Tamara Braun is adding another soap opera role to her already impressive résumé.
PEOPLE can exclusively announce that the two-time Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress, 54, is joining The Young and the Restless.
She will be playing the role of Sienna Bacall, who is described as someone having “personal connections to several characters” in Genoa City. Braun will begin taping for The Young and the Restless next week, with her onscreen debut coming this fall.
Braun is no stranger to soap opera fans, having already appeared on the other three major shows.
The actress’ soap journey began in 2001 when she joined the cast of General Hospital as Carly Corinthos.
Braun went on to play the character until 2005, only returning for a single episode in 2014 to celebrate General Hospital‘s 51st anniversary alongside Sarah Brown, who played Carly before her, and Laura Wright, who took over the role after her.
From 2017 to 2019, she would play the role of Dr. Kim Nero on General Hospital.
Braun also played Days of Our Lives character Ava Vitali on and off between 2008 and 2025.
From 2008 to 2009, she played Reese Williams on All My Children.
Braun has won two Daytime Emmys throughout her career.
In 2009, she won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Ava Vitali on Days of Our Lives.
Just over a decade later, in 2020, she won the same category for her role as Dr. Kim Nero on General Hospital.
Braun, who also received three other Emmy nominations over the years, is one of only a handful of actresses to win the Emmy twice in this category.
The Young and the Restless first debuted on CBS in March 1973.
Over the years, the soap has received 11 Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Drama Series.
The show celebrated a huge milestone in November 2024 when it aired its 13,000th episode.
Lauralee Bell, whose late parents created The Young and the Restless and who has been on the soap for more than 40 years, told PEOPLE at the time what her parents would have thought about the special occasion.
“I always say to people, my father, not in a cocky way, but just felt that this show was so solid and he loved these characters,” she said at the time.
“He never saw it going off the air,” she continued. “He’s like, ‘Why would we go off? We’re going to adjust some challenges to just keep it good.’ So he wouldn’t be surprised. But I am sure he would reflect and think, like, 13,000 is a very impressive number.”
