Olivia Winters will return to Y&R on April 12th and 13th it will be played by Tonya Lee Williams. Speculation is that it will have to do with Dru's exit.

:D

So glad to see Olivia back. Too bad it's a result of Dru leaving. I wonder if Olivia will be brought back now that Dru is gone.

Bout time! It'll be nice to see TLW again.

After almost 30 years once Dru/VR's gone, there won't be any Barber Women left tho. *sigh*

While I'm happy to see this, it seems like it's treated as an afterthought by TPTB... as Olivia and Nate should have been around long before any of this Carmen mess.

Wow! OLIVIA IS BACK?! Just a shame it isn't for longer. I wonder if Olivia will take care of Dru or could this lead to a longer return?

Bout time! It'll be nice to see TLW again.

After almost 30 years once Dru/VR's gone, there won't be any Barber Women left tho. *sigh*

Lily is still a Barber woman.

Yay!

All this talk about Olivia being back for longer. Isn't Tonya Lee Williams still busy with the ReelWorld Film Festival and staying almost year round in Canada due to it? I know from everything I read that was mostly why she left Y&R and wasn't available to them.

I know there are 3 current news stories that mentions her and the festival and one movie she is doing:

http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2007-02-15/news_story5.php

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Entertainment/560596.html

http://www.thestar.com/Life/article/179803

I just think she is still probably too busy to come back full time. I am glad that she found the time to do this.

If you will look at her IMDb entry up until 2001 (when she founded the Film Festival) she was a busy actress. Since 2001 she only has 3 entries - one for 2004, one for 2005, and one for 2006. She has slowed down some before that too but really slowed down after she founded the Festival.

Here is the website for the festival http://www.reelworld.ca/ if anyone wants to look at it.

Awesome news! I hope it turns into something longterm, though.

Lily is still a Barber woman.

DS!Lily is a Barber Woman.

CK!Lily aint no Barber (or Winters).

...No way, no how. lol

DS!Lily is a Barber Woman.

CK!Lily aint no Barber (or Winters).

...No way, no how. lol

SO UNTRUE!!!!

CK Lily has revitalized the Winters family. DS Lily was like a walking, mumbling zombie. Dull.

Yay, the better Barber sister returns!

Even when I was a little kid, I knew that Olivia was much more pleasant than Dru.

SO UNTRUE!!!!

CK Lily has revitalized the Winters family. DS Lily was like a walking, mumbling zombie. Dull.

Is this extremely dry humor? She doesn't have chemistry with anyone and I haven't seen any praise for her since returning. There is no way she revitalized the Winters family. Now they are disconnected and when she's in scenes with family they are dragged down.

Scenes with Neil/Lily/Devon are gonna be so painful once Dru leaves. I hope they don't decide to use Lily more to fill in the slack because it certainly won't be cutting it.

I still say bring on Tanisha Lynn for Lily!

Is this extremely dry humor?

Yanno!

I still say bring on Tanisha Lynn for Lily!

With Michael Jordan as Nate!

Awesome. I love Tonya Lee Williams. But TWO days? Bummer.