Christel Khalil Biography

Christel Khalil is an American television, film and stage actress, best known for playing Lily Ashby in the American television soap opera ‘The Young and the Restless’. Christel commenced her journey in showbiz as a child artist and initially featured in bit roles in television series like ‘The Sinbad Show’, ‘Family Matters’ and ‘That's So Raven’ and in films such as ‘Matilda’ and ‘Interview with the Assassin’. One of her first notable works was contributing the voice role of Cornelia Hale, a main character in the French-American animated television series ‘W.I.T.C.H.’. Her real breakthrough came when she earned the role of Lily Ashby in ‘The Young and the Restless’. Brilliant performance of Christel as Lily Ashby, which eventually became one of the most memorable roles of her career, won her Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series. She has also guest featured in notable television series like ‘Malcolm in the Middle’, ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ and ‘2 Broke Girls’; and appeared in films like ‘Chronologia Human’ and ‘Good Deed’ and in short films such as ‘White Like the Moon’ and ‘Bedlam’.