Gwen is the daughter of Rebecca and Jonathan Hotchkiss. Gwen is married to her childhood sweetheart, Ethan Winthrop, despite her husband's lingering feelings for his ex-fiancée and her nemesis, Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald. Gwen often gets caught up in her mother’s schemes to help her hold onto Ethan, which could backfire if he ever found out. More than anything, Gwen longs to be a mother, but is biologically unable to have children. Gwen is the best friend and confidante of Sheridan Crane.