Jenna Bradshaw




Although Jenna Bradshaw has been in Springfield on and off since 1992, her time there has been one of good and bad times, of heartbreak and happiness but through it all, she is living proof that a person can change if they really want to. When she first came to Springfield, it was to retrieve a brooch that she had put in a carrying bag belonging to Harley Cooper. Harley was a cadet at the Police Academy who was assigned the task to try and figure out Jenna's agenda without arousing suspicion. Jenna on the other hand had an agenda of her own. She wanted to reclaim what she felt was rightfully hers. Her father had created an invention that The Spauldings had passed off as their own which made them very wealthy and powerful but Jenna felt that she had been robbed of her rightful inheritance.

Henry Chamberlain, a longtime friend of The Spaulding Clan didn't want Jenna to stir up trouble for the Corporation so he lied by saying that he was her father. In reality he wasn't but Vanessa, Henry's daughter was infuriated that she had to "share" her precious daddy with a new sister. As time went on, Jenna found out the truth and although she forgave Henry, it didn't stop her quest for power. It was also during that time that she met two men who although were as different as night and day, would have a profound impact on her life. The first was Roger Thorpe, who like Jenna craved power and wanted Spaulding so badly, it became an obsession even to this day. He became a silent benefactor of sorts, romancing her with flowers and gifts and when he asked her for her hand in marriage, she accepted. So the two married in a church in Laurel Falls, but since they were town outcasts, nobody came to the wedding. They didn't care because they were going to control Spaulding and take it straight to the top.

The other man in her life was Frank "Buzz" Cooper, who was the King of 5th Street. The run-down blue collar section of Springfield. Buzz didn't have much in terms of dollars and cents but he loved Jenna like no other woman in his life. He wanted to be with her but Jenna was still married to Roger and she soon discovered that marriage to Roger was nothing short of a nightmare. Maybe if she had talked to Holly Lindsey or even Alex Spaulding, she would have had second thoughts. This was because Roger still loved Holly even though he would deny it over and over. Even when Jenna got pregnant, it should have bought them closer together but when Jenna threatened Roger a relationship with this "child", he threatened her so badly, she would soon have a miscarriage.

Eventually, her life was in shambles. She soon discovered that she didn't own Spaulding since her father gave up all rights to the invention and the person who gave Spaulding back to it's rightful owners was none other than Buzz Cooper. She was furious with him at first but she forgave him and together they started a beauty cream company but the invention was actually Eleni's. Although they would try to be together, circumstances beyond their control prevented it and the one person who was more instrumental in keeping them apart was Nadine Cooper, who wanted Buzz back more than anything after her marriage to Billy Lewis ended drastically. In fact, when Nadine realized that Jenna was pregnant, instead of telling Buzz she kept the truth from him and when Jenna felt that Buzz didn't love her anymore, she decided to leave without telling Buzz about their unborn child.

She gave birth on December 25, 1995 to Henry Bradshaw Cooper aka Coop. When she returned to Springfield in late 1996, she wanted to renew her relationship with Buzz only to discover to her heartbreak that Buzz had moved on and was now married to Reva Shayne. The two acted like they were happy but soon afterwards, Reva would divorce Buzz and although he tried to put up a brave front, he was heartbroken himself. They worked together to help revive the lighthouse during the night of the Cedars Ball, and when everyone else returned to the party, they were on the Beach and realized that they still loved each other but yet another obstacle came in the way. Jeffrey Morgan.

He was a thief who posed as a businessman, who met Jenna in Santa Fe, New Mexico when she tried to steal his bonds. It seemed that the money that Henry Chamberlain left her in his will was mismanaged and left Jenna penniless and on the verge of homelessness. Although he could have turned her in, she became his partner and she went back to her old ways but reluctantly. Fortunately, she managed to escape his evil wrath when he went to prison and on June 15, 1998 She and Buzz finally married at the hospital where Griffin Williams officiated. On that same day, Jenna gave birth to Jeffrey's child. They were happy for some time but then Jenna was killed in a horrible car accident. I'm sure many of you still miss her.

Last updated 11/27/98. E-mail me with any comments or suggestions at addip@isholf.is.