Five Things That Happened On August 15 In Soap History

In 2002, Christel Khalil made her Young and Restless debut as Lily Winters. The 2012 Daytime Emmy winner for Outstanding Younger Lead Actress, Khalil remained with the show until 2005, then returned the following year, reclaiming the role from recast Davetta Sherwood. Of her first day, Khali recalled to Soap Opera Digest in 2023, "My very first scene was with Victoria Rowell [ex-Drucilla], and we had just returned to Genoa City from Paris, and we were in our new apartment. It was amazing to work with Victoria and Kristoff St. John [ex-Neil] as my parents. I learned so much from them, how quickly they were able to turn their talent on and off, and be in the scene and then be out of it. That was magical to me, because I didn’t know how they were doing it. I was lucky that they took me under their wing."