Britt Westbourne

**Dr. Britta "Britt" Westbourne, MD** was a fictional character on *General Hospital*. She was the daughter of supervillains the late Cesar Faison and Dr. Liesl Obrecht.

She was portrayed by actress Kelly Thiebaud in varying stints from 2012 to 2023.

The late, Det. Nathan West was her brother (it was revealed in 2018, that Britt and Nathan were full siblings) and Maxie Jones is her sister-in-law. It was also revealed in 2018, that she had a half-brother named Henrik Faison.

Brad Cooper is her best friend before her death by The Hook who was later revealed to be Heather Webber returning the favor to the late Cesar Faison five years later.

## Casting and creation

Actress Kelly Thiebaud first auditioned for an unspecified contract role, but the producers of *General Hospital* felt that she wasn't right for the part. However, they were impressed by her and decided to give her the part of a recurring character that they were in the process of writing, who they characterized as a doctor. Thiebaud described the casting process as a "surprise". She debuted as Dr. Britt Westbourne on September 19, 2012. Thiebaud previously had minor acting credits on the NBC Daytime soap opera *Days of Our Lives* and primetime series *Criminal Minds*. Apart from her acting work, she also modeled and appeared in four music videos for French disc jockey David Guetta.

A month into filming, Thiebaud received news that she had been placed on contract. During an interview with Star Pulse, she confessed that she was shocked, because she felt that she wasn't doing well in the role due to nerves, in addition to the fast-paced nature of the genre. In February 2013, *Soap Opera Digest* confirmed that the actress had been upgraded to a contract status. In early 2013, Thiebaud fractured her femur and was forced to sport crutches. Instead of resting the character, head writer Ron Carlivati wrote it into the script as Britt suffering a fall in the hospital parking lot at the possible hands of Frisco Jones (Jack Wagner), the father of Maxie Jones, whom Britt blackmailed. Thiebaud thanked Carlivati and executive producer Frank Valentini for letting her "crutch on TV".

On November 10, 2014; it was reported that Thiebaud had been placed on recurring status following the conclusion of her two-year contract, in order to pursue other acting opportunities. However, it later appeared that Thiebaud would be exiting the series, and her last scenes aired on December 8, with Britt leaving town. Her departure was not confirmed until this date.

Upon the airing of her final scenes, the actress revealed on Instagram,

"I decided not to [re-sign] my contract because I would like to book other roles on prime time shows and film", and described her experience on the soap as "(sic) a fun and challenging adventure".
From April 30-May 1, 2015; Kelly Thiebaud reprised her role as Britt for the 2015 Nurses Ball. She said that "It was just a case of getting used to that [taping] speed again", and is open to future appearances before being replaced by James Patrick Stuart as Valentin Cassadine.

On November 17, 2017, *Soap Opera Digest* announced that Thiebaud would be reprising her role as Britt in December 2017. She appeared from December 8-19, 2017 (for a total of 4 episodes).

On September 29, 2018; it was announced that Thiebaud will return to GH first appearing sometime in the coming months. It is unknown if this is a guest appearance, a recurring stint or a return to contract. Thiebaud returned on October 29, 2018 and left on November 29, 2018.

On March 4, 2020; it was revealed that Thiebaud would return to *GH* and was back in the studio filming new scenes. She returned at the end of the episode on March 11, 2020. She made her last appearance on April 1, 2020 before being replaced by James Patrick Stuart as Valentin Cassadine, Andi Chapman as Dolores Maloney, Dan Buran as Linc Brown, and Jeff Kober as Cyrus Renault.

On August 23, 2020; *Soap Opera Digest* announced that Thiebaud would be reprising her role as Britt for a longer stint this time. Thiebaud is on contract. She returned on September 11, 2020.

On January 15, 2022; it was revealed that Thiebaud is taking time off of *GH* due to recovering from COVID.

On August 17, 2022; it was revealed that Thiebaud is leaving *GH* in November to return to *Station 19*.

On August 19, 2022; Thiebaud revealed on Instagram that she can do both *GH* and *Station 19*, but it's currently unclear if Thiebaud will be put on recurring or if she'll make a temporary exit.

