With  Love  To...  The  SOAPS!
Ashley  Bashioum (Mackenzie  Browning)   |   Lauralee  Bell (Christine  Blair  Williams)   |   Peter  Bergman (Jack Abbott)   |   Laura  Bryan  Birn (Lynne  Bassett)   |   Eric  Breaden (Victor  Newman)   |   Sharon  Case (Sharon  Collins  Newman)   |   John  Castellanos (John  Silva)   |   Carolyn  Conwell (Mary  Williams)   |   Jeane  Cooper (Katherine  Chancellor)   |   Doug  Davidson (Paul  Williams   |   Eileen  Davidson (Ashley  Abbott  Carlton)   |   Don  Diamont (Brad  Carlton)   |   Alex  Donnelley (Diane  Jenkins)   |   Jerry  Douglas (John  Abbott)   |   Lyndsy  Fonseca (Colleen  Carlton)   |   David  Shark  Fralick (Larry  Warton)   |   Sabryn  Genet (Tricia  McNeil)   |   Camryn  Grimes (Cassidy "Cassie" Newman)   |   Rick  Hearst (Matt  Clarke)   |   Karen  Hensel (Doris  Collins)   |   Bryant  Jones (Nate  Hastings)   |   Beau  Kazer (Brock  Reynolds)   |   David  Lago (Raul  Guittierez)   |   Christian  Jules  LeBlanc (Michael  Baldwin)   |   Kate  Linder (Esther  Valentine)   |   Eva  Longoria (Isabella)   |   Thad  Luckinbill (J.T. Hellstorm)   |   Beth  Maitland (Tracey  Connolly)   |   Shemar  Moore (Malcolm  Winters)   |   Joshua  Morrow (Nicholas  Newman)   |   Anthony  Pena (Miguel  Rodriguez)   |   Francesco  Quin (Thomas DelCerro)   |   Scott  Reeves (Ryan  McNeil)   |   Alexia  Robinson (Alex  Perez)   |   David  Lee  Russek (Sean  Bridges)   |   Melody  Thomas  Scott (Nikki  Reed  Newman)   |   Kristoff  St. John (Neil  Winters)   |   Michelle  Stafford (Phyllis  Summers)   |   Alexis  Thorpe (Rianna  Miner)   |   David  Tom (Billy  Abbott)   |   Heather  Tom (Victoria  Newman)   |   Jess  Walton (Jill  Foster  Abbott)   |   Patty  Weaver (Gina  Roma)   |   Tonya  Lee  Williams (Dr. Olivia  Barber  Winters)     |   Lauren  Woodland (Brittany  Hodges)


Karen  Hensel (Doris  Collins)
Karen was born in Ventura, California. At the age of 12, she moved to Libya due to her father being in the Foreign service and shortly thereafter moved to Ethiopia, France, Australia and the Phillipines before moving in 1969 back to California.
Karen attended The American College in Paris, UC Santa Barbara and The American Academy of Dramatic Arts where she majored in Theatre Arts.
Karen’s television credits include guest starring roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Murder She Wrote, Wings, Murphy Brown, Mr. Belvedere, Growing Pains, It's A Living and Knots Landing. She has also co-starred in Woman with a Past and Locked Up.
She has appeared in the feature films Chained Heat, Faith, and Psycho III.
Karen’s stage credits have included a supporting role on Broadway in Zoot Suit as well as the Los Angeles productions of Mrs. California, Bus Stop, and Sister Mary Ignatius at The L.A. Stage Theatre.
When Karen is not acting, she is the Director of Conservatories at The Southcoast Repertory. She also teaches classical theater at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Karen has brown hair and hazel eyes and stands 5' 5". She has a daughter, Katja and a son, Roman Elliott.