Charlie Mason
Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
Credit: Howard Wise/JPI (8), CBS screenshot (3)
Eric Braeden
The Emmy winner doesn’t just talk the talk, he walks the walk as the one and only Victor Newman, the self-made gazillionaire who owns one half of Genoa City and has been married to the other.
Melody Thomas Scott
Raise a glass, or a bottle if you’re so inclined, to the daytime icon who for 45+ years has played stripper-turned-socialite-turned-business exec Nikki Newman.
Amelia Heinle
The Emmy winner makes a splash every day as Victor and Nikki’s headstrong daughter, Victoria, a corporate shark who smells chum in the water even on dry land.
Sean Dominic
As the actor’s sly smirk suggests, you’d do well to take anything that “Nate the Snake” Hastings says with a grain of salt. On second thought, better leave the shaker.
Hayley Erin
The Emmy winner breathes back-from-the-dead life into Claire Grace, the daughter that Victoria believed she had lost decades earlier.
J. Eddie Peck
After years away from Genoa City, the actor is writing a new chapter in the story of Claire’s father, author Cole Howard.
Colleen Zenk
Speaking of stories, the revered veteran of As the World Turns plays Claire’s Crazy Aunt Jordan, who favors fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm variety.
Joshua Morrow
The Young & Restless MVP scores on the regular as Victor and Nikki’s son, Nick, whose status as a romantic free agent proves the old adage about money not being able to buy love.
Courtney Hope
Since crossing over her Bold & Beautiful character, the soap-hopper has kept Sally Spectra doing what she does best: stirring the pot, even ones that aren’t hers to dip a spoon in!
Mark Grossman
As if Adam Newman needed the money, the black sheep of the family has a $1M smile on which he can always bank. And trust us: It does generate interest. (Right, Sally?)
Melissa Claire Egan
Con artist. Fashion designer. Mental patient. Mom. The actress has gotten to play ’em all just by playing Chelsea Lawson.
Judah Mackey
The scene stealer recurs as Connor Newman, whose struggle with OCD has Adam and Chelsea wondering whether they are truly qualified to offer parental guidance. Helpful parental guidance, that is.
Jason Thompson
The Emmy winner plays Billy Abbott, who has everything that a Richie Rich could want… except more. Well, that and a way to make everyone forget that he once had an ill-advised podcast.
Peter Bergman
The Emmy-winning soap legend heads up the Abbott family as John’s older son, Jack, whose days as a womanizing playboy came to an end when the show rehired…
Susan Walters
The second actress to play Diane Jenkins became the fourth, too, when it was revealed that rumors of the scheme queen’s death had been greatly exaggerated.
Michael Mealor
The first truly successful Kyle Abbott recast is blessedly quick to remind us why he fits the role of the head-turning himbo so well. And keeps us looking forward to that Casual Friday outfit at the office.
Zuleyka Silver
The card-carrying knockout packs a punch as Audra Charles, whose cunning she’s sure puts her on an even playing field with Genoa City’s other connivers. We’ll see about that.
Trevor St. John
The One Life to Live alum keeps viewers on the edge of their seats — and Genoa City on its toes — as Tucker McCall, a tycoon type who hatches plots faster than chickens lay eggs.
Bryton James
This is the Emmy winner to call when the front and center beckons Tucker’s son, Devon Winters, who inherited a fortune from his late grandmother, Katherine Chancellor.
Melissa Ordway
The blonde bombshell is heiress Abby Newman, who first recruited pal Devon to be a sperm donor, then broke up her latest marriage to have sex with him the old-fashioned way.
Eileen Davidson
The Emmy winner has been leaving us shattered lately as her alter ego Ashley Abbott has developed alter egos of her own. It’s as if her mind said, “Come on, baby, do the split!”
Beth Maitland
The beloved Young & Restless mainstay is a softspoken voice of reason as Jack and Ashley’s sister, Traci Abbott, a novelist who is past due for her own happy ending.
Jess Walton
The Emmy winner never fails to shake things up whenever she visits Genoa City as Billy’s Mommie Dearest, force of nature Jill Abbott.
Veronica Redd
Here the actress is doing exactly what we did when she was brought back as Abbott maid-turned-power player Mamie Johnson: We popped the cork and phoned everyone we knew to tell ’em.
Christel Khalil
The Emmy winner keeps beating the durable heart of the late Neil Winters’ daughter, Lily, who is as savvy at business as she is unlucky in love.
Michael Graziadei
The fan fave brought Daniel Romalotti back to Genoa City fresh from one busted relationship… and bound to muck up the next one, too. Get it together, man!
Vail Bloom
The Young & Restless alum returned in 2023 as Daniel’s former — and future — lover, Heather Williams, aka the lawyer you want to call if you’re in trouble. Well, and if Michael Baldwin is busy.
