Sharon Case’s 30th Anniversary on The Young and the Restless

The Young and the Restless will soon begin its 52nd season—on Thursday, October 3, 2024—and it is in its 37th year as Daytime’s #1 drama. The show will also be celebrating the 30th anniversary of Sharon Case being in Genoa City.

On The Young and the Restless, Sharon Case plays Sharon Newman. Case had her first airdate on September 14, 1994. A few months earlier, the role originated with Monica Potter and was briefly taken on by Heidi Mark before being filled for 30 years by Sharon Case.

Sharon Case’s career before becoming Sharon Newman

Born on February 9, 1971, in Detroit, MI, Case was raised in Chatsworth, CA. When she was younger, her passion was dancing, particularly ballet and jazz.

Sharon Case’s career began at 17 when she became a model. She lived briefly in Japan for five months but returned to the United States to pursue acting. Case participated in theater productions in Los Angeles, like Grease, The Wizard, and The Nutcracker.

The Young and the Restless wasn’t Case’s first soap opera. In 1989, she appeared on General Hospital as Dawn Winthrop and later played Debbie Simon on As the World Turns before moving to Genoa City. She also starred in Valley of the Dolls as Anne Welles.

Sharon Case is an award-winning actress

Sharon Case has been nominated six times for a Daytime Emmy Award for her Y&R role as Sharon Newman. Two of those nominations were for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series, three were for Oustanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and one for Oustanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Sharon won her first Daytime Emmy in 1999.

Additionally, Case was nominated six times for a Soap Opera France Award and won three times, once as Best Actress of the Year and twice for Best International Actress.

A fan favorite, Case has also had many other nominations and wins for the Soap Hub Awards, Soap Opera Digest Awards, and the TV Soap Golden Boomerang Award.

Celebrating 30 years on The Young and the Restless

“All these years, I watched so many actors have these big anniversaries, and I thought, ‘Wow, that’s so cool. What a great milestone,’” Case told Woman’s World. Sharon noted that now that it is her turn to celebrate her anniversary on The Young and the Restless, it doesn’t feel like it’s been 30 years.

“I’m very lucky, and it’s been lovely how everybody’s been acknowledging it so nicely.” - Sharon Case on her 30th anniversary of being on Y&R, as told to Woman’s World

While filming an upcoming episode, Case said the scenes were emotional, and she was focused on performing. In the interview, she shared, “Then the lights came up, I looked up… and there’s 50 people on stage applauding and giving me beautiful roses! I was still sort of in my reverie from doing the scenes, so it was an emotional roller coaster, but it was really wonderful.”

Sharon Newman’s 30th-anniversary episode on The Young and the Restless

To celebrate both Sharon Case and Sharon Newman, The Young and the Restless will incorporate the character’s current storyline into a special episode commemorating Sharon’s time in Genoa City.

The episode will include flashbacks, including Sharon’s relationship with Y&R co-star Joshua Morrow (Nick Newman). Sharon and Nick have been on and off since they were high school sweethearts. Case shared with Woman’s World, “It’s a nice walk down memory lane, and it’s wonderful to see how far we’ve come. It makes it more real to me that it has been 30 years.”

The episode celebrating Sharon is scheduled to air on September 24, 2024. The Young and the Restless airs weekdays on CBS.