Heather Stevens

Upon her return, she develops a romance with villain Adam Newman (Chris Engen), which received fan support. In 2010, Bloom announced her exit from the soap opera in order to pursue other career opportunities. The role was then recast with Eden Riegel, who remained in the role until her exit in November 2011. Seven months later, Jennifer Landon became the second recast for the role; within five months of joining the cast, she was let go and exited in November 2012. In January 2023, Bloom announced her return to the soap opera in February 2023.

Casting

The role was first portrayed by twin infants Dana and Lauren Schankman in 1979, followed by Claire and Elizabeth Schoene until 1982. In 1993, the character returned as a teenager portrayed by Conci Nelson, daughter of former head writer Kay Alden. Nelson departed after a year in 1994.

In 2007, it was announced that Bloom, a newcomer to daytime television, would join the cast as an adult version of the character.^[1] She made her first appearance on July 13. In 2009, speculation arose that Bloom was preparing to vacate the role, but all rumors were denied.^[2] In March 2010, Bloom announced her exit from the soap opera to pursue other career opportunities, as confirmed in a statement from her publicist.^[3] Riegel was then announced to be replacing Bloom in the role, after declining to return to her iconic role on All My Children.^[4][5] Bloom made her final appearance on April 6, 2010, with Riegel taking over on April 20.

In September 2011, after returning from a maternity leave, it was announced that Riegel would be leaving the role and exited on November 4.^[6] Seven months later, Landon became the second recast for the role and made her debut on June 7, 2012.^{[7][8][9][10]} However, after less than five months with The Young and the Restless, it was announced that Landon was to exit reportedly due to budgetary cuts.^[11][12] Landon departed on November 2, 2012.^[13]

In January 2023, it was announced Bloom would return to the role in February of the same year. Bloom made her appearance on February 15, 2023. ^[14] In July 2023, Bloom made another appearance in a recurring fashion.

Storylines

Early years

Heather is the daughter of

2007–2012

Heather returns to Genoa City in July 2007 to assist district attorney

Seven months later in June 2012, Heather returns to town at the request of Michael, who offers her the position as assistant district attorney. Originally skeptical about the job, she later accepts it and moves back to Genoa City. In her new position, Heather takes on the case of the disappearance of Daisy Carter (Yvonne Zima) and suspects her husband, Daniel Romalotti, as the culprit, but later exonerates him. She still holds a grudge against Ricky, though when her father Paul becomes increasingly concerned that Ricky is dangerous, she thinks nothing of it. Heather becomes frustrated with her father when he shoots and subsequently kills Ricky, who was threatening to hurt Eden Baldwin (Jessica Heap). After an ongoing flirtation with Daniel, the pair begin an affair, despite his marriage to the missing Daisy. Heather later becomes frustrated when Ronan takes the lead in the case against her father. She spends the majority of her time looking for a way to exonerate Paul, while still maintaining her relationship with Daniel. When Daisy is found at a psychiatric hospital, Heather bows out of any romance with Daniel, but when Daisy disappears yet again, they reunite. In November 2012, Heather and Paul's ex-wife, Christine Blair (Lauralee Bell), travel to Los Angeles to find evidence to prove Paul's innocence. Heather is later have said to met up with Daniel in Chicago, and when he briefly returns, he announces that he is moving to Savannah, Georgia and Heather is moving with him. Both Heather and Daniel also lived in Europe, before returning to Savannah.

Reception

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