Jessica Buchanan - OLTL Character Profile

Current Occupation:

Board Member of Buchanan Enterprises
Former writer for The Banner and The Sun

Place of Residence:

Currently, Jessica is a patient at St. Ann’s, but was living with her mother Viki at Llanfair after her husband Nash died.

Significant Romantic Relationships:

Cristian Vega - dated for several years in high school
Will Rappaport - Jessica lost her virginity with
Seth Anderson - dated
Augustico "Tico" Santi – married in 2004 but was annulled after his death
Antonio Vega - married in 2006 and divorced in 2007
Nash Brennan - married in 2007, but he died in 2008

Children:

Megan Victoria Buchannan - daughter she had with Will but the baby died after she was hit by Dorian Lord.
Brennan “Bree” Buchanan - daughter with Nash Brennan
Chole Brennan Buchanan - baby taken by Jessica’s alter Bess from Starr Manning, her cousin. Jessica’s second baby with Nash died in child birth.

Relatives:

Mitch Laurence (biological father, deceased)
Victoria Lord (biological mother)
Clint Buchanan (father by adoption)
Kevin Buchanan (maternal step brother)
Joseph Buchanan (maternal step brother)
Natalie Buchanan (maternal half-twin sister)
Asa Buchanan (paternal grandfather, by adoption, deceased)
Miles Laurence (paternal uncle)
Bo Buchanan (paternal uncle, by adoption)
Ben Davidson (paternal half- uncle, by adoption; deceased)
Tina Clayton Lord (maternal-half aunt)
Todd Manning (maternal half-uncle)
Starr Manning (maternal half-cousin)

Interesting Facts for Jessica :

• Accidentally burned down Llanfair in 1991.
• Killed her biological father, Mitch Laurence.
• As a child she was sexual molested.
• Has D.I.D like her mother Viki. Like her mother, her alters name rhyme with her own name. Tess emerged in 2006, while Bess has been presently introduced.
• As her alter Tess, she’s tried killing her twin sister Natalie and her boyfriend Jared Banks.
• She has Hepatitis C. She needed a liver transplant and was lucky to find a match from Uncle David.
• As her alter Bess, she kidnapped Starr Manning’s baby and left Starr with Jessica’s dead baby in order to keep Jessica from suffering.

Friends:

Todd Manning
Natalie Buchanan
Cristian Vega
Bo Buchanan
Brody Lovitt

Enemies:

Her alters, Tess and Bess
Alison Perkins
Her mother’s alter, Niki Smith
Dorian Lord

Strongest Points:

Despite all the problems Jessica has faced, she always defies the odds. Jessica has become a strong woman and a loving mother.

History of Jessica Buchanan Brennan:

Jessica Buchanan was kidnapped at birth by Alison Perkins, but was returned to the Buchanan family.

Jessica dated Cristian Vega, but ended up cheating on him after getting drunk with Will Rappaport. She later became pregnant with Will's child, but was hit by Dorian and lost her baby and went into a coma.

Eventually, Jessica was back to her old self. During this time, her mother struggled with breast cancer and her alter, Niki Smith. Viki later found out that Mitch Laurence was Jessica’s father and that Clint Buchanan was Natalie’s father and that she’d giving birth to twins. Jessica became sickened by this and ran away from her sociopath father, whom became obsessed with finding her. Mitch ended up kidnapping Jessica. He faked his death, only to be later killed by his own daughter.

Jessica ended up falling in love with another Vega, but this time Cris' brother, Antonio. But like her mother, she was suffering from dissociative identity disorder, D.I.D. Later, Viki and Clint discover that while Jessica was in the care of Niki Smith, Jessica was taken to a bar and was molested by a pornographer named Norman Leeds.

Tess emerged and unlike Jessica, Tess was a party girl and loved flirting and sleeping around with other men. Jessica/Tess also contacted the Hepatitis C virus during this time. Tess met and fell in love with Nash Brennan, but after Jessica returns she finds out she’s pregnant and plans to marry Antonio.

Antonio and Jessica tie the knot but she starts to have feelings for Nash. Jessica and Antonio get a divorce. Tess ended up having Jessica’s baby, Bree. Then Jessica finds out about Hep C virus and needs a liver transplant. Jessica marries Nash by her hospital bedside.

Unfortunately the marriage was cut short when Nash ended up falling to his death over a fight with Natalie’s boyfriend, Jared. Jessica was able to tell Nash on his death bed that she was carrying his baby. A devasted Jessica didn’t have much time to grieve because Tess took over and vowed revenge against Natalie and Jared. As Tess, she locked them up in a sound proof basement and was planning on blowing up Llanfair with them left inside. Later, Tess gives birth to a dead baby and Bess, Jessica’s second alter came out to take care of things. Bess ended up stealing Starr Manning’s baby and decided to pass it off as Jessica’s. Jessica soon came back and has admitted herself into St. Ann’s sanitarium so she can become integrated, not realizing what Bess has done.