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What Happened to Steffy on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

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Steffy Forrester on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL is one of the soap’s most memorable characters, but some fans may not recall everything that this vixen has gone through over the years because it’s been a lot! Born to B&B supercouple Ridge Forrester and Taylor Hayes back in 1999, that would make Steffy about 19. But after being played by a series of child actors, she and her twin sister, Phoebe, were aged into teenagers in 2004. Keaton and Kylie Rae Tyndall played the twins before being replaced with Addison and Alex Hoover. The kids were written out for a while and Steffy returned as an adult as portrayed by Jacqueline MacInnes Wood in 2008. Because MacKenzie Mauzy was playing Phoebe, the twins were retconned to be fraternal instead of identical. Wood took a little break from the soap from 2013-15, but since then has been playing Steffy constantly ever since. (With maternity leaves in 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023 to give birth to her children!)

Young Steffy, named after her grandmother, Stephanie Forrester, was presumed dead after falling overboard during a storm in Saint Thomas, but was actually kidnapped by Ridge’s unstable ex, Morgan DeWitt. After the family was reunited, Taylor was killed by Sheila Carter, and Steffy, Phoebe, and their brother, Thomas Forrester, were upset when their father married Brooke. When Taylor was found alive, she returned to Los Angeles but had missed out on much of Steffy’s childhood. In 2006, Ridge and Taylor divorced and Steffy left for boarding school in England.

The Bold and The Beautiful Ridge and Taylor Family
Back when the Hoovers were playing them, Phoebe and Steffy looked a lot more alike!Aaron Montgomery/jpistudios.com

In 2008, Steffy returned and began working at Forrester Creations. She also had a brief fling with Marcus Walton. After Phoebe died in a car accident with her boyfriend, Rick Forrester, he and Steffy mourned her together which led to romance. However, when Steffy learned that Rick was just using her to get back at Ridge, she dumped him. Next, Steffy seduced Bill Spencer, who had bought out Forrester, in the hopes of winning back her family’s business. And threatening to tell his wife, Katie, about them did the trick!

Ridge fired Steffy from Forrester after it appeared she exposed Brooke’s sexual encounter with her daughter Hope’s boyfriend, Oliver, so Taylor gave her daughter her 25% shares in the company. Steffy fell for Liam Spencer, but he had started a relationship with Hope Logan, so she went to Paris for business. Returning home, she once again pursued Bill, but his plan to leave his wife for her changed when Katie had a heart attack. After Steffy slipped in her bathtub and nearly drowned, she was saved by Liam, reigniting her feelings for him. Unfortunately, he was engaged to Hope by this point. But when Hope began neglecting him, Steffy moved in and stole him away. Seeing them kissing, Hope dumped Liam, who immediately proposed to Steffy!

The Bold and The Beautiful Steffy Liam Wedding
Trapped in a gondola, Hope was forced to watch as Liam married Steffy on a mountaintop.sean smith/jpistudios.com

Despite Hope’s best efforts, Steffy and Liam married in Aspen, but he eventually changed his mind and chose Hope after learning Bill had manipulated him into marrying Steffy. After they finally signed the divorce papers, Liam moved on with Hope and they were married in Italy. Unfortunately, the union was invalid, and before they could officially tie the knot in the United States, Liam spent a wild night on the town with Steffy. A jealous Hope dumped him, and Liam returned to Steffy, who soon became pregnant. Tragically, she lost the baby in a motorcycle accident and learned she was now infertile. Devastated, Steffy divorced Liam and returned to Paris.

When Steffy returned to LA several months later, her fertility issues were corrected, and she was looking for a second chance, but Liam had already moved on with Hope, so she left again. Coming home stronger, Steffy teamed with Ridge to steal Forrester from Rick and rekindled her romance with Liam. Her cousin, Aly Forrester, blamed Taylor for her mother, Darla’s, death, so she took it out on Steffy. But when the redhead attempted to murder her, Steffy accidentally killed Aly in the struggle!

The Bold and The Beautiful Aly attacks Steffy
Aly went all the way around the bend into Crazy Town!sean smith/jpistudios.com

Ivy Forrester blackmailed Steffy with a recording of the accident, calling it murder. The arguments between the two women led to Ivy being electrocuted and falling down a flight of stairs (not at the same time, though)! After Liam disappeared (he was actually suffering from amnesia and being held captive by Quinn), Steffy found happiness with Wyatt Spencer, and they eventually married. Their union was already on shaky ground because she couldn’t stand his mother, Quinn, but it really fell apart when Liam returned and got his memories back. She divorced Wyatt and married Liam in Australia.

