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Daniel Romalotti
Daniel Romalotti is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''. The role had most notably been portrayed by Michael Graziadei from 2004 to 2013. Daniel is the son of Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford, Gina Tognoni) and Danny Romalotti (Michael Damian), however a later storyline revealed that Daniel's biological father is a man named Brian Hamilton. Daniel's major storylines have included a love story and marriage with Lily Winters (Christel Khalil, Davetta Sherwood), of which their parents disapproved, as well as being married to Amber Moore (Adrienne Frantz). Most recently, Daniel fathered a child named Lucy after the mother, Daisy Carter (Yvonne Zima), raped Daniel. Other storylines include his strong friendship with Kevin Fisher (Greg Rikaart), the death of Cassie Newman (Camryn Grimes), and short-lived romances with Abby Newman (Marcy Rylan, Melissa Ordway) and Eden Baldwin (Jessica Heap). Casting The character was first portrayed by twins ...
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Cam Gigandet
Cameron Joslin Gigandet (; born August 16, 1982) is an American actor whose credits include a recurring role on ''The O.C.'' and appearances in feature films ''Twilight'', ''Pandorum'', ''Never Back Down'', '' Burlesque'', ''Easy A'', ''Priest'' and ''The Magnificent Seven''. He also starred in the CBS legal drama series '' Reckless''. From 2016 to 2018, Gigandet starred in the Audience Network drama series ''Ice''. Early life Gigandet was born in Tacoma, Washington, the son of Kim and Jay Gigandet, a co-owner of The Rock pizza franchise. His sister Kelsie is a hair stylist. After graduating from Auburn Senior High School in Auburn, Washington, in 2001, he moved to California, where he attended Santa Monica College. Career In 2003, Gigandet made his acting debut with a guest appearance in the crime television series ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''. In 2004 and 2005 Gigandet continued his television career with recurring roles in television shows such as ''The Young and the ...
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Phyllis Summers
Phyllis Summers is a fictional character from ''The Young and the Restless'', an American soap opera on the CBS network. The character was created and introduced by William J. Bell, and debuted in the episode airing on October 18, 1994. Phyllis was originally and most notably portrayed by actress Michelle Stafford, until 1997, when Stafford was replaced by Sandra Nelson. Nelson continued in the role until 1999, when the character left; upon the character returning in 2000, head writer Kay Alden rehired Stafford. Stafford has been praised for her portrayal, for which she has won two Daytime Emmy Awards, but left the series after nearly sixteen years, with the character being written into a coma; Stafford last appeared on August 2, 2013. The role passed to Gina Tognoni, who debuted on August 11, 2014, and continued for nearly five years until she departed in June 2019, when Stafford re-claimed the role. Phyllis was introduced as a groupie of fictional rock singer Danny Romalotti (Mich ...
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Christel Khalil
Christel Adnana Mina Khalil (born November 30, 1987) is an American actress. Background Khalil was born in Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles, California, to a mother of Native American, African American, and European descent and a Pakistani people, Pakistani father. Khalil has stated she identifies as mixed race. She has three older brothers and a younger paternal half-sister. In January 2017, in the wake of President Donald Trump's signing of Executive Order 13769, Khalil revealed that her father is an immigrant from his native country of Pakistan. Career Khalil is best known for her portrayal as Lily Winters on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''. At the ''39th Daytime Emmy Awards'' on June 23, 2012, she won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series after four nominations in the category. In August 2018, she announced her decision to downgrade from being on contract with the show and instead continue on a recurring basis. Khalil ...
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Michael Damian
Michael Damian Weir (born April 26, 1962) is an American actor, recording artist, and producer, best known for his role as Danny Romalotti on the soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'', which he played from 1980 to 1998 and again in 2002-2004, 2008, 2012-2013, and again in 2022. Career Michael began his music career as a member of his family band, The Weirz, who released two self-titled albums, one in 1975 and one in 1979. After a 1981 appearance on ''American Bandstand'' in support of his debut single, a cover of the Eric Carmen tune "She Did It”, Damian was offered the part of struggling singer, Danny Romalotti, on the daytime television series ''The Young and the Restless''. Michael appeared in three episodes of the popular television series '' The Facts of Life'' (in 1985 - Season 6 episodes 19-20 as well as 1986 in the nineteenth episode of Season 7) playing Flyman, the love interest of Jo Polniaczek (Nancy McKeon). After twelve years with ''The Young and the Restless' ...
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Gina Tognoni
Gina Tognoni (born November 28, 1973) is an American actress, best known for her work with American daytime soap operas. Her most notable performances include Kelly Cramer on ''One Life to Live'', Dinah Marler on ''Guiding Light'' and Phyllis Summers on ''The Young and the Restless''. Career Tognoni is known for her roles on daytime television soap operas. In 1995, she made her soap debut as Kelly Cramer in American Broadcasting Company, ABC's ''One Life to Live''. She appeared on the show until 2001. In April 2001, it was announced that Tognoni, after six years with the show, had decided not to renew her contract with the series. Tognoni returned to daytime television as Dinah Marler on CBS's ''Guiding Light'' in July 2004, and won her first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2006 for her work on the show. In 2007, she was nominated again in the same category but lost to Genie Francis. She won her second Emmy in 2008, becoming only the sec ...
