Josie Nash

Josette "Josie" Nash is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera Now & Forever, portrayed by Olivia Williams. The character was brought onto the show as a new fresh face to stoke up trouble. She was the modern-day sex symbol on the soap.
Entertainment Daily named Josie one of the 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years. She was also included in Soap Opera Update magazine's list of the "best TV Soap bitches", and their 2023 list of The 60 Nastiest Soap Villains of All Time. In 20-, Soap Opera Magazine ranked her #20 of their "40 Greatest Soap Villains of All Time".
==Background==
Josie Nash is the daughter of homemaker and a petty criminal. She also has a half-brother, David Nash. She had an unhappy childhood - her father spent her entire childhood in and out of prison. Her mother neglected her due to being in many failed relationships, and growing up Josie developed a "hard shell" and learned how to manipulate people so they couldn't hurt her. However, she retains a pleasant and compassionate side, which figures prominently into her character development.
It was also revealed that Josie's father, Nolan Nash, was a petty criminal who was often absent from his daughter's life when she was a child. He was eventually murdered, and Josie had to identify her father's body. Josie graduated from The California Institute of the Arts before working in advertisement.
==Character Arc==
===Now & Forever===
Josie Nash was introduced as an classmate of Nicole Chapman when they meet at Cal-Arts. Though the women at first got along, their relationship became strained after Josie showed her bad side. After graduation, things got worse when Josie started dating Nicole's father, Billy—a development which brought Nicole a sense of awkwardness. The ill feelings eventually began to reveal a more malicious side to Josie's personality, which crossed over into the workplace. Josie
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