The marriage was doing fine until Liam kissed Sally after they both were trapped in the rubble of the Spectra building Bill blew up and they believed they could die. Upset at Liam’s confession, Steffy took off and cried on Bill’s shoulder which led to him seducing her into bed. Although he wanted to rekindle things with her, Steffy insisted she only loved Liam. When she learned she was pregnant, Steffy feared Bill could be the father. A paternity test proved it was Liam, but her happiness was short-lived when Liam found the test and walked out on her for sleeping with his father.

The Bold and The Beautiful Bill hugs Steffy
Bill deluded himself into believing he and Steffy were the perfect match!Howard Wise/jpistudios.com

Hope returned to Los Angeles and while she claimed to support Liam and Steffy reuniting, she took advantage of Liam’s emotionally fragile state and wooed him back to her. Although it looked like Liam was ready to take Steffy back, Bill made it seem as though they were still sleeping together, which led Liam to demand a divorce and almost walk down the aisle with Hope! Steffy was relieved he learned the truth before putting a ring on it, but Bill continued to pursue her relentlessly.

After giving birth to their daughter, Kelly, Steffy and Liam seemed poised for a proper reunion, but then they learned that Hope was also now pregnant with his child! Liam proclaimed his love for Steffy and promised they would remain a family, but was hesitant to remarry, and Steffy was shocked to find him kissing Hope backstage at her fashion show!

The Bold and the Beautiful Steffy
Steffy took charge of her own life!Howard Wise/jpistudios.com

Although Steffy initially agreed to marry Bill in exchange for his shares of Forrester — much to his delight and everyone else’s horror — she ultimately decided to choose herself and declare she didn’t need or want a man in her life. But as a bonus, Bill still signed over the shares to her. Steffy took charge at Forrester, developing a new Intimates line of lingerie, which briefly pitted her against Hope once more. However, with her new attitude, Steffy took the high road and even gave her blessing for Hope and Liam to re-marry.

Steffy’s next order of business was to give her daughter, Kelly, a sister like the one she had loved, and was overjoyed when a beautiful baby girl was available for adoption. Unfortunately, what Steffy didn’t realize is that her new daughter, who she named Phoebe, was actually the infant that Hope and Liam believed died during childbirth! With all the drama going on, Steffy decided to go to check on things at Forrester International over in Paris, and brought the babies with her.

Upon her return, Steffy found herself bonding with Liam as they raised the baby girls together after Hope pushed him away in her grief. She was happy at the return of her brother, Thomas, and supported his decision to marry Hope, but then the baby swap was exposed and Steffy was absolutely heartbroken. She returned Beth to Hope and Liam, but took advantage of the rift between the couple to see if she could win Liam back.

B&B Liam Steffy Hope
“Liam, are we seriously going to do this all over again?!”Howard Wise/jpistudios.com

Although Liam remained committed to Hope, Steffy got the upper hand thanks to Thomas, who cued her to kiss Liam just as Hope arrived to see. Although Steffy was happy to have Liam to herself again, eventually the guilt was too much for her and she confessed that it was all part of Thomas’ elaborate scheme to get Hope back.

Once Thomas’ scheme was publicly exposed Steffy settled into a comfortable life raising Kelly as a working mom. But that was shattered when she was hit by Bill’s car while riding her motorcycle! Thankfully, she was wearing her helmet and survived, but she remains in excruciating pain that she tried to be strong and suffer through. Unfortunately, it was all too much for her and she began mixing her pain meds with alcohol. And when Dr. John “Finn” Finnegan wouldn’t give her more refills, she went to extreme measures to ease her agony.

Steffy kissed Finn but it didn’t change his mind about giving her a refill, just made him realize he couldn’t be both her doctor and her boyfriend. Liam found Steffy unresponsive after she’d downed some of the illegal drugs Vinny secretly sent her and realized she had a problem and after everyone staged an intervention, Steffy eventually got the help she needed.

