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Sheila Carter on Young & the Restless and Bold & the Beautiful: Her Wild Life in Photos

By Mara Levinsky
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composite image of Kimberlin Brown as Sheila through the years on B&B and Y&R
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Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown) has racked up one of daytime’s most notorious rap sheets over the course of her decades on The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful — from kidnapping to shootings to faked deaths and blackmail, very little has been off the table. She may have mellowed in recent years, but it would only take one betrayal or one heartbreak (or both!) for her to be sent straight back onto the warpath. Here’s a look back at the wild ride the iconic villainess has taken.

  1. Peter Barton, Kimberlin Brown
    CBS
    Sheila's dangerous true colors first emerged on Y&R, where in 1991 her obsession with Scott (Peter Barton) led her to steal his newborn son with Lauren and pass the tot off as her and Scott's own child.

  2. John-McCook-Kimberlin-Brown-Pelzer
    CBS
    Her Genoa City crime wave ended in 1992 with her presumed death — but Sheila popped back up, very much alive, on B&B, and in 1993, she wed Eric Forrester (John McCook), blackmailing Lauren (a Forrester family friend) into staying silent about Sheila's criminal history.

  3. Kimberlin Brown, Tracey E Bregman
    John Paschal/Celebrity Photo
    Sheila and Lauren's (Tracey E. Bregman) battle renewed in L.A., and Sheila nearly drowned her rival in 1995.

  4. Kimberlin Brown-Katherine Kelly Lang-Ronn Moss-Susan Flannery-John McCook
    John Paschal/JPI
    When Lauren finally revealed Sheila's sordid past to the Forresters in 1995, she held a gun on them and was sent to a psychiatric institution.

  5. Kimberlin Brown, Ian Buchanan
    John Paschal/jpistudios.com
    In 1997, psychiatrist James (Ian Buchanan) married Sheila — but only to try to prove that she was an unfit mother to their baby girl, Mary.

  6. Susan Flannery-Kimberlin brown
    M. Brinton/CBS
    Sheila threatened to kill baby Thomas and tried to drown Stephanie (Susan Flanney), who she'd nearly killed via mercury poisoning two years prior, then shot Steph and absconded with Mary in 1998.

  7. Kimberlin Brown and Courtnee Draper
    Aaron Montgomery/JPI
    Sheila resurfaced in 2002 with "Erica" (Courtnee Draper), actually a grown-up Mary.

  8. Kimberlin Brown and Adam Huss
    Jesse Grant/JPI
    When accomplice Lance (Adam Huss), who was allergic to bees, tried to extort Sheila in 2002, she killed him by releasing a swarm of bees into his bedroom.

  9. Kimberlin Brown and Joe Mascolo
    Aaron Montgomery/JPI
    Sheila had a 2002 fling with Massimo (Joseph Mascolo), which resulted in the birth of another daughter, Diana.

  10. Ronn Moss and Kimberlin Brown
    Jesse Grant/JPI
    After shooting Brooke and Taylor in 2002, Sheila went to prison. But in 2003, Sheila busted out and crashed Ridge (then-Ronn Moss) and Brooke's South African honeymoon. Ridge wound up presumed dead, and Sheila managed to escape.

  11. Blair Redford, Kimberlin Brown
    Aaron Montgomery/jpistudios.com
    In 2005, Sheila returned to Genoa City and befriended a now-adult Scott using an alias, Brenda Harris.

  12. Kimberlin Brown, Tracey Bregman
    Aaron Montgomery/jpistudios.com
    Sheila continued her reign of terror against Lauren, poisoning her via a necklace that caused her to have hallucinations; as a result, Lauren nearly jumped off a roof in 2005. Sheila and co-conspirator Tom Fisher then blew up the boat on which Lauren was enjoying her honeymoon with Michael. In 2007, it appeared that Lauren had successfully shot Sheila dead....

  13. Kimberlin Brown, Heather Tom
    Howard Wise/jpistudios.com
    .... However, Sheila landed on her feet yet again, and in 2017, when she showed up on B&B, Katie (Heather Tom) was far from pleased to see her.

  14. Kimberlin Brown, Rena Sofer
    XJJohnson/jpistudios.com
    Sheila harbored fantasies reuniting with Eric, causing her to battle with Eric's wife, Quinn (Rena Sofer).

  15. Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Kimberlin Brown
    Howard Wise/jpistudios.com
    Sheila lay dormant for four years, but on Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) and Finn's wedding day in 2021, Sheila revealed that she was a) alive and b) the biological mother of Steffy's new hubby!

  16. Ted King, Tanner Novlan, Kimberlin Brown
    Howard Wise/jpistudios.com
    Sheila desperately tried to connect with Finn, the result of her long-ago affair with Jack (Ted King), and yearned to be a grandmother to his young son, Hayes. Steffy was none too pleased.

  17. Kimberlin Brown, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
    Howard Wise/jpistudios.com
    Sheila and Steffy got into a vicious confrontation and Sheila shot both her and Finn, who had stepped in to safeguard his wife.

  18. Kimberlin Brown, Krista Allen
    Howard Wise/jpistudios.com
    Believing she had killed her own son, Sheila nearly jumped to her death in 2022, but Taylor (Krista Allen) came to her rescue.

  19. Naomi Matsuda, Kimberlin Brown
    Howard Wise/jpistudios.com
    Sheila escaped from prison and learned that Finn's adoptive mother, Li (Naomi Matsuda), had nursed Finn back to health after Sheila shot him. Sheila was soon responsible for Li's own presumed death (but she resurfaced).

  20. Tanner Novlan, Kimberlin Brown, Ken Hanes
    Howard Wise/jpistudios.com
    As 2022 continued, Sheila assumed caretaking duties for Finn with the help of her longtime sidekick, Mike (Ken Hanes).

  21. Kimberlin Brown, Sean Kanan
    Howard Wise/jpistudios.com
    With Sheila presumed dead yet again in 2022, she seduced Deacon (Sean Kanan) and enlisted his help in concealing her presence in L.A.

  22. Don Diamont, Kimberlin Brown
    Howard Wise/jpistudios.com
    Bill (Don Diamont) wooed Sheila in 2023 to try to get her on tape confessing to her crimes.

  23. Kimberlin Brown, Rodney Van Johnson
    Howard Wise/jpistudios.com
    In 2023, Sheila (pictured with Rodney Van Johnson as her attorney) went to jail again, but was freed on a technicality.

  24. Sean Kanan, Kimberlin Brown
    Howard Wise/jpistudios.com
    Sheila and Deacon's relationship got more serious in 2023.

  25. Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Kimberlin Brown
    Howard Wise/jpistudios.com
    In 2024, Steffy's enmity toward, and fear of, Sheila reached a fever pitch, and she fatally stabbed Finn's bio mom.

  26. B&B Sheila Tom Deacon wedding
    Howard Wise/jpistudios.com
    Once again, Sheila wasn't really dead, and when she rejoined the land of the living this time around, she and Deacon said, "I do" with Tom (Clint Howard) officiating.

  27. lisa yamada as luna, kimberlin brown as sheila eye to eye on bold and beautiful.
    Howard Wise/jpistudios.com
    In 2025, Sheila discovered that fellow murderess/death-cheater Luna (Lisa Yamada) was her granddaughter, courtesy of Finn's long-ago fling with Poppy.

  28. BB Taylor Sheila
    Howard Wise/jpistudios.com
    In 2026, Sheila rightly grew suspicious of what was going on between her husband and therapist Taylor (Rebecca Budig). The only question was how unhinged she would become upon discovering Deacon's affair.
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