TV actress Ashley Jones

Ashley Jones has distinguished herself on not one, but two CBS soap operas at a time when the soap opera is an endangered television genre.

 

She played Megan Dennison on the CBS soap "The Young and the Restless" from 1997 to 2000 and briefly again in 2001.  Coincidentally, her character on "The Bold And the Beautiful," Bridget Forrester, became a regular character in 1997 after a number of child actresses played the little girl.  By the time Ms. Jones assumed that role, she became the fourth actress since 1997 to play Bridget, who by then had grown up and would eventually become a doctor.  She assumed the role of Bridget in 2004.   

Dr. Forrester ceased being a regular character in 2011, but Ms. Jones has played her periodically since then.

Among Ashley Jones' other roles are as Daphne in the dark-fantasy series "True Blood" and a slew of Lifetime TV movies.  

Fun fact #1:  Ashley Jones was married to actor Craig T. Nelson's son Noah for seven years beginning in 2002.

Fun fact #2:  The role of Bridget Forrester was also played by Jennifer Finnigan, an earlier honoree on this blog.