Valley
Death Valley
Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California. Situated within the Mojave Desert, it features the lowest, driest, and hottest locations in North America. Badwater, a basin located in Death Valley, is the specific location of the lowest elevation in North America at 282 feet below...
, where she meets Amber Moore
Amber Moore
Ambrosia "Amber" Moore is a fictional character on the CBS soap operas The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless played by actress Adrienne Frantz who debuted on July 18, 1997 on The Bold and the Beautiful where she stayed until April 14, 2005...
(Adrienne Frantz
Adrienne Frantz
Adrienne Danielle Frantz is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is known for her role as Amber Moore in The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless .-Career:First breaking into the soap opera genre in 1997 as Tiffany Thorne on Sunset Beach, Frantz left the show...
). Anxious to see her daughter, Sheila suggests that Amber babysit for James and Maggie, so that she can secretly visit Mary in LA. Amber is hired and keeps her alliance with Sheila secret for some time, but when Sheila threatens her, she exposes herself to James and Maggie. Sheila eventually takes matters into her own hands and takes Mary back.
James attempts to trick Sheila into marrying him, so that he can gain full custody of his daughter. When Sheila realizes the marriage is a set-up, she attempts to kill herself again by jumping off a roof. James, who had actually fallen for Sheila during this time, promises to stay with her. Meanwhile, an angry Maggie sneaks into Sheila's hospital room and cuts off her oxygen
Oxygen
Oxygen is the element with atomic number 8 and represented by the symbol O. Its name derives from the Greek roots ὀξύς and -γενής , because at the time of naming, it was mistakenly thought that all acids required oxygen in their composition...
. Sheila is rescued by doctors and Maggie is immediately arrested.
With the help of Mike Guthrie and his brother Martin, a desperate Maggie captures Sheila and holds her prisoner, appropriately, in the house from Psycho
Psycho (1960 film)
Psycho is a 1960 American suspense/psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins. The film is based on the screenplay by Joseph Stefano, who adapted it from the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch...
at Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal Studios Hollywood is a movie studio and theme park in the unincorporated Universal City community of Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is one of the oldest and most famous Hollywood movie studios still in use...
. When Sheila escapes, James demands that Maggie leave. Maggie and Lauren later team up in an attempt to drive Sheila over the edge. They wire Sheila's house with hidden cameras and an audio system, while the former nanny Judy surprises Sheila on her doorstep. The plan fails, however, and Maggie, realizing James and the baby are lost to her, leaves town. When a friendship begins between James and Stephanie, a paranoid
Paranoia
Paranoia [] is a thought process believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs, or beliefs of conspiracy concerning a perceived threat towards oneself...
Sheila becomes jealous and attempts to drown Stephanie in a pool. To prevent Stephanie from telling anyone about this incident, Sheila threatens to kill Stephanie's grandson, Thomas
Thomas Forrester
Thomas Hamilton Forrester is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. He was portrayed by Drew Tyler Bell sporadically from 2004 to 2010 and is currently portrayed by Adam Gregory, who took over from Bell in September 2010...
. Sheila is arrested for the threat, but secretly switches places with a woman named Sybil. After breaking out of prison in disguise, Sheila shoots Stephanie, kidnaps baby Mary and leaves town.
Sheila returns to L.A. four years later to find her now-teenage daughter Mary (whom she had renamed Erica Lovejoy). Erica (Courtnee Draper
Courtnee Draper
Courtnee Alyssa Draper is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Morgan Hudson in the Disney Channel series The Jersey . Draper was a cast member on The Bold and the Beautiful from April to October 2002 as Erica Lovejoy.Draper was born at the Naval Hospital in Orlando, Florida. She...
), who is completely unaware of her mother's past or her own real name, has traveled to L.A. to meet her idol - Amber Forrester. She soon develops a crush on Amber's husband, Rick
Rick Forrester
Eric "Rick" Forrester Jr. is a fictional character from the daytime soap opera The Bold and The Beautiful. The role was originated by child actor Jeremy Snider from 1991–1995. Then the character was aged to a teen with Steve Hartman from 1995-1997 and Jacob Young from 1997-1999. Rick was recast by...
