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"It's like business as usual," the actress says about getting to work with her husband again on 'The Young and the Restless' ...

Melody Thomas Scott is an American actress known for portraying Nikki ... She was abused as a child, which compelled her to kill her father to defend herself. She appeared on the show as a stripper.

"I don't think any actor in this business ever thinks they'll be playing the same role for 40 years," Melody Thomas Scott ... “live forever,” Scott’s “sick actress answer” to what ...

"The Young and the Restless" icon Melody Thomas Scott ... Westin Bonaventure in downtown Los Angeles. Thomas Scott is a ...