Lesli Kay

Infobox actor
name = Lesli Kay Sterling


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birthname = Lesli Kay Pushkin
birthdate = Birth date and age|1965|6|13|mf=y
location = Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
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spouse = Mark Sterling (1992-1999)
Keith Coulouris (2003-present)
yearsactive = 1991-present
notable role = Felicia Forrester, "The Bold and the Beautiful" (2005-)
emmyawards = Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
2001 "As the World Turns"

Lesli Kay Sterling (born Lesli Kay Pushkin on June 13, 1965 in Charleston, West Virginia) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress.

Career

At age 12, she had the first individual girl's bat mitzvah in the state of West Virginia. Shortening her name to Lesli Kay, she moved to New York City with her parents at the age of 15 to pursue a modeling career. Kay later worked at MTV and won $22,000 on "Wheel of Fortune".

In 1997 she made her daytime debut as Molly Conlan on "As the World Turns". For some time the character was not very popular due to Molly's villainous behavior, but she eventually won a 2001 Daytime Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in addition to charming viewers during her romance with Jake McKinnon (Tom Eplin). When Jake was killed off in 2002, Molly again became adrift, and Kay left the show in early 2004 after a number of promised storylines never appeared. Kay popped up a few months later to recast the popular, brassy character of Lois Cerullo on "General Hospital". Kay (and the resurrected character of Lois) exited "GH" in early 2005 after mutually agreeing to part ways with the show.

In November 2005, Kay assumed the role of Felicia Forrester on "The Bold and the Beautiful", taking over for Colleen Dion after a year's absence. "Bold and the Beautiful" Head Writer Bradley Bell had planned to kill her character off from cancer. However, a huge fan outpouring, including petitions and numerous letters, in addition to Ms. Kay's job of making the role her own, Bell decided to keep Kay on the cast. Her character, Felicia Forrester, was resurrected from the dead. Lesli Kay invested herself into the cancer storyline so much that she shaved her head for the role. [ [http://www.soapcentral.com/b&b/news/2005/1024-kay.php] Soapcentral.com News] Kay was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress at the "34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards" but lost to Genie Francis.

Personal life

Kay married her first husband Mark Sterling in 1992. In 1999 Kay divorced Sterling and became involved with her then-ATWT love interest Keith Coulouris. Their son Jackson William was born in February 2000, and they married on December 25, 2003. Their second son, Alec Jude, was born in June 2005.

Daytime roles

* On As The World Turns as Molly Conlan (1997 to 2004)
* On General Hospital as Lois Cerullo (#2) (2004 to 2005)
* On The Bold and the Beautiful as Felicia Forrester (#2) (November 2005 to present)
* On The Young and the Restless as Felicia Forrester (March to April 2008)

References

External links

*imdb|0443117
* [http://www.soapcentral.com/b&b/theactors/kay.php SoapCentral profile]