Dayzee Leigh
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| The Bold and the Beautiful character | |||||
| Portrayed by | Kristolyn Lloyd | ||||
| Duration | 2010–13 | ||||
| First appearance | October 7, 2010 | ||||
| Last appearance | December 2, 2013 | ||||
| Introduced by | Bradley Bell | ||||
| Classification | Former, regular | ||||
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| Other names | Dayzee Forrester | ||||
| Occupation | Café owner | ||||
| Home | Africa | ||||
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| Husband | Marcus Forrester (2012–) |
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| Stepdaughters | Rosie Forrester |
Dayzee Leigh is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, a top-rated U.S. TV series. Portrayed by Kristolyn Lloyd, the character was introduced by head writer Bradley Bell on October 7, 2010. Lloyd played the character as a recurring guest role for a short period of time, until she was promoted to contract status and became a series regular. Dayzee was initially a poor young woman, working and living on the streets of Skid Row, Los Angeles. She soon started a friendship with the show's matriarch Stephanie Forrester, who was diagnosed with lung cancer at the time. Dayzee gave her the incentive she needed to undergo treatment, and she survived. Bell was highly involved in the making of the character and the Skid Row storyline, and Lloyd had a background knowledge of it because of her charity work in Los Angeles and overseas.
Dayzee was introduced to give everyone a new take on the world and a "new set of glasses". Since then, Dayzee has used her newfound power in the Forrester family to become an advocate for poverty with the help of Stephanie. She has also had romances with Thomas and Marcus Forrester, to whom she was later married. The Skid Row storyline which Dayzee was an integral part of garnered positive reviews. Akash Nikolas of Zap2it noted that while she was involved with Thomas, his sister Steffy Forrester highly disapproved of Dayzee because of her background, and said that the show was "playing around" with the race issue.
Actress Kristolyn Lloyd first appeared in the role of Dayzee Leigh on October 7, 2010. Previously, Lloyd worked primarily on stage productions, such as the musicals Romeo and Juliet and As You Like It. She most recently had parts in the high-production musicals Rent and Hairspray, while also making an appearance in the medical drama series ER. The show's head writer and executive producer, Bradley Bell was in attendance during Lloyd's audition for the series. She said, "Brad is so hands-on with this storyline. During my audition, I didn’t even know Brad was the executive producer because they rarely show up at auditions, but that’s how involved he is."
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