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Ivy Forrester (formerly Spencer) is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful portrayed by Ashleigh Brewer. Ivy made her first screen appearance on July 10, 2014.

Casting
In May 2014, it was announced that the Logie Award nominated Australian actress Ashleigh Brewer had joined the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful in the role of Ivy Forrester. She began filming for the series on May 24, 2014 and initially signed a three year contract with the show.

Introduction and characterization
Brewer told a writer for Soap Opera Digest that during her first meeting she had a successful chemistry read with Wyatt Spencer (Darin Brooks) and the producers decided to create a character with her. Brewer explained that Ivy was originally going to be American, before being changed to Australian and then English. After the producers had another think about it, they decided that she should be Australian. Celeb Dirty Laundry's Annemarie LeBlanc compared her clean-cut image, likened to actress Sandra Dee, also noting that even though her Australian accent softens the character, she has no problem standing up for herself.

Ivy is introduced as the younger daughter of John Forrester and his second wife, Claire Forrester and the niece of established character Eric Forrester's (John McCook). She is the half sister of Jessica Forrester through John's first marriage to Maggie Forrester. She arrives in Los Angeles, after she is brought in to work for the new jewelry design collection, Hope for the Future (HFTF), by Eric and Rick Forrester (Jacob Young), replacing Quinn Fuller (Rena Sofer).

Love Triangle and Rivalry with Steffy
After Liam Spencer's failed relationship with Hope Logan, Ivy and Liam began an relationship that however faces the brief return of Liam's ex-wife Steffy Forrester, the actress that portrays Steffy noted that "in Steffy's mind, Ivy is just some new woman in town and Liam is fair game. He and Ivy have no history." Steffy returns once again a couple months later, managing to convince Liam that they belong together. Ivy begins to portray signs of a devious desperate woman when she hears Liam and Steffy reminiscing about their history.

After finding out her father failed to fill out the proper paperwork for Dual-citizenship, Ivy is at risk of being deported back to Australia, Ivy marries Liam in scheme arranged by Quinn Fuller, to prevent Liam from returning to Steffy giving Wyatt a chance with her. Their marriage was quickly annuled when Ivy is informed that it was mistake and she wouldn't be deported.

Celeb Dirty Laundry noted that "Ivy and Wyatt (Darin Brooks) will become a scheme team", "These two have really bonded since Steffy turned down Wyatt and Liam dumped Ivy. It seems their misfortune may have been beneficial after all. Wyatt and Ivy will grow closer in the coming weeks." It was also noted that "Forrester Creations is heading in an exciting direction and they'll need a fresh face to lead the charge" and Wyatt will urge Ivy to "snatch" the modeling position leading her blackmail Steffy's brother Thomas Forrester in to convincing Ridge Forrester that she deserves a more prominent place in the company.