Lauren Fenmore

Lauren Fenmore Baldwin
The Young and the Restless The Bold and the Beautiful character
File:TraceyEBregman.jpg Tracey E. Bregman as Lauren Baldwin (2006)
Portrayed by	Tracey E. Bregman
Duration	On The Young and the Restless: 1983–1995, 2000, 2001–present On The Bold and the Beautiful: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995–1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007
First appearance	January 21, 1983 (on The Young and the Restless) September 1992 (on The Bold and the Beautiful)
Last appearance	Episode 4981 January 22, 2007 (on The Bold and the Beautiful)
Created by	William J. Bell
In-universe information Occupation Owner and CEO of Fenmore's Department Store chain Former Private eye with Paul Williams Detective Agency Former Singer in Danny Romalotti's band Parents Neil Fenmore (deceased) Joanna Manning Siblings Jill Abbott Fenmore (half-sister) Unknown name Manning (half-sister; deceased) Spouse Paul Williams (divorced) [1984–1986] Scott Grainger, Sr. (divorced) [1989–1991] (dissolved) [1992–1993] Michael Baldwin [2005–] Children Scott Grainger, Jr. Dylan Fenmore (legal son, deceased) Fenmore Baldwin Aunts and uncles Dorothy Nieces and nephews Phillip Chancellor III Cane Ashby (adoptive) Billy Abbott Chance Chancellor Cordelia Abbott

Lauren Baldwin (née Fenmore; formerly Williams and Grainger) is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless and its "sister soap" The Bold and the Beautiful. She is portrayed by American actress Tracey E. Bregman. Bregman won a Daytime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Lauren in 1985.

Over the years Lauren has become a thorn in the side of several of her romantic rivals, including cosmetics heiress turned author Traci Abbott and attorney Christine Blair. However, a significant portion of Lauren's history on both series revolves around her long-running conflict with Sheila Carter, a mentally unbalanced former nurse who has attempted to kill her on multiple occasions. Lauren has recently been written into a feud with her paternal half-sister, Jill Foster Abbott.

Conception and casting

Bregman originally read for the role of Patty Williams, but instead the producers created the character of Lauren just for her, and she didn't even have to audition for it. Bregman thought the role would be brief, but after six months the producers offered her a contract and she accepted.

On The Young and the Restless, Bregman first appeared as Lauren on contract from 1983 to 1995, returning briefly from June 15 to 26, 2000. In 2001, Bregman was said to be guest starring only for a brief period over the summer, but decided to stay on recurring status. She returned on August 24, 2001.

On The Bold and the Beautiful, Bregman first made crossover appearances from 1992 to 1994 before joining the show on contract in 1995. Her last airdate as Lauren was on August 16, 1999. She made several guest appearances on the show later: on July 5, 2002, from May 17 to 20, 2004, and on January 19 and 22, 2007.

Character background

Actually, yes. I'm hoping with the story with Michael, even though he's slightly bad, I'm hoping that I'm not the redeemer and he's the bad one. Not that we have to be horrible – just edgy. I think it's far more interesting that these two edgy people who are not afraid of anything... look at the way Lauren went after Tom. She is fearless in a lot of situations. We forget how strong she is.

— Tracey E. Bregman (when responding to a question about Lauren losing her edge over the years)

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Sheila Carter's obsession with Scott Grainger caused years of rivalry between her and Lauren.

A young man named Kevin Fisher (Greg Rikaart) got obsessed with Lauren and was overjoyed when she decided to go to prom with him, only to learn later that Lauren was trying to get him to confess to the crimes he had committed. Kevin held Lauren captive, but then tried to kill himself only to be talked out of it by his half brother Michael Baldwin (Christian LeBlanc). Lauren felt sorry for Kevin and she bailed him out of jail, which led to Kevin revealing everything about himself to Lauren. Michael and Lauren got close while discussing Kevin and their problems and Michael eventually proposed.

Lauren accepted Michael's proposal and they started their marriage preparations, while Kevin and Michael worked on getting Lauren's son Scott (Blair Redford) to Genoa City. What Lauren had not know was that Sheila was living near Scott, posing as a woman who gave him an idea for his book. Michael wanted to make sure that Lauren was safe and he took her to the asylum to see Sheila imprisoned, without realizing that it was some other woman that had plastic surgery to look like Sheila. Sheila came to Genoa City and started tormenting Lauren in a disguise. She tried to get Lauren to jump off the roof after drugging her, but was stopped by Michael. Kevin's father Tom Fisher (Roscoe Born) got involved in Sheila's plotting and had to help her out with her next plan.

Michael and Lauren got married and left for their honeymoon on a beautiful yacht. Lauren discovered, upon reading Scotty's book, that the synopsis was completely the same as what happened to her with Sheila, as Sheila revealed herself to Lauren. Tom blew up the yacht, leaving everyone to believe that Lauren had died, while actually Tom had imprisoned both Lauren and Sheila. Tom's ex wife Gloria Abbott (Judith Chapman) convinced Tom to let Lauren free, but Tom was killed by Gloria's husband John Abbott (Jerry Douglas) before he could say anything. Sheila and Lauren were left alone to fight for their lives. Lauren was saved by Paul, while Sheila's whereabouts were unknown to them.

Lauren got pregnant, but was worried about the child's safety when she was said to have a risky pregnancy. She learned about Michael being involved in his mother's constant plots, but went into labor when confronting him about it. She prematurely delivered a baby boy which the couple later named Fenmore Baldwin. At the same time, Paul found Sheila in town after having plastic surgery to make her look like Phyllis Newman (Michelle Stafford). He held her captive so she wouldn't hurt anyone, and Lauren eventually found out and confronted Sheila when she saw her in the cage. Sheila managed to escape and kidnap Phyllis, but was murdered by Lauren who had difficulty trying to realize which woman to shoot since they both looked the same.

Since then, Lauren had been taking care of Fenmore and her business, while also having to deal with the problems caused by Michael's family, especially after his father River Baldwin (Michael Gross) had returned into their lives. Lauren, meanwhile, apologized to Traci for all the harm she had done and they finally became friends. While taking care of her family, Lauren started having trouble with Michael's sister Eden Gerick (Vanessa Marano) who is now living with Michael and Lauren.

In March 2010, Paul and Lauren shared a kiss at Jimmy's Bar while drunk. Later on, Michael discovered this, but believed her when she told him she wasn't aware of what she'd been doing.

Days later, Lauren was captured by Sheila Carter's sister, Sarah Smythe, along with Sheila's long-lost twin children, Ryder Callahan and Daisy Sanders.

On April 30, 2010, Lauren and Jana escaped the old amusement park, killing Sarah in the process.

It is revealed in June 2010 that Jill Foster Abbott (Jess Walton) is Lauren's paternal half-sister, much to Lauren's chagrin. Lauren becomes even more upset when Jill changes her last name to Fenmore.

Despite Jill's attempts to get to know Lauren & bond with her as her sister, Lauren is very much angry & not willing to be accepting of Jill as her sister, which could result in a feud, which Jill doesn't want.

Lauren's growing feud with Jill gets even worse when Jill files a lawsuit asking for a portion of the estate of her & Lauren's late father Neil Fenmore. Lauren is completely appalled by the action & makes her disgust at what Jill has done very clear to Michael despite his efforts to get both women to at least talk like civilized people.