When announcing the names of the actors nominated in the 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Supporting Actor" she mis-pronounced 'William DeVry' 's name.
Left "The Young and the Restless" in 2003 after 13 years because she wasn't happy with her lack of storyline and because the producers tried to renegotiate her contract and get her to take a substantial cut in pay. Very soon after that, she joined "One Life To Live" in the recast role of Kelly Cramer and has openly expressed her delight with the show and the role.
Heather Tom Detailed Biography
Heather Tom (born November 4, 1975 in Hinsdale, Illinois) is an American soap opera actress. She was born in Hinsdale, Illinois.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Daytime Emmy Awards
(1999) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for The Young and the Restless
(1993) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for The Young and the Restless
Soap Opera Digest Awards
(1997) Soap Opera Digest Award Outstanding Younger Lead Actress for The Young and the Restless
Daytime Emmy Awards
(2005) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for One Life to Live
(2004) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for The Young and the Restless
(2000) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for The Young and the Restless
(1998) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for The Young and the Restless
Soap Opera Digest Awards
(2005) Soap Opera Digest Award Outstanding Supporting Actress for One Life to Live
(1994) Soap Opera Digest Award Outstanding Younger Leading Actress for The Young and the Restless
(1993) Soap Opera Digest Award Outstanding Younger Leading Actress for The Young and the Restless
Young Artist Awards
(1996) Young Artist Award Best Performance by a Young Actress - TV Drama Series for The Young and the Restless
(1994) Young Artist Award Best Youth Actress in a Soap Opera for The Young and the Restless
(1993) Young Artist Award Best Young Actress in a Daytime Series for The Young and the Restless
