Get ready to feel crazy in love with The Young and the Restless' latest cast member: the show has hired Beyoncé's cousin Shanica Knowles for a new role.
We don't know exactly who showed up to audition for the role of The Young and the Restless' Simone, a new singer soon headed to Genoa City. It could have been all the single ladies, a diva, or even a naughty girl -- but what we do know is that Beyonc and Solange Knowles's cousin Shanica Knowles is the lucky lady who landed the role.
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Soap Opera Digest reports the Miami, Florida, native has been cast as a talented performer whose career Devon (Bryton James) hopes to cultivate with his music business.
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Knowles, who has appeared on Hannah Montana and Awkward, and opposite One Life to Live alum Corbin Blue (ex-Jeffrey King) in Jump In!, is scheduled to appear in several episodes, starting Friday, February 9.
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