List of The Young and the Restless characters (2006)

A List of characters from the American CBS Soap Opera The Young and the Restless who significantly impacted storylines that began their run in 2006 (or significantly returned).

William Bardwell

William Bardwell
The Young and the Restless
Portrayed by	Ted Shackelford
Duration	2006-2007
First appearance	February 2006
Last appearance	July 18, 2007
Cause/reason	Died of complications from a stroke
Created by	Kay Alden John F. Smith
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Nickname(s)	Will
Gender	Male
Relationships Sibling(s) Jeffrey Bardwell Spouse(s) Miranda Montgomery (1992–1997) Gloria Bardwell (2007) Romances Ashley Abbott Jill Foster Abbott Gloria Bardwell Aunts and uncles Ross Bardwell

William Bardwell was a fictional character from the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. The role was played by Ted Shackelford from February 2006 until mid-2007, when the character died after complications from a stroke. A few weeks later, Shackelford returned to portray William's identical twin brother, Jeffrey Bardwell.

In 2006, John Abbott (Jerry Douglas) finally remembered what happened the night Tom Fisher (Roscoe Born) was shot. He went to D.A. Will Bardwell to tell him the truth in order to free his daughter, Ashley Abbott (Eileen Davidson), who was taking the blame for his crime. John told Will that he was the one who shot and killed Tom Fisher. Will thought that John was lying, but a lie detector test proved him wrong. John was then sentenced to seven years in prison. Will then moved on to investigate the tainted Glo-Again face cream, which resulted in a consumer death. Since no new evidence and leads were found, the case became cold.

In 2006, Jill Abbott (Jess Walton) decided to join an online dating agency, and she was shocked to discover that Will was her anonymous date. Will's wife, Miranda, a well-known fashion editor, had died several years earlier. Jill was his first physical relationship after his wife's death. Will was involved in a love triangle between Jill and Gloria Fisher (Judith Chapman), whom he met at a grieving spouse support group. Gloria's husband was John Abbott, who had recently died of a stroke. Gloria's interest in Will was certainly strengthened by her knowledge that he was the sole heir to a multibillion-dollar oil fortune.

In 2007, William and Gloria were married. Soon after, new evidence arose in the Glo-Again scandal, and most of Jabot Cosmetics employees were subject to DNA testing. Will suspected that Gloria was the culprit. She was very hesitant to give a DNA sample for the case. After much persuasion, Gloria finally gave her DNA sample. She got her son, Kevin Fisher (Greg Rikaart), to get a fake sample. Upon handing her sample over, she performed a sleight of hand trick , switching her sample with the fake. Of course, her test came back negative. However, when dining out, William watched Gloria's friend, Evan Owen, do the same trick. He discovered his wife's secret, and he set out to prove the truth. Upon meeting Gloria at the Athletic Club, William staged a hug in which his watch got caught in her hair. Pulling the hairs he needed for her DNA sample, he ran the test anonymously; it was positive.

Will confronted Gloria with the test results, and she admitted her secret to him. During their argument, Will suffered a stroke. While he was in hospital, Gloria's other son, Michael Baldwin (Christian LeBlanc), and Kevin were able to get Gloria's test results. An unknown copy, however, remained at the lab, where Detective Maggie Sullivan (Tammy Lauren) found it. She then took over William's cases, and she was determined to find out who was the positive match. William died on July 18, 2007 of complications from the stroke. Shortly after, Gloria found a letter saying that Will's uncle's company had recently left $50 million to him, which was then given to Gloria. She decided to use some of the money to throw him a wonderful celebration of his life. At his wake, his identical twin brother, Jeffrey Bardwell (also played by Ted Shackelford), arrived to express his condolences to Gloria. He regretted not spending more time with his brother.

Jana Hawkes

Main article: Jana Hawkes

Jana Hawkes first appeared onscreen on May 11 2006, portrayed by actress Emily O'Brien. She remained a recurring character until September 5, 2006. On the character, O'Brien said ––

“

Jana is wonderful! She is so complex and spontaneous - you never know what she will do or say! She has lived in so many different parts of the world and had over five dozen different jobs. There is an edge and sense of adventure in her that I sometimes wish I possessed. She'd drop anything at a moments notice and go to India, or suddenly decide she wants to be a photographer. She doesn't like to be conservative in the way that she lives, dresses or speaks. The extraordinary and the strange excite her and I think that her character brings a different feel to the show. She is absolutely lovely to play

”

The character exited on May 6, 2011 after her death. During her time on the show, her storyline mostly revolved around her relationship with Kevin Fisher and a brain tumor she had. She later become obsessed with Kevin and her mental health traveled down hill.

