Five Things To Know About The Young And The Restless Newcomer Kelsey Wang

The Young and the Restless fans were shocked to learn that Jack Abbott’s long-lost son, Keemo. They were more shocked to learn they hadn’t spoken to one another in years, despite Jack pretending to his sisters that he and Keemo were friendly. Jack was then shocked to learn that Keemo had a daughter and therefore he had a granddaughter, who is now living in Genoa City, played by Kelsey Wang.

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Allie Nguyen is Jack’s (Peter Bergman) never-before-heard-of granddaughter, a young woman just getting to know Jack and the Abbott clan, while quickly getting to know others in town, like Summer Newman Abbott (Allison Lanier) and Noah Newman (Rory Gibson). And it looks like she wants to stay in town longer than expected. Learn a little bit more about Wang with these five facts.

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The Young and the Restless isn’t Wang’s first soap. A few years ago, Wang appeared in a recutting role on General Hospital as Daisy, a young woman in the Dawn of Day cult that first got Kristina Corinthos (Lexi Ainsworth) involved with Shiloh (Coby Ryan McLaughlin), the man Willow Tait (Katelyn MacMullen) was trying to escape from.

Even though Daisy was Wang’s first bigger role on a soap, she did spend time on Y&R in 2011 when she played a Genoa City vendor, but Allie is the role putting her on the GC map.

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Soap operas are actually what helped Wang learn English, as Chinese is her first language. Wang arrived in America when she was just seven years old. She was born in Beijing but also spent several years as a child living in Singapore.

Wang’s secret talent? She is an excellent poker player and once dreamed of becoming a pro poker player, In fact, in 2019 she placed second in a major poker contest and was the only female player left after just one hour.

After attending Duke University, Wang furthered her acting studies and moved on to the Maggie Flannigan studios in New York City where she honed her craft.

And it looks like all that hard work has paid off as Wang is now bringing to life an Abbott, carrying on the next generation of a core GC clan. Stay tuned to The Young and the Restless weekdays to see what happens to Allie next.