After a three-year break, Tonya Lee Williams returned to her role of Dr. Olivia Winters on The Young and the Restless in September 2008.

Just four months later, her name was called among the nominees for a 2009 NAACP Image Award. In other words: it's been a very pleasant few weeks for Williams. And she knows it.  

“It’s wonderful to be back on the show," the actress recently said. "The time away has revitalized my passion for the character and I can’t wait to see what the writers have in store for Olivia over the coming year."

Neither can we!

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