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One of Sharon’s more
popular pairings was with
Dylan. “People still tweet
about Sharon and Dylan
today!” laughs Case.
“They really worked! He
was the fi rst man that
Sharon found great
happiness and a true
match with since Nick. So
losing him was really
devastating for her!”
Thinking about her Emmy win still brings a
smile to Case’s face. “It was a really fun night
— and very unexpected. It’s such a wonderful
thing to happen when you are a new, young
actress on a show,” she shares, grinning. “When
you’re new, you just really need to know that
you’re doing an okay job, because you’re sort of
fl ailing at the time. Now I’ve played Sharon for
25 years, and she is a well-fl eshed-out
character. I feel like I know who she is when I’m
performing and playing her more than I did
back then. So I remember that it meant the
world to me to have this acknowledgment. It’s
not something I ever imagined would happen. I
was on cloud nine all night!”
One of the most emotional storylines ever
played on Y&R was the death of Cassie. “We
were all sad to see this beloved child die
tragically, and to see Camryn leave the show,”
says Case. “But to have this tragedy happen to
Nick and Sharon really was what spun them off
in other directions. They had been a fairly happy
couple, maybe for 10 years up until that point,
and understandably, it would take something
like this to split them up. We got to tell that
story and then, decades after that, how Nick and
Sharon found their footing
again. [Then we got to] tell
the story of who they really
are together as adults.”
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