B&B Steffy Finn kiss
Just as things were heating up with Finn, everything exploded!CBS

Once home, Steffy settled into a comfortable relationship with Finn, but he remained jealous of her connection to Liam. Things got worse when Liam thought Hope had cheated on her with Thomas so he got drunk with Steffy and the pair slept together! Steffy finally had to come clean about the one-night stand when she found out she was pregnant, and desperately wanted a paternity test to prove the baby was Finn’s as she hoped. Unfortunately, the results showed Liam was the babydaddy, but Finn promised to stand by her anyway. Thankfully, Thomas’ suspicions turned out to be true and Vinny confessed to switching the DNA results! Steffy was just about to leave for Paris when Finn caught up to her and popped the question! She didn’t want to saddle him with another man’s baby, but he revealed the truth about the paternity test and she happily accepted!

Finn was at Steffy’s side when she delivered their son and the couple named him Hayes, after her mom. She grew concerned when Finn admitted he’d been keeping a secret about his past, but relieved to learn it was just that he was adopted. Steffy got to know his parents, Jack Finnegan and Li Finnegan, before the wedding, but things turned sour when Sheila showed up at the reception to reveal that she was Finn’s birth mother!

Steffy refused to let Sheila anywhere near Hayes, and urged Finn to steer clear of the psycho as well. She was delighted when Taylor returned to Los Angeles and thrilled when her mother and father reconnected after Ridge found out Brooke had gotten drunk and kissed Deacon Sharpe on New Year’s Eve. However, when Steffy discovered that Sheila had set Brooke up, she confronted the villain, and when Finn tried to help, he was shot by his own mother! As Steffy tried to call 911, Sheila warned her to put the phone away and when she wouldn’t listen, pulled the trigger! By the time Deacon found them, Finn was dead and Steffy was rushed to the hospital barely clinging to life!

B&B Taylor Ridge Thomas Steffy hospital
Steffy’s family rallied around her during her time of need.Howard Wise/jpistudios.com

Although she survived, when Steffy regained consciousness, she had no memories of Finn or Hayes, and believed she was still married to Liam! Soon, her family helped her to remember and Steffy was heartbroken all over again to lose her husband. Once home, she eventually recovered enough to remember that Sheila was the one who shot them and arranged for a dramatic confrontation before having her arrested. Still devastated by her loss, and with Li being uncommunicative about a memorial service, Steffy decided that it would be best if she left town with the kids to get herself together.

Steffy checked herself into a clinic that specialized in treating depression, and while outside of a church in Monaco, was stunned when Finn found her and revealed he was very much alive! Although overjoyed to have her husband back, when they returned home, Steffy blasted Li for keeping Finn’s recovery a secret from all of them. After her parents kissed in Monaco, Steffy teamed with Thomas to help get Ridge away from Brooke and back with Taylor again. However, she was disappointed to learn how far Thomas had gone and told Taylor that he had framed Brooke for making the call to CPS that led Ridge to leave her. And when Taylor wouldn’t speak up at the wedding, Steffy revealed Thomas’ manipulation herself!

With Sheila presumed dead, Steffy was horrified to run into the psycho and recognize her under her disguise! After Sheila was arrested, Steffy and Finn were stunned when she showed up at their home and even more shocked when Bill arrived to reveal he was in love with Sheila, and if they testified against her for shooting them, he would put Taylor in jail for shooting him! Taylor offered to turn herself in, but Steffy talked her out of it. Thankfully, this was all eventually revealed to be a ruse set up by Bill and Ridge to trap Sheila into confessing to murder so she could be locked up forever.

B&B Sheila guard Finn Steffy
Steffy and Finn were powerless to stop Sheila from getting out of jail free.Howard Wise/jpistudios.com

When Thomas and Hope were fighting over custody of Douglas, they let the boy choose where he wanted to live, and he picked Steffy’s. She agreed to help protect Douglas, and was happy to find that Thomas was getting help and turning his life around. In fact, she even told Hope that she needed to hire him back or else she would end the Hope for the Future line. However, as the two began working together again, Steffy wondered if Hope secretly harbored feelings for Thomas. And when Liam accused Thomas of trying to steal Hope from him, Steffy revealed that it was Hope who was the problem!

In Rome on Forrester business, Steffy comforted Liam when he saw Hope kissing Thomas and was stunned when he kissed her! When Liam tried it again back home, Steffy reminded him she was a married woman. However, Steffy’s marriage hit a snag when Sheila was set free and Finn was seen hugging his mother. Fearing for her life and the lives of her children, Steffy packed up and moved into the Forrester mansion. Finn eventually convinced her to come home with him, but after Sheila showed up at the house, Steffy had had enough and sadly told Finn that she was taking the kids and leaving L.A. to go to Europe.

Stay tuned to see what happens when she comes home again!

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