Carmen Mesta

Carmen Mesta
The Young and the Restless
Portrayed by	Marisa Ramirez
Duration	2006-07
First appearance	May 8, 2006
Last appearance	February 17, 2007
Cause/reason	Murdered by Jana Hawkes
Created by	Lynn Marie Latham, Kay Alden and John F. Smith
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Gender	Female
Cause of death	Bludgeoned to death with a pipe by Jana Hawkes
Occupation	PR representative
Relationships Sibling(s) Antonio Mesta Romances Neil Winters David Chow Jack Abbott First cousins Ines Varges (identical cousin)

Carmen Mesta first appeared on May 8, 2006 played by General Hospital actress Marisa Ramirez. The Young and the Restless has issued a casting call and by April 11, 2006 it was announced that Ramirez had secured the role as "Carmen, a businesswoman whose storyline would be tied to Jack Abbott." She filmed her first scenes on April 4. By September 2006, it was announced that Carmen was to depart only four months after a debut. The show cited a lack between her and her love affair, Kristoff St. John (as Neil Winters). The character was found murdered on October 27, 2006 and a "Who Killed Carmen Mesta" storyline followed. Carmen's killer was Jana Hawkes (Emily O'Brien), who was initially never considered a suspect.

Carmen is a freelance public relations consultant that Katherine Chancellor hires for Jabot Cosmetics in 2006 because of Jack Abbott's (Peter Bergman) handling of a scandal that results from Jabot's test release of tainted face cream. Jack resents her involvement but soon becomes attracted to her and eventually he and Carmen have a one-night stand. Afterward, Carmen is hired by Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) to work for Newman Enterprises' new cosmetics division, Beauty Of Nature. While at Newman Enterprises, Carmen begins an emotional affair with Neil Winters (Kristoff St. John), who is estranged from his wife Drucilla (Victoria Rowell). The physical extent of Carmen's relationship with Neil is a kiss. Believing that the two are having an affair, Drucilla ransacks Carmen's room and cuts her clothing with scissors. Carmen has Drucilla arrested for aggravated burglary and gets a restraining order. Dru violates the restraining order on more than one occasion, even attacking Carmen in Newman Enterprises' break room. Unbeknownst to Dru, the attack is captured on a hidden video camera accidentally left on by Noah Newman (Hunter Allan). The footage is discovered by Dru's enemy Phyllis Newman (Michelle Stafford), who alerts Carmen, who in turn takes the tape to the police, which lands Dru in more trouble.

During these events Neil helps Dru deal with her feelings towards Carmen and tries to act as peacemaker. Carmen can not understand how he can condemn Dru's actions. She informs him she is going to ask the District Attorney William Bardwell (Ted Shackelford) to prosecute Dru. Neil believes that Carmen is overzealous in wanting revenge on Drucilla. Dru hires Michael Baldwin (Christian LeBlanc) as her attorney, and Michael asks Paul Williams (Doug Davidson) to investigate Carmen's background. Paul discovers that at Carmen's previous job (prior to her arrival in Genoa City) she had an affair with a married executive, and that she left the job after being paid a large settlement. Michael confronts Carmen with this information in an attempt to get her to drop her lawsuit against Dru, but she refuses. Carmen is found dead behind Neil's jazz club, Indigo, on the club's opening night. Will Bardwell believes that she was murdered and, out of numerous possible suspects, arrests Devon for her murder. Michael Baldwin becomes Devon's defense attorney and looks for other plausible suspects, particularly Brad Carlton (Don Diamont) and Jack Abbott, so that he can establish reasonable doubt as part of Devon's defense.Carmen's murderer turns out to be Jana Hawkes (Emily O'Brien). Jana killed Carmen because Carmen saw Jana looking through a folder containing pictures and facts about the Grugeon Reliquary (a fictional piece of medieval art with foreign letters engraved on it, revealed to be the keys to a massive fortune), which Jana stole from Victoria Newman's car.

