- Heather Tom
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name = Heather Tom
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birthdate = Birth date and age|1975|11|4
birthplace =Hinsdale, Illinois
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domesticpartner = James Achor (2001 - )Heather Tom (born November 4, 1975 in Hinsdale,
Illinois ) is a two-timeEmmy Award -winning Americanactress . Very early in her career, she played Heather Harper (Jonathan Bower's love interest) on an episode of "Who's The Boss? ".She is well known to American daytime drama fans for her role as
Victoria Newman , daughter of the powerful Victor (Eric Braeden ) andNikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott ) onCBS ' "The Young and the Restless ". She played the role from 1991 until December 2003. She won two Daytime Emmy awards in 1993 and 1999 for "Outstanding Younger Lead Actress" along with nominations in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008. Heather Tom holds the record for the most Emmy Award nominations for actresses under the age of thirty.In 2003, she took on a new role as Kelly Cramer Buchanan Buchanan on ABC's soap opera "
One Life to Live ". She also made a handful of guest appearances on "All My Children " in 2004 playing the Kelly Cramer Buchanan Buchanan character. She is the third actress to portray Kelly Cramer Buchanan afterGina Tognoni andTracy Lindsey Melchior . In August 2006, Tom announced she had decided not to renew her contract with "One Life to Live " after three years. She last aired in December 2006.In February 2007, she guest starred on "Monk" and in March 2007, she and her sister
Nicholle Tom guest starred on "The Wedding Bells ".In August 2007, she took over the role of Katherine "Katie" Logan (previously played by Nancy Sloan), the younger sister of Brooke (
Katherine Kelly Lang ), Donna (Jennifer Gareis ) andStorm Logan (William deVry ), on "The Bold and the Beautiful ."Tom has also worked extensively in theater, both in New York and on the West Coast.
Siblings
Her siblings are also actors: her brother
David Tom playedBilly Abbott on "The Young and the Restless ", and also co-starred with her on "One Life to Live" as her brother. Her sister,Nicholle Tom , played Maggie Sheffield on the sitcom " The Nanny".Advocacy work
Tom is a vocal supporter of reproductive/
abortion rights, and helped found a group for daytime actors, "Daytime for Choice" who are members ofPlanned Parenthood . In July 2005 Tom penned an op-ed in "Soap Opera Digest " criticizing "Days of Our Lives " for a storyline in which an abortion caused a young woman to develop a fertility-destroying infection. Tom stated on "The Howard Stern Show " that she had an abortion.Awards (Won)
Daytime Emmy Awards * (1999)
Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for "The Young and the Restless "
* (1993)Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for "The Young and the Restless "Soap Opera Digest Awards *(1997)
Soap Opera Digest Award Outstanding Younger Lead Actress for "The Young and the Restless "Award (Nominated)
Daytime Emmy Awards
*"(2008)Daytime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series forThe Bold and the Beautiful "
*(2007)Daytime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for "One Life to Live
*(2005)Daytime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for "One Life to Live "
*(2004)Daytime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for "The Young and the Restless "
*(2000)Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for "The Young and the Restless "
*(1998)Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for "The Young and the Restless "Soap Opera Digest Awards External links
* [http://www.heathertom.net Heather Tom's Official Site]
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