Jess Walton is a Canadian-American actress, best known for her role as Kelly Harper in CBS soap opera Capitol and as Jill Abbott on the CBS soap opera, The Young and the Restless.
10 Facts About Jess Walton
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Jess Walton left home at the age of 17 and joined a Toronto theater company.
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Jess Walton co-starred in film The Strawberry Statement, and portrayed the female lead roles of The Peace Killers and Monkeys in the Attic.
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Jess Walton appeared in The Hunted Lady starring Donna Mills.
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In 1984, Jess Walton returned to acting with the role of Kelly Harper on the CBS daytime soap opera, Capitol.
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Later in that year, Jess Walton joined the cast of another CBS soap opera, The Young and the Restless, in the role as Jill Foster Abbott.
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Jess Walton won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1997 for Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Jill, and was nominated in 1996,2000, and 2017.
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Jess Walton won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 1991, after a nomination in 1990.
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Jess Walton was married to John James, an author and founder of The Grief Recovery Institute from 1980 until his death in August 2021.
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Jess Walton says that one of the houses featured on Joni Mitchell's Ladies of the Canyon cover belonged to her.