In December 2022; it is revealed that Kelly is indeed leaving *General Hospital* and has moved to London and has since replaced by James Patrick Stuart as Valentin Cassadine, Scarlett Fernandez as Charlotte Cassadine, Josh Swickard as Harrison Chase, Avery Kristen Pohl as Esme Prince, Noelle Messier as Ramona George for one episode, Charles Shaughnessy as Victor Cassadine before the character's death, and later Darin Toonder as Dr. Damon Montague before the character's arrest.

## Storylines

* Returns
* 2020-23

Britt returned on December 8, 2017 and is seen with Jason Morgan and Sonny Corinthos after the crime at the Metro Court Hotel by her father Faison's men Frank Anderson and Greg Barnes who were in revenge for Faison leaving Mayor Janice Lomax outraged as well as leaving Nathan West and Franco Baldwin unharmed because Franco had an alibit at the time. After telling Sonny and Jason everything she knows about Faison and finding out how Ben (Rocco) is doing, Britt turns herself into the police as she is done running. On December 12, while in custody, she reunites with Nathan and finds out he's going to be a father. She also gives him advice on how to handle their mother. Afterwards, she's taken to a jail cell before Mayor Lomax reappeared for the Charles Street redevelopment project after a year and a half of her absence and being replaced by her supporters Valentin Cassadine and his own children Donald and Charlotte and Mayor Lomax resigned.

She then reunites with her mother again and promises not to turn in Faison (who will hurt her if she does) even though it could get her a reduced sentence. They end up talking about Nathan, Maxie, and the baby. She also promises that she will be back someday.

On March 12, 2018; Anna tells Griffin that Liesl told her she is relieved that Britt's Huntington's test came back negative because she did not attend Nathan's memorial service after the earthquake hit Port Charles over a month after the deaths of Nathan and Faison respectively.

On October 29, 2018; Britt is next seen when Anna and Finn go visit her in Pentonville and ofter her a “get out of jail free” card if she helps catch her mother.

Britt leaves Port Charles to start a new life. Nearly a month later, the man who bores a striking resemblance to her late brother Nathan West Hank Archer aka Shiloh comes into Port Charles as a newcomer later revealed to be the leader of Dawn of Day and their operation was shut down nearly a year later.

On March 11, 2020; Britt comes back into Port Charles to see Brad after he plead guilty after her late brother's look-alike Shiloh's death, three separate shootouts and the kidnappings of Trina Robinson and Cameron Webber by Cyrus Renault who bores an uncanny resemblance to her late father Faison.

On September 11, 2020; Britt was appointed as the new Chief of Staff by Chairman of the Board Cyrus Renault after her ex-cousin-in-law Valentin Cassadine became the CEO of ELQ who decided to stop funding for the hospital to let Cyrus become a partner and Chairman of the Board one month after Dolores Maloney was no longer Sam's parole officer.

It is revealed on October 23 that Britt is working directly for Cyrus and his men and women including Franco Walker as she calls him and she became Cyrus' new adoptive daughter.

On New Year's Day after midnight in 2023, Britt was killed by The Hook who is concealing her face and identity for most of 2022 after the death of Jason Morgan via tunnel collapse returning the favor to her late father Cesar Faison five years later while Britt was defending Josslyn Jacks as Dex Heller was doing the same thing. The Hook's face and identity have been revealed as Heather Webber who is her former co-worker Patrick Drake's former patient as Heather was trying to avenge her daughter Esme Prince.
## Crimes Committed

* Withheld the information that Wiley Quartermaine-Corinthos is alive and being raised as Brad Cooper and Lucas Jones' deceased adoptive son without Harrison Chase knowing [Nov 2018-Feb 19, 2020]
* Attacked The Hook (later revealed to be Heather Webber) in defense of Josslyn Jacks [Jan 3, 2023]

