Kelly Sullivan (“The Young and the Restless,” “General Hospital”) is returning to daytime television after a ten-year absence, joining the cast of “The Bold and the Beautiful” as Darcy Dylan, the mother of Melissa Dylan (Sydney Bullock).
According to TV Insider, which first reported the news, Darcy arrives in Los Angeles at a time when her daughter finds herself intermixed with the rising tension between the Forrester and Spencer families, particularly involving the young male heirs, R.J. Forrester (Brayan Nicoletti) and Will Spencer (Crew Morrow).
Sullivan began taping her first scenes on Tuesday, August 4, and will make her on-air debut on Thursday, August 27.
“I’m very excited to join the @boldandbeautifulcbs family and bring this force of nature to life,” said Sullivan in a post on Instagram. “Thank you, Brad Bell [executive producer and head writer], for giving this amazing character to me. I can’t wait to step into Darcy’s boots.”
From 2011-2014, Sullivan made her daytime debut playing a recast Kate Howard, editor of the fictional fashion magazine Crimson. The character was later diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder with Connie Falconeri as her alter ego, though the name was also the one given to her at birth before she later changed it to Kate.
Shortly after exiting Port Charles, Sullivan landed in Genoa City as Sage Warner, a character who became romantically entangled with both Newman brothers, Adam (then played by Justin Hartley) and Nick (Joshua Morrow). Though the character was later killed off in 2016, she had already given birth to a son for Adam, named Christian.
Receiving two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal on “The Young and the Restless,” Sullivan has gone on to appear in several high-profile shows, including “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “The Morning Show.” More recently, she appeared in episodes of “Danger Force” for Nickelodeon, “The Winchesters” for The CW, and “Never Have I Ever” for Netflix. She made her on-camera acting debut in the film “The Producers,” starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick.
