| Casey Reed | |||||||||||||
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| Roberta Leighton as Casey Reed | |||||||||||||
| The Young and the Restless | |||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Roberta Leighton | ||||||||||||
| Current status | Former, Contract | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 1978-1981, 1984-1989, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | March 20, 1978 | ||||||||||||
| Last appearance | April 22, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| Created by | William J. Bell | ||||||||||||
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| Family | Reed | ||||||||||||
| Full name | Cassandra Reed | ||||||||||||
| Gender | Female | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Doctor | ||||||||||||
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Dr. Cassandra "Casey" Reed was a fictional character on The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Roberta Leighton.
Biography[]
Casey Reed was the daughter of Nick Reed and the older sister of Nikki Newman.
Dr. Casey Reed is Nikki's older sister who both lived with their mother. Casey takes a job at Snapper Foster's medical clinic in 1978. Snapper falls in love with Casey after he separates from his wife, Chris Brooks Foster. Casey and Snapper's relationship is troubled from the start because Casey suffers from a fear of sex and she is also worried about her younger sister, Nikki, who is a promiscuous teenager. When Nikki and Casey's mother is killed in a car crash, their father, Nick Reed, returns to Genoa City. Seeing her father again, Casey remembers a traumatic incident that has been buried deep in her subconscious. When she was a child, Nick raped her. When Casey, accompanied by her friend, Brock Reynolds, goes to confront Nick, he is in the process of trying to rape Nikki. During Nikki's struggle to defend herself, she accidentally kills their father. Casey later begins seeing Lucas Prentiss, who has separated from his wife, Leslie Brooks. As Lucas turns his sights on Casey, who is making great strides in recovering from her troubled childhood, Casey is also trying to emotionally detach herself from Snapper, whose wife, Chris, has returned to Genoa City. When Chris realizes Snapper was involved with Casey, she introduces herself to the new woman in her husband's life. Since Snapper cannot decide which woman he wants to see exclusively, Chris and Casey jointly decide to cut off contact with him until he is able to make a decision. Casey ends her association with Lucas after realizing he still has feelings for Leslie.
In 1981, Casey is harassed by a secret stalker, who eventually shifts his focus to Nikki. Meanwhile, Casey leaves Genoa City when she accepts a job in another town.
In 1984, Casey briefly returns to Genoa City to attend her sister's wedding to Victor Newman. Casey returns to Genoa City in 1985 and leaves town again in 1989.
In 1998, Casey makes another visit to Genoa City upon learning about the shooting of Nikki who has been shot by a psychotic woman named Veronica Landers who was posing as a maid named Sarah Lindsay. It was revealed in 2010 that Casey had been diagnosed with breast cancer, but was able to fight it.
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