(then played by Justin Torkildsen
Justin Torkildsen
Justin Torkildsen is an American actor, best known for his role as Rick Forrester on the daytime soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. He portrayed the role from 1999 to 2006....
), although she never intends to act on her feelings. Sheila convinces Erica to seduce Rick, saying that a Forrester man would never abandon the woman carrying his child. She then pays off a man named Lance to drug Amber and take her to bed. Amber tracks Lance down and begins to question him. When a nervous Lance threatens to tell Amber everything, Sheila kills him by releasing a tank of bee
Bee
Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known for their role in pollination and for producing honey and beeswax. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila...
s into his apartment.
Amber becomes increasingly suspicious and confronts Erica in Rick's office. During a struggle, Erica falls and hits her head on a desk, making Amber look guilty of pushing her. At the hospital, a disguised Sheila confronts Amber, angrily warning her to stay away from her daughter. Amber then decides to look for clues at Erica's apartment, but is impeded when Sheila throws a pot at the window and the police arrive, arresting Amber and causing the Forresters to distrust her further. Meanwhile, while browsing through a photo album of Eric's, Erica is startled to find a picture of her mother. She then learns that Sheila was formerly married to Eric, and that her mother wants her to live the life she had always dreamed of with Rick. Sheila pushes Erica to have sex with Rick, so that she can live vicariously as a Forrester through her daughter.
As a reluctant Erica is about to carry out her mother's plan, Rick's brother Ridge bursts in and exposes Erica's true identity. Rick kicks Erica out, but not before Sheila kidnaps Amber, who is stunned to learn that Erica is really Mary Warwick. Sheila litters the crime scene with drugs and tequila, then drags Amber off to her apartment. Massimo Marone
Massimo Marone
Massimo Marone IV was a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. The character was played by veteran actor Joseph Mascolo from August 23, 2001 to July 7, 2006.-Character:...
(Joseph Mascolo
Joseph Mascolo
Joseph Mascolo is an American musician and dramatic actor. During his long career, he has acted in numerous motion pictures and television series. He is best known for playing Stefano DiMera, a role he originated in 1982 on NBC's long running Days of our Lives.-Early life:Mascolo was born and...
) - who had been romantically involved with Sheila for a short time - gets a call from Sheila, and Stephanie recognizes her voice. The two track Sheila and Amber down. Sheila then flees and holds Eric and Taylor Hayes (Hunter Tylo
Hunter Tylo
Hunter Tylo is an American actress, Author and former model. She is best known for her role as Taylor Hayes on The Bold and the Beautiful. She originated the role in 1990, and still continues to play it today....
) hostage at the mansion. But when Brooke walks into the room, a struggle ensues in which Taylor and Brooke are shot. Brooke survives her wounds, whereas Taylor succumbs. Sheila is arrested and subsequently confronted by her daughter, who condemns Sheila's actions and wants nothing to do with her. Sheila is jailed for her crimes but soon escapes with the help of a sympathetic warden named Sugar (Robin Mattson
Robin Mattson
Robin Mattson is an American soap opera actress.Mattson was typically cast in supporting, "villainess" type roles, as in her roles in Santa Barbara and General Hospital, where she played an immoral goldigger and a psychopath, in the respective shows...
).
In late 2003, she kidnaps Ridge and Brooke, while on their South American honeymoon
Honeymoon
-History:One early reference to a honeymoon is in Deuteronomy 24:5 “When a man is newly wed, he need not go out on a military expedition, nor shall any public duty be imposed on him...
. Soon Ridge's half-brother Nick Marone (Jack Wagner
Jack Wagner (actor)
Peter John "Jack" Wagner, II is an American actor and singer, best-known for his roles on the soap operas General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Melrose Place.-Early years:...
) arrives to rescue Ridge but he is soon captured by Sheila as well. When Ridge and Nick's father, Massimo, arrives to deliver the ransom, Sheila reveals that she had a baby daughter, Diana, whom she claims to be the result of the fling she had with Massimo during her previous trip to L.A. When Massimo tries (unsuccessfully) to trick Sheila into handing over the infant, she and Sugar run away. Brooke and Nick are soon rescued; however, it is believed that Ridge had been burned to death in the foundry Sheila stashed him in. Soon after, it is revealed that Ridge had survived, and he reunites with Brooke on the island.
