Michelle Stafford


Actor

About

Birth Place
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born
September 14, 1965

Biography

An actress who has specialized in suds, former model Michelle Stafford went from playing the evil Phyllis Romalotti on the CBS daytime drama "The Young and the Restless" to playing Joanna Hadley, the strong heroine of the primetime Fox serial "Pacific Palisades" (1997). The attractive redhead seemingly was born to do Sturm und Drang. After establishing herself as a model in Europe and th...

Family & Companions

Michael Dietz
Companion
Actor. Appeared on the soap operas "Guiding Light" and "Port Charles".

Biography

An actress who has specialized in suds, former model Michelle Stafford went from playing the evil Phyllis Romalotti on the CBS daytime drama "The Young and the Restless" to playing Joanna Hadley, the strong heroine of the primetime Fox serial "Pacific Palisades" (1997). The attractive redhead seemingly was born to do Sturm und Drang. After establishing herself as a model in Europe and the USA, she began her acting career in the short-lived teen soap opera "Tribes" (Fox, 1990). Several years of scant employment followed and Stafford worked selling rollerblades and vegetable choppers at swap meets. She picked up infrequent jobs, such as a guest shot on Fox's "Models, Inc." for producer Aaron Spelling in 1994 and a bit part as a hotel guest in the syndicated TV-movie "Another Midnight Run" (1994).

To date, her feature film work has been in efforts of the decidedly grade-B, low-budget, "soon to be on a video shelf near you" variety, with names such as "Roadkill" "The Desert" and "Body of Influence" (1993).

Life Events

1990

TV acting debut on the short-lived Fox soap opera "Tribes"

1994

Played Phyllis Romalotti on the CBS daytime drama "The Young and the Restless"; won Daytime Emmy in 1997

1994

Had bit part in TV-movie "Another Midnight Run" (syndicated)

1997

Cast on the primetime soap "Pacific Palisades" (Fox)

1999

Had small role in the box-office hit "Double Jeopardy"

2000

Returned to "The Young and the Restless"

Companions

Michael Dietz
Companion
Actor. Appeared on the soap operas "Guiding Light" and "Port Charles".

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