Definição e significado de Sandy_Sommers

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Sandra "Sandy" Sommers^[2] (born Agnes Jones)^[3] is a fictional character on CBS's daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful. The character has been originated and portrayed by three time Daytime Emmy award winning actress Sarah Brown since November 5, 2009.^[4] She debuted on The Bold and the Beautiful a day after Brown vacated her previous role on the ABC daytime drama General Hospital.

Character Development

When the character of Sandy was first introduced to Brown by head writer Bradley Bell she felt very strongly about the role and was excited to play the character. ^[5] In two different interviews with Brown, she describes the character:

"as someone who is recovering from real trauma, "[Sandy] is not really herself when the audience first meets her. She's on a journey, sort of trying to find her bearings. And, she's a bit of a mess when she [first arrives]."^[6]

"She is very timid to me, and even has food delivered to her trailer where the grass does not grow. She is not trying to get anywhere with her life and that is what is really sad."^[7]

Brown has also expressed her excitement over playing the role. She is looking forward to the challenges of playing this character and really expressing the tragedy and trauma that the character has experienced in a new light. On playing the role of Sandy, Brown was quoted in an interview as stating this:

"It is hard material to look at, to think about, to work on, to mull over and digest, and to try to find beauty in. I'm totally loving the job. I really believe in what I'm doing."'^[8]

Storyline

The character of Sandy Sommers debuted on The Bold and the Beautiful as a potential surrogate for Nick and Bridget Marone. In an attempt to make herself more marketable to potential couples, Sandy lied on surrogate profile. When looking over the profile Bridget took a liking to it and considered Sandy as a potential surrogate. Sandy was first seen as a mysterious, a bit unkempt and saddened in her mobile home, but immediately livens up after receiving a call from Bridget asking her for a meeting to discuss the potential surrogacy. She sets up a meeting with Bridget and dies her hair from dark brown to blonde before going to the meeting with Nick and Bridget. After the meeting, Sandy was selected to be their surrogate.

Although Sandy presented herself as the perfect candidate and promised the Marones that she was living a healthy lifestyle, she did not take to well to all of the guidelines that came with becoming a surrogate for instance the healthy eating that is involved and opted to eat junk food. When Bridget called to make sure that she had been eating healthy she lied and said that she was while eating a candy bar.

Sandy took a liking to Bridget but pulled away from Nick, seemingly uncomfortable around men. On November 17, she was implanted with Nick and Bridget's embryo and clung excitedly to Bridget during the procedure but did not want Nick in the room. Later on in Sandy's room she has an encounter with Whipple Jones III, and he immediately recognizes her as his cousin Agnes Jones. At first she denies it but as Whip begins talking about how close they used to be she eventually revealed the truth and told him that she changed her name to Sandy. When Sandy arrives with Nick and Bridget at the Adam and Eve photo shoot at Jackie M Designs, she is introduced as their surrogate and later makes it clear to Whip that she does not want Nick and Bridget to know that they are cousins so as to not complicate the situation. Sandy's mysterious past begins to appear when she gets upset by the photo shoot and has to leave the room. Later on the elevator she breaks down and cries imagining cameras flashing all around her.

Sandy seems haunted by the photo shoot as she can't seem to stop thinking about the camera flashes and as Whip visits her to check on her, he reveals that she used to love that kind of stuff. He asks her what happened but she blows him off, and even as he presses the issue knowing something is wrong she still would not reveal what happened to her. On December 3, she is officially announced pregnant, Nick and Bridget are thrilled but Sandy looks uncomfortable. As they try to show their appreciation, Sandy allows Bridget but yet again backs away from Nick. Nick begins to notice Sandy's apparent dislike of him but Bridget simply brushes it off only wanting to worry about the baby.

Nick later goes to Sandy's place wanting to discuss her behavior and discovers mail addresses to Agnes Jones and junk food in the cupboards. He quickly realizes that she is not all she claimed to be and wonders why she has not been truthful. She reveals that she hadn't been exactly truthful on her profile but promises to give Nick and Bridget a healthy baby. She reveals that the person she described on her profile was who she used to be and reminded herself of Bridget she also tells him she wants to experience child birth but it would never happen for her, not with a man. This statement leads Nick to believe that she has problems with men in general and inquires as to what happened to her but she refuses to disclose any more information.

Bridget and Sandy bond and become friends going to yoga classes together. They later meet Bridget's mom Brooke Forrester and Brooke notices how Sandy seems afraid of Nick and she later tells him that he needs to work on gaining her trust. After a day out with the Marones, Sandy is unsettled when she returns home to find the door already open. It turns out it was just her cousin Whip there to fix her broken lights. Nick who had driven her home comes inside worried to find the lights still not on and sees Whip who soon after leaves. He immediately wondered what was going on and Sandy reluctantly admits that they are cousins. He demands to know her story knowing that whatever she is hiding was stressful and could cause harm to the baby. She finally decides to be honest with him and reveals that she had been date raped after leaving a bar with a photographer who was going to take head shots of her and doing tequila shots at an after party afterward. Her rape is revealed as being the root of her distrust and fear of men. She assures Nick that she had all of her tests done and is physically clean but swears Nick to secrecy not wanting Bridget to know about her ordeal and worry. He agrees not to tell her and she thanks him feeling like a weight had been lifted off her shoulder and glad to have shared that information with someone.

The next day in Nick's office Sandy overhears Nick disclosing her secret to Brooke. She confronts him wondering how he could have betrayed her trust. He assures her that he did not tell Bridget, but he does think she needs some help. Sandy talks with Brooke about her ordeal as Brooke comforts her and gives her some advice on how to get on with her life after such a tragic ordeal. After their talk, Nick, Bridget and Stephanie Forrester come in offering Sandy the position as Stephanie's assistant at Jackie M Designs and she happily accepts the position. She later apologizes to Nick and tells him that she now trusts him and sees him differently as Brooke has helped her gain a new perspective.

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