Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud)

Dr. Britta "Britt" Westbourne, MD is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. She has been portrayed by actress Kelly Thiebaud since September 19, 2012.

Personality
Britt was noted for her "bitchy" attitude, characterized as an "evil" villainous. The term "Britch" (A combination of Britt and Bitch) has become widely popular when referring to the character, either in the show's script or social media and message boards. Despite the character being initially viewed as a pointless role who would be removed from the show quickly, Britt's unfolding storyline—that revealed her to be the daughter of supervillain parents Cesar Faison and Liesl Obrecht—has garnered both her and Thiebaud praise for making her nastiness believable, with Zap2it calling her a "natural". Though she loves playing the nasty side of Britt, Thiebaud is pleased to show the character's many layers.

Redemption
Although Britt was written to be a heartless villainous, Britt was proven to be popular among fans and critics  with some even disliking Britt's emeny, the "good girl", Sabrina Santiago (Teresa Castillo), claiming she is "too immature". In late summer 2013, viewers started to notice a "change" in a character, after she bonds a friendship with sometime GH character, Nikolas Cassadine. Britt confines in Nikolas quoting, "...I should of been an adult and realized the truth and cut my losses. Instead I dug in. I tried harder to win him over. Emma too.[...] But Emma didn't let me from the start, and she's even more stubborn then Patrick. [...] After every gift feel flat and every outing ended with attitude, I lost my temper and acted like a child. [...] It's not something I'm proud of."

Introduction
One day, Dr. Britt Westbourne comes and pulls Patrick Drake away to talk to him. While talking, she asks Patrick out on a date, to which he agrees. Britt notices that Sabrina Santiago has a crush on Patrick, though doesn't view her as a threat. On the date, things don't go as planned when Sabrina calls and tells Britt that the babysitting isn't going well. Britt tries to tell Sabrina to deal with it, but Sabrina calls back and Patrick and Britt have to go home. After this incident, Britt begins to worry if Sabrina is a threat.

In early January, Britt is disgusted when she finds out Sabrina and Patrick almost kissed. Britt confronts Sabrina and tells her to stay away from Patrick and to never babysit again. Patrick agrees to this idea and tells Emma to say goodbye to Sabrina, upsetting Emma. Later in that month, things turn for worse for Britt. After getting disrespected by Emma many times, Britt breaks down and tells Emma "she doesn't like her". This upsets Emma, which causes her to run away. Sabrina then finds Emma and Emma reveals everything that happened to Britt to Sabrina, who she had formed a sisterly bond with. Sabrina then tells Patrick this and he dumps Britt. Britt, angry, vows to get back at Sabrina.

After Patrick
After lying about the true parents of Maxie Jones' unborn baby girl, she blackmails Maxie into helping her ruin Sabrina. This ends however when Maxie's father, Frisco, confronts her and even causes Britt to break her leg, suddenly ending the storyline.

Sabrina is then shocked when she finds out she didn't graduate nursing school. Patrick finds out about this and lashes out at Britt, accusing her of changing the results of Sabrina's test. After finding out Sabrina was framed of cheating, everyone lashes out at her and they find out Britt did it. No charges were pressed and Britt got a "warning".

In March 2013, it is revealed she is the daughter of Dr. Liesl Obrecht, the woman who has been helping hold Patrick's wife, Robin, hostage. Liesl tries to convince Britt to get Patrick back. Later it is revealed that Liesl had an affair with her "partner-in-crime" Cesar Faison and that is how Britt was produced.

Britt and her mother's master plan is revealed when Britt takes the stage at revived Nurses' Ball to inform Patrick, Sabrina, Emma and everybody else that she is pregnant with his child, shocking everyone. Britt then schemes again and claims she has severe morning sickness. When the tests are done, it is revealed she does in fact have this. It is then learned Britt's new friend and lab technician, Brad Cooper, changed the results for her. Due to this sickness, Britt is put on bed rest and convinces Patrick to let her move in with him. However, Patrick eventually gets smart and realizes Britt can't stay with her. Sabrina offers to move Britt in with her, to which Patrick reluctantly agrees, and, later, so does Britt, as she has no other option.

