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How Y&R Star Melody Thomas Scott Met the Love of Her Life
An extremely beautiful, talented, and a bombshell even in her 60s, Melody Thomas Scott has touched many lives by playing the role of Nikki Newman on The Young and the Restless. Her on-screen romance with Eric Braeden is one of the most popular ones in the soap opera world which has created quite a buzz then and even now. But her real life romance and the life besides Y&R is even more beautiful.
Born and raised in LA, Melody stepped into the entertainment industry at a very young age. Starting her career as a child actor for TV commercials at age 3, Melody got her first mainstream acting gig at age of 8 when she landed the role of young Marnie in Alfred Hitchcock’s movie of the same name. Over the next 15 years, she appeared in multiple movies and TV series before landing the role as Nikki Reed on The Young and the Restless in 1979.
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The role changed her life forever – firstly, because her role as the girl from the wrong side who ultimately makes a couple with the most powerful man in town propelled her to international fame, and secondly because she also crossed paths with the love of her life on the set of Y&R. About 6 years after joining Y&R, on October 12, 1985, Melody got married to then associate producer of Y&R, Edward J. Scott. He is also the current supervising producer of the Y&R sister show, Bold and the Beautiful.
Edward debuted on the CBS sudser in 1976 as an associate producer. He was a producer from 1978 till 1986, and a full-time executive producer from 1987 till 2001. He became a supervising producer in 2004. While Melody is still a series regular on Y&R, her husband has worked with other prominent soap operas like Days of Our Lives and The Bold and the Beautiful.
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Nevertheless, the couple is still co-working on their other venture like Save the Earth Foundation, a project co-created by themselves. As the couple celebrates their 39th anniversary in 2024, they are leading a blissful and blended life with their three daughters – Jennifer from Edward’s previous marriage, Alexandra from Melissa’s previous relationship, and Elizabeth, the couple’s biological daughter. And in May 25, 2011, Jennifer even gave birth to twins, a boy named James and a girl named Charlotte, making them the grandparents for the first time.