She played Faith Newman on The Young and the Restless from 2013-2015 and since that time her career has skyrocketed.

Now comes word that Mckenna Grace has joined the cast of The Handsmaid Tale for its fourth season that is now in production and underway in Toronto, Canada.

According to Deadline, Grace will recur as Mrs. Keyes, a sharply intelligent, teen-aged wife of a much older Commander who rules her farm and household with confidence. She has a rebellious, subversive streak, and is calm and pious on the outside with turmoil, even insanity, on the inside.

The Handmaid Tale is Hulu’s Emmy Award-winning drama and is nominated for 10 Emmys this year and took home its first gold of the ten last night at the Creative Arts Emmys.

As for Mckenna’s other credits … she will be appearing in the upcoming film Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Grace recently starred with Viola Davis in the Amazon feature Troop Zero and in New Line’s Annabelle Comes Home. The actress also was in the film I, Tonya, Lifetime’s The Bad Seed,  and Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House and s he has had recurring roles on TV’s Designated Survivor, Young Sheldon and Fuller House.

So what do you think of Mckenna joining the cast of The Handsmaid’s Tale?

Max Ehrich, who has been making headlines of late with his engagement to pop singing sensation, Demi Lovato, has also been busy on his acting and singing career.   Now comes word that the former Y&R alum where he played Fenmore Baldwin is starring in the motion picture, Southern Gospel.

The musically-driven film tells the true to life story of rock n’ roll star, Samuel Adams who must overcome seemingly endless obstacles on his journey to fulfilling his childhood dream.   The Walking Dead’s Katelyn Nacon also stars in the film with Ehrich.

Ehrich’s other credits include CBS’s Under the Dome, American Princess and Neflix’s Walk Ride Rodeo.

The Young and the Restless viewers recall that Max was nominated for four Daytime Emmys during his run on the CBS soap opera from 2012-2015.

Deadline first reported this casting news.   The film is currently in production using Covid-19 safety protocols.

So, excited for all the new happenings in Max’s life? Comment below!

The Young and the Restless‘ Lauralee Bell (Christine) as previously reported, and now with trailers and images from the set, portrays Daphne Dumas in Ruby and The Pearl in the Mist, in the first two movies in Lifetime’s upcoming V.C. Andrews’ Landry Family movie series.

The moving series will begin airing in 2021.  In the series, Lauralee plays the manipulative stepmother to Ruby (Rachelle Banno) and her sister Giselle (Karina Banno).  From the log lines: “Stepmom Daphne is unhappy with the new addition when Ruby arrives to disrupt her perfect family with husband Pierre (Gil Bellows)”

These movies mark Bell’s reunion with producer Reel One Entertainment after starring as the lead in their LMN films, Nightmare Tenant in 2019, where she also served as Executive Producer, and Mistress Hunter in 2018. Bell also previously starred in Lifetime’s Past Sins.

Bell posted the teaser for Ruby on her Instagram sharing: “Sneak peak of #vcandrewsruby The first of two movies I did for @lifetimetv at the beginning of the year! So grateful to have done this project before the quarantine! What a gift!Thank you producers, directors amazing cast & crew.”

You can check out the first look trailer below.

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