Jackie Marone is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, portrayed by British actress Lesley-Anne Down.
Around the same time Jackie began an affair with Deacon Sharpe and used him to conduct the second paternity test.
This enraged her son, Nick, and with the help of Donna Logan, he wanted to make Stephanie pay for what she did to his mother.
However, events have come forward that Jackie lied about how her accident happened; and also some shameful secrets from her past have come to light.
With the help of the psychiatrist Taylor Hayes, Nick has since forgiven Jackie and they once again had a strong relationship.
The plan backfired and Jackie garnered sympathy for having had to stoop so low to make a life for her and her son, particularly from Eric.
Jacqueline has taken advantage of Eric's vulnerability toward her and continuously (although unsuccessfully) attempts to seduce him away from Stephanie.
After an unsuccessful attempt at restarting the Brooke's Bedroom, Nick decided to sell Forrester Creations back to Eric, with one ultimatum—Stephanie may not be a part of the company.
When she returned to Jackie M Designs (the former Spectra Fashions), she packed a bag hurriedly, and left town without any explanation.
Jackie was a suspect for a while for Stephanie Forrester's shooting but eventually the shooter was revealed to be Storm Logan.
Most recently Jacqueline's public appearances have included Jack's first birthday party, Ridge and Brooke's rehearsal dinner, Phoebe Forrester's memorial service and Forrester Creations Swim Line Fashion Show.
She and Nick received all the designs from Forrester Creations newest line via e-mail by a person shrouded in mystery.
The situation appalled Forrester Creations; but Eric, in a show of fair play, allowed Jackie M. Designs to keep the line, since it was already out on the streets, in exchange for Rick not becoming president.
Later on, though, his sister, Bridget, taking a leave of absence from the hospital, e-mailed her designs to Jackie, and she was so impressed that she hired her, however incognito as Madame X.
Due to Stephanie's contacts within the fashion industry, Jackie M. Designs is poised to get itself back to fiscal health.
This has also allowed Stephanie to bond closer with Jackie, and the two put aside their combative pasts and to become friends as well as develop a good professional relationship as well.
Having recently hired Owen Knight, Jackie has started to date her chief of staff.
When Bridget realized that Owen was planning on marrying Jackie, she told Nick, who rushed out in order to prevent the wedding from going through.
On a television talk show, however, Nick, Bridget, Whip and Jackie heard that Owen had declared that she was nothing but his "cougar fantasy woman" and then snidely told her on TV, that she'd been Punk'd.
In November 2011, Nick receives an anonymous message from a woman which says to meet him in the sauna of Jackie M When he discovers that it is Stephanie's sister, Pamela Douglas, he is shocked.
Pam informs him of her break-up with Stephen and confesses to finding him (Nick) increasingly attractive.
[3] Kerr commented on how Jackie's airtime had been "greatly reduced" from previous years, writing, "Gone are the triangles with Eric and whatever other woman is fighting for his attention, be it Donna or Stephanie.
"[3] In 2022, Charlie Mason from Soaps She Knows placed Jackie 21st on his ranked list of The Bold and the Beautiful’s Best of the Best Characters Ever, commenting "Her fondness for boy toys nothwithstanding, we always saw Nick's mother, checkered past and all, as the heiress apparent to Stephanie's throne.