Heather Tom

Heather Tom (born November 4, 1975 in Hinsdale, Illinois) is an American soap opera actress. She was born in Hinsdale, Illinois.

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November 4 - 1975 - Hinsdale - Illinois - American - Soap opera - Actress

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She is well known to American daytime drama fans for her role as Victoria Newman on The Young and the Restless on CBS. She played the role from 1991 until December 2003, when she left for a new role as Kelly Cramer Buchanan on ABC's soap One Life to Live. She has also played Kelly on another soap opera, All My Children. She is the third actress to portray Kelly Cramer Buchanan. Tom has also worked extensively in California theater.

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Victoria Newman - The Young and the Restless - CBS - 1991 - 2003 - ABC - One Life to Live - Soap opera - All My Children

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She won two Daytime Emmy awards in 1993 and 1999 for "Outstanding Younger Lead Actress" along with nominations in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004 and 2005. Heather Tom holds the record for the most Emmy Award nominations for actresses under the age of thirty.

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Her siblings are also actors: her brother David Tom played Billy Abbott on The Young and the Restless, and also co-starred with her on One Life to Live as her brother (ironically). Her sister, Nicholle Tom, played Maggie Sheffield on the sitcom The Nanny.

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Actors - David Tom - The Young and the Restless - Nicholle Tom - The Nanny

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Tom is a vocal supporter of reproductive rights for women, and helped found a group for daytime actors who are members of Planned Parenthood. In July 2005 Tom penned an op-ed in Soap Opera Digest criticizing Days of Our Lives for a storyline in which an abortion caused a young woman to develop a fertility-destroying infection.

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Planned Parenthood - July 2005 - Soap Opera Digest - Days of Our Lives

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