Rebecca Kaplan

Rebecca Kaplan
The Young and the Restless
Portrayed by	Millie Perkins (2006) Lorna Raver (2006–07)
Duration	2006–07
First appearance	July 28, 2006
Last appearance	February 13, 2007
Cause/reason	In hiding from the Nazis
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Gender	Female
Relationships Sibling(s) Isabel Montalcini Spouse(s) Arthur Kaplan (widowed) Children George Kaplan Stephanie Kaplan Other relatives Abby Newman Colleen Carlton Robert Carlton

Rebecca Kaplan first appeared onscreen on July 28, 2006 portrayed by Millie Perkins (known for her role in the film adaption of The Diary of Anne Frank). By September 19, Lorna Raver at joined the role. The character wasn't seen past February 2007. Rebecca was introduced prior to her onscreen appearance as "a woman who holds a key to the mystery of Brad's past." She is the mother of the late Brad Carlton and the grandmother of the late Colleen Carlton.

In 1943, Rebecca's family members were killed by Nazis during World War II, and Rebecca was put to work in a concentration camp, cataloging stolen Jewish artworks. Rebecca escaped and testified at war crime trials against the commandant, who was sentenced to death. She also returned all of the stolen artworks to their rightful owners. After receiving death threats, Rebecca and her sister, Isabel, immigrated from Rome to the United States, where Rebecca met and married Arturo "Arthur" Kaplan. The couple had two children, George and Stephanie, and the family lived in Ohio. When George and Stephanie were teenagers, the Nazis managed to track the Kaplan family down, and Arthur, Stephanie and Isabel were thus killed. The Nazis mistakenly took Isabel to be her sister, Rebecca, who was spared.

Later, Rebecca and George were forced to go on the run from the Nazis, and when George's friend, Brad Carlton, was killed, George took his identity and moved to Genoa City, with Rebecca still in hiding. In July 2006, "Brad," now in his forties, finally told his then-wife, Victoria Newman, and his oldest daughter with Traci Abbott, Colleen Carlton, about his past and his true identity, and introduced them to Rebecca, whom they had believed to be dead. Rebecca continues to stay in hiding, even during Brad's untimely death, when she could not leave hiding in order to come to his funeral.

Adrian Korbel

Adrian Korbel
The Young and the Restless
Portrayed by	Eyal Podell
Duration	2006–2008
First appearance	September 18, 2006
Last appearance	August 5, 2008
Cause/reason	Moved to Maine
Created by	Lynn Marie Latham
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Gender	Male
Residence	Maine
Relationships Romances Amber Moore Colleen Carlton

Professor Adrian Korbel first appeared on September 18, 2006 portrayed by Eyal Podell. He departed nearly two years later on August 5, 2008. He is described by the official website as ––

"An opinionated professor at Genoa City University, Adrian may have met his match in outspoken student Colleen Carlton."

The character has been described as a "Hunk" teacher. On his working with the cast, Podell said during an interview with Soap Opera Digest "It's fun, it's challenging. It's just great to come in and work." In a later September 2007 interview he talked about his character's status and the storylines at The Young and the Restless " It's been great. There's been a bit of a lull, but they've been setting up storylines. Adrian's still writing the book about Brad and somewhere in the future that's going to blow up. Then this thing with Heather could blow up things between him and Colleen."

Colleen Carlton (then played by Adrianne Leon) found herself being drawn to her college art history professor, Adrian Korbel, and she became his research assistant in 2006. They started off on the wrong foot, but the two shared a one-night stand at Genoa City University when they were stuck there during an ice storm. A guilty Colleen decided to stop things with Adrian in order to salvage her relationship with her then-boyfriend, JT Hellstrom (Thad Luckinbill). Adrian seemed to move on from Colleen, and he became bed buddies with Amber Moore (Adrienne Frantz). Still, he found himself sketching pictures of Colleen, and he often reminisced about their night together during the storm. Meanwhile, Colleen's father, Brad Carlton (Don Diamont) distrusted Adrian, and he hired JT to investigate Adrian. Brad's mother, Rebecca Kaplan (played first by Millie Perkins and then by Lorna Raver), worked in a concentration camp cataloging stolen Jewish artwork during World War II. The Nazis who were involved began to track Rebecca and her family. They were looking for a piece of artwork, the Grudgeon Reliquary. After Brad acquired the artwork, Rebecca found an inscription in the artwork that was in code. Colleen gave the inscription to Adrian, and he solved the code that revealed a treasure worth millions hidden in the catacombs of the Czech Republic. Then, Jana Hawkes (Emily O'Brien) kidnapped Colleen and Kevin Fisher (Greg Rikaart) in order to get to the treasure before Brad. Luckily, JT and Adrian saved them from a fiery blaze before they were seriously hurt.

