List of The Bold and the Beautiful characters (2017)

The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera. It was first broadcast on March 23, 1987, and airs on CBS. The following is a list of characters that first appeared or will appear in the soap in 2017, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the series' executive producer and head writer Bradley Bell, and co-head writer Michael Minnis.

Sally Spectra

Sally Spectra
The Bold and the Beautiful character
Portrayed byCourtney Hope
Duration2017–present
First appearanceJanuary 31, 2017 (2017-01-31)
Created byBradley Bell and Michael Minnis
Introduced by
Crossover
appearances
The Young and the Restless
ClassificationPresent; regular
Profile
Occupation
  • Businesswoman
  • CEO and Lead designer of Spectra Fashions (2017–2018)
  • Designer at Forrester Creations (2018–2020)
  • Assistant to Lauren Fenmore (2020-2021)
  • Acting President at Jabot Cosmetics Ventures (JCV)(2021)
  • Fashion Producer at Newman Media (2021-present)
ResidenceGenoa City, Wisconsin

Sally Spectra, played by Courtney Hope, first appeared on January 31, 2017.[1][2] In March 2018, it was announced that Hope would exit the role of Sally.[3] She made her last appearance on April 5, 2018. On April 19, 2018, Hope announced she was back filming as Sally and she made her re-appearance on June 15, 2018.[4] In August 2020, Hope announced that she has been let go from the series, making her last appearance on August 5, 2020.[5] Later in the month, it was announced that the actress would be joining the cast of The Young and the Restless.[6] In October 2020, it was revealed that Hope would be portraying Sally Spectra crossing her over to ‘’Y&R’’.[7] She made her first appearance on November 3, 2020.

Sally is the grandniece of Sally Spectra (Darlene Conley) and the granddaughter of Sally's sister, Shirley Spectra (Patrika Darbo),

Bill Spencer Jr. (Don Diamont) and C.J. Garrison (Mick Cain) make an agreement for him to purchase the land in which Spectra Fashions sat, and to knock the building down for land clearance to build a new Spencer Publications office. This job would take six months to prepare, which gave C.J. enough time to see younger (first cousin once removed) Sally Spectra off, in an attempt to re-open Spectra's doors as a fashion house to rival Forrester Creations, repeating history. Sally hires a team resembling that of the old Spectra Fashions gang and - in the best, most efficient way possible - by hiring their relatives! Joining this also larger-than-life Sally are her grandmother Shirley, Saul Feinberg's grandson Saul Feinberg Jr. (Alex Wyse) and Darlita the receptionist, who has no relation to Darla Forrester (Schae Harrison).

Sally begins building a social media presence with by pulling hamulating stunts at Steffy Forrester's (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) expense to garner media attention for Spectra Fashion. She invites Eye on Fashion reporter Jarrett Maxwell (Andrew Collins) who works for Spencer Publications to the relaunch of Spectra. Maxwell takes a liking to Sally's designs angering his boss Bill Spencer. Bill forces him to write a disparaging article against Sally and Spectra Fashions, in a attempt to make to destroy the business and quickly push through the sale of the old Spectra building.

This causes a setback for Sally but she continues on to rebuild Spectra Fashions with similar tactics done by her grandmother Sally. Her grandmother Shirley (Patrika Darbo) whom Sally refers to as "grams" secretly places a hidden camera on her sister Coco (Courtney Grosbeck). Coco heads off to work as a intern at Forrester Creations. Coco remains unaware of the hidden camera, allowing both Shirley and Sally access to all of Forrester's fashion designs before their runway debut.

Sally mimics all of Forrester's designs with slight alterations and launches her runway debut a day earlier to Forresters. The runway debut becomes a success and angers Steffy who accuses Coco of betrayal and nearly causing her to lose her job.

Along the way Sally develops a few romantic relationships including Thomas Forrester (Pierson Fodé) who helps her rebrand Spectra Fashions and Liam Spencer (Scott Clifton) who admits to Sally all of his father's (Bill) ulterior motives. Bill discovers that the old Spectra building has electrical issues and uses it as opportunity to destroy the building by setting fire to it. However he become unaware that both Sally and his son Liam were still inside, nearly killing them.

Sally briefly leaves along with the rest of the Spectra team. She returns a few month later as a designer for Forrester creations and has a brief relationship with Wyatt Spencer (Darin Brooks) and a rivalry with Flo Flutton (Katrina Bowden).

After leaving her life in Los Angeles and Forrester Creations behind, Sally decides to move to Genoa City, Wisconsin. She gets hired by Lauren Fenmore (Tracey E. Bregman) as her assistant at Jabot. During her time at Jabot, she forms rivalries with Summer Newman (Hunter King) and her fiancée Kyle Abbott (Michael Mealor). She also develops a love interest on Kyle's father Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) to Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) dismay.

Phyllis continues to warn Jack about Sally to no avail and tries to run Sally out of town by asking Lauren to relocate her back to Los Angeles. Sally goes after Summer's job and hatches a scheme with the help of Tara Locke (Elizabeth Leiner). She flies back to Los Angeles to meet with Eric Forrester (John McCook), she asks Eric for help in securing a prominent fashion job for Summer in Milan on the promise that she leave the Forresters and Spencers alone.

