{"id":113661,"date":"2025-11-02T06:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T06:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/113661\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T06:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T06:59:10","slug":"the-young-and-the-restless-star-channels-kristen-bell-for-drastic-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/113661\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Young and the Restless\u2019 Star Channels Kristen Bell For Drastic Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Young and the Restless star Melissa Ordway (Abby)<\/a> just debuted a new look.<\/p>\n

Ordway was inspired by Kristen Bell\u2019s<\/a> latest look in the Netflix hit Nobody Wants This.<\/a> The Hollywood A-lister<\/a> opted to forgo her blond locks for a darker do for Season 2 of the show.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfacSIGN UP for Parade’s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox\ud83c\udfac<\/a><\/p>\n

Taking to Instagram, Ordway revealed she, too, has made a major change thanks to Bell. Gone are the soap star\u2019s blond locks, and instead she showed off a darker look with some blond highlights.<\/p>\n

Ordway is stunning in the photo, but it is definitely a whole new style for the actress.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did a thing\u2026 \ud83e\udd0e, was inspired by @kristenanniebell in @nobodywantsthisofficial but having second thoughts\u2026. Be honest, do I keep or go way more blonde? \ud83e\udd78\ud83d\ude33,\u201d she asked in the caption of her Instagram post.<\/p>\n

The Young and the Restless<\/a> beauty got a ton of replies in the comments section. Many of the comments were from her co-stars giving their two cents on her new hairstyle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI loveeee it \ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d,\u201d wrote Courtney Hope (Sally). Ordway\u2019s on-screen mom Eileen Davidson (Ashley)<\/a> chimed in, saying, \u201cLOVE IT! You can always go back later!\u201d<\/p>\n

Tracey Bregman (Lauren) shared, \u201cLove it!!!\ud83d\ude0d\u201d and Michelle Stafford (Phyllis) expressed, \u201cYou look AMAZING!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n

Actress Jana Kramer<\/a> called Ordway \u201cStunning \u2764\ufe0f\u201d, while Faith Ford stated, \u201cI love it!!! Gorgeous!\u2728\ud83d\udcab\u2728.\u201d<\/p>\n

Related: \u2018The Young and the Restless\u2019 Fans Screaming: \u2018No Need\u2019 After Latest Twist<\/a><\/p>\n

Fans also weighed in on Ordway\u2019s new style, and the consensus was that it\u2019s a keeper.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udd25. Just stunning. You look great. Any hair style you will look fabulous lovely lady. \u2764\ufe0f\u201d said a fan. One fan added, \u201cIt looks beautiful on you! Especially for the fall season. \ud83c\udf41\ud83c\udf42.\u201d<\/p>\n

A different fan shared, \u201cSo pretty!! That color makes you glow!!!\u201d Another fan wrote, \u201cLove it!! \ud83d\ude0d Perfect for the season! You can go back to blonde \ud83d\udc71\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f for summer!\u201d<\/p>\n

More fan comments included, \u201cLove!!!\u201d \u201cYou look fabulous!!! \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\ude4c\ud83d\udd25\u201d and ” Omg. This is so Beautiful on you. \u2665\ufe0f\u201d<\/p>\n

Ordway is currently recurring on the hit CBS soap<\/a>,<\/a>\u00a0popping up every now and then as Abby. She will be on-screen soon, though, because she was featured in the cast\u2019s Halloween dance video<\/a> that came out this week.<\/p>\n

The Young and the Restless airs weekdays on CBS.<\/p>\n

Next: \u2018The Bold and the Beautiful\u2019s Scott Clifton Fiercely Defends Co-Star Against Criticism<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Parade<\/a> on Nov 1, 2025, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Young and the Restless star Melissa Ordway (Abby) just debuted a new look. Ordway was inspired by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[81054,81053,156,26454,81052,111,139,69,74568,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-113661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-blond-highlights","9":"tag-blond-locks","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-kristen-bell","12":"tag-melissa-ordway","13":"tag-new-zealand","14":"tag-newzealand","15":"tag-nz","16":"tag-the-young-and-the-restless","17":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}