Melody Thomas Scott, who has played Nikki Newman on \u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d since 1979, reveals her difficult past in her 2020 autobiography, \u201cAlways Young and Restless: My Life On and Off America\u2019s #1 Daytime Drama Scott, born in Los Angeles on April 18, 1956, debuted in 1964 with \u201cMarnie\u201d and later starred in \u201cThe Shootist\u201d and \u201cThe Waltons.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spy camera setup due to Scott\u2019s roommate\u2019s anxieties revealed a stunning fact despite her success. She was abused and neglected as a child despite Daytime Emmy and Soap Opera Digest accolades.<\/p>\n
Her grandmother sexually abused Scott, a motherless child. Grandma knew, but nothing happened. Scott found comfort in acting, where the set seemed normal, after escaping an insect-infested home.<\/p>\n
After leaving her grandmother\u2019s house at 20, Scott struggled to forgive her for seeing her suffer. The memoir Scott wrote after a decade promotes abuse awareness and understanding. Edward James Scott, married since 1985, adopted three girls to overcome abuse. She proved that trauma affects everyone, regardless of looks, and investigated its depth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Melody Thomas Scott, who has played Nikki Newman on \u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d since 1979, reveals her difficult past in her 2020 autobiography, \u201cAlways Young and… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n