Catherine Hickland joined the cast of One Life to Live in May 1998 as the charmingly manipulative Lindsay Rappaport.

Born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, FL, Ms. Hickland is well-known to television audiences. Her first professional job garnered her nationwide attention as a stewardess in an airline Fly Me advertising campaign. Since then she has starred in daytime as Tess Wilder on Loving and The City, enjoyed the dual role of Julie Clegg and Jenny Diamond on Capitol, and played Dr. Courtney Marshall on Texas.

Ms. Hickland has also guest-starred on numerous primetime series such as Law & Order, Knight Rider, Eight Is Enough, Airwolf and Vega$, and in television movies including The Seeding of Sara Burns and To Race the Wind. Feature film credits include The Last Married Couple in America (her first movie, in which she played George Segal's young squeeze) and Millions with Billy Zane.

Shortly after her work on Capitol, Ms. Hickland moved to Rome for two years, immersing herself in a new language and a new culture.

In 1995, Ms. Hickland starred as Fantine in Les Misérables on Broadway. That same year she performed with the symphony of Lyon on New Year's Eve, in Lyon, France. In 1996 she staged several sold-out performances of her cabaret, Boys on the Side. Hickland also released a CD, Sincerely Broadway, which features songs from Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables and other hit musicals, and boasts a 24-piece orchestra. In 1999, she introduced her new show, Once More with Feeling, to a packed house at the China Club. In May 2002, Ms. Hickland performed with Campbell Scott in A.R. Gurney's Love Letters at the Fleetwoods Stage in New Rochelle, NY.

Ms. Hickland is the President of her own cosmetics company, Cat Cosmetics (www.catcosmetics.com), which originally launched in March 2001 online. She soon expanded and the company is now a thriving Madison Avenue business celebrated in numerous beauty and entertainment magazines. On June 22, 2002, Ms. Hickland debuted Cat Cosmetics on QVC with great success.

In June 2003, Ms. Hickland and OLTL co-star Hillary B. Smith debuted their live comedy show A Couple of Soap Chicks at The Brokerage in Bellmore, NY. The show is an offshoot of Hickland and Smith's real-life friendship and work experience with a lot of audience participation on topics that all women can relate to.

Ms. Hickland is an animal lover and often dedicates her time and efforts to animal organizations and causes.