Return to The Young and the Restless
Sheila returns to Genoa City in August 2005 and begins terrorizing Lauren once again, by indirectly turning her now-adult son ScottScott Grainger, Jr.
Scott "Scotty" Grainger II is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. He was played by actor Blair Redford from July 2005 until January 2006.-Character:Lauren Fenmore Scott "Scotty" Grainger II is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the...
(Blair Redford
Blair Redford
David Blair Redford is an American actor.- Personal life :Redford grew up in the suburb of Canton, Georgia and attended Sequoyah High School. He is of Irish, French, German, and Native American descent...
) against her, under the alias "Brenda Harris". It is soon revealed that the woman in the mental institution who was believed to be Sheila (having turned herself in) is actually Sugar - Sheila had tricked her into having plastic surgery
Plastic surgery
Plastic surgery is a medical specialty concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function. Though cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is the best-known kind of plastic surgery, most plastic surgery is not cosmetic: plastic surgery includes many types of reconstructive surgery, hand...
in order to look just like Sheila, and then turned Sugar in to the police. Meanwhile, the real Sheila develops another persona, "Jennifer Mitchell," by wearing a fake nose, wig, and speaking in a British
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
accent. She allies with Tom Fisher
Tom Fisher (The Young and the Restless)
Thomas "Tom" Fisher is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Roscoe Born from April 7, 2005 to January 13, 2006 and by Jonathan Fraser in 2 episodes in 2004...
(Roscoe Born
Roscoe Born
Roscoe Born is an American actor, born in Topeka, Kansas, who is best known for playing a variety of roles over the years in successful television shows, most recently in The Young and the Restless.-Career:...
), who helps her in her scheme to poison Lauren with a necklace that Scott would offer his mother as a gift. In exchange, Tom has Sheila manipulate his estranged wife Gloria Abbott (Judith Chapman
Judith Chapman
Judith Chapman is an actress known to fans of American daytime television. She gave her screen debut at the age of 16 in the Spaghetti Western Sette donne per i MacGregor. She has appeared on half a dozen daytime dramas since the mid-1970s...
) into giving him money and later bail
Bail
Traditionally, bail is some form of property deposited or pledged to a court to persuade it to release a suspect from jail, on the understanding that the suspect will return for trial or forfeit the bail...
ing him out of prison.
When Lauren plans a rooftop dinner with fiancé Michael Baldwin
Michael 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...
(Christian LeBlanc
Christian LeBlanc
Christian Jules LeBlanc is an American actor.LeBlanc currently plays Michael Baldwin on The Young and the Restless. He first played the role from 1991 to 1993, and then resumed the role in 1997. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for the role six times, and won for Outstanding Lead Actor...
), Sheila surprises her and persuades her to commit suicide by jumping off of the roof. Lauren, intoxicated by the poisoned necklace, believes Sheila is a hallucination
Hallucination
A hallucination, in the broadest sense of the word, is a perception in the absence of a stimulus. In a stricter sense, hallucinations are defined as perceptions in a conscious and awake state in the absence of external stimuli which have qualities of real perception, in that they are vivid,...
and before she can jump, she is rescued by Michael and taken to the hospital. There, Sheila sneaks into her hospital room as "Jennifer," and attempts to inject the poison into Lauren's bloodstream, but is interrupted before she can execute her plan.
In December 2005, she convinces Tom (who is Michael's stepfather) to help her abduct Lauren from a yacht while on her honeymoon with Michael. She then bombs the yacht, hoping to kill both Lauren and Tom, who she wants to take the fall for the crime. Sheila is then trapped in a bomb shelter
Bomb shelter
A bomb shelter is any kind of a civil defense structure designed to provide protection against the effects of a bomb.-Types of shelter:Different kinds of bomb shelters are configured to protect against different kinds of attack and strengths of hostile explosives. For example, an Air-raid shelter...
with her nemesis when Tom turns on her. Tom leaves the two together and in the meantime is shot and killed by John Abbott
John Abbott (The Young and the Restless)
John Abbott, Sr. is a fictional character on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. He is the patriarch of the Abbotts, one of the core families that was introduced to the show in 1980. The character was originated by Brett Halsey from May 1980 to March 1981...
