Emmy Moments: Jess Walton Wins Lead Actress
By Luke Kerr on June 17, 2008
Jess Walton won the Lead Actress Daytime Emmy in 1997 for the role of Jill Abbot on the Young and the Restless. It was her first win and fourth nomination in the Lead Actress category.
Jess Walton won the Lead Actress Daytime Emmy in 1997 for the role of Jill Abbot on the Young and the Restless. It was her first win and fourth nomination in the Lead Actress category.
Looking back at the submitted work in this clip I couldn't help but remember Jensen Buchanan's Vicky on Another World. Boy do I miss that show and wouldn't it be great if a show brought her back to daytime with a gangbuster role and not the role murdering nurse like General Hospital did?
Lead Actress Nominees in 1997:
- Jensen Buchanan - Another World
- Genie Francis - General Hospital
- Susan Lucci - All My Children
- Jess Walton - Young & Restless
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26 November 2007
2 weeks 6 days
I like Jess Walton just fine, but this still ranks as the biggest oversight in Daytime Emmy history for me. Genie Francis' work in 1996 is the single finest I have ever seen by an actress in daytime. Ever. Walton wasn't even a lead in 1996, but we all know about the Emmys' bizarre rules for classification.
I'll always look at Genie's Emmy win for 2006 as a make-up award for losing 10 years earlier.
28 March 2008
4 weeks 6 days
Wow, all I had to do was watch the few seconds of Vicky and Ryan in heaven and I was ballng -lol! I miss AW too Luke!!
Damn, that was a great year for soaps! I was rooting for either Jensen or Genie that year so naturally Jess won...
Okay, now I have to watch some youtube clips of Ryan and Vicky in heaven and Laura with the Cassadines - there goes the rest of my day - thanks Luke -lol!!