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Heather Tom
Heather Tom (born November 4, 1975) is an American actress and director. She is best known for her roles as Victoria Newman on The Young and the Restless (1990 to 2003), Kelly Cramer on One Life to Live and All My Children (2003 to 2006), and Katie Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful (2007 to present). On The Bold and the Beautiful she has earned four Daytime Emmy Awards and a total of six in her career, tying her for the most wins by a soap actress. In addition to her acting work, she has directed episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, Dynasty, and Good Trouble.
Tom was born in Hinsdale, Illinois. She is the oldest of three children. Her younger siblings are twins David Tom and Nicholle Tom, who are also actors. Her brother played Billy Abbott on The Young and the Restless and also co-starred with her on One Life to Live as her half brother, Paul Cramer. In 2000, she and David became the first brother and sister nominated for Daytime Emmy Awards in the same year. Tom guest-starred with her sister on The Wedding Bells in 2007 and Hollywood Darlings in 2017.
When Tom was eleven, her family moved from Chicago, Illinois to Seattle, Washington, because her father's work transferred him. A year later, her mother brought the three children to Los Angeles for pilot season. They decided to stay there permanently, with Tom's father remaining in Seattle and her parents divorcing. Her mother got a job as a speech therapist for the Pasadena school system, while the children auditioned for acting roles.
While in Seattle, Tom performed at the Seattle Children's Theatre and the Pacific Northwest Ballet and studied piano at the Academy of Music and Dance. After moving to California, she studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and the Young Actors Space. At age fourteen, she took a part time job baking cookies at a store in Los Angeles called Hungry Bear Cookies. She became emancipated from her parents while she was a teen.
Tom's acting career began at the age of two with television commercials and modeling. On stage, she spent a summer performing in a West Coast tour of Pinocchio II for Center Stage USA. After moving to Los Angeles, she landed guest-starring roles on Who's the Boss?, Kids Incorporated, Divorce Court, and Trial by Jury. Tom played Caroline in the ABC movie She'll Take Romance.
She debuted as Victoria Newman on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless in December 1990. Tom won her first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in 1993. She was also nominated in the same category in 1994. She received Young Artist Award nominations in 1993 and 1994.
In 1995, she guest starred as herself in an episode of Diagnosis: Murder. She starred as Kathy Acton in the CBS movie Deadly Whispers, co-starring with Tony Danza and Ving Rhames. For her role on The Young and the Restless, she received Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Younger Actress in 1995 and also 1996.
Tom co-founded the Creative Outlet Theater in Los Angeles with actor Chad Allen, producing and starring in Out of Gas on Lover's Leap and Vanities. She also produced the play Scooter Thomas Makes it to the Top of the World. In 1996, Tom and Allen produced Biloxi Blues for the theater. She starred as Daisy in the play, alternating the role with her sister, Nicholle Tom. The production earned five Drama-Logue Awards.
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Heather Tom
Heather Tom (born November 4, 1975) is an American actress and director. She is best known for her roles as Victoria Newman on The Young and the Restless (1990 to 2003), Kelly Cramer on One Life to Live and All My Children (2003 to 2006), and Katie Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful (2007 to present). On The Bold and the Beautiful she has earned four Daytime Emmy Awards and a total of six in her career, tying her for the most wins by a soap actress. In addition to her acting work, she has directed episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, Dynasty, and Good Trouble.
Tom was born in Hinsdale, Illinois. She is the oldest of three children. Her younger siblings are twins David Tom and Nicholle Tom, who are also actors. Her brother played Billy Abbott on The Young and the Restless and also co-starred with her on One Life to Live as her half brother, Paul Cramer. In 2000, she and David became the first brother and sister nominated for Daytime Emmy Awards in the same year. Tom guest-starred with her sister on The Wedding Bells in 2007 and Hollywood Darlings in 2017.
When Tom was eleven, her family moved from Chicago, Illinois to Seattle, Washington, because her father's work transferred him. A year later, her mother brought the three children to Los Angeles for pilot season. They decided to stay there permanently, with Tom's father remaining in Seattle and her parents divorcing. Her mother got a job as a speech therapist for the Pasadena school system, while the children auditioned for acting roles.
While in Seattle, Tom performed at the Seattle Children's Theatre and the Pacific Northwest Ballet and studied piano at the Academy of Music and Dance. After moving to California, she studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and the Young Actors Space. At age fourteen, she took a part time job baking cookies at a store in Los Angeles called Hungry Bear Cookies. She became emancipated from her parents while she was a teen.
Tom's acting career began at the age of two with television commercials and modeling. On stage, she spent a summer performing in a West Coast tour of Pinocchio II for Center Stage USA. After moving to Los Angeles, she landed guest-starring roles on Who's the Boss?, Kids Incorporated, Divorce Court, and Trial by Jury. Tom played Caroline in the ABC movie She'll Take Romance.
She debuted as Victoria Newman on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless in December 1990. Tom won her first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in 1993. She was also nominated in the same category in 1994. She received Young Artist Award nominations in 1993 and 1994.
In 1995, she guest starred as herself in an episode of Diagnosis: Murder. She starred as Kathy Acton in the CBS movie Deadly Whispers, co-starring with Tony Danza and Ving Rhames. For her role on The Young and the Restless, she received Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Younger Actress in 1995 and also 1996.
Tom co-founded the Creative Outlet Theater in Los Angeles with actor Chad Allen, producing and starring in Out of Gas on Lover's Leap and Vanities. She also produced the play Scooter Thomas Makes it to the Top of the World. In 1996, Tom and Allen produced Biloxi Blues for the theater. She starred as Daisy in the play, alternating the role with her sister, Nicholle Tom. The production earned five Drama-Logue Awards.