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Michael Graziadei, Vail Bloom, Lily Brooks O'Briant, The Young and the Restless, Young and Restless, Young & Restless, Y&R, #YR, #YoungandRestless, #TheYoungandtheRestless

As “The Young and the Restless” celebrates its 50th year on television, the daytime drama series continues to highlight fan favorites from the show’s past with the return of Vail Bloom as Heather Stevens.

Joining the series in 2007 and playing the character until 2010, Bloom returns for a visit to Genoa City next month alongside daytime newcomer Lily Brooks O’Briant who joins the series as Lucy Romalotti, Heather and Daniel’s (Michael Graziadei) daughter.

Since departing the soap, Bloom has gone on to appear in the films “The Ghost Beyond,” “Orphan Horse,” “Life at the Resort” and “Too Late.” She also played herself in one season of Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules” and appeared in episodes of “Aspen: The Series,” “Castle,” “Cold Case” and “Entourage,” among others.

Outside of a few child actors before her, following Bloom’s departure the role of Heather was later played by “All My Children” alum Eden Riegel who departed the series in 2011. “As The World Turns” alum Jennifer Landon also had a brief stint playing the character in 2012.

Fans might recognize O’Briant, a series regular on the Netflix comedy “The Big Show Show,” starring opposite WWE heavyweight fighter Paul Wight (aka: The Big Show).  She has also appeared in the Amazon Original series “The Tick” and the TV movie “Crash & Burn.” More recently, she played the title role in the Apple TV+ series, “Life by Ella.”

In December, O’Briant completed work as a first-time director on “Sharing the Floor,” an original short film that she also wrote. She shared her thanks for those who helped her tell the film’s story and bring “my vision to life” in a post on Instagram, describing the project as “a story that means so much to me and is something that I know some of you might even relate to as well. This was my directorial debut as well as the first script I have ever written. 

“I learned so much from every day of filming and am so grateful to have had so many talented friends supporting me every step of the way. I can’t wait for you all to see ‘Sharing the Floor’ come to life!”

Check out a sneak peek photo of Bloom standing alongside Graziadei on the “The Young and the Restless” set.

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Note: The post Vail Bloom Back to ‘The Young and the Restless’, Lily Brooks O’Briant Joins Cast appeared first on the Soap Opera Network website.

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Wow! I'm stunned! I LOVED her as Heather and remember being confused when her screentime dwindled before she left. Later finding out why she left was sad, but I'm glad she's turned her life around and is back! I hope this becomes a long term thing. Heather and Adam were a great couple and could be revisited as well.

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I agree with Dramatis. Someone is clearly eavesdropping. Because that has popped up in conversations and hopes here for YEARS. 

 

I even watched VB on VPR so it's good she's in the right headspace to come back. 

 

Hopefully they continue to eavesdrop here and write out how we want the Heather/Daniel/Lily storyline to go as well. Actually excited at this news. 

I didn't even think of that! Now I'm curious. 

 

AND it would give Lily/Adam some scenes since they have good dislike chemistry. 

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