maya avant is a fictional character from "the bold and the beautiful", an american soap opera on the cbs network, portrayed by karla mosley. introduced as a series regular in 2013, ex-con maya comes to town looking for her daughter who was put up for adoption by dayzee forrester (kristolyn lloyd). after the child is revealed to have died, maya falls for fashion executive rick forrester (jacob young) when she mistakes him for a waiter. discovering rick's true identity scares maya into the arms of attorney carter walton (lawrence saint-victor). maya quickly rises to fame in the modeling world. after a failed engagement to carter who realizes maya loves rick, maya pursues rick putting her odds with rick's then wife caroline spencer (linsey godfrey). after successfully breaking up the couple, rick and maya settle into their cushy new life ruffling quite a few feathers along the way as maya supports of rick's ruthless business tactics.