Brittany Marsino - Ryan McNeil

Ryan McNeil first appeared in May 1991, and was portrayed by Scott Reeves. He became a central character to the soap after he garnered a high-profile relationship and marriage to Victoria Newman. He was also married to Nina Webster and Tricia Dennison. In August 2001, it was announced that Reeves was to exit, with his last airdate on November 27, 2001 when Ryan was shot to death.

History

While working in the mail room at Newman Enterprises, Ryan met Victoria Newman, the daughter of the company's founder and CEO, Victor Newman. The two fell in love and married to Victor's dismay, however, Victoria refused to consummate their relationship and Ryan cheated on her with Nina Webster. Victoria divorced him, and he then moved in with Nina and her son, Phillip Chancellor IV, and he later married Nina out of obligation. He eventually developed genuine feelings for Nina, however, she fell in love with novelist Cole Howard. After Nina was rejected by him, she had a nervous breakdown causing Ryan to sleep with Tricia Dennison. Nina then tried to commit suicide and shot herself in a struggle with Ryan, and he was arrested for her shooting. Nina suffered short term amnesia, and although she regained her memory and exonerated Ryan, they divorced. Ryan then ended up marrying Tricia, much to the disapproval of her father Keith Dennison. However, Tricia was very jealous of Ryan's relationship with Phillip, who accused her of breaking apart his family. In desperation, Tricia stopped taking her birth control pills and they conceived a child, to which Ryan was against though warmed up to the idea. When she miscarried, Tricia saw it as her punishment for deceiving her husband.

Tricia then became obsessed with destroying her sister Megan Dennison's relationship with Tony Viscardi. She ran down Tony in Megan's driveway, in which it was suspected Tricia did intentionally. Eventually, all the Dennisons left town including Tricia, who left Ryan to move to London, England. Six months later, Tricia returned to Genoa City and asked Ryan to take her back, in which he refused as Victoria became interested in him again. Tricia turned to Carter Mills, who was really rapist Matt Clark. He used her, leading Tricia to attempt suicide but Ryan was able to stop her. After Ryan and Victoria reunited, Victor had Tricia move in with him to keep her away from them. They decided to get remarried, and on their wedding day, Tricia arrived in wedding dress identical to Victoria's, locked her in a closet and took her place at the altar, where she held Ryan at gunpoint to remarry her. Victor broke Victoria free, who entered the chapel where Tricia shot twice at her, but Ryan jumped in front to save her life. Eventually, Ryan died from the gunshot wounds, leaving Victoria devastated and alone. Shortly after, Ryan appeared to Victoria in a dream where they said their vows, and she awoke with a ring on her finger.