Sheridan Crane | |||||||||||||
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Passions character | |||||||||||||
Portrayed by |
McKenzie Westmore Shannon Sturges (2005; temporary) Kam Heskin (2006, 2008; temporary) |
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Duration | 1999–2008 | ||||||||||||
First appearance | July 5, 1999 | ||||||||||||
Last appearance | August 7, 2008 | ||||||||||||
Created by | James E. Reilly | ||||||||||||
Book appearances | Hidden Passions | ||||||||||||
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Other names | Diana | ||||||||||||
Occupation | Socialite Crane Industries Executive |
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Residence | Crane Cottage Harmony, New England |
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Parents |
Alistair Crane Katherine Barrett |
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Siblings |
Julian Crane Beth Wallace Chad Harris-Crane |
Spouse |
Antonio Lopez-Fitzgerald (2003–) Chris Boothe (2006–07) Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald (2006) |
Children |
Marty Lopez-Fitzgerald James Boothe (adoptive) |
Aunts and uncles | Rachel Barrett |
Nieces and nephews |
Vincent Clarkson Fancy Crane Fox Crane Pretty Crane Endora Lenox Miles Harris-Crane Unnamed Harris-Crane |
Sheridan Crane is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions. She has been portrayed by McKenzie Westmore since the series began in 1999, and was briefly portrayed by Shannon Sturges when Westmore was out sick in 2005 and by Kam Heskin in 2006 when Westmore was out on maternity leave and again in 2008 while Westmore was out sick. In early flashback sequences Sheridan at age 12 was portrayed by Sara Paxton. When Sheridan's history was retconned and her flashback sequence age was downgraded from 12 to 6, she was played by Rylee Fansler. She is often seen as a "poor little rich girl" but her love for Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald made her true emotions arise.
Sheridan was inherently a person good for much of the series, until the final year, where she became a villain.
Sheridan is the daughter of Alistair Crane, a world-famous billionaire (who secretly built up his empire through a network of crime) and Katherine Crane. Born several decades into the marriage of her parents, Sheridan was generally considered an unwanted child by her father, Alistair, and she was ignored in favor of her older brother, Julian Crane.
When Sheridan was a young girl, she found a man, Martin Fitzgerald, covered with a bloody sheet in her family's living room. It eventually turned out that Martin defended Sheridan's mother, Katherine, who was physically and sexually abused by Sheridan's father, Alistair, who had stabbed Martin. Due to Sheridan's vague memories as a little girl and the family concealment of the whole ordeal, the event became a mystery and deeply traumatized Sheridan, causing her to frequently sleepwalk, have mental breakdowns and endure nightmares since her youth. Shortly after, Sheridan and Julian were also informed by their father that their missing mother was "dead".