Colby Chandler (All My Children)

Colby Chandler
Natalie Hall as Colby Chandler
All My Children character
Portrayed by	Ambyr Childers (2006–08) Brianne Moncrief (2008–09) Natalie Hall (2009–11) Brooke Newton (2013) (and others)
Duration	1999–2004, 2006–11, 2013
First appearance	May 5, 1999
Last appearance	September 2, 2013
Created by	Agnes Nixon Elizabeth Page
Introduced by	Jean Dadario Burke (1999) Julie Hanan Carruthers (2006) Ginger Smith (2013)
Classification	Former, regular
Profile
Other names	Colby Martin
Occupation	Intern at Chandler Media's online talk show Talk Tempo Former Student at Pine Valley University Former Host of a video blog about relationships Former Server at The Comeback Shareholder in Chandler Enterprises
Residence	300 River Road Pine Valley, Pennsylvania
Family Chandler Parents Adam Chandler Liza Colby Half-brothers JR Chandler Miguel Reyes Half-sisters Skye Chandler (legal) Hayley Vaughan Anna Chandler Grandparents Larry Colby Marian Colby Chandler Aunts and uncles Lottie Chandler Stuart Chandler Mia Saunders (half) Nieces and nephews Lila Rae Alcazar (legal) Enzo Santos (half) AJ Chandler (half) First cousins Ross Chandler Scott Chandler (adoptive) William (half) Julie Rand Chandler (once removed; adoptive)

Colby Chandler is a fictional character from the original ABC Daytime soap opera, All My Children. Born on-screen in 1999, the character was rapidly aged in 2006. The role has been recast several times, but most recently the role was portrayed by Natalie Hall from 2009 until the show's cancellation in 2011. When the show was relaunched as a web series to air on The Online Network owned and operated by production company, Prospect Park, Brooke Newton stepped into the role of Colby.

Colby is the daughter of Adam Chandler and Liza Colby, and heiress to the Chandler family fortune.

The role was originated first by Carson Weaver and Jordan Petruziello in May 1999 and later by Carson Grace Levine in Jan. 2000. . Later in 2000, Levine was replaced by twins Brianne and Morgan Mullan. Kathryn Newton appeared in the role from 2002 to 2004. Abby Wathen also appeared as a teenage Colby in a dream sequence in 2002. In May 2006, it was reported that Ambyr Childers had been cast in the role of a teenage Colby. Childers first appeared on July 3, 2006. Childers revealed that she auditioned for the role about month before her high school graduation. At time, she was taking finals, so she flew out to New York City for a screen test. She returned home for her graduation and them came returned to New York for several fittings and eventually started work. In the spring of 2008, rumors began to circulate that Childers the role of Colby was about to recast. An audition script for the role of "Edie" fed into the rumors. However, a spokesperson initially denied that Childers was departing from the series. In April 2008 it was officially announced that Childers had been released from her contract. Though Childers claimed that she had chosen to leave, other sources hinted that Childers was forced out. Childers made her last appearance on May 6, 2008, and was replaced by Brianne Moncrief on May 7. With the decision to move production of All My Children, several actors chose not to relocate to California. Though initial reports said that all contract cast members were offered a chance to relocate, another source said that ABC had misled the actors. Apparently Moncrief was one of the actors who never got the offer to go to California and she was fired from the role. Just days later, ABC announced that Natalie Hall had been cast in the role of Colby. Meanwhile, Moncrief made her last appearance on November 12, 2009 and Hall made her debut on November 25, 2009. Hall filmed her first scenes in mid October just before the show relocated to Los Angeles. Hall made her last appearance in the final network broadcast of All My Children on September 23, 2011. In April 2013, The Online Network launched a Tumblr page and posted a picture of a call sheet. Viewers could vaguely make out the name Brooke Newton in the role of Colby Chandler, but nothing was confirmed. Newton even attended the series premiere in late April and was photographed with Ryan Bittle who had recast the role of Colby's big brother JR Chandler. On May 6, the network officially confirmed through a mass press release that Newton had been cast in the role of Colby. Newton's first airdate was June 5, 2013.