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Imani Benedict was a fresh face in Young and the Restless making her debut back in December 24th, 2020, played by Leigh-Ann Rose. Many of you might recognize Rose from her works in The Neighbor, Younger, Suburban Swingers Club, Baking Christmas and The Finest. Although Imani was in Genoa City for a brief time, she sure managed to shake things up.
Amanda Sinclair who grew up in foster homes wanted to know about her biological mom, Naya Benedict, so she decided to pay her mom a surprise visit on Christmas Eve. She even tried giving Naya a heads up with a phone call, but when that didn’t work out, she went ahead and rang the doorbell. But guess who opens the door? None other than Imani, loaded up with Christmas packages calling out her mom to come at the door. Amanda finds out Naya never actually gave Imani up for adoption, and that revelation hits her hard. So, she decides to call it quits and heads back home, leaving behind a whole lot of drama.
Fast forward to New Years time, Amanda finally managed to get through to Naya on the phone and revealed that she’s one of the daughters Naya gave up for adoption. Shocked by the news, Naya told her other daughter, Imani, and she stormed over to Amanda’s place all fired up, demanding Amanda to back off from her family. But Amanda wasn’t having it, which led Imani to try and slap a restraining order on Amanda to keep her away. And when Amanda took on her grandfather’s case to prove Sutton Ames innocent of murder, Imani warned her it would only spell trouble.
When Imani realized that Amanda wasn’t backing down from the case, she decided to make a personal plea, trying to warn her that clearing their grandfather’s name wouldn’t win her any favors with the family. According to Imani, once Sutton’s name was in the clear, both he and Naya would toss Amanda aside without a second thought. But Amanda brushed off Imani’s warnings, convinced she knew better. However, as the investigation unfolded, Amanda began to see cracks in her family’s facade, revealing dark secrets she wanted no part of.
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Then when Naya suffered a heart attack, Imani and Amanda grew closer and had a sisterly bond. They even decided to team up and do business together and then joined Billy and Lily at Chancellor. When Amanda pushed her for answers about why Sutton was keeping secrets about their father’s death, Imani confessed she was in the dark too. She even gave her a little heads up hinting that Sutton is not someone to mess with. But Imani’s time in GC was cut short, when Amanda found out that she was trying to steal Nate from Elena. So, when Naya had a stroke again, Imani went to her leaving GC in 2022.
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