Cast of The Young and the Restless share what it's like to work with Amelia Heinle as Victoria Newman

On The Young and the Restless, Amelia Heinle has played Victoria Newman for 20 years, and as part of the celebration, her costars made a nearly 9-minute video message for her, letting her know how beloved she is to them.

20 Years on The Young and the Restless

In a celebratory video made by Amelia Heinle's (Victoria Newman) Y&R castmates, some went with humorous messages, like Sean Dominic and Bryton James, who play cousins Nate Hastings and Devon Hamilton, who jokingly commented on whether or not Heinle’s character, Victoria, should be romantically linked to Devon as she was already with Nate. “You can’t be with my cousin,” Dominic quipped while side-eyeing the camera. Michael Graziadei (Danny Romalotti) joked that he wasn’t sure which Amelia they were talking about and asked if he was getting paid for filming his message.

Co-star Christian LeBlanc, known on The Young and the Restless as Michael Baldwin, gave his message in French, telling Heinle, “Happy Anniversary on 20 years!” He blew her a kiss and added that he adored her.

For Jason Thompson, who plays Victoria’s ex-husband and father of their children, he gave Heinle a very touching and heartfelt tribute. He beautifully stated, “I don’t think you’ll ever really know how much I adore you,” he said, smiling warmly, “I think you’re a very special person. I think you get more beautiful every time I see you, and you’re so capable as an actress that I really miss working with you. I’ve always enjoyed it, it’s always fun, and I don’t know if there’s anyone else on set that people care more about collectively. People really care about you, and I think they care about you because you care about them. And that’s a really amazing trait. I love you, happy anniversary. I hope to continue to do this with you for another 20 years.”

Courtney Hope (Sally Spectra), congratulated Heinle and noted how honored she was to have inherited her dressing room from her costar and showed the door with notes written on it. “It’s been a privilege to look at it every day and be reminded of how wonderful you are,” she added.

Michelle Stafford, who recently celebrated her 35th anniversary on the show, told a story about how she remembered Heinle’s first day on set and her auditions. “I remember because I read with you, every single audition. And there is already a very famous story of you taking your script and discarding it and scaring the sh*t out of me,” she laughed. Stafford noted that actors always hold their script in case they need to refer to it, but Heinle just tossed hers to the side. “But you killed it. And I did your screen test with you, and you killed it. And you continue to kill it. And you’re an amazing mom,” she began to say but choked up with tears. As Stafford tried to continue to compliment Heinle on her parenting and said she cried because she loved her so much, Joshua Morrow wandered through the door behind her. As Stafford tried to explain that she was crying while trying to do their costar’s anniversary message, Morrow made her laugh instead as he snuck up behind her.

For his message, Morrow said he would slay dragons for her and that they were lucky to have her on the show. Melody Thomas Scott, who plays Victoria’s mom, Nikki Newman, expressed her love and how she also recalled Heinle’s first day on set and meeting her for the first time. She shared that Heinle had a beautiful aura, and she would do anything for her, and thought everyone else at The Young and the Restless would do the same.

Last but not least, The Young and the Restless star Eric Braeden (Victor Newman) called Heinle one of the sweetest people he knew and complimented her sense of humor. “You have contributed enormously to this show,” he added before blowing her a kiss.

You can watch the entire video and all of the messages from Heinle's castmates, as well as some clips of her first scenes on the show here:

Watch Amelia Heinle on The Young and the Restless weekdays on CBS or stream on Paramount Plus.