Getting over Patrick
Britt soon starts a bond with Nikolas Cassadine, who helps her deal with Patrick not loving her. When her mother returns to town, she tells her mother she is done trying to get Patrick back. Her mother refuses to stop the schemes, even after it is revealed Patrick isn't the baby's real father. Britt soon covers for her mother when Liesl accidentally poisons Duke Lavery, while she was attempting to poison Anna instead. With the help of Sabrina, Felix DuBois, and computer tech Damian Spinelli, everyone finds out Liesl is Britt's mother. Upon Anna Devane hearing this, she storms into Britt's apartment looking for Liesl. When Anna learns that Britt is lying to her about Liesl's whereabout's, Anna arrests a heavily pregnant Britt. She is bailed out by Nikolas Cassadine and Patrick finds out about Britt's mother and her arrest. Patrick goes over to Spoon Island to confront Britt and says that he will fight Britt for full custody over the baby due to the threat that Britt's mother poses to the baby. Britt then states on August 29th that he will never get full custody because the baby is not his. According to Britt, Brad is the father of her son (via sperm donation).

Birth of son
After Patrick leaves, Sabrina comes by to confront Britt, and the two get into an argument. Britt starts having contractions, and goes into labor. Though Sabrina is initially compelled to leave her, she ends up helping to deliver Britt's baby boy, with the help of Nikolas. Britt soons realizes her son is sick, and needs to get to a hospital because his lungs are filled with fluid. Sabrina ends up having to take him, but Britt's son, Ben, manages to survive with the help of Dr. Silas Clay.

Britt tries to get a place to stay besides Wyndemere, but when Nikolas insists on bringing them home, Britt relents and brings Ben back there. Nikolas leaves for the christening of his niece, and Britt finds Liesl in Wyndemere soon after with Ben. Dr. Obrecht thinks Britt is trying to make Patrick jealous by staying with Nikolas, but Britt informs her that Patrick is not part of her life anymore because she told him the truth about Ben. Liesl is furious, but Britt won't back down, and tells her mother to leave or she'll call the police. Liesl doesn't think Britt will do it, but Britt says she won't have to, because Nikolas will be home soon, and will discover Liesl there. Soon after, Nikolas comes back and finds Britt unconscious and Ben gone.

Ben's kidnapping
Britt becomes overwrought with worry when she realizes that her mother took her son. Though Nikolas gets Anna involved, she leaves in the midst of the investigation to go to Switzerland. Britt, meanwhile, is worried about her son. Nikolas asks Britt why Dr. Obrecht would take her son, and Britt figures out that she took him to Faison, and admits to Nikolas that Faison is her father. She receives a video message from her mother soon after, of Dr. Obrecht with Ben, claiming they'll be a happy family soon. Nikolas sees the video, and recognizes where Dr. Obrecht is: his family estate on Cassadine Island. Soon after Britt and Nikolas board a plane and head to Athens. Once they land, Nik calls Anna and tells her that Obrecht is on Cassadine Island. Despite Anna's warning to stay off the island, Nikolas and Britt charter a boat anyways. When they arrive, they learn from the guards that Obrecht and Jerry Jacks are currently residing on the island. Nikolas heads off to confront Jerry and warns Britt to stay put. But soon after, she became restless and headed off in search of Ben. She ran into her mother and demanded to know where her son was. Obrecht told Britt that Ben was upstairs and tried to warn her of something else, but Britt pushed her away. Obrecht fell hitting her head on the coffee table and became unconscious. Britt hurries upstairs and finds her son in the arms of her father, Faison.

Crimes Committed

 * Blackmailed Maxie Jones into sabotaging the career of nursing student Sabrina Santiago [Feb 2013]
 * Ordered Maxie Jones to switch a medicine bottle in order to make Sabrina give Patrick the wrong meds which caused Officer Bud Carlson to die [Feb 2013]
 * Stole a copy of the answer key to the nursing exam and made it look like Sabrina Santiago had cheated on the nursing exam [Mar 2013]
 * Conspired with Brad Cooper to fake hyperemesis gravidarum during her pregnancy and in exchange guaranteed Brad a promotion [May 2013]
 * Arrested for obstruction of justice after lying to the police regarding her mother's whereabouts [Aug 2013]