Victoria Lynn Rowell (born May 10, 1959) is an American actress, writer, producer, and dancer. She began her career as a ballet dancer and model before making her acting debut in the 1987 comedy film Leonard Part 6. In 1990, she joined the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless as Drucilla Winters, a role for which she was nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards and remained until 2007. She is also known for playing Dr. Amanda Bentley in the CBS medical crime drama Diagnosis: Murder from 1993 to 2001, appearing on both series simultaneously from 1993 to 2000.
Rowell appeared in feature films including The Distinguished Gentleman (1992) alongside Eddie Murphy, Dumb and Dumber (1994), Barb Wire (1996), and Eve's Bayou (1997). She has won eleven NAACP Image Awards for her work on The Young and the Restless.
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