Five Things That Happened On August 11 In Soap History

In 2014, Gina Tognoni (pictured with Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott) made her Young and Restless debut as Phyllis Summers. Tognoni, a two-time Daytime Emmy winner as Outstanding Supporting Actress for her run as Dinah Marler on Guiding Light who had also previously played Kelly Cramer on One Life To Live, assumed the role the year after it was vacated by Michelle Stafford. Tognoni would go on to pick up the 2017 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress for her Y&R work.