<Tr> <Th> Aunts </Th> <Td> Victoria Newman (adoptive) Abby Newman (adoptive) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First cousins </Th> <Td> Eve Nicole Howard (adoptive) Reed Hellstrom (adoptive) Johnny Abbott (adoptive) Connor Newman (adoptive) Katie Newman (adoptive) Christian Newman (adoptive) </Td> </Tr> <P> Cassie Newman is a fictional character from the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless . Portrayed by Camryn Grimes, the character was first introduced in 1997 by William J. Bell as the biological daughter of Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) whom she previously gave up for adoption . Grace Turner (Jennifer Gareis), Sharon's best friend, originally tracked Cassie down in hopes of reuniting her with Sharon, but later decided to keep the girl for herself; a year passed before Sharon learned Cassie was her daughter, regaining custody with her husband Nicholas Newman (Joshua Morrow), who adopted her and became her father by law . </P> <P> In 2005, the producers decided to kill off Cassie by having her die from injuries sustained in a car accident . The character's death was felt in storyline for years to follow, leading to the dissolution of her parents' marriage and numerous events thereafter . Grimes continued to recur in the role throughout the years following her character's death, usually in dreams or as a hallucination to the mentally ill . Grimes' final return as Cassie's ghost was over the course of 2013 to 2014, during which the actress would return to The Young and the Restless as a main cast member, as Cassie's previously unknown twin sister, Mariah Copeland . Grimes was the subject of universal acclaim for her portrayal of Cassie, becoming the youngest recipient of the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in 2000, at age 10 . </P>

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