Gina Tognoni#Filmography

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|11|28|mf=y}}

| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

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Actress
businesswoman

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| television = {{Plainlist |

One Life to Live (1995–2002, 2010–2011)
Guiding Light (2004–2009)
The Young and the Restless (2014–2019)

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| yearsactive = 1995–present

| spouse = {{Marriage|Joseph Chiarello|2009}}

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Gina Tognoni {{IPAc-en|t|oʊ|n|ˈ|j|oʊ|n|i}} (born November 28, 1973) is an American actress, best known for her work with American daytime soap operas. Her most notable performances include Kelly Cramer on One Life to Live, Dinah Marler on Guiding Light and Phyllis Summers on The Young and the Restless.

Career

Tognoni is known for her roles on daytime television soap operas. In 1995, she made her soap debut as Kelly Cramer in ABC's One Life to Live. She appeared on the show until 2001. In April 2001, it was announced that Tognoni, after six years with the show, had decided not to renew her contract with the series.{{cite web |url=http://www.soapcentral.com/oltl/news/2001/0409-tognoni.php |title=Tognoni to end six-year stay in Llanview |last=Kroll |first=Dan J. |publisher=SoapCentral |access-date=June 28, 2012 |date=2001-04-01}} Tognoni returned to daytime television as Dinah Marler on CBS's Guiding Light in July 2004, and won her first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2006 for her work on the show. In 2007, she was nominated again in the same category but lost to Genie Francis. She won her second Emmy in 2008, becoming only the second actress to be a repeat winner in the Supporting Actress category.

In 2009, after CBS canceled Guiding Light, Tognoni returned to her role as Kelly Cramer on One Life to Live. Also it was reported that Tognoni was in talks with several soaps for her post-Guiding Light gig.{{cite web |url=http://www.soapcentral.com/gl/news/2009/0608-tognoni.php |title=Gina Tognoni close to deciding on her post-GL career |last=Kroll |first=Dan J.|publisher=SoapCentral |access-date=June 28, 2012 |date=2009-06-08}} Following the April 2011 cancelation of One Life to Live and All My Children,{{cite web |url=http://soapoperadigest.com/content/amc-and-oltl-canceled |title=AMC and OLTL Canceled |work=Soap Opera Digest |publisher=Soapoperadigest.com |access-date=June 28, 2012 |date=2011-04-14}} it was announced that Tognoni and co-star Tom Degnan, who was portraying Joey Buchanan at the time, would exit the series before its January 2012 finale.{{cite web |url=http://soapcentral.com/oltl/news/2011/0607-degnan_tognoni.php |title=Gina Tognoni, Tom Degnan exiting OLTL this summer |last=Kroll |first=Dan J. |publisher=SoapCentral |access-date=June 28, 2012 |date=2011-06-07}}{{cite web |url=http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/is-gina-tognoni-headed-out-of-one-life-to-live-early/2011/05/31/ |title=Is Gina Tognoni headed out of One Life to Live early? |last=Fairman |first=Michael |work=Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps |access-date=June 28, 2012 |date=2011-05-31 |archive-date=2013-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210132338/http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/is-gina-tognoni-headed-out-of-one-life-to-live-early/2011/05/31/ |url-status=dead }} In addition to her career on soaps, Tognoni had guest-starring roles in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and The Sopranos, and co-starred in a number of television shows and independent films.

On May 22, 2014, it was announced that Tognoni was cast as Phyllis Summers in CBS's The Young and the Restless, replacing Michelle Stafford. Tognoni made her debut on August 11, 2014.{{cite web|title=GINA TOGNONI IS Y&R'S NEW PHYLLIS!|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/gina-tognoni-yrs-new-phyllis|work=Soap Opera Digest|publisher=American Media, Inc.|access-date=May 22, 2014|author=SOD|date=May 22, 2014}}{{cite web|last=Logan|first=Michael|title=Exclusive: Gina Tognoni Joins The Young and the Restless|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Gina-Tognoni-Young-Restless-1082142.aspx|work=TV Guide|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=May 22, 2014|date=May 22, 2014}}