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Michelle Stafford
Michelle Stafford (born September 14, 1968) is an American actress, screenwriter and producer. She currently plays Phyllis Summers on the CBS daytime soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'', for which she has won two Daytime Emmy Awards. In 2013, Stafford created and starred in her own comedy web series, '' The Stafford Project''. She also played Nina Reeves on the ABC daytime soap opera ''General Hospital''. Early life Stafford was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her parents moved her and her older sister, Janine, to Montrose, California, where she was raised. After graduating from high school, Stafford chased after her dream of modeling. Career In 1990 Stafford was cast in Fox soap opera ''Tribes''. The show was canceled after 3-month airing on Fox. She later appeared in two plays directed by Charles Durning in Los Angeles stage, and co-starred in several small films. In October 1994, Stafford began what was supposed to be a short term role of Phyllis Summers on the American CBS ...
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The Young And The Restless
''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, Wisconsin). First broadcast on March 26, 1973, ''The Young and the Restless'' was originally broadcast as half-hour episodes, five times a week. The show expanded to one-hour episodes on February 4, 1980. In 2006, the series began airing previous episodes weeknights on SOAPnet until 2013, when it moved to TVGN (now Pop). As of July 1, 2013, Pop still airs previous episodes on weeknights. The series is also syndicated internationally. ''The Young and the Restless'' originally focused on two core families: the wealthy Brooks family and the working class Foster family. After a series of recasts and departures in the early 1980s, all the original characters except Jill Foster Abbott were written out. Bell replaced them with new core families, ...
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Soap Opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by "horse opera", a derogatory term for low-budget Westerns. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running radio soap opera. The longest-running current television soap is '' Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV in 1960, with the record for the longest running soap opera in history being held by '' Guiding Light'', which began on radio in 1937, transitioned to television in 1952, and ended in 2009. A crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended serial nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the defining features that makes a television program a soap opera, according to Alber ...
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Gina Roma
This is a list of notable characters from the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' that significantly impacted storylines and debuted between January 1980 and December 1989, in order of first appearance. Mamie Johnson Mamie Johnson is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera, ''The Young and the Restless''. The role originated on April 1, 1982, and was portrayed by Marguerite Ray, who was replaced in 1990 by Veronica Redd. Redd departed the series in 1995, but returned from 1999 to 2004. Mamie was the series first regular African American character. Mamie was introduced in 1982 as the Abbott family's loyal housekeeper. She served as the nanny to the three Abbott children, Jack, Ashley, Traci, when they were growing up after patriarch John Abbott separated from his first wife Dina. Along with the three Abbott children, Mamie disapproved of John's 1982 marriage to Jill Foster, and tried to keep a sharp eye on his second wife until they divorced in 1986. Mamie also p ...
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Avery Bailey Clark
Avery Bailey Clark is a fictional character from the American CBS Daytime soap opera, ''The Young and the Restless'', portrayed by actress Jessica Collins. She made her appearance as Avery on July 27, 2011, as a high-class attorney. Avery first came to Genoa City after being hired by Victor Newman to be Sharon Newman's lawyer during the character's murder case. She was later revealed to be the estranged sister of Phyllis Summers. Her storylines have predominantly included her legal work, feuding with Phyllis, a romance with Phyllis' ex-husband Nicholas Newman and a history with Dylan McAvoy. Collins left the series on July 21, 2015. Casting In June 2011, it was announced that former '' Loving'' actress Jessica Collins had been cast in the role of Avery. Collins was previously also known for her roles in television shows such as ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' and ''American Dreams'' and guest appearances on ''Two and a Half Men'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' and ''Nip/Tuck''. ...
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Rex Sterling
Rex Sterling is a fictional character from ''The Young and the Restless'', an American soap opera on the CBS network. He was portrayed by Quinn Redeker from July 1987 to the character's exit in December 1994. He reprised the role in July 2004 for a one-episode guest appearance. Casting Redeker signed on to portray Rex on ''The Young and the Restless'' just before departing his role of Alex Marshall on ''Days of Our Lives'', where he last aired on July 23, 1987. Previously, he portrayed Nick Reed, the abusive father of Nikki Newman ( Melody Thomas Scott), for five weeks in 1979. Redeker portrayed the role from July 1987 to the character's death onscreen in December 1994. A year prior to his exit, Redeker was vocal in his lack of screen time. The character and actor's exit left a large hole, with his co-star Jeanne Cooper (who played his widow Katherine Chancellor) stating: "When Rex died, I didn't want to go onto my set for two months. I was depressed for two months after he die ...
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The Young And The Restless Characters (2011)
''The Young and the Restless'' is an American television soap opera. It was first broadcast on March 26, 1973, and airs on CBS. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in 2011, by order of appearance. All characters were introduced to the series by its head writer that year, Maria Arena Bell. Lucy Romalotti, Primrose DeVille and Caleb Atkinson all debuted in January, while Angelo Veneziano first appeared in February. Davis Holloway debuted in July while Moses Winters debuted in October. Lucy Romalotti Lucy Romalotti is the daughter of Daniel Romalotti and Daisy Carter. Lucy was born January 1, 2011. She was illegally adopted by Billy Abbott and was raised with him and his wife, Victoria Newman, who became emotionally attached to her. She was in the care of Daniel's mother, Phyllis Summers, who wanted control of her for her own (as she believed the child should be with her grandmother, hyllisif not Daniel). The loss of Lucy to Phyllis affected Victoria an ...
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