Early life

Jones was born in Memphis, Tennessee on September 3, 1976. Shawn Jones, her father, is a minister. The family lived in Tennessee for five years before her father took a job preaching in Texas. Jones has one brother named Zach and one sister named Jordan. At the age of five, she filmed her first commercial. At the age of nine, Jones starred in several theatre productions in the Actors Theatre of Houston including The Women, Ah, Wilderness!, and Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs. At the age of 12, she was in The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold.

Career

Jones rose to fame on the long-running CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, playing Megan Dennison from 1997 to 2000, and again in 2001. She received two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for her role on The Young and the Restless. She played Dr. Bridget Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful from December 2004 to February 2012 and again in 2013.

Jones starred as Daphne on the second season of HBO's True Blood in 2009. Jones also has starred in the number of Lifetime movies, like A Teacher's Crime (2008), Dead at 17 (2008), Secrets from Her Past (2011), A Sister's Revenge (2013), and The Secret Sex Life of a Single Mom (2014). In late January 2016, Jones was confirmed to be cast as Parker Forsyth on General Hospital.

Personal life

Jones was married to actor Noah Nelson, the son of actor Craig T. Nelson, from August 17, 2002 to May 2009. In November 2015, it was announced that Jones is engaged to IT infrastructure manager, Joel Henricks. On February 1, 2016, it was announced that Jones and Henricks were married in a small courthouse wedding. On March 11, 2016, it was announced that Jones and Henricks are expecting a son together, due in May. Henricks already has a son, Huck, from a previous relationship.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	The King's Guard	Princess Gwendolyn
2001	Devil's Prey	Susan	Thriller film directed by Bradford May.
2005	Extreme Dating	Amanda
2008	His Good Will	Dorothy	Short film
2012	Gabe the Cupid Dog	Lana
2013	Angel's Perch	Ginny
2015	The Wedding Ringer	Babs Fremont	Comedy film directed and co-written by Jeremy Garelick.

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Ingrid	Episode: "Epidemic" (S 1:Ep 2)
	The Fire Next Time	Linnie Morgan	Miniseries shown on CBS.
1995	She Fought Alone	Susan	Made-for-TV-Movie
1996	Our Son, the Matchmaker	Young Winona	Made-for-TV-Movie
1997	The Young and the Restless	Megan Dennison	Contract role: 1997-2000
2000	Strong Medicine	Shelly Lane	Episode: "Blessed Events" (S 1:Ep 15)
2001	The District	Dana Rayburn	Episode: "Lost and Found" (S 2:Ep 1)
	V.I.P.	Anna Petrov	Episode: "Chasing Anna" (S 4:Ep 2)
2002	For the People	Trista	Episode: "Our Own" (S 1:Ep 2)
2004	Without a Trace	Trista Bowden	Episode: "Risen" (S 2:Ep 16)
	Crossing Jordan	Beth Flaherty	Episodes: "Intruded" (S 4:Ep 3) "Deja Past" (S 4:Ep 4)
2004	The Bold and the Beautiful	Dr. Bridget Forrester	Contract role: 2004-2010 Recurring role: 2011-2013, 2015-2016
2007	CSI: NY	Kennedy Gable	Episode: "Heart of Glass" (S 3:Ep 16)
2008	A Teacher's Crime	Carrie Ryans	Made-for-TV-Movie
	Dead at 17	Becca	Made-for-TV-Movie
2009	Trust Me	Amanda Patterson	Episode: "Au Courant" (S 1:Ep 4)
	True Blood	Daphne Landry	Recurring
	FlashForward	Camille	Episode: "Scary Monsters and Super Creeps" (S 1:Ep 6)
	The Mentalist	Sandrine Gerber	Episode: "Black Gold and Red Blood" (S 2:Ep 6)
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Shea Lammet	Episode: "Lover's Lanes" (S 10:Ep 8)
2010	The Rockford Files	Janet	Made-for-TV-Movie
2011	House	Diane	Episode: "Recession Proof" (S 7:Ep 14)
	Secrets from Her Past	Kate Collins / Stephanie Wicks	Made-for-TV-Movie
2012	Private Practice	Dani	Episode: "Andromeda" (S 5:Ep 16)
	Bones	Dr. Kathy	Episode; "The Suit on the Set" (S 7:Ep 12)
	Outlaw Country	Lianne	Made-for-TV-Movie
	Drop Dead Diva	Sheila Reese	Episode: "Pick's & Pakes" (S 4:Ep 12)
2013	90210	Amanda Barnard	Recurring
	A Sister's Revenge	Catherine Miller	Made-for-TV-Movie
2014	Criminal Minds	Kate Hoffer	Episode: "Gabby" (S 9:Ep 16)
	The Secret Sex Life of a Single Mom	Delaine Morris	Made-for-TV-Movie
2015	CSI: Cyber	Arianna Peterson	Episode: "URL, Interrupted: (S 1:Ep7)
2016-	General Hospital	Parker Forsyth	Recurring

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
1999	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Nominated
2000	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Nominated

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