Christel Khalil is a Daytime Emmy Award winning actress who grew up on the set of the Young and the Restless.
She has played her popular character Lily Winters on the super popular CBS soap for almost 20 years now.
Long time viewers have seen the character mature from a young and restless teenager
to a full on adult with grown up issues.
Having played Lily Winters since she was 14 years old, Christel Khalil is now a seasoned
soap opera star and among the richest actors on the Young and the Restless.
If you want to know how much your favorite actors from the show are worth, then do watch
our previous video where we talked about the net worths of some of the most popular stars
on the Young and the Restless.
In this video, we’re taking a look at Christel’s amazing Y&R journey as Lily Winters and also
find out how much she is worth.
The character of Lily Winters was rapidly aged in 2002 with 14 yo Christel Khalil taking on the part.
She has played the role since then except when she briefly left the series in 2005 and
was replaced by another actress.
In an interview with Global News Canada, the actress revealed that she left the show then
because she needed a break but after six months she really missed the show and her family there.
And this is what we love about Christel.
She considers her Y&R co-stars her real life family so much so that she once said,
It’s not hard to believe that she has made some lasting friendships on set after such a long time on the show.
Fans may already know her real life friendship with her onscreen brother Bryton James.
As a matter of fact, he is the godfather of her child and was a groomsman in her 2008 wedding.
Meanwhile, her other co-star Elizabeth Hendrickson was a bridesmaid.
She is also really close with her onscreen husband Daniel Goddard.
Now let’s take a look at Lily’s evolution from a rebellious but naive teen to a leading lady.
Lily Winters was born into an unknown paternity storyline with the late Neil Winters believing that he was her father.
Years later, it was revealed that Drucilla Winters had her with Neil’s brother Malcolm Winters.
Lily was first paired with Daniel Romalotti and although the pairing was popular, it was
her relationship with Cane Ashby that garnered her significant fan attention.
She was praised generously for her ovarian cancer storyline in 2009.
Lily and Cane went on to marry and have two children.
After a series of trust issues, a few infidelities, and a divorce later, the couple reconciled again in early 2018.
But shockingly, Lily was written out of the soap that summer after she got into an accident
with a pregnant Hilary, killing her and her unborn baby.
After her release in 2019, she divorced Cane and moved away to Wisconsin to start a new
life as a teacher but returned to Genoa City in March 2020 to work with Billy Abbott at Chancellor Communications.
Last year, Christel received her first nomination in the category of Daytime Emmy Award for
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
She won a Daytime Emmy in the Younger Actress category back in 2012 and has been nominated two other times.
Although she hasn’t had another major acting role, we’re guessing her salary from the
Young and the Restless is pretty good since her net worth is estimated to be around $17 million, according to the internet.
So there you have it, the story of Lily Winters on the Young and the Restless so far.
We have done a few other Y&R character recaps that you might find interesting.
So be sure to check out those as well.
In the meantime, let us know in the comments who you want to see next in our video.