Young & Restless’ Michelle Stafford Sends a Heartfelt Message: ‘Thank You for the Support’

This past weekend, The Young and the Restless’ Michael Stafford (Phyllis) gathered with family and friends to celebrate her birthday, which was on Saturday, September 14.

The CBS soap star was dressed pretty in pink and was presented with not only one but two yummy cakes.

Stafford posted a video so her fans could get a glimpse into the festivities and her kids Natalia and Jameson were front and center in celebrating their mom, as well as castmates Michael Graziadei, who plays the actress’ onscreen son Daniel.

Plus, Greg Rikaart (Kevin, Days of Our Lives’ Leo), Christian Leblanc (Michael), Bryton James (Devon), Lauralee Bell (Christine) and General Hospital’s Fiona Hughes (Anna).

\And at the end of the video, Stafford’s words “I have the greatest pals. I love you” was shown on the screen.

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Stafford thanked her “beautiful friends and family” for celebrating the “lovely and beautiful birthday weekend” with her and talked about how “much fun” it was and how it’s important to “keep the fun and the laughter” in one’s life.

“I did a lot of that this weekend… Keep the fun in living. [Because]… really the alternative sucks,” she stated then thanked fans for “the beautiful birthday well wishes” and expressed how much it meant to her.

“Thanks for hanging out here with me,” she added. “Thank you for the support. Here’s to another trip around the sun.”

We send Stafford a happy belated birthday!

In 1990, she was cast in the FOX network’s daily serial Tribes, which lasted for one season of 95 episodes. Afterward, Stafford appeared in two plays directed by Charles Durning.

In October 1994, Stafford signed to CBS’s The Young and the Restless, where she was to play the short-term role of villainess Phyllis Summers. When her work impressed head writer and executive producer William J. Bell, Stafford was placed on contract, and she remained with the soap for three years.

Subsequently, Michelle Stafford starred in the primetime series Pacific Palisades and guest-starred in programs such as Players, Two Guys and Girl, Diagnosis: Murder, JAG, and V.I.P., as well as the feature films Double Jeopardy (opposite Ashley Judd) and Attraction.

In July 2000, Stafford reprised the part of Phyllis on Y&R, and this time, she reigned as a front-burner player for 13 years. Between 2014 and 2019, Stafford starred on General Hospital as Nina Reeves — a role she eventually ceded to Cynthia Watros in order to return to The Young and the Restless.