Last appearing in daytime as Ava Vitali on “Days of our Lives” in April, two-time Daytime Emmy Award winner Tamara Braun is returning to the genre in the newly created role of Sienna Bacall, beginning with the Tuesday, October 14 episode.
In an interview with TV Guide Magazine, on newsstands now, Braun reveals that her character is introduced to the canvas as someone who runs a club in Hollywood. “There’s mystery there, which I think is a really cool way to introduce the character and very fitting for a soap.”
With her casting, Braun reunites with several former colleagues at other soap operas she’s worked, including Lucas Adams, who portrayed her on-screen son Tripp Dalton on “Days of our Lives,” and Roger Howarth, who played Franco Baldwin on “General Hospital” during Braun’s run as Kim Nero (2017-2019).
Details on Howarth’s character on “The Young and the Restless” have not been announced, while Adams will take over the role of Noah Newman, the eldest biological child of Nicholas Newman (Joshua Morrow) and Sharon Newman (Sharon Case).
“The universe was conspiring to put all of us together,” commented Braun to TV Guide. “It’s super cool to be able to work with people you’ve worked with before, so I’m looking forward to seeing what comes down the pike.”
Talking about getting to work with the veteran cast of “The Young and the Restless,” Braun notes, “It’s such a great group of people, and I’m hoping the fans dig it. I’m just looking forward to being able to play with a new group of people, and people I’ve played with before.”
In a fall preview released by TV Insider, head writer and executive producer Josh Griffith teased the storyline involving Braun, Adams and Howarth, saying, “They’re all tied into the same story, which is this major L.A noir story that I’m telling that has Nick and Sharon right at the center of it as they try to save Noah from a very dangerous situation that will involve Tamara and Roger’s characters.”
Another new character being introduced by the show, who will also be involved in the storyline, is Detective Burrow, played by yet another “General Hospital” alum, Matt Cohen, who also appeared during Braun’s time in Port Charles.
Cohen will make his first appearance on the Thursday, October 16 episode of “The Young and the Restless.”
