Soap Opera
‘The Young and the Restless’ Brings a ‘Bold and the Beautiful’ Favorite to Genoa City
Patrika Darbo reprises Shirley and Coco Spectra on ‘The Young and the Restless’ this October for Sally Spectra’s Gatsby-themed wedding to Billy Abbott.
As Sally Spectra (Courtney Hope) plans for her wedding to Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson) and the birth of her baby on The Young and the Restless, she’s about to get a big surprise when her grandmother, Shirley Spectra, arrives in town with her sister, Coco, in tow.
Patrika Darbo reprises the role she originated on The Bold and the Beautiful back in 2017, while Ashley Campbell has been cast as the new Coco, according to Soap Central.
Sally, Shirley, and Coco (then played by Courtney Grosbeck) all arrived on the B&B scene nine years ago, with Sally determined to found a new House of Spectra, in honor of her aunt, the original Sally Spectra (Darlene Conley). Coco began a romance with RJ Forrester, but soon left town with Shirley. Sally moved to Y&R and Genoa City in 2020, with Darbo making one brief appearance when Sally shared a video call with her grandmother.
While Y&R has not said what Shirley and Coco will be doing in Genoa City, it’s a pretty good bet that they will arrive for Sally’s big Gatsby-themed wedding.
Darbo came to soap opera fame in 1998 when she began playing Nancy Wesley on Days of our Lives. Darbo remained in that role regularly until 2005, but has made multiple recurring appearances since, with the last being in 2024 when Nancy helped her daughter, Joy (AlexAnn Hopkins), settle into Salem life.
Campbell’s credits include Spellbound, Prom Party Massacre, and Every Little Noise, per IMDb. Expect to see both Darbo and Campbell on screen in October, which is when Billy and Sally’s wedding is supposed to take place.