## Health and Vitals

* Had a margarita pitcher poured on her by Lulu [Oct 30, 2018; not even Nina Reeves, Valentin Cassadine, nor Harrison Chase could stop her]
* Grabbed and almost fatally injected under Cyrus Renault's orders by his henchman Carl Pine, while another Trent Beech posing as a janitor held her in revenge for Cesar Faison, Hank Archer aka Shiloh, Cassandra Pierce, Nelle Benson, and Dolores Maloney [May 3, 2021; saved by Jason Morgan and leaving her best friend Brad Cooper nearly traumatized]
* Shot at by Carl Pine, one of Cyrus' men, while escaping with Jason [May 3, 2021; saved by Brick and leaving her best friend Brad Cooper nearly traumatized]
* Rolled her ankle while trying to avoid being shot by Carl Pine who was in revenge for Faison, Shiloh, Cassandra, Nelle, and Dolores [May 3, 2021]
* In the line of fire when an unknown man shot Jason in the back while they were escaping [May 3, 2021; left her best friend Brad Cooper nearly traumatized]
* Held hostage in a room by her brother Peter August on Cassadine Island in revenge for their late father Cesar Faison, Nelle Benson, and Cyrus Renault [Nov 2-16, 2021; revealed on Nov 8, 2021]
* Temporarily moved down to the wine cellar at gunpoint by Peter, who wanted to show her a demonstration of his control over Drew through his conditioning as Drew is replaced by Yuri Tamashevich who adopted Danny, Scout, and Jake to make them his own children [Nov 8-9, 2021]
* Threatened to be shot by her brother Peter if Jason didn't let the guards duct tape his mouth shut in revenge for Cesar Faison, Nelle Benson and Cyrus Renault [Nov 9, 2021]
* Held hostage at gunpoint by her brother Peter who wanted to make Liesl drop her gun [Nov 18, 2021]
* Being blackmailed by Selina Wu into manipulating Brad Cooper on her behalf after the death of Jason Morgan and before the armed robbery at Charlie's Pub by Eric Watson and Harry DeFranco who were in revenge for the late Peter August after his death (Selina has knowledge of what Britt and her father, Cesar Faison did in 2016) [Apr 4, 2022-Jan 4, 2023]
* Knocked into the Metro Court pool during a Society Setups charity mixer by Cody Bell who jumped from a plane [Jun 1, 2022; Britt almost drowned and Cody was arrested and released the next day]
* Exhibited Huntington's symptoms (trouble swallowing, hand tremors) [Nov 2, 2022-Jan 4, 2023]
* Attacked by The Hook along with Josslyn Jacks and got cut in revenge for the late Cesar Faison, the late Peter August, the late Nelle Benson, and the imprisoned Cyrus Renault [Jan 3, 2023]
* Died from the poisoned hook cut [Jan 4, 2023; The Hook was later revealed to be Heather Webber returning the favor to the late Cesar Faison nearly five years later]

## Relationships

* Family
* Friends
* Enemies

* Hank Archer - Britt's maternal cousin-in-law once removed (deceased)
* Peter August - Britt's paternal half-brother (deceased)
* Nelle Benson - Britt's maternal cousin once removed and Willow's twin sister (deceased)
* Wiley Cooper-Jones - Britt's maternal cousin twice removed (deceased)
* Amelia Corinthos - Britt's maternal cousin twice removed
* Donna Corinthos - Britt's stepcousin once removed by marriage of Sonny and Nina
* Michael Corinthos - Britt's stepcousin once removed by marriage of Sonny and Nina
* Morgan Corinthos - Britt's stepcousin once removed by marriage of Sonny and Nina (deceased)
* Sonny Corinthos - Britt's cousin-in-law
* Wiley Corinthos - Britt's maternal cousin twice removed
* Cesar Faison - Britt's biological father (deceased)
* Sonny Faison - Britt's paternal half-brother
* Avery Jerome-Corinthos - Britt's stepcousin once removed by marriage of Sonny and Nina
* Maxie Jones - Britt's sister-in-law
* Emil Krieg - Britt's biological paternal grandfather (deceased)
* Sybil McTavish - Britt's biological paternal grandmother (deceased)
* Liesl Obrecht - Britt's biological mother
* Madeline Reeves - Britt's aunt (deceased)
* Nina Reeves - Britt's maternal cousin
* Willow Tait - Britt's maternal cousin once removed and Nelle's twin sister
* James West - Britt's nephew
* Nathan West - Britt's brother (deceased)
* Günther Westbourne - Britt's biological maternal grandfather (deceased)

