Melody Thomas Scott is best known for his role on The Young and the Restless as the wealthy and glamorous Nikki Newman. Scott’s life, however, was not always a fairytale. She was abused as a child and has been working to recover.
Scott was born on April 18, 1956, in Los Angeles. Always Young and Restless: My Life On and Off America’s #1 Daytime Drama, her 2020 memoir, revealed that she was born to a teenage mother who was still in high school. According to the actress, she has always felt a “disconnect” from her mother. “She didn’t want me,” Scott wrote. She didn’t care about me.”