Remembering Young and Restless Baddie Aunt Jordan: Her Villainy In Pictures

Aunt Jordan arrived on Young and Restless a little over a year ago with a killer agenda to carry out a long-held vendetta against Victor Newman for his treatment of her sister, the late Eve Howard. Hell-bent on revenge, she wanted to make him and his family pay. Never mind the fact that she had already caused major heartbreak for the Newmans when she snatched Victor’s first granddaughter, Cole and Victoria’s little baby Eve (now known as Claire), out of the hospital nursery and replaced her with a baby who passed away. Yet that misery wasn’t enough for her.

A Devious Mind

After kidnapping Claire, she molded that child and poisoned her against the Newmans, raising her into a weapon she would unleash against her own family. In the end, that weapon was turned against her when Claire worked with her grandmother, Nikki, and mother, Victoria, to murder her great aunt Jordan by poisoning her tea. Claire chickened out at the end, choosing instead to save Sharon by warning Jordan not to drink the tea as she questioned her more about Sharon’s whereabouts. Sharon inadvertently foiled Jordan’s escape plan when she saved herself. No longer having her location to hold over the Newmans and confronted by Victor, Nikki and Victoria, Jordan chose to drink the tea and end her own life.

Click on the gallery to relive the horrible things she did — and many of her delicious disguises she sported along the way.

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Aunt Jordan (Colleen Zenk, l.) raised a perfect little accomplice in Claire (Hayley Erin). She directed her to get close to Nikki and lure her to her cabin in Oregon. There, Jordan took Nikki hostage and got her hooked on booze again with an IV drip of alcohol. When Nikki's loved ones came to the rescue, she held them captive, as well, but they ultimately foiled her plot. Jordan hid until the coast was clear and got away.

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It wasn't a great Christmas for Claire or Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) in 2023 when Jordan kidnapped Claire from the mental institution and lured Nikki to a dingy warehouse. Jordan didn't expect Claire to help her grandmother this time. Jordan was soon arrested, but made it look like she died in a fire at the prison. In truth, she remained determined to get back at the Newmans.

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In was just a little after Valentine's Day in 2024 when Jordan's plan to mess with Nikki's AA sponsor, Seth (Brian Gaskill), went south. Seth found out who she was, despite her latest disguise, and that she was using him to get to Nikki. When he confronted her, she pushed him to have a date — with a speeding car that hit and killed him.

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Jordan donned yet another disguise so she could lurk around Genoa City and find out what her revenge targets were up to as well as how close the cops were to figuring out who killed Seth.

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By March, Victor had stashed Jordan in a room and she wondered if she was left there to die. It was a mixed bag for her when Claire, Victoria (Amelia Heinle) and Nikki arrived at the door. They weren't exactly there to save her! Jordan drank some poison then, too, but the women couldn't bring themselves to just let her die and called for medical help.

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Jordan escaped fro the hospital and dressed like an older gentleman — Jordan's most elaborate disguise but it served its purpose because she could move freely about town.

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Jordan had escaped justice, but she couldn't stay a step ahead of Victor (Eric Braeden). He got the best of her, with the help of some Chloroform.

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Victor wanted to make sure Jordan couldn't hurt anyone he loved so he kept her in a makeshift prison he could access through a secret entrance in his home on the ranch. He found out she hated Brussels sprouts and would taunt her with them.

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Victor's plan went up in smoke when Jordan's nephew, Cole (J. Eddie Peck), became suspicious of Victor and followed him. He saw his former father-in-law disappear behind a secret door and once Victor emerged, Cole checked it out himself and found the secret prison where Victor was keeping Jordan captive.

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Back in prison, Jordan was befriended by someone who hated the Newmans as much as she did — Ian Ward (Ray Wise). The two plotted to work together to get rid of each other's biggest nemesis, a la the film Strangers On A Train. Ian arranged for another woman to take Jordan's place, freeing her to help him once he was paroled.

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Once on the outside, the two plotted how best to get their respective missions — Jordan reuniting with Claire, and Ian reuniting with Mariah — accomplished. Ian wanted Sharon out of the way so they set her up to take the fall for Heather's murder.

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Once the plan started to unravel, Ian wanted Jordan to kill Sharon (Sharon Case). Jordan improvised on New Year's Eve and decided to spirit Sharon off to a safe location, chaining her to a pipe in the sewer system below. She had realized Ian wasn't a true blue partner and she needed an insurance policy — and Sharon was it.

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Ian began to wonder if Jordan had betrayed him and he was right. She wanted out of their deal and away from him.

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The true end for Jordan was in sight once Claire recognized her tea order at Crimson Lights. Claire pretended she was happy to have her aunt back and instead lured her to the tack house at the ranch.

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Realizing she was trapped and not wanting to be at the mercy of the Newmans, Jordan drank the poisoned tea as Claire, Nikki and Victoria watched.

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