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The Young and the Restless Comings and Goings: Daytime Vet Joins Cast

A daytime veteran is joining Y&R.

By Janet Di Lauro
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A character from Genoa City’s past is heading back to town, and it’s likely one you won’t be expecting. Here are the latest comings and goings casting news at The Young and the Restless, namely, if any newcomers or former stars from yesteryear are joining the show this week or soon in contract, recurring, or day-player roles and if any of your favorite performers are exiting the CBS soap. 

The Week of September 23, 2024

Amy Lewis, a character originated and portrayed by Stephanie E. Williams from 1983 to 1988, is set to resurface in Genoa City. Daytime veteran Valarie Pettiford will be taking over the role, which has been classified as recurring. Pettiford appeared as Dr. Courtney Walker on Another World from 1988 to 1990 and Dr. Sheila Price on One Life to Live from 1990 to 1994. Look for the actress to make her debut on Tuesday, October 29.

Cait Fairbanks is back on the scene as Tessa Porter. She’ll share scenes with Camryn Grimes’ Mariah, Joshua Morrow’s Nicholas, and Michael Graziadei’s Daniel on Tuesday, September 24. 

Poor Sharon’s (Sharon Case) haunting continues. Linden Ashby continues to torment her as the late Cameron Kirsten on Thursday, September 24. 
Janet Di Lauro
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Janet Di Lauro is a contributing editor at Soap Opera Digest and a writer at Cynopsis.com and Soap Hub.com.
She has been writing about daytime and primetime television for over 30 years.
Prior to her current gigs, Janet ran ThoughtCo.com’s Days of our Lives website. She has built a career in daytime television coverage that has spanned over 30 years and includes a stint as the West Coast editor of Soap Opera Weekly magazine from the publication’s debut in 1989 through 2010. In addition, she was the features editor of Daytime TV magazine and editor of Soap Opera Stars magazine during her publishing years working in New York.
Based in California, Janet has interviewed daytime’s biggest stars, past and present, from Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso (Bo and Hope, Days of Our Lives”) to Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children) to Maurice Benard (Sonny, General Hospital) to Peter Bergman (Jack, The Young and the Restless). In addition to her daytime work, she served as a contributing editor on the tween publication Pixie and was a feature editor on Reality Check magazine.

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