<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Beauty pageant titleholder </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Major competition (s) </Th> <Td> Miss USA 1994 (Top 6) </Td> </Tr> <P> Jennifer Gareis (born August 1, 1970) is an American actress and former beauty queen . She is best known for her roles as Grace Turner on The Young and the Restless (1997--2004, 2014) and as Donna Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful (2006--2015, 2016, 2017, 2018). </P> <P> Gareis was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and graduated from J.P. McCaskey High School in 1988 . She graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting, then earned a Master's of Business Administration degree from Pepperdine University . She is of part Italian descent . Her great - grandmother Sebastiana Tringali came from Militello in Val di Catania, and the city gave her the honorary citizenship . </P>

Who plays donna on bold and the beautiful