Billie Reed

Billie Reed
Days of our Lives character
Lisa Rinna as Billie Reed
Portrayed by	Lisa Rinna (1992–95, 2002–03, 2012–13) Krista Allen (1996–99) Julie Pinson (2004–08)
Duration	1992–95, 1996–99, 2002–03, 2004–08, 2012–13
First appearance	September 18, 1992 (1992-09-18)
Classification	Present, regular (departing)
Created by	Sheri Anderson
Introduced by	Ken Corday Tom Langan
Krista Allen as Billie Reed
Julie Pinson as Billie Reed
In-universe information Occupation ISA Agent Co-CEO of Countess Wilhelmina Head of Titan Security for the London office Head of campus security for Salem University Police Officer for Salem P.D. Detective Owner of Countess Wilhelmina Parents Curtis Reed Kate Roberts Siblings Austin Reed Lucas Roberts Philip Kiriakis Rex Brady Cassie Brady Spouse Bo Brady (1994–95, 1996–99) Children Chelsea Brady

Billie Reed (formerly Brady) is a fictional character from the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives. Created by writer Sheri Anderson, Billie's storylines focus on everyday life in the fictional town of Salem. Billie didn't even know her mother was Kate Roberts until a court hearing after being accused of murdering her father Curtis Reed. Billie's relationship with Bo Brady was famous to the character, and was a key reason she became such a popular character. The two share one daughter, Chelsea Brady.

Casting

The role of Billie Reed was originated by actress Lisa Rinna. She first aired on September 18, 1992. After three years, Rinna vacated the role on September 28, 1995. The show recast the role, which led to Krista Allen assuming the role from September 6, 1996 to October 6, 1999. When Allen vacated the role, rumors arose that ex-Port Charles actress Julie Pinson would claim the role of Billie. However, Rinna was announced to reprise the role for a short-term stint. Rinna returned to the role in July 2002 and once again vacated in January 2003. In 2004, two years following the online rumors, Pinson was hired into the role. She accepted after Rinna declined to return to the show. Pinson first debuted as Billie on September 13, 2004 and vacated the role four years later on February 5, 2008.

In 2011, it was announced that Rinna would reprise the role of Billie and returned on March 9, 2012. In August 2012, it was confirmed by Huffington Post that Rinna would once again leave the series to develop a panel-focused talk show, Rinna would exit the show on Wednesday January 30 2013.

Storylines

Billie's real name is not Billie Holiday Reed. When Curtis takes the children, he changes their names to prevent Kate from finding them. All that is known is that her original surname was Brown. Also, Billie and Chelsea once reside at 890 Whitley Street in Salem, USA (zip code 06642). The mother and daughter now move into Billie's brother, Lucas Roberts' apartment after Bonnie Lockhart throws them out after her son Patrick Lockhart goes to prison and Conner Lockhart returns to town. Despite being evicted from this apartment, by Victor, Billie continues to live in it, until leaving for London. Chelsea moves in with Bo and Hope, after learning of Nick and Billie's one-night stand.

1992–95

Billie Reed first comes to Salem in 1992 as a professional singer, but her cocaine addiction ruins that opportunity. Billie believes her father is dead and has never known her mother. Her only relative in Salem is her brother Austin Reed. Luckily, Carrie Brady befriends her and gives Billie a place to stay. It took a while before Billie can get clean and rid her life of past demons.

Eventually, Billie decides to turn her life around and starts her own cosmetics company, Countess Wilhelmina. Kate Roberts buys out Countess Wilhelmina to spite Billie. Later that year, Billie befriends Tony DiMera. He brings up 49% of Titan Industries and then brings Billie in to run the Countess Wilhelmina division.

Billie's father Curtis Reed, who had been presumed dead, returns. Curtis, who got Billie addicted to drugs as a young girl and raped her, is eventually murdered, and Billie is arrested for killing him. However, Billie refuses to tell Bo Brady how she knows Curtis and she makes her brother, Austin, keep quiet. Billie thinks that if Bo learns the truth, he won't love her. Nevertheless, Bo falls in love with Billie and is determined to prove that she is innocent.

Billie and Austin are both shocked when they learn Kate was married to Curtis Reed. Eventually Billie admits that Curtis is her father. Stefano DiMera had killed Curtis in self-defense and framed Billie. Billie is let go and Bo tells her that he loves her no matter what. Billie and Austin are also reunited with Kate, the mother they thought abandoned them. Kate tells them that Curtis had taken them from her and she believed they had all been killed in a car crash.