* Elisha Adams - Officer of the Port Charles Police Department
* Zahra Amir - Cyrus' attorney
* Curtis Ashford
* Jordan Ashford - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department and current Deputy Mayor of Port Charles
* T.J. Ashford - Britt's former co-worker
* Charlotte Cassadine - Britt's ex-stepcousin once removed
* Donald Cassadine - Britt's ex-stepcousin once removed
* Valentin Cassadine - Britt's ex-cousin-in-law
* Harrison Chase - Detective of the Port Charles Police Department
* Silas Clay - Britt's ex-cousin-in-law (deceased)
* Carly Corinthos - Sonny's ex-wife
* Brad Cooper - Britt's best friend, her late father's younger counterpart, Kim's son, and Selina's nephew
* Brando Corbin - (deceased)
* Patrick Daniels - Officer of the Port Charles Police Department
* Taylor DuBois
* Austin Gatlin-Holt - Britt's former co-worker (deceased)
* Sasha Gilmore
* Andrew Grey
* Liz Grey
* Martin Grey
* Peter Harrell, Jr. - (deceased)
* Jim Harvey - (deceased)
* James Horowitz - Court judge
* Olivia Jerome - Her late father's female counterpart (imprisoned)
* Mirja Kekkonen - Britt's friend from Finland
* Molly Lansing-Davis
* Ric Lansing - Former District Attorney; Michael, Morgan, Kristina; and her cousin Nina's brother-in-law
* Morgan LaRue - Sergeant of the Port Charles Police Department
* Janice Lomax - Former Mayor of Port Charles
* Richard Lowe - Court judge
* Rosalina Martinez - Her cousin Nina's old friend and former personal nurse
* Shane McAvoy
* Sam McCall
* Kirsi Mikkonen
* Harmony Miller - Her maternal cousin once removed Willow's illegal adoptive mother and Britt's former patient (deceased)
* Keith Miller - Diane's son with an unknown man
* Sally Miller - Diane's daughter with an unknown man
* Trey Mitchell - (deceased)
* Danny Morgan - Jason's son with Sam
* Jason Morgan - Britt's ex-boyfriend (deceased)
* Brook Lynn Quartermaine
* Natalie Rawles - Court judge
* Portia Robinson - Britt's former co-worker
* Trina Robinson
* Winston Rudge - Britt's male counterpart, her biological father's female counterpart Olivia Jerome's former henchman, and her ex-cousin-in-law Valentin's associate from South Africa who bores an uncanny resemblance to Valentin (imprisoned)
* Ellen Scully - Officer of the Port Charles Police Department
* Joe Scully, Jr. - (deceased)
* Willow Tait
* Franco Walker - Her former boss Cyrus' former enforcer (deceased)
* David Walters - Court judge
* Mary Wells - Britt's former co-worker and current Head Nurse at General Hospital
* Johnny Zacchara - Britt's new best friend while in prison (imprisoned)

* Trent Beech - Cyrus' henchman (deceased)
* Linc Brown - Music producer (captured)
* Michael Carson - Mary Pat's counterpart (imprisoned)
* Elijah Crowe - Her late paternal half-brother Peter's counterpart (captured)
* Harry DeFranco - Armed robber wanted revenge for the late Peter August
* Brock Garrison - Cyrus' henchman (deceased)
* Jerome Grisham
* The Hook - Serial killer whose face and identity are concealed and is revealed to be Esme's biological mother Heather Webber (captured)
* Mary Pat Ingles - Brad's female counterpart (deceased)
* Shawn Phillips - Brad and Rupert's counterpart - (imprisoned)
* Carl Pine - Cyrus' African-American henchman (deceased)
* Cassandra Pierce - Cyrus' female counterpart (deceased)
* Esme Prince - Heather's daughter
* Cyrus Renault - Former Chairman of the Board at General Hospital, Lulu and Nikolas' uncle, and Spencer's great uncle from the Pacific Northwest who bores an uncanny resemblance to her late father Cesar Faison before giving himself a shave and a haircut to look less like her late father and more like Britt's friend Johnny Zacchara 25-30 years later and bore an uncanny resemblance to the late Victor Cassadine after Britt's death
* Eric Watson - Armed robber wanted revenge for the late Peter August
* Rupert Watson - Epiphany's male counterpart
* Heather Webber - Franco and Esme's biological mother aka "The Hook" (imprisoned)