The Young and the Restless fans are accustomed to Mariah being a supporting character. She’s usually involved in other people’s stories, offering comfort or advice. However, she’s now got her own storyline, and Camryn Grimes is excited to see it play out.
From Supporting To Leading Lady
On Y&R, characters sometimes take a backseat to other players. Mariah is one person who isn’t featured regularly, but makes pop up appearances. However, within the last year, she’s gotten more airtime.
When her mother Sharon (Sharon Case) was drugged and framed for murder, Mariah was by her side. The story took a shocking twist when Ian (Ray Wise) was revealed to be the culprit.
As Sharon’s story ended, a new storyline began for Mariah, where her past trauma with Ian caused her to commit a heinous act.
In an interview with Woman’s World, Grimes discussed what it’s like being back on the front burner.
”Everybody understands how that oscillates this medium,” the actress said. “You’re gonna have years maybe, where you’re in somebody else’s story or you’re adjacent to it. It kind of revs you back up. It gives you that little break and that moment to breathe, so you’re not catapulted into emotion after emotion after emotion or crisis after crisis. For an actor that break is very appreciated.”
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However, Grimes is excited for her new story in which Mariah’s secret is destroying her marriage to Tessa (Cait Fairbanks).
”Then you have times where it’s about you and it’s full on. So you learn to ride the waves of that, and you get very comfortable with it. That being said, it is nice to be in the story in SOME capacity. With Sharon, I was playing the concern for her, right? I didn’t get to freak out, but I got to watch somebody freak out. So I liked it!”
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