BAD COMPANY

FOUR SOAP VILLAINS DISH ABOUT THEIR EVIL ON-SCREEN WAYS

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL

KIMBERLIN BROWN (SHEILA)

In a recent Digest reader poll, fans ranked Sheila in the top three of daytime’s all-time best villains. What’s your reaction to that? “I’m honored to be ranked as one of the top villains of daytime! It’s rare that we villains get to stay around this long. If it weren’t for the fans, I wouldn’t be in the top three — or the top 10 even — so it’s been fun.... It’s fun to be bad.”

In the early days of Sheila on Y&R, you were fearless in your portrayal. Where did that courage come from? “When I first came on, I was told Sheila could do no wrong: ‘Don’t hold back. Don’t play what you think is safe. Play what you think is not safe. That’s what we want.’ And that’s what I did.”

Was there ever a time when you thought, “How am I ever going to pull this off?” “I have to say, cutting a baby’s birthmark off was a big deal for me. I was like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me! This is even beyond Sheila,’ and they said, ‘Oh, no. It’s perfect,’ and they were right. When you play a villain, you’ve got to be willing to step out of your comfort zone.”