Jana Hawkes is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless.

The role was portrayed by Emily O'Brien, first on a recurring status and then on contract until the character's death onscreen on May 6, 2011.

[1][2] Jana was married to Kevin Fisher, is the murderer of Carmen Mesta, and was involved in a number of illegal activities.

O'Brien portrayed the role initially on a recurring status from May 11 to September 5, 2006,[1] and then on contract from October 10, 2006 to February 20, 2007,[2] when the character disappeared from the canvas temporarily until her return on June 15, 2007.

"[5] Jana Hawkes, a British woman with a mysterious past, came to Genoa City in 2006 and was hired as an employee at Kevin Fisher's coffee house, Crimson Lights.

Jana disappeared then, and Kevin suspected that Adrian Korbel was responsible for that and the murder of Newman Enterprises executive Carmen Mesta.

After Colleen Carlton and Kevin were held hostage in a walk-in refrigerator, they discovered that Jana was responsible for their kidnappings and Carmen's murder.

She and her father wanted the reliquary, a piece of Jewish artwork that was originally stolen by the Nazis during World War II and subsequently lost.

Despite her love for him, Jana tried to make it look like Kevin was trying to kill Colleen again, as he had years before, and accidentally trapped himself in the process.

In 2010, Jana was taken hostage with Lauren and locked in a cage by Daisy Carter, Ryder Callahan, and Sarah Smythe.

Jana took out a loan on Crimson Lights to get Ryder out of jail and began an affair with him, which devastated Kevin when he found them in bed together.

Jana saw Kevin out at the opening of his mother Gloria's nightclub Gloworm with Chloe Mitchell and apologized to him for what happened with Ryder.

She also told him that she wanted to give their marriage another chance, but Kevin refused, still hurt over Jana cheating on him.

On December 16, 2010, in the heat of the moment, Kevin, hurt over what he felt is Chloe's rejection, had sex with Jana.

Jana even went so far as to fake an injury & claim that Daisy attacked her in order to play on Kevin's sympathy.

In March 2011, Jana, after moving out of Kevin's apartment, got a job as a nanny for Billy and Victoria Abbott.

For her role as Jana, O'Brien earned two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Younger Actress in 2008 and 2009.