Adrian and Colleen (now played by Tammin Sursok) resumed their secret relationship. Once Brad found out about his daughter's secret affair, he forbade her from seeing Adrian. Colleen was forced to move in with her uncle Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman), who also paid for her college tuition after her father cut her off. Adrian received a job offer at a museum in Paris, and he and Colleen were going to move to France together. Brad donated a piece of art to the museum, and he persuaded the museum to take back their job offer to Adrian. With nowhere to go, Colleen moved in with Adrian at his apartment while he wrote a tell-all about Brad's past. Jana and Colleen helped Adrian reveal the secrets of Brad's past. Colleen was unaware that by revealing her family's secrets, she was putting them in danger. Adrian gave Colleen an advanced copy of the book, entitled SAVED: From The Ashes. After reading the book, Colleen's fear for her family's safety escalated. She gave the book to her father, and he used his money to stop the book's publication. Adrian was furious with Colleen for betraying him, and their relationship soon crumbled. Colleen then left Genoa City for Beijing, China to take a work study position. Adrian was offered a position as a writer for Restless Style magazine, and he was in charge of writing an article about Victor Newman's (Eric Braeden) most recent wife, Sabrina Costelana (Raya Meddine). Colleen's uncle, Jack Abbott, edited Adrian's work in order to increase magazine sales, which upset Adrian. Upon Colleen's return from China, Adrian was willing to forgive her, but she refused his advances. In 2008, Adrian relocated to Maine because he had no reason to stay in Genoa City any longer. In 2009, Collen tragically died after drowning in a lake. Adrian was unable to attend the funeral, but he sent flowers to the family to express his condolences.

Ji Min Kim

Ji Min Kim
The Young and the Restless
Portrayed by	Eric Steinberg
Duration	2006–07
First appearance	October 2, 2006
Last appearance	September 5, 2007 (alive) July 25, 2008 (flashback)
Cause/reason	Strangled to death by David Chow
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Gender	Male
Occupation	CEO of Jabot Cosmetics Former CEO of House of Kim
Residence	Genoa City, Wisconsin
Relationships Romances Jill Abbott

Ji Min Kim first appeared on October 2, 2006 portrayed by Eric Steinberg. He last appeared on September 5, 2007 after being murdered. On working with the cast, Steinberg said "Jess is one of the pillars of the show and this is the first soap I have ever done. I have done a lot of other things but not a soap. It is an extraordinarily, technically speaking as an actor, difficult."

Ji Min entered the The Young and the Restless canvas as the owner of 'House of Kim', a dummy corporation that Jack Abbott (played by Peter Bergman) had set up so that he could secretly buy back Jabot Cosmetics from Katherine Chancellor (Jeanne Cooper). Ji Min quickly became embroiled in the corporate intrigue surrounding Katherine, Jack and Victor (Eric Braeden).

Ji Min had recently become interested in Jill Abbott (Jess Walton), and was consistent in asking her out for drinks and meals. Jack's bitter former stepmother, Gloria (Judith Chapman), with the help of her son Kevin (Greg Rikaart), had been monitoring the security cameras in Ji Min's office, determined to prove that Jack was the one pulling the strings at Jabot. Gloria had also been slipping Jill sexual enhancement drugs to ensure that she and Ji Min had sex in the office, thus destroying Jill's relationship with William Bardwell (Ted Shackelford).