Bo and Billie try to marry on New Year's Day, but the "Desecrator" struck and a falling chandelier almost kills them. They try again, but learn that they could not marry if there was any chance that a lady by the name of Gina turns out to be Hope Brady. In order to help them, Gina signs a paper declaring that Hope is dead and Bo and Billie are finally married. When Gina is eventually proven to be Hope, Billie realizes that Bo had not given his marriage to Hope a fair shot, so she leaves Salem in 1995 to let them be together.

1996–99

Billie returns a year later in September 1996 and moves into the Kiriakis Mansion. She begins to date Franco Kelly, which upsets Bo. Bo insists Franco is dangerous, but Hope accuses him of being jealous. Hope grows fed up with Bo's obsession with Franco and tells Bo that she can't marry him if he still has feelings for Billie. Bo and Billie reunite and marry happily, which angers Hope and the brady family in 1997.

In 1998, Billie, meanwhile, discovers that she is pregnant with Bo's child. Bo tells her that he will be there for her and the baby. She follows Bo and Hope to New Orleans and then into the bayou where she goes into labor. Her baby girl, who she names Georgia, is stillborn. Bo helps Billie get over the loss of their baby; however, he tells her that he still loves Hope and wants to make a life with her. Billie is outraged and leaves town again and head for Paris in October 1999.

Billie and Bo's older brother, Roman Brady (who later marries Billie's mother Kate Roberts), also begin to date after the loss of her baby with Bo.

2002–03

Hope's disdain for Billie only grew over time. When Billie returns to Salem in 2002 and joins the police force, it only gets worse. Billie swears her motives are pure and not to create more trouble for Bo and Hope. She has a short-lived relationship with Jack Deveraux that never really gets off the ground. However her real reason for returning is to cause more problems for Bo and Hope. She assists Larry Welch in kidnapping Hope and Zack because she believes Larry is working for the ISA. However, she can't stand seeing what this was doing to Bo and when she goes to stand up against Larry, he shoots her. Fortunately she survives and leaves Salem when she is released from the hospital in early 2003 to join the ISA in London.

When the Salem stalker murders began she has a message for Bo saying she knows who the killer is but she goes missing along that same time.

2004–08

When Bo helps rescue the victims of the Salem Stalker, he bumps into Billie on the mysterious island. Together they help rescue the others, and upon their return to Salem, Billie makes the shocking discovery that their daughter Georgia, who she thought had died in childbirth, is still alive. In fact, she is Chelsea Benson, one of Abby Deveraux's friends. When Chelsea's adoptive parents are killed in a car accident, Billie reveals the truth and has Chelsea move in with her.

Hope is not thrilled by yet another link between Billie and Bo, but tries to remain supportive. However, when Bo and Hope's son Zack is killed in a car accident, everyone soon learns that Chelsea was the driver, and thus responsible. Billie is desperate to protect Chelsea and Bo is torn between the two women in his life. At one point, Chelsea manipulates Billie into making it appear that Bo has slept with her in a hotel and arranges for Hope to discover this truth. Billie deeply regrets this and admitted to it in court when Hope tries to divorce Bo.

Billie has repeatedly stated she believes Bo and Hope belong together and will not try to get back with Bo, against Chelsea's wishes. Recently, she finds herself involved with another man who is not exactly available: Steve "Patch" Johnson. Steve feels very pressured by Kayla's hopes that he will remember their past, and he rebels by starting to see Billie.

While she is drunk, she has sex with Nick Fallon, who has developed strong feelings for her daughter Chelsea. Her falls from the wagon didn't last long. She makes amends with Chelsea and is working at Salem University as head of security. She uses her connections to help her younger half brother Philip Kiriakis find his missing son, Tyler. She works on finding the campus rapist. Unbeknown to her, Ford Decker is already dead.

Billie leaves town in the wake of the death of Ford Decker. Victor gives her a job at Titan in England, after she is fired from the university. Billie is in a car accident, and has to have her mom, Kate and her daughter, Chelsea come over to London to help her recover. Chelsea stays with Billie while Kate goes back home. Chelsea then returns home to Salem and reunites with Max. They get engaged and leave the show with the storyline of living in London with Billie, helping her to get better. No word has been spoken on her condition since.

2012—

In March 2012, Billie returned to Salem to help her mother as the new co-CEO of Countess Wilhelmina. She is also unveiled at be an ISA agent, moving into the DiMera mansion to spy on EJ DiMera and his father Stefano DiMera. Upon her arrival back in back, Billie immediately stood vigilant by her ex-husband Bo, who was put in a coma. She was later revealed to be working along side Shane Donovan, as part of her ISA mission to take down the DiMera family. It was also mentioned that Chelsea and Max are doing fine.

See also

• Reed/Roberts Family Tree

External links

• soapcentral.com|DAYS Online
• Billie at soapcentral.com