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Brytni Sarpy Talks About Moving From GH To Y&R.

- Devin Owens

Brytni Sarpy, who originated the role of Luke’s niece Valerie Spencer on GH in 2015 has joined Y&R to play a new character named Elena Dawson. “She’s pretty fierce,” says the actress of her new alter. “She’s in the medical field and she comes in very protective of her uncle” — who is still a mystery — “which is what brings her on the playing field at Y&R. What I’ve read from the scenes so far, she’s very outspoken and has a mind of her own. She definitely is today’s woman.”

Although a familiar face on the ABC soap, Sarpy still went through the audition process at Y&R. “I tested with three other girls,” she shares. “Nancy Nayor does the casting at Y&R, and she was so pleasant to work with and very helpful throughout the process. I had a really good feeling about it, the energy in the building was really good and I got along great with the team over at Y&R.”