Although Gloria's plan may have been successful in ending any possibly of a Jill and William pairing, it also was successful in uniting Jill and Ji Min, who found they had an attraction to each other outside of a libido enhancer. Recently, Jill and Ji Min stumbled upon Gloria's scheme, when Jill's routine physical showed an abnormal amount of hormones. Ji Min, a self-professed chemist, and Jill figured out what Gloria had done and were last seen plotting their payback while at the Extreme Catwalk shoot. Jill spiked Gloria's and Evan's coffee, trying to do to her what she had done to them. Evan and Gloria did have a tryst, but unfortunately, William came by too late to catch them in the act. Katherine, Jill's mother and CEO of Chancellor Industries, was not a fan of Ji Min. Due to his involvement with Jack's Jabot scheme Katharine distrusted Ji Min and did not like his involvement with her daughter. Katherine bought Jabot back from Jack and wanted Ji Min to leave Genoa City. Although Kim confessed that he had always found his calling as that of an evil math teacher, he nevertheless stayed in the City. Trying to make her daughter end her relationship with Ji Min, Katherine gave Jill an ultimatum: the man or the job. Either she remained Jabot's CEO and gave up her relationship with Ji Min; or she stepped down as CEO, which would allow Ji Min to be CEO, and therefore keep her man. Jill decided to keep her man. He proposed to Jill and the two were engaged. He was let go from Jabot by Katherine, who felt he was not trustworthy, and began working with Jill to start their own company, which would compete with Jabot Cosmetics.

On September 4, 2007 Ji Min was found dead in his room at the Genoa City Athletic Club. The cause of death was strangulation; however, was not known by whom but evidence suggested that it was either Jack Abbott or Victor Newman. Later video footage suggested it was Victor and he was arrested.

On July 1, 2008, flashbacks suggested that David Chow, acting on loanshark Walter Palin's behalf, killed Ji Min as a way to "pay off a debt." Later, on July 25, 2008, Paul Williams concluded that Ji-Min had been murdered after discovering that Walter and David had mob connections; he had been silenced when he attempted to break free of their influence.

Maggie Sullivan

Maggie Sullivan
The Young and the Restless
Portrayed by	Tammy Lauren
Duration	2006, 2006–2008
First appearance	October 30, 2006
Last appearance	February 21, 2008
Cause/reason	Unknown
Created by	Lynn Marie Latham Kay Alden John F. Smith
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Gender	Female
Occupation	Police Detective
Relationships Romances Paul Williams

Maggie Sullivan first appeared on October 30, 2006 portrayed by actress Tammy Lauren. She was last seen on February 21, 2008 without a proper exit.

On her character, Lauren stated "Women who act as tough as Maggie are probably more scared of things than others". Lauren also said that when the character joined, she was initially only for the purpose of the Carmen Mesta murder case.

Maggie Sullivan first came onto the scene in Genoa City to investigate the murder of Carmen Mesta, whose body was found behind the club Indigo. Throughout the case, she remained a force to be reckoned with and continued to search for the truth as to who killed Carmen, where she was murdered and why. She also began a relationship with Paul Williams, but it had a rocky start when she tracked him to an abandoned warehouse and found what she believed to be Phyllis Newman imprisoned in a cage, but it was actually the psychotic Sheila Carter, who had undergone plastic surgery to look like Phyllis. Maggie let 'Phyllis' out, only to be choked by her and left for dead. Sheila then imprisoned Paul in the cage with Maggie and shot Maggie.

After Sheila-as-Phyllis was killed, Paul visited Maggie in the hospital and told her that when questioned, she should leave Lauren and Michael out of the story, as they too, like Maggie, had "stumbled into this themselves." Then, a fellow detective came to ask Maggie about her shooting and Paul was asked to step outside. Maggie never told anyone of Michael, Paul, or Lauren's involvement and she and Paul resumed dating. Months later, Paul gave Maggie another shock when he revealed that the new Assistant D.A. in town was his daughter Heather Stevens that he'd had with his ex-wife, April. The only thing was Heather did not know Paul was her biological father. This led Maggie to encourage him to tell Heather the truth. Maggie was last seen in Genoa City in February 2008. She and Paul did not break up on camera, and no mention was made of her when Paul began seeing Nikki.

Amber Moore

Main article: Amber Moore

On November 29, 2006, Amber Moore, portrayed by Adrienne Frantz from The Bold and the Beautiful joined The Young and the Restless. Her first taping was in October.