Eileen Davidson has been acting professionally for over 25 years. She began her career starring in the cult classic House on Sorority Row. She quickly garnered much attention by creating the role of Ashley Abbott on the CBS dayime drama, The Young & the Restless. She worked in TV and feature films with such talents as Jon Voight, Armande Assante, Paul LeMat, among others. She also starred in the nighttime television series Broken Badges with Ernie Hudson and Miguel Ferrer. She made television history on the daytime drama Days of Our Lives by playing five different characters simultaneously and has been nominated for two Emmys for Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress. She has graced the covers and pages of such magazines as People, Allure, Ladies Home Journal, Interview, TV Guide, On Fitness, and Soap Opera Digest. Eileen is currently starring on the international sensation, The Bold and the Beautiful and is writing a mystery novel with author Robert Randisi for Penguin Books. She is the wife of World Poker Tours' host, Vince Van Patten, mother of Jesse Van Patten, and step mother to Duke and "Flea" Van Patten.