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The Young and the Restless Hires Yani Gellman to Play Rafael! Monday, November 24 2008

Soaps.com readers, it looks like the role of Billy's friend, the hottie lawyer, Rafael, has been cast with actor Yani Gellman! We don't know much about the new Y&R character, other than the fact that Billy will bring him to town to help with a legal issue facing members of Lily's family. Billy, of course, is trying to score points with Lily by helping out.

Yani was born in Miami, Florida, and after moving around a bit, including stays in Spain and Australia, his family settled in Toronto, Canada.

The young actor started out in the business appearing on kids programs such as "Goosebumps" and "Animorphs," and eventually moving on to do film work, notably, "Urban Legends: Final Cut," "Jason X," and "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" with Hillary Duff!

Yani speaks Spanish, and holds a University degree in Political Science!

Soaps.com would like to welcome Yani to The Young and the Restless! We look forward to meeting his character, Rafe, this week!