Eileen Davidson

Eileen Marie Davidson born June 15 1959 is an American actress author and former model best known for her performances in television soap operas Davidson is best known for her roles in soap operas as Kristen DiMera on NBCs Days of Our Lives Ashley Abbott on CBSs The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful In 2014 for her role in Days of Our Lives Davidson was awarded a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series the second actress to win a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of Lead Actress for the soap Davidson also starred in the film The House on Sorority Row 1983 had a leading role in the shortlived CBS crime series Broken Badges 199091 and wrote a number of mystery novels in the 2000s In 2014 Davidson joined the cast of Bravo reality television series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills with record salary of 750000 per season