Keith Rose arrived in Japan on a business trip over thirty years ago and left with a wife. Norika Ren and Keith shared a spellbinding romance. He brought her back to Pittsburgh and the rest was history. Talia grew up in the high life not filthy rich but she didn’t want for a thing. The family would go to Japan and exotic locations all the time due to Keith working for DGI. Talia was delighted to have a baby sister even though Avianca is a brat. Growing up Talia aspired to be a fashion designer but her mother challenged her to try something hard. Talia would see her father at work and quickly aspire to be just like her dad.

In college at Carnegie Mellon Talia would meet Dani Fraiser and the two would become lifelong friends and dorm mates with Whitney Hessington. After getting her degree in business and finance, Talia arrived at DGI determined to get a job. It was the exact day that Lowell longtime assistant Shelly retired, Lowell and Shelly interviewed Talia and she was in. Talia started off rocky but eventually became a bigger asset to Lowell than Shelly. In her time in Atlas Falls she’s traveled with Lowell all over the world just like she wanted. It was a business trip in Chicago that still shakes Talia. She was meeting with Anderson for Lowell and the two ended up in bed. Talia and Anderson carried on a long distant affair for a year. Which she broke off six months ago. Talia is just getting back into dating and has her eye on Braden Fraiser.

Season 1

Talia started off the year with Simon on making Dani come to Club XES and paying Simon twenty dollars when Dani went home with Jackson that night. She and Dani later talked about that night and she begged Dani to set her up with her brother Braden after having a crush on him for years. The two had their first official date where David and Tamara showed up as well. Talia and Tamara had it out in the bathroom at the Pub and Braden assured her he was over his ex. The relationship bloomed and then stalled when Braden married Selina effectively dumping her at the wedding and embarrassing her. Talia lashed out at Dani afterwards and the friends were strained for a few weeks. She then began to take an interest in the mysterious Zerick Westwood and pursuing him. Even though Zerick warned her off she wanted to know more and discovered that he was possibly Lowell’s son with Jackie’s sister. The two finally gave into their feelings for one another and made love only for Talia to vow that she wouldn’t betray the Devonshire’s for him.

Season 2

Talia and Zerick continued to see each other with Talia taking all his secrets and giving them to Simon to make sure that Greer and Zerick didn’t have the upperhand when it came to DGI or the Devonshire’s. At the annual DGI party Talia and Simon exposed Zerick and Greer’s secrets with birth certificates, news articles and emails over their misdeeds and Talia dumped Zerick telling him she loved him but she didn’t believe that Lowell raped Kathleen. She only later accepted that as the truth when Lowell refused to deny it publicly and Jackie comforted Zerick and she saw Zerick melt for his aunt. Talia still heartbroken Zerick didn’t want her afterwards. This would lead to David Rhodes in a brief fling and relationship. At Jackson and Dani’s wedding Talia confessed to David she was still in love with Zerick and decided to to help and go back to Zerick who shot his father Linus.