Jess Walton plays 'Jill Foster Abbott'
- Jill grew up believing that she was the daughter of working class couple Bill and Liz Foster, never suspecting that her birth mother is wealthy Katherine Chancellor, her bitter rival for many years.
- Jill seduced Katherine's husband, Phillip Chancellor, Jr., and they fell in love. Jill's love for Phillip was cut short after he died following injuries in a car accident caused by Katherine.
- While Jill had Phillip's love and his son, Phillip III, Kay made sure that Jill didn't see any of Phillip's money.
- Ironically, Jill unwittingly wed her half-brother Brock Reynolds, but fortunately their union was never consummated.
- Jill had a brief fling with wealthy newspaperman Stuart Brooks, who dumped Jill after she lied about being pregnant.
- Jill then set her sights on wealthy divorcé John Abbott of Jabot.
- Jill's affair with her stepson Jack led to her break-up with John.
- Despite their on-going feud, Jill and Kay were united in their goal of keeping Nina Webster, whom young Phillip impregnated, from ruining Phillip's future with Cricket Blair.
- Jill was devastated when an alcoholic Phillip died after sustaining injuries in a car accident.
- After having a fling with Victor Newman, Jill re-married John Abbott and gave birth to their son Billy.
- Later, John and Jill divorced a second time.
- Other romantic dalliances include hairdresser Derek Thurston, private eye Andy Richards, Dina's stepson Marc Mergeron, secretary David Kimble, pool boy-turned-executive Brad Carlton, renovator Jed Sanders, attorney John Silva, businessman Keith Dennison, webmaster Sean Bridges, ex-con Larry Warton and embezzler Elliot Hampton. Sven, Jill's masseur, shot his former client and later kidnapped her.
- Kay and Jill's battle took on a new level after a long-lost document from Phillip revealed that Phillip had left the Chancellor mansion to Jill. A judge ordered that both Kay and Jill could live in the lavish home.
- Next, Liz visited Jill and gently informed her that she was adopted. After mistakenly believing that crafty Charlotte Ramsey was her birth mother, Jill was presented with a horrifying revelation – her true mother is none other than Katherine. Jill and Kay would go on to form a close – but still often volatile – relationship.
- Single again, Jill begun dating district attorney William Bardwell until Gloria Abbott snagged him away.
- Newly appointed CEO of Jabot Cosmetics, Jill found herself madly attracted to Ji Min Kim. They are growing closer which Kay is not happy about.
- Adding fuel to the fire was the revelation that during her drinking days, Kay switched babies on Jill, giving the real Phillip Chancellor Jr. to another woman. After much soul searching, a confession and some research, the real Phillip Chancellor Jr. was discovered tending bar right in Genoa City. Cane was shocked to find himself the Chancellor heir but he soon found himself firmly entrenched in the Chancellor family, working with Kay and getting to know his real mother.
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