At the 42nd Daytime Emmy Awards in 2015, Tognoni was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress for her role as Phyllis Summers. At the 44th Daytime Emmy Awards in 2017, she was again nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress for which she won. On March 30, 2019, it was announced that Tognoni would be leaving The Young and the Restless, following the decision to fire her while in contract and return Stafford to the role.{{cite news |author=SOD |author-link=Soap Opera Digest |title=Huge Y&R Casting News! Gina Tognoni Out; Michelle Stafford In! |url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/huge-y-michelle-stafford-in1/ |access-date=March 30, 2019 |work=Soap Opera Digest |agency=Odyssey Magazine Publishing Group Inc. |publisher=American Media, Inc. |date=March 30, 2019 |location=United States }} Tognoni's last appearance in the role aired on June 7, 2019.{{cite web |author=SOD |author-link=Soap Opera Digest |title=Gina Tognoni Wraps Y&R Run |url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/gina-tognoni-wraps-yr-run/ |website=Soap Opera Digest |publisher=American Media, Inc. |access-date=June 7, 2019 |location=United States |date=June 7, 2019 }}

Personal life

Tognoni was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She won Miss Rhode Island Teen USA in 1991 and Miss Rhode Island Teen All-American in 1993.{{cite web | url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/gina-tognoni/bio/211121 | title=Gina Tognoni: Biography | publisher=TV Guide | access-date=7 October 2014}} Tognoni became engaged to Joseph Chiarello on November 21, 2007. She was introduced to him by her co-star Beth Ehlers.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} The two were married May 16, 2009.

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" \|+ List of acting performances in film and television
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1995–2002, 2010–2011 \| One Life to Live \| Kelly Cramer \| Series regular
2002 \| Pride & Loyalty \| Stephanie \|
2003 \| Fastlane \| Gabriella \| Episode: "Iced"
2003 \| This Time Around \| Cara Cabot \| Television film
2003 \| Phenomenon II \| Officer Claire \| Television film
2004–2009 \| Guiding Light \| Dinah Marler \| Series regular
2005 \| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit \| Officer Kristen Vaill \| Episode: "Goliath"
2005 \| Art \| Barbara \| Short film
2006 \| The Sopranos \| Catherine Lipman \| Episode: "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh"
2009 \| Venice: The Series \| Sami Nelson \| Web series
2011 \| In the Family \| Nurse Jackson \|
2014–2019 \|The Young and the Restless \| Phyllis Summers \| Series regular

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

|+ List of acting performances in film and television

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1995–2002, 2010–2011

| One Life to Live

| Kelly Cramer

| Series regular

2002

| Pride & Loyalty

| Stephanie

2003

| Fastlane

| Gabriella

| Episode: "Iced"

2003

| This Time Around

| Cara Cabot

| Television film

2003

| Phenomenon II

| Officer Claire

| Television film

2004–2009

| Guiding Light

| Dinah Marler

| Series regular

2005

| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

| Officer Kristen Vaill

| Episode: "Goliath"

2005

| Art

| Barbara

| Short film

2006

| The Sopranos

| Catherine Lipman

| Episode: "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh"

