Doreen Jackson

&nbsp Doreen Jackson (nee Walker) is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera Generations.

She was portrayed by Jonelle Allen.

Background
During her youth, Doreen was a nightclub singer.

She married business mogul Martin Jackson, who forced her to abandon her career as a nightclub singer

She also has a nephew, Tyrell Dawson.

GEN storylines
When Generations debuted in March of 1989, Doreen was a recovering drug addict.

Rivalry with Ruth Marshall
Doreen became jealous of Ruth Marshall because of her success and lifestyle, having moved into the Whitmore mansion on the North Shore. Doreen began had an affair with Ruth's son, Adam Marshall, under the name "Eve". Doreen did not know Adam was Ruth's son at the time of the affair. Doreen also arranged for a reporter from the Chicago Tribune to interview Ruth and expose the hypocrites who lived in their neighborhood, who spray painted "Nigger Get Lost" on the wall in the Whitmore mansion.

"Who's the Daddy?"
During her affair with Adam, Doreen became pregnant with his child. The "who's the daddy?" storyline, went on involving paternity tests with a ingenious "black specific" twist, involving the possibility of the baby having the sickle-cell trait if one or the other of the men was the real father. Later, Doreen gave birth to a baby girl, whom she named "Danielle", and the truth came out that Adam was the baby's father.

Rivalry with Maya Reubens
When Doreen began dating Dr. Daniel Reubens, who was recently cleared of murder charges, Doreen found a sworn enemy in his daughter, Maya Reubens, who had blackmailed her into staying away from Adam when she discovered that Martin was not Danielle's father. Eventually, this resulted in probably the most famous Generations scene ever, the epic catfight between Doreen and Maya.