Lily Brooks O’Briant
The newcomer plays Lucy, Daniel’s daughter with Heather and, biologically speaking, Daisy Carter, who before her death had a branch hanging from this terrifying family tree.
Sharon Case
Over her many years playing Sharon Newman, the Emmy winner has taken the character from a girl from the wrong side of the tracks to a barista and from a therapist to a CEO. She must have some resumé!
Camryn Grimes
The Emmy winner played Sharon’s daughter, Cassie Newman, until the character’s untimely death as a tween. Nowadays, she’s Cassie’s twin, Mariah Copeland, a bad girl gone good.
Cait Fairbanks
You bet we’ll drink to the actress-singer who hits all the right notes as Tessa Porter, the wife with whom Mariah has so much in common. (They were such scamps at one time!)
Brytni Sarpy
Elena Dawson, the doctor as whom this actress scrubs in, is a sure cure for what ails ya. Unless it’s heartache. Poor Elena can’t even write herself an Rx for a more rewarding love life!
Conner Floyd
The leading man suits up as Chance Chancellor, who went from being Genoa City’s only cop to one of its 2,107 business execs. We don’t blame him for feeling left out; he was the only one without a CEO title.
Allison Lanier
The actress is always in season as heiress Summer Newman, who never invites chaos into her life, it’s just… Well, she left the key under the mat that one time, and it’s been inviting itself in ever since.
Michelle Stafford
The Emmy winner makes every scene a capital-S Scene as trouble magnet Phyllis Summers. Is it her fault that her special skill is livening things up?
Michael Damian
The Young & Restless vet sings a different tune as pop star Danny Romalotti depending on which of his groupies love interests is listening more closely. Dangerous way to “rock on,” pal.
Lauralee Bell
The daughter of the soap’s late, great co-creators has since the 1980s portrayed Cricket Christine Williams, who though no longer a model, remains a model citizen.
Kate Linder
The longtime cast member has really cleaned up as Esther Valentine — and not just because she used to be Mrs. C’s maid, either. The not-as-ditsy-as-we-thought character now works at both Crimson Lights and Chancellor-Winters.
Christian Jules LeBlanc
The Emmy winner — and literally everybody’s favorite — is Michael Baldwin, Victor, Phyllis… half of Genoa City’s go-to when they’re in a bind. Sometimes when they’re not in a bind, too; Michael’s just fun.
Tracey E. Bregman
Young & Restless’ original Mean Girl Lauren Fenmore is now a woman of means — and, thanks to her portrayer, as captivating as ever.
Greg Rikaart
He’s rarely seen on Young & Restless these days — too busy at Days of Our Lives — but it’s sure a treat when he is. We suspect some of the actor’s real-life humor slips into his work as Michael’s brother, Kevin Fisher.
Elizabeth Hendrickson
The soap-hopper leads Esther’s daughter and Kevin’s wife, Chloe Mitchell, from one crisis to another. Perhaps there need to be more signs marked “Not a Crisis: This Way.”
Judith Chapman
The daytime legend adds color to every scene she walks into — and can’t help it, considering that her character is Michael and Kevin’s hilarious mother, outré Gloria Bardwell.
Tricia Cast
The former child star passes through her old stomping grounds every so often as Chance’s mother, a novelist who always knows the “write” thing to say.
Rory Gibson
We haven’t seen him in a while, but this is the heartthrob who plays Sharon and Nick’s son, Noah Newman. Don’t worry, he’s not always this mopey.
Kelsey Wang
This relative newcomer to Young & Restless was just settling in as Jack’s granddaughter — and a love interest for Noah — when Allie Nguyen was shuffled off the canvas. Maybe it’s time to shuffle on back?
Reylynn Caster
Though Nick and Sharon’s daughter, Faith Newman, is currently attending college out of town, the actress still visits now and then. Usually so some new calamity can befall Faith.
Jacob Aaron Gaines
The actor recurs as the late Neil Winters’ youngest child, Moses. So Sofia Dupre’s baby boy will have quite the legacy to honor when next he appears.
Mishael Morgan
The Emmy winner proved to be so popular as conniving Hillary Curtis that, after the character’s heartbreaking demise, her portrayer was brought back as twin sister Amanda Sinclair.
Redding Munsell
This adorable moppet plays Harrison Abbott, the son of Ashland Locke Kyle Abbott and Tara Locke Summer Newman. We don’t discuss his original parents anymore, so don’t ask.
Christopher Cousins
The One Life to Live vet recurs as Alan Laurent, Ashley’s shrink friend from Paris who just happens to have a nefarious twin, Martin. Or, if you prefer, Cousins recurs as Martin, who just happens to have a gregarious twin, Alan.