(Jerry Douglas
Jerry Douglas (actor)
Jerry Douglas is an American television and film actor. For 25 years Jerry Douglas reigned in fictional Genoa City as patriarch John Abbott on the daytime television serial The Young and the Restless...
). When the bomb shelter is nearly destroyed in an accident, Lauren is astonished when Sheila saves her life. Sheila escapes on her own and is last seen in an unidentified plastic surgeon's office in January 2006, asking for a new face.
It was revealed at the end of 2006 that Paul had been hiding the fact that Sheila (who had had plastic surgery
Plastic surgery
Plastic surgery is a medical specialty concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function. Though cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is the best-known kind of plastic surgery, most plastic surgery is not cosmetic: plastic surgery includes many types of reconstructive surgery, hand...
in order to look like Phyllis Newman
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...
(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:...
)) was still alive, and that he had been keeping her locked in a cage she had constructed in an abandoned warehouse. However, Sheila was determined to escape and take Phyllis's place in order to infiltrate Michael and Lauren's lives. Sheila was accidentally freed from the prison she created for Lauren by Detective Maggie Sullivan (Tammy Lauren
Tammy Lauren
Tammy Lauren is an American actress who has appeared in film and television. She starred in Wishmaster, portraying Alexandra Amberson, a young woman who accidentally awakens the Djinn, a powerful spirit more commonly known as a genie.-Career:To date, Wishmaster is the only feature film in which...
), Paul's girlfriend. After acting as a kidnap victim and pleading for Maggie's help, Maggie opened up the cell, and unhandcuffed Sheila. Sheila thanked her, then choked her to the ground, bound her, and shot her. Maggie survived the injury, but lost a lot of blood.
Subsequently, Paul returned to the warehouse only to be ambushed by Sheila, who imprisoned both Paul and Maggie in the cell. Sheila and Phyllis then had a face to face encounter. After overpowering Phyllis, Sheila lured an unsuspecting Lauren and her baby Fenmore into her clutches; she then fled with Phyllis and the babies as hostages, after subduing Lauren. By this time Michael had arrived at the warehouse and freed Paul and Maggie, the latter being taken to the hospital after that.
Posing as an elderly woman named Betsy, Sheila took Phyllis, Summer, and Fen to a nearby retirement home to hide out. After learning of their location, Lauren went to the home carrying a gun in her purse. Following a tip from a neighbor, Lauren found Sheila's apartment and forced her way inside. Sheila and Phyllis then argued over who was who, and Lauren screams at them to stop. Sheila then ran to grab baby Summer to use her as a shield against Lauren; Phyllis yelled "Point the gun at me! Lauren, point the gun at me!" in order to protect her daughter. A frightened Lauren (realizing the real Phyllis would never put her daughter in the line of fire) turned to Sheila and shot her on February 9, 2007.
Future
In 2009, the children of Sheila Carter and Tom FisherTom Fisher (The Young and the Restless)
Thomas "Tom" Fisher is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Roscoe Born from April 7, 2005 to January 13, 2006 and by Jonathan Fraser in 2 episodes in 2004...
, Daisy Carter (Yvonne Zima
Yvonne Zima
Yvonne Marie Zima is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Daisy Carter on The Young and the Restless.-Early life:...
) and her twin brother Ryder Callahan (Wilson Bethel
Wilson Bethel
Wilson Bethel is an American actor and the son of American author Joyce Maynard. Bethel is best known for his role as Ryder Callahan on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless; he has been playing the role since 2009...
) come in Genoa City with their aunt Sarah Carter (Sheila's sister) to get revenge on Lauren for killing their mother. Actress Kimberlin Brown was asked to reprise her role in 2010 but the storyline was dropped and the mastermind behind Ryder and Daisy was revealed to be Sheila's sister. It is currently unknown if or how Brown could return as Sheila as her character had plastic surgery to look like Phyllis and was subsequently recast with Michelle Stafford.
External links
- Sheila Carter biography at SoapCentral