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Ashley Suzanne Abbott is a fictional character from ''The Young and the Restless'' and ''The Bold and the Beautiful'', two American soap operas on the CBS network. She has been most notably portrayed by Eileen Davidson, who originated the role in June 1982 before departing in 1988. Brenda Epperson portrayed Ashley from 1988 to 1995, before Shari Shattuck portrayed the role for the next three years, until Davidson's return in 1999. Davidson was nominated in 2003 for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. The character is the daughter of Dina Mergeron and Brent Davis. She's had relationships with various men throughout the years, most notably Steven Lassiter, Victor Newman, Blade Bladeson, Cole Howard and Brad Carlton. She has a daughter with Victor, Abby Newman. She is also known for her business contributions to her father's company, Jabot Cosmetics, much like her brother Jack. In 2006, it was announced that Davidson was to leave ''The Young and the Restless''. She last aired on January 11, 2007. Shortly after, the character migrated to its sister soap, ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. There, she became intertwined with the Forresters and Forrester Creations; she also had a romance with Ridge Forrester. She left ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' in 2008 and returned to ''The Young and the Restless'', where she has since had relationships with Victor once again and Tucker McCall. In May 2012, it was confirmed Davidson was let go from ''The Young and the Restless'', leading to her exit on August 3, 2012. Davidson initially hadn't known why, but it was reported later that Sony Pictures Entertainment terminated her contract with the show for her to return to ''Days of Our Lives'' as Kristen DiMera, a character she had portrayed there over 14 years ago. Davidson was brought back briefly to ''The Young and the Restless'' in March 2013 for the soap's 40th anniversary. After returning for a few sporadic guest appearances, Davidson returned to ''The Young and the Restless'' on September 3, 2014, as a series regular. ==Casting== Eileen Davidson originated the role of Ashley Abbott in June 1982, until her first exit on December 2, 1988. The role was immediately recast with Brenda Epperson, who portrayed Ashley for seven years from December 5, 1988 before leaving the role on December 21, 1995.〔 Shari Shattuck then assumed the role from March 12, 1996 to February 22, 1999, with Davidson returning on March 19, 1999.〔http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4WseAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cMkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5431,2673767&dq〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Y&R Daily Recap Archives – 1999 )〕 Davidson took maternity leave in the summer of 2003. In 2006, news broke that Davidson was to exit the soap opera, and she last aired on January 11, 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Y&R: The Actors – Eileen Davidson )〕 She then carried the role of Ashley over to the show's sister soap, ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. She last aired on ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' on July 4, 2008, before returning to ''The Young and the Restless'' on September 25, 2008. In May 2012, Davidson informed followers on her Twitter page that she had been let go from ''The Young and the Restless''. Davidson further confirmed she did not know why she was let go, but was seeing the positive light from it.〔 It was then announced by Nelson Branco that Sony Pictures Entertainment wanted Davidson on both ''The Young and the Restless'' and ''Days of Our Lives'', but that ''Y&R'' would not share the actress, leading to Sony terminating her contract with the soap. Thus it was announced that Davidson would reprise her role as Kristen Blake on the NBC soap. Davidson made her onscreen exit on August 3, 2012. Speaking about her upcoming return to ''Days'' and departure from the show with ''TV Guide'', Davidson stated: "What happened to me at Y&R was shocking — I've been in this business a very long time and have never seen anything like it — but it's not like I haven't been fired before."〔 She also went on to say that "I was led to believe that I was fired, though it was a bad news-good news thing — the bad news is ''Y&R'' is firing you, the good news is ''Days'' wants you." In February 2013, it was announced that Davidson would return to ''The Young and the Restless'' for "very special episodes" that would commemorate the show's 40th anniversary. In spite of this, the actress remained a part of ''Days of our Lives'' full-time. In August 2013, following the announcement of Davidson's departure from ''Days of our Lives'', it was announced that she would again reprise the role for three episodes airing in October, later returning for additional guest appearances. In June 2014, it was announced that Davidson had signed a two-year contract with ''The Young and the Restless'' to appear as a regular cast member again, and will return to the series in September. Davidson also revealed her contract would allow for her to continue making appearances on ''Days of Our Lives''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ashley Abbott」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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