If you watch The Bold and the Beautiful, you know Jacqueline MacInnes Wood as Steffy Forrester—the fierce fashion executive who’s

equal parts glamorous and complicated. (We love to love her, we love to hate her and sometimes we hate to love her!) Since taking over the

role in 2008, Wood has transformed Steffy from a temporary character into one of daytime’s most compelling leading ladies. And the awards show it: she’s won three Daytime Emmys for her performance.

 

 

But Wood isn’t just a soap star; she’s a Canadian actress born in Windsor, Ontario, who moved to Toronto at 18 with big dreams. She’s dabbled in music as a DJ and singer, hosted a travel show on E!, starred in horror movies and built a family with five sons. Oh, and she’s managed to juggle all of this while being a fixture on one of television’s longest-running shows.

At 38, Wood has built an impressive career that spans acting, music, hosting and modeling. She’s proven you can be a soap opera star and still have time for other creative pursuits—even if that means working through multiple pregnancies and taking maternity leaves that feel more like brief intermissions.

So how much has the woman behind Steffy Forrester earned? Let’s break down Jacqueline MacInnes Wood’s net worth and the career moves that got her there.

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood’s net worth in 2026 is estimated at $8 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. That wealth comes primarily from her work on The Bold and the Beautiful, where she’s been playing Steffy Forrester since 2008 (with a brief break from 2013-2015).

According to Backstage.com, leading actors on successful daytime dramas typically earn between $2,000 and $5,000 per episode. Given Wood’s status as a three-time Emmy winner and her tenure on the show, she likely commands a salary at the top end of that tier.

By our rough estimate, Woods appears in anywhere from 150 to 200 episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful per year. This would place her annual salary range between $750,000 and $1 million—and that’s before adding in her outside ventures.

Wood was born on April 17, 1987, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. She’s of mixed heritage—Cree, Scottish, French and Brazilian ancestry—and grew up dreaming of a career in entertainment. At 18, she moved to Toronto to study at Ryerson University and the Armstrong Acting Studio.

Her big break came with a commercial for First Choice Haircutters where she played the “hair girl”—a role that helped get her noticed. After working on Canadian shows like Runaway, M.V.P. and Lovebites, she landed the role that would change everything: Steffy Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful.

When Wood joined B&B in May 2008, Steffy was being aged up from a child to an adult character. Wood immediately brought intensity and complexity to the role, playing Steffy as what she describes as a “nasty” vixen who’s strong-willed but vulnerable. “I love playing her and developing her character,” Wood said in 2011. “She is so different from me. It’s rather cathartic, and it allows my alter ego to come out on The Bold and The Beautiful set five days a week.”

Wood has won three Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for playing Steffy: in 2019, 2021 and 2023. She’s been nominated six times total, making her one of the most recognized actresses in daytime television.

Her first Emmy nomination came in 2012 for Outstanding Younger Actress. She learned about the nomination while shooting a scene in the Adriatic Sea in Italy—the water was only 54 degrees, and Executive Producer Brad Bell asked her how it felt to be Emmy-nominated. She was nominated again in that category in 2013.

In 2018, Wood received a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress before ascending to the Lead Actress category the following year—making her one of only five actresses to be nominated in all three drama performer categories.