Bold And Beautiful Rewind: Taylor's Life In Photos

With Taylor Hayes back on the Bold and Beautiful canvas — now in the form of soap vet Rebecca Budig — we take a look back at memorable moments in the key character’s on-screen life since since she became intertwined with those fabulous Forresters back in 1990.

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Hunter Tylo debuted as Dr. Taylor Hayes in 1990 and treated Ridge Forrester’s (then-Ronn Moss) wife, Caroline, for leukemia. After her patient passed, Taylor changed careers to psychiatry and became close with the widower. In 1992, Ridge and Taylor tied the knot.

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In 1994, Taylor was presumed killed in a plane accident, but she was actually alive, an amnesiac, living in Morocco with Prince Omar (Kabir Bedi), who she wed. The union was declared invalid in 1995, the same year Taylor returned to L.A. and revealed herself to Ridge, who had married Brooke.

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Ridge and Taylor remarried in 1998, the same year they celebrated the birth of their son, Thomas.

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Taylor was disturbed by burgeoning feelings for therapist Pierce (Paul Satterfield) in 1998. Little did she know, they were the result of hypnotic suggestions issued by Pierce's assistant.

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While pregnant with twins in 1999, Taylor became infected with tuberculosis and almost died while giving birth. She survived, and she and Ridge named daughters Steffy (named after Grandma Stephanie) and Phoebe.

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In 2002, Taylor was shot by Sheila and not expected to live. Just before passing, Taylor said good-bye to mother-in-law and best friend Stephanie (Susan Flannery).

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Surprise, Taylor was actually alive! Prince Omar had faked her death. In a dramatic moment in 2005, Taylor and Ridge enjoyed a graveside reunion.

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In 2006, a tipsy Taylor accidentally ran down and killed Darla (Schae Harrison), Thorne’s wife. For a time, she was jailed for vehicular manslaughter.

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Thorne (Winsor Harmon) not only forgave Taylor, but they became engaged. However, the 2007 nups were called off when his daughter, Aly, sliced up the bride’s wedding dress.

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In 2007, she married Ridge’s half brother, Nick Marone (Jack Wagner). They decided to have a child, but since she couldn’t produce viable eggs, the couple attained one from a fertility clinic that was fertilized by Nick and carried by Taylor. After Jack's birth, Taylor was horrified to learn that the egg belonged to Brooke!

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Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) was none too pleased when Taylor and Brooke's son Rick (Kyle Lowder) became romantically involved in 2008.

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In 2009, Taylor was elated to reconcile with Ridge and they were set to wed in her beach house. But Brooke arrived on horseback and interrupted the vows with news that Thomas and Steffy had manipulated their parents into giving matrimony another shot. The wedding was called off.

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In 2013, Taylor began a romance with her former father-in-law, Eric Forrester (John McCook), and even moved in with him. The relationship ultimately fizzled.

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In 2014, Taylor and Thorne's latest romantic go-round was threatened by the strong disapproval of Aly (Ashlyn Pearce), who harbored great anger toward Taylor over her role in Darla's death.

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In 2018, an unhinged Taylor confessed to Bill (Don Diamont) that she was the unknown assailant who had shot him (because she thought he had forced himself on Steffy). Taylor avoided prison because Steffy begged Bill not to turn Taylor in, and he agreed.

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Also in 2018, Brooke and Taylor got into a food fight with the wedding cake at Hope and Liam's nuptials.

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In 2019, Taylor shared Steffy’s (Jacqueine MacInnes Wood) joy in becoming a mother for the second time when she adopted a baby girl she named Phoebe, after her late twin. Unbeknownst to the women, the infant was really Hope and Liam’s daughter, Beth, who had supposedly died at birth. Also pictured: Katrina Bowden as Flo.

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In 2021, Taylor (then-Krista Allen) took a break from her missionary work in Africa to visit Steffy and Thomas (Matthew Atkinson), as well as her ex-husband, Ridge (now-Thorsten Kaye), for the holidays. Since Ridge was going through a bad patch with Brooke, his kids urged him to reconcile with their mom.

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In 2022, Ridge and Taylor made it to the altar — but the marriage was over before it began when Steffy revealed that Brooke was innocent of the charges that had led Ridge to hastily dump her (turning Thomas in to Child Protective Services).

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In 2024, Taylor (Rebecca Budig) spied on Brooke and Ridge in Monte Carlo from afar, prompting her to phone Steffy and tell her daughter that she was on her way home to L.A.

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