The Young and the Restless is adding some serious star power to its cast. Check out the soap’s latest comings and goings casting news. Find out which Daytime Emmy winners are boarding the show in the near future, if any newcomers are joining in contract, recurring, or day-player roles, or if any of your favorite actors or actresses are leaving the CBS drama.
The Week of September 1, 2025
Tamara Braun, last seen as Ava Vitali on Days of our Lives, has been cast as Sienna Bacall, a woman with “personal connections” to several Genoa City citizens. Braun starts taping this week and will begin airing in the fall. The actress has a long, storied daytime past. She made her debut as Carly Corinthos on General Hospital in 2001 and returned to the soap to play Kim Nero in 2017. She was hired to portray Reese Williams on All My Children in 2008, and went on to briefly play a second character on DAYS in 2011: Nicole Walker’s younger sister, Taylor. She has won two Daytime Emmy Awards as Outstanding Supporting Actress for her role as Ava on DAYS in 2009 and Kim on GH in 2020.
Daytime alum Roger Howarth is boarding the soap, too. The actor has been cast in a mysterious new role and begins filming in mid-September. Like Braun, Howarth has an extensive daytime past. He made his debut as Kent Winslow on Loving in 1992, before moving on to Guiding Light as Rory. He is most noted for his portrayal of Todd Manning on One Life to Live, which he began in 1992 and played on and off through 2013. He also had a long stint as Paul Ryan on As the World Turns from 2003 to 2010, and played three different characters on GH, beginning with Todd Manning in 2012, segueing to Franco Baldwin in 2013, and later Austin Gatlin-Holt in 2021. Howarth nabbed the 1994 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in 1994.
Mishael Morgan continues her story arc as Amanda Sinclair. Look for the actress to be back on Monday, September 1, in scenes with Zuleyka Silver’s Audra. She also interacts with Peter Bergman’s Jack and Susan Walters’ Diane on Tuesday, September 2.
