'Star Trek's' Nichelle Nichols set for 'The Young and the Restless'
 

'Star Trek's' Nichelle Nichols set for 'The Young and the Restless'
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Star Trek iconNichelle Nichols has been cast on The Young and the Restless, Mashable can exclusively reveal.*

Nichols will portray Lucinda, a character who shares an "emotional connection" to a main cast member, CBS teases.*

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"I'm thrilled and ho**red to be a*member of the cast*of this historic moment in daytime television," Nichols told Mashable in a statement. "I've been a huge fan of 'The Young*and the Restless' for decades. I'm equally ho**red to be from Chicago like the Bell Family who created this incredible TV show."

Nichols' two-episode arc will first appear on the 11,000th episode of The Young and the Restless, airing Sept. 1.* Read more...

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