Caroline Spencer Forrester is a fictional character from the American soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful.

The character is introduced as a sweet and virginal young woman who becomes strong-willed and even self-serving as she is betrayed by the men in her life and by her best friend, Brooke; but she finds true compassion and selflessness as she dies from leukemia.

[2][3] Caroline Spencer first appeared as the daughter of publishing tycoon Bill Spencer, engaged to the playboy fashion designer, Ridge Forrester, the son of Eric and Stephanie, who founded and run the prestigious Los Angeles design house where Ridge works.

Just before the wedding ceremony, Bill tells Caroline that he had Ridge followed and knows for a fact that he slept with another woman just a week before.

She is rushed to the hospital, where an idolizing young woman from the Valley, Brooke Logan, visits and befriends her.

Caroline learns of their deception only after she weds Thorne, causing a rift in their marriage and in her friendship with Brooke, who is now dating Ridge.

Stricken with amnesia (caused by a mixture of the alcohol and sleeping pills), he forgets both Caroline's disloyalty and his shooting of Ridge; but Stephanie knows everything.

He eventually does remember the attempted murder (thanks not to Caroline, but to a devious schemer named Deveney Dixon) and nearly shoots Ridge again.

She is devastated when Brooke reveals she is pregnant by Ridge but determined to make her move on him when they announce their wedding date.

Ridge's sister, Felicia, throws a party for Caroline, who uses it as an opportunity to send a message to those she loves.

When Joanna Johnson returned to the show, she did so as Caroline's identical twin sister, Karen,[21] who originally went by the name of Faith Roberts.

The plot failed; but Karen stayed in town and provided the impetus for more storylines, including one in which she and Thorne fell in love.