Hunter Tylo is an American actor, author, and former model, best known for her portrayal of ‘Dr. Taylor Hayes’ in ‘The Bold and the Beautiful.’ The elegant actor rose through the ranks of beauty contests, becoming one of the most prominent models of the 1970s and the 1980s. Alternating between daytime TV shows and features, she then established an impressive acting career. The year Tylo graduated high school, she gave birth to her first child and married the child’s father. While she is widely remembered for her roles in ‘All My Children’ and ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ in the 1990s, she has also made several guest appearances in popular series such as ‘Baywatch’ and ‘The Nanny.’ After being fired from a primetime soap opera for being pregnant, her legal battle against the wrongful termination became widely recognized as an important case that established the right of privacy in deposition and the rights of actors to continue working while pregnant. The star is an activist and raises funds on behalf of many children’s causes. She is also pursuing her own skin care line.