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Is Phyllis Leaving Y&R In 2022? Actress Michelle Stafford Departure News Has Fans Worried

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Liam Parker

Updated on March 29, 2026

The American actress, producer, and writer Michelle Stafford is 56 years old. She became famous for her role in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless.

Body of Influence, an erotic thriller drama from 1993 that was directed by Gregory Dark, was her first movie. Then, in 1994, a TV movie called Another Midnight Run gave her a recurring part as a hotel guest.

In October 1994, Michelle played Phyllis Summers on The Young and the Restless, an American daytime soap opera on CBS. The producers were so happy with her performance that they gave her a role.

Is Michelle Stafford (who plays Phyllis) leaving Y&R in 2022?

After answering some questions on her Instagram account, it’s been said that Phyllis’s time on the show is almost up. Recently, actress Stafford said that she would be leaving the show.

The Young and the Restless (Y&R) would be hard to imagine without Phyllis.

When she posted a scene from the episode in which Michael Baldwin said that Phyllis should stay in Genoa City instead of going to New York, the claims got more attention.

According to what the actress said in response to a different question, this break from the soap opera will only last two weeks.

So, we can guess that the character might go to Milan for a few weeks and then come back quickly.

Stafford played Phyllis on the soap opera from 1994 to 2013. After that, she left and played Nina Reeves on General Hospital (GH) from 2014 to 2019.

Later, she left General Hospital to come back as Phyllis. Michelle returned to her role on Y&R in June 2019.

How much does Michelle Stafford, who plays Phyllis Summers on the show, get paid?

It is said that Michelle Stafford, who plays Phyllis Summers, makes about $7,000 per episode of the show.

Even though no one knows how much she makes, she makes a good living.

She acted with Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd, and Bruce Greenwood in the 1999 movie Double Jeopardy. The movie made more than $177 million more than it cost to make, which was $40 million.

She bought a 3,000-square-foot, three-bedroom, three-bathroom home in Glendale, California, on December 16, 2012. At the time, it was said to have cost more than $1.325 million.

In 2016, she came out with the Skin Nation line of skin care products. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says that the products are natural, do not contain gluten, are organic, and do not harm animals.

Michelle Stafford Family And Dating Status- Her Partner Or Boyfriend 2022

The “Y&R” actress Michelle Stafford is not in a relationship. She doesn’t have a boyfriend right now.

She is lucky to have a great family. Her son, Jameson Jones Lee, and her daughter, Natalia Scout Lee, are both wonderful.

Stafford had her first child in December 2009 through a surrogate. Then, in October 2015, she had her second child, a son. However, no one knows who the father of her son is.