Jennifer Finnigan Begins Again

As any desperate housewife knows, some sordid stuff goes on behind the white picket fences of suburbia. But on the new CBS crime drama Close to Home, which airs on Tuesdays at 10pm, it's very serious business. As a new mom just heading back to work as a prosecutor, 26-year-old Jennifer Finnigan brings passion and compassion to her starring role as Annabeth Chase. Known to nighttime TV viewers from the sitcom Committed and a guest arc on the drama Crossing Jordan, Finnigan is actually best known by daytime fans. She won three Daytime Emmys in four years for her role as Bridget Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful. She sat down for an interview with iVillage about her new show and her new love.

Your character juggles a career and motherhood, something a lot of women will relate to.
Yes. Men are very touched by it, but women have such a level of identification with it. They say, "I was crying when I saw you trying to work and pump breast milk at the same time. That's what I went through." I'm proud to represent women in that sense.