has kickstarted a number of careers but for Maitland Ward, she felt as though she needed to "reinvent" herself after leaving the soap. The actress on The Bold and the Beautiful as she from 1994 until 1996. Maitland was just 17 years old when she started on the show, having begun the audition process when she was 16.
Despite having a positive experience on the soap opera, Maitland admitted she wanted a change when she left. Speaking exclusively to The Mirror US, she said: "I really had to reinvent myself in a way because I was a young woman and I wanted to see who I wanted to be in life and after the show. "Leaving it was it was kind of jarring to be out there in the world again.
" Maitland explained how she was nervous to audition again after leaving the show. She told us: "I hadn't been on that many auditions. I wound up on Bold and the Beautiful on my second audition ever so being out there again was kind of wild.
" She also praised the cast for taking care of her during her time on the show. The actress said: "Coming out of the show was just mind-blowing because I was just immersed in this world and I was like a star on the show when I had been a fan for so long and the cast was amazing, they really took care of me. When I was 16 coming in because they were all worried I was gonna go wild so they all very much kept hold on me that way.
" After leaving the show, she was cast as Rachel McGuire on Boy Meets World in 1998. Maitland explained: "I got on Boy Meets World by such hap.
