Victoria Rowell – Drucilla Barber Winters

Victoria Rowell has played the part of Drucilla Winters on The Young and the Restless since 1990. Drucilla’s storyline bears some parallel’s to Rowell’s real life; the character is a teen runaway who becomes a ballerina, while Victoria was raised by foster parents and later studied ballet at Juilliard. Victoria Rowell had an active television career before being cast on the show, appearing as a recurring character on The Cosby Show and making a guest appearance on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Besides her soap opera earnings, she has generated income from her soap-themed novel The Young and the Ruthless: Back in the Bubbles.