Two-time Daytime Emmy nominee Christel Khalil will return to The Young and the Restless in the role of Lily Winters. Khalil's return after an absence of about a year means that newcomer Davetta Sherwood has been let go.
"Christel Khalil is an extremely talented actress and we are thrilled to have her back in the Y&R family," Y&R executive producer Lynn Marie Latham said in a statement.
"I don't have a mortgage to pay," Khalil noted when explaining her reasons for quitting. "So it's the right time to be unemployed and really go after my dream, which is to be a movie star."
Sherwood began taping her first Y&R scenes in January, about four months after Khalil last aired as Lily. A newcomer to daytime, Sherwood faced the difficult task of climbing into a role held by a fan and peer favorite.
Sherwood will make her final appearance in a few weeks, though CBS has not yet released a date. Khalil, meanwhile, begins taping on September 28th.