The Bold and the Beautiful (2024)

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How old is the new Taylor on The Bold and the Beautiful? ›

Rebecca Budig, 51, was born on June 26, 1973, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is an American actor and host, who started her acting career in the 1990s which was around the same time when Taylor Hayes first appeared on the show with Hunter Tylo playing the role.

CBS renews The Bold and the Beautiful contract through 2025

Therefore, the show is confirmed to air until 2025 under the current agreement.

The Bold and the Beautiful has found its new Dr. Taylor Hayes. Soap vet Rebecca Budig is debuting today as the psychiatrist on the CBS sudser. She replaces Krista Allen, who was written off the show in October of 2023 after taking over for Hunter Tylo in 2021.

Currently, the series has been renewed by CBS to run through the 2024–2025 television season.

At last, however, the wig is gone! On the episode which aired Wednesday, February 3, Ridge caught a glimpse of his ex's new, shorter do… and Allen's own hair made its debut. “It was getting so long, it seemed a little wiggy,” Taylor explained. Above: Like Ridge, we totally dug Taylor's new look!

Ridge and Taylor's marriage ends shortly afterward and he decides to remain with Brooke. In 1997, Taylor discovers that she is pregnant with Ridge's child. Mistakenly believing that he wants Brooke, she allows Ridge's half-brother Thorne Forrester (Winsor Harmon) to claim he is the father instead.

A BOLD and the Beautiful actor is leaving the show after six years. To fill the void, four new characters will join the soap opera this season. Finnegan George, 14, who has played Will Spencer since 2018, is being replaced. According to Soap Opera Digest, he will be recast with Crew Morrow.

Plot dynamics explored. Speculations about actor Matthew Atkinson's exit from The Bold and the Beautiful began in May 2024, when his character Thomas Forrester was seen jetting off to France after a heartbreak. However, Thomas is not exiting the show, as he is set to return to town for his wedding.

Back in April, actor Clint Howard spoke with PEOPLE about his experience returning to the soap opera world in a new role in The Bold and the Beautiful. The television veteran now plays the mysterious homeless man Tom.

In October 2021, it was announced that the role was being recast with Krista Allen. A renowned psychiatrist, Taylor counseled Ridge Forrester and Caroline as they dealt with her leukemia diagnosis. After Caroline's death, Ridge was drawn to Taylor, who was seeing Storm Logan.

Who is the new Taylor Hayes? ›

Rebecca Budig has joined the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful as the new Taylor Hayes, replacing previous star Krista Allen.

The iconic TV villain, played by Kimberlin Brown, bid adieu to fans of "The Bold and the Beautiful" in February when she was killed off the show in dramatic fashion.

Complex romantic relationships and their outcome might lead Bill to leave Poppy, but he won't be leaving the show as there is no official confirmation of his departure.