2009

| Venice: The Series

| Sami Nelson

| Web series

2011

| In the Family

| Nurse Jackson

2014–2019

|The Young and the Restless

| Phyllis Summers

| Series regular

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" \|+List of acting awards and nominations for Gina Tognoni
Year ! Award ! Category ! Title ! Result ! class="unsortable" \| {{abbr\|Ref.\|References}}
{{center\|1996}} \| Soap Opera Digest Award \| Outstanding Female Newcomer \|One Life to Live \| {{nom}} \|
{{center\|1997}} \| Soap Opera Digest Award \| Outstanding Younger Lead Actress \|One Life to Live \| {{nom}} \|
{{center\|1998}} \| Soap Opera Digest Award \| Outstanding Younger Lead Actress \|One Life to Live \| {{nom}} \|
{{center\|2005}} \| Soap Opera Digest Award \| Favorite Return \|Guiding Light \| {{nom}} \|
{{center\|2006}} \| Daytime Emmy Award \| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series \|Guiding Light \| {{won}} \|{{center\|{{cite news\|title=Ellen DeGeneres repeats sweep of Daytime Emmys\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W_srAAAAIBAJ&dq=33rd%20daytime%20emmy&pg=3422%2C2952633\|access-date=May 6, 2013\|newspaper=Kentucky New Era\|publisher=Taylor W. Hayes\|date=May 1, 2006\|agency=Associated Press\|page=8\|location=Los Angeles}}}}
{{center\|2007}} \| Daytime Emmy Award \| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series \|Guiding Light \| {{nom}} \| {{center\|{{cite web \|last=Bonawitz \|first=Amy \|title=34th Annual Daytime Emmy Winners \|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/34th-annual-daytime-emmy-winners/ \|work=CBS News \|access-date=January 8, 2013 \|date=February 11, 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928061953/http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-207_162-2567033.html \|archive-date=September 28, 2013 \|location=New York City \|url-status=live }}}}
{{center\|2008}} \| Daytime Emmy Award \| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series \|Guiding Light \| {{won}} \| {{center\|{{cite web \|last=Silverman \|first=Stephen M. \|title=Ellen DeGeneres, Tyra Banks Win Daytime Emmys \|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20208186,00.html \|work=People \|publisher=Time Inc. \|access-date=May 7, 2013 \|date=June 21, 2008 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531095951/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20208186,00.html \|archive-date=May 31, 2013 \|location=New York City \|url-status=dead }}}}
{{center\|2015}} \| Daytime Emmy Award \| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series \| The Young and the Restless \| {{nom}} \| {{center\|{{cite web \|title=The 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations \|url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_42nd_nominations.pdf \|publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences \|access-date=March 31, 2015 \|date=March 31, 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093445/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_42nd_nominations.pdf \|archive-date=April 2, 2015 \|location=New York \|url-status=dead }}}}
{{center\|2017}} \| Daytime Emmy Award \| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series \| The Young and the Restless \| {{Won}} \| {{center\|{{cite web \|title=The 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations \|url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_44th_nominations_v01.pdf \|publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences \|access-date=March 22, 2017 \|date=March 22, 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323053802/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_44th_nominations_v01.pdf \|archive-date=March 23, 2017 \|location=New York City \|url-status=dead }}}}

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|+List of acting awards and nominations for Gina Tognoni

Year

! Award

! Category

! Title

! Result

! class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|References}}

| Soap Opera Digest Award

| Outstanding Female Newcomer

|One Life to Live

| {{nom}}

| Soap Opera Digest Award

| Outstanding Younger Lead Actress

|One Life to Live

| {{nom}}

| Soap Opera Digest Award

| Outstanding Younger Lead Actress

|One Life to Live

| {{nom}}

| Soap Opera Digest Award

| Favorite Return

|Guiding Light

| {{nom}}

| Daytime Emmy Award

| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

|Guiding Light

| {{won}}

|{{center|{{cite news|title=Ellen DeGeneres repeats sweep of Daytime Emmys|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W_srAAAAIBAJ&dq=33rd%20daytime%20emmy&pg=3422%2C2952633|access-date=May 6, 2013|newspaper=Kentucky New Era|publisher=Taylor W. Hayes|date=May 1, 2006|agency=Associated Press|page=8|location=Los Angeles}}}}

| Daytime Emmy Award

| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

|Guiding Light

| {{nom}}

| {{center|{{cite web |last=Bonawitz |first=Amy |title=34th Annual Daytime Emmy Winners |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/34th-annual-daytime-emmy-winners/ |work=CBS News |access-date=January 8, 2013 |date=February 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928061953/http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-207_162-2567033.html |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |location=New York City |url-status=live }}}}

| Daytime Emmy Award

| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

|Guiding Light

| {{won}}

| {{center|{{cite web |last=Silverman |first=Stephen M. |title=Ellen DeGeneres, Tyra Banks Win Daytime Emmys |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20208186,00.html |work=People |publisher=Time Inc. |access-date=May 7, 2013 |date=June 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531095951/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20208186,00.html |archive-date=May 31, 2013 |location=New York City |url-status=dead }}}}

| Daytime Emmy Award

| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

| The Young and the Restless

| {{nom}}

| {{center|{{cite web |title=The 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations |url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_42nd_nominations.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=March 31, 2015 |date=March 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093445/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_42nd_nominations.pdf |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |location=New York |url-status=dead }}}}

| Daytime Emmy Award

| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

| The Young and the Restless

| {{Won}}

| {{center|{{cite web |title=The 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations |url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_44th_nominations_v01.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=March 22, 2017 |date=March 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323053802/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_44th_nominations_v01.pdf |archive-date=March 23, 2017 |location=New York City |url-status=dead }}}}