Lawrence Saint-Victor is celebrating a career-defining moment.
“The Bold and the Beautiful” star opened up exclusively to The Blast about becoming the first Black actor to earn Daytime Emmy nominations for both acting and writing in the same year. He also reflected on the emotional phone call that left him speechless, Carter Walton’s evolution over the years, and why he’s more grateful than ever for the life he has both on and off screen.
Lawrence Saint-Victor is celebrating a landmark year in his career after earning two 2026 Daytime Emmy nominations, one for his longtime performance as Carter Walton on “The Bold and the Beautiful” and another for his work as a writer on the hit CBS soap opera.
To make the celebration even bigger, this achievement also makes him the first Black actor to receive Daytime Emmy nominations in both an acting and writing category in the same year.
“Brad Bell [executive producer and head writer for ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’] called me as I was dropping my son off at camp with my wife, and I was completely speechless. I knew that was the time when they would be announced, but I was busy doing dad stuff and didn’t have to focus on it or wait to hear,” Lawrence told The Blast exclusively. “And when my phone rang and I saw his name on my caller ID, I was like ‘This could be good news!’ And yeah, amazing news and I was completely speechless. I was trying to tell him how grateful I was, but the words weren’t really coming out.”
Being the first Black actor to be nominated for both acting and writing in the same year made this milestone even more amazing for Lawrence.
“I’m still digesting it,” he continued. “I think it just makes me think of all the people of color that opened the door for me to come through, so it’s just wonderful to be part of that legacy.”
Lawrence Saint-Victor Has Portrayed The Same Character For More Than A Decade
Lawrence has portrayed Carter Walton on the popular soap for more than 13 years, watching the once stoic attorney evolve into one of the daytime drama’s most layered and emotionally complex characters.
Portraying the same character for so long means watching and helping the character evolve over time.
“I think for a long time, Carter was this really good guy with a good moral compass, the guy you can kind of lean on,” he said. “There is a reason why he comes off so perfect. There is a reason why he presents himself as a superhero. I was gifted storylines that start to peel back that veil of this kind of broken, lonely man who puts on this air of excellence because it’s how he attracts people to him.”
He continued to share that Carter wants nothing more than to get married and have children, and the dynamic has made it “wonderful to peel back the layers” of the character.
Portraying the same character for so long also gives Lawrence a unique perspective that many actors don’t usually get.
“It makes me grateful because I have a lot of the things in my life that Carter yearns for and almost vice versa,” he said. “When I am playing Carter and linking into his loneliness, it makes me go, ‘Wow, I actually have the things that he desires.’ It’s very interesting so I would say I’m grateful when I look at my life.”
Stepping Into Writing In Addition To Acting
Lawrence has always had an interest in writing and used to write in college. It wasn’t until being on “The Bold and the Beautiful” and his relationship with Brad Bell over the years that he became interested in writing for the show.
“We would talk storylines so much, and then one day, he [Bell] asked if I would be interested in writing, and I said yeah,” he told The Blast. “It’s one thing to just try to write your own projects, but it’s another thing when you step into a show where you are writing someone else’s vision. That was something that was very appealing to me, very terrifying as well. But I would say Brad Bell is the one who saw it in me before I saw it in myself.”
Being an actor influenced the way he approached writing scenes and dialogue, giving him a unique vantage point that non-actors wouldn’t exactly have.
“I think that’s what gave me my edge. Coming in, our writers are so great and they’ve been writing for so long, so when it comes to me jumping in as a writer, it’s like I can’t compete with them,” he shared. “I can’t hold that level of weight. But what I do have is I am on set. I get to hear how the dialogue sounds in our mouths. I get to hear how each actor might tweak the dialogue to make it feel more natural or more in line with how they play the character. So I have this insight.”
Why Lawrence Saint-Victor Feels ‘The Bold And The Beautiful’ Continues To Resonate With Audiences After So Many Years
“The Bold and the Beautiful” has been on the air since early 1987. With many fans watching since the early years and continuing to today, it’s clear that the soap has a way of pulling fans in and keeping them interested.
“I think soaps in general gives the audience the ability to feel as though they are growing up with the characters. It’s like going to church. It’s just like going to your favorite restaurant. It’s there. You know what to expect and there might be some twists and surprises, but there is something very familiar about coming home,” he told The Blast. “What I think ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ does exceptional is we don’t take place in a fictional town, in a fictional state, in a fictional city; we take place in Los Angeles, and so much of our show is based on Los Angeles.”
He added that the show has also brought viewers to other places such as Monaco, Monte Carlo, and Australia, and gives the insight of the “crazy lives of the rich and famous.”
Advice For Actors Starting Out And What Lawrence Saint-Victor Would Love To Do In The Future
When asked what advice he would give a new actor just starting out, Lawrence said, “learn your craft.”
“Learn how to act. There’s a million ways to do it. You can go to a traditional school or you can get a coach or go to a studio for improv, whatever it is, learn your craft so you can own it,” he said. “Once you have ownership of it, it’s yours, so you can do whatever you want with it.”
He added to “never give up,” explaining that the “common denominator between so many successful people is that they just stayed in the race because you never know when your ticket’s gonna be called.”
As far as things he hasn’t done yet in his career that he hopes to one day, Lawrence would love to “play a superhero,” so you never know where you’ll see him next.
