Allison
Lanier‘s
time
on
The
Young
and
the
Restless
is
coming
to
an
end.
The
actress,
who
plays
Summer
Newman
on
the
CBS
soap
opera,
announced
April
30
that
she
will
be
leaving
the
show
after
almost
three
years.
“This
Friday,
May
2nd,
will
be
my
last
episode
on
Y&R!”
Allison
wrote
on
X,
formerly
Twitter. “I’ve
loved
the
journey
and
learned
so
much
but
it’s
time
to
grow
in
a
different
direction.”
The
34-year-old,
who
earned
her
first
Daytime
Emmy
nomination
last
year,
added
that
she
feels “very
grateful
for
all
of
the
Y&R
fans
who
have
supported
me.”
Allison
joined
the
cast
in
May
2022,
playing
the
daughter
of
legacy
characters
Phyllis
Summers
(Michelle
Stafford)
and
Nick
Newman
(Joshua
Morrow).
She
succeeded
the
role
from
Hunter
King,
who
was
on
the
show
on-and-off
from
2012
to
2022.
The
character
was
first
introduced
in
2006
with
various
child
actors
playing
the
part.
When
Summer
reached
her
teenage
years,
Lindsay
Bushman was
cast
to
play
the
Genoa
City
native
in
2009,
before
the
torch
was
passed
onto
Hunter.
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