Back in Genoa City, Tara threatens Summer by taking Harrison (Kyle's son) if she does not leave Kyle. Summer reluctantly agrees and leaves for Milan after receiving a prominent fashion job offer. She tells Lauren to give her job to Sally which raises suspicions with Phyllis.

Phyllis investigates and gathers evidence against Sally. She has Sally's accomplice Tara arrested for fraud and embezzlement and exposes Sally to both Lauren and Jack. Lauren fires Sally and Jack ends his relationship with her. Sally becomes briefly unemployed but is recruited by Chloe Mitchell (Elizabeth Hendrickson) as a fashion producer for Newman Media. Sally also begins a relationship with Adam Newman (Mark Grossman) which raises concerns with Chloe. Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) warns Adams not to date Sally citing her as a opportunist and socialite climber. Adam decides to keep a professional working relationship between himself and Sally but begins to have feelings for her.

Sally schemes again after overhearing Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle) discussing wedding gown options with her former boss Lauren. Sally sketches out a wedding dress personally for Victoria and plans to switch Lauren's dress with hers on the day of Victoria's wedding to Ashland Locke (Richard Burgi). She flies to Tuscany as Adam's plus one and manages to switch out both dress. She later makes a desperate plea to Victoria to wear her dress which Victoria agrees to. The dress gains media attention for both Sally and Newman Media and angers Lauren causing a strain in her family relationship with Chloe.

Shirley Spectra

Shirley Spectra
The Bold and the Beautiful character
Portrayed byPatrika Darbo
Duration
  • 2017–2018
  • 2021
First appearanceFebruary 1, 2017 (2017-02-01)
Last appearanceApril 6, 2021
Created byBradley Bell and Michael Minnis
Introduced by
Crossover
appearances
The Young and the Restless
ClassificationPast; guest
Profile
Occupation
  • Baker
  • Businesswoman
ResidenceNew York

Shirley Spectra, played by Patrika Darbo, first appeared on February 1, 2017.[1][2] In March 2018, Darbo announced she had departed the cast, due to the end of the Spectra storyline.[8] She made her last appearance on March 5, 2018. Darbo returned on November 8, 2018 for a brief appareance. She has also made appearances via video on sister soap Young and the Restless.

Shirley is the sister of Sally Spectra (Darlene Conley) and she arrives in Los Angeles to help her granddaughter, also named Sally (Courtney Hope), re-open Spectra Fashions.

Saul Feinberg

Saul Feinberg
The Bold and the Beautiful character
Portrayed byAlex Wyse
Duration2017–18
First appearanceFebruary 3, 2017 (2017-02-03)
Last appearanceMarch 5, 2018
Introduced byBradley Bell and Michael Minnis
ClassificationPast; recurring
Profile
OccupationTailor at Spectra Fashions
ResidenceNew York

Saul Feinberg II, played by Alex Wyse, first appeared on February 3, 2017.[1][2] In March 2018, it was announced that Wyse had departed the cast, due to the end of the Spectra storyline.[8]

Saul is the grandson of Saul Feinberg, the tailor of Spectra Fashions and friend of Sally Spectra (Conley). Saul is hired by Sally's namesake, Sally Spectra (Hope), as tailor like his grandfather to help re-open Spectra Fashions.

Darlita

Darlita, played by Danube Hermosillo, first appeared February 9, 2017.[1][2] In March 2018, it was announced she would departed the cast, due to the end of the Spectra storyline.[8][9]

Darlita is introduced as the newly-hired receptionist at Spectra Fashions.

Coco Spectra

Coco Spectra
The Bold and the Beautiful character
Portrayed byCourtney Grosbeck
Duration2017–18
First appearanceFebruary 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)
Last appearanceFebruary 9, 2018
Introduced byBradley Bell and Michael Minnis
ClassificationPast; recurring
Profile
Occupation
  • Intern at Forrester Creations (2017–18)
ResidenceNew York

Coco Spectra, played by Courtney Grosbeck, first appeared on February 24, 2017.[10]

Coco is the teen sister of Sally Spectra (Hope), the grand-niece of Sally Spectra (Conley) and the granddaughter of Sally's sister, Shirley Spectra (Darbo). She was previously a intern at Forrester Creations and briefly dated RJ Forrester (Anthony Turpei).

Mateo

Mateo, played by Francisco San Martin, first appeared on October 2, 2017.

Mateo is introduced as the Forrester Estate manager, who is hired by Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown) to seduce Quinn Fuller (Rena Sofer), and cause her to betray Eric Forrester (John McCook)'s trust and have an affair, leading to the eventual end of their marriage.

References

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  3. SOD (March 19, 2018). "Courtney Hope Out at B&B!". Soap Opera Digest. United States: American Media, Inc. Odyssey Magazine Publishing Group Inc. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  4. SOD (April 19, 2018). "Courtney Hope Back To B&B!". Soap Opera Digest. United States: American Media, Inc. Odyssey Magazine Publishing Group Inc. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
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  7. SOD (October 7, 2020). "Courtney Hope Poised for Y&R Debut — as Sally Spectra!". Soap Opera Digest. United States: American Media, Inc. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  8. Wilson, Lori (March 21, 2018). "Interview: Patrika Darbo Talks B&B Exit, Days Storylines, Indie Soaps". Soaps.com. United States: SheKnows Media. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
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