Traci Abbott Connolly

Infobox soap character
series = The Bold and the Beautiful
The Young and the Restless
name = Traci Connolly
portrayer = Beth Maitland


caption = Traci Ann Abbott
first = April 7, 1982 (Y&R)
March 2008 (B&B)
residence = New York City, New York
last = March 2008 (B&B)
September 2008 (Y&R)
cause = move to NY
nickname =
alias =
gender = Female
age =
born =
death =
occupation = Writer
Minority owner of Jabot Cosmetics
parents = John Abbott (father; deceased)
Dina Mergeron (mother)
siblings = Jack Abbott
Ashley Abbott (maternal half-sister>
Billy Abbott (paternal half-sister)
spouse = Danny Romalotti (annulled; 1984-1985)
Brad Carlton (divorced twice; 1986-1989, 1991-1991)
Steve Connolly (married; 1995 - Presently)
children = Colleen Carlton (daughter, with Brad)
romances = Danny Romalotti (ex-fling)
Tim Sullivan (one-night-stand)
Brad Carlton (ex-lovers)
Steve Connolly
nephews & nieces = Keemo Volien Abbott (nephew)
Kyle Jenkins Abbott (nephew)
Abby Carlton (half-niece)
creator =

Traci Ann Connolly (née Abbott; previously Romalotti and Carlton) is a fictional character on the American soap opera "The Young and the Restless". She has been played by actress Beth Maitland since 1982, (with a few breaks in between) and from 2001 to the present, on recurring status. She briefly appeared on "The Bold and the Beautiful" in March 2007.

The Abbotts' shy violet

Traci is the youngest daughter of cosmetics tycoon, John Abbott (Jerry Douglas) and his first wife, equally successful cosmetics entrepreneur, Dina Mergeron (Marla Adams). She is the sister of Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) and half sister of Ashley (Eileen Davidson) and Billy Abbott (Scott Seymour). She is also the most sensitive and emotional of the siblings.

For a long time, she felt insecure and jealous of her more glamorous sister, Ashley. As such, she suffered from terribly low self-esteem and also from bulimia. Traci and Jack have an excellent relationship as brother and sister. Whenever she had problems, she usually turned to her father or her older brother.

Her biggest rival was Lauren Fenmore (Tracey E. Bregman), but has long since put those feelings aside and she and Lauren are somewhat civil and friendly to one another. She was twice married to Brad Carlton (Don Diamont) and is the mother of their daughter Colleen Carlton (Tammin Sursok). Her first husband was Danny Romalotti (Michael Damian). After finding out that she was pregnant by Tim Sullivan, she found him in bed with another woman. Desperate, Traci attempted suicide at Danny's apartment. After hearing her story, Danny offered to marry her to give the child a name. Traci later miscarried and selflessly divorced Danny. She then married Brad Carlton. Everything was fine, until Brad's psycho ex wife returned, kidnapped Brad and left a message for Traci that the two of them had run off together. Brad and Traci divorced, later reconciled and remarried when she became pregnant with Colleen. The two would later divorce again.She currently lives in New York City with her third husband, book editor Steve Connelly (Greg Wrangler), and works there as a successful author. Because of her frequent travels and her work, she has had no idea of all the familial strife that has plagued the Abbotts.

Traci returned to Genoa City on August 18, 2006, for her father's hospitalization; subsequent death, and stayed for his funeral. Her sensitive and emotional nature is still evident, especially during the blistering argument that Jack had with John's widow, Gloria (Judith Chapman). The shock was evident on her face when she hears all the strife that has been circling around in her family. Despite this, Traci is the only Abbott sibling that has no issue with Gloria.

She returned to Genoa City on March 1, 2007, due to the condition of her daughter, Colleen (played at the time by Adrianne Leon), who had been injured in a fire set by Jana Hawkes (Emily O'Brien). A few weeks later, she called her sister Ashley in Los Angeles. Most recently, she appeared in Genoa City in September 2007 to lend moral support to her brother Jack as he attempted to deal with the fallout from a fraud scandal.

She returned to Genoa City on August 13, 2008 to attend the Jabot Cosmetics' annual stockholders meeting after the David Chow Scandal. She told her ex-husband Brad, she would give her support to him as Jabot Cosmetics' CEO if he can gain enough votes. However, an unpredictable move by Jill Abbott caused her son Cane Asbhy to become Jabot Cosmetics' new CEO. In order to bring back the presense that Jabot Cosmetics is a family owned company again.