 Whitney Russell is the eldest daughter of Eve and T. C. Russell. Whitney was portrayed by Brook Kerr from the series'debut on July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007. In 2005, Sidne Siobhan Phillips portrayed the character in flashbacks. She is introduced as a close friend of Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald Crane (Lindsay Hartley), but she became prominent on the show as the love interest of Chad Harris-Crane. Chad is incorrectly identified as Eve and Julian's son, and his relationship with Whitney is judged to be incestuous. Whitney's confusion about her relationship with Chad and her shame at possibly committing incest escalates after she becomes pregnant and gives birth to their son, Miles Harris-Crane. Whitney briefly becomes estranged from Chad and Harmony, and become a nun to absolve herself of the sin of incest. The discovery of Chad's birth certificate proves the couple are not blood relatives; they resume their relationship and eventually get married. Whitney leaves Chad after discovering his affair with Vincent Clarkson. Their later reconciliation is cut short when he is murdered by Alistair Crane. Following Chad's death, Whitney moves to New Orleans to raise Miles and her unborn child with the help of Simone. Whitney does not appear on screen after the show moved from NBC to DirecTV, but she is referenced in a telephone call to police chief Sam Bennett and Simone's letter to her best friend Kay Bennett.
