<P> Christel Adnana Mina Khalil (born November 30, 1987) is an American actress . </P> <P> Khalil was born in Los Angeles, California, to an African American, Native American and European American mother and a Pakistani father . Khalil has stated she identifies as mixed race . She has three older brothers and a younger half sister, through her father . In January 2017, in the wake of President Donald Trump's signing of Executive Order 13769, Khalil revealed that her father is an immigrant from his native country of Pakistan . </P> <P> Khalil is best known for her portrayal as Lily Winters Ashby on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless . At the 39th Daytime Emmy Awards on June 23, 2012, she won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series . To date, she is the only minority actress in Daytime Emmy history to do so . </P> <P> Khalil has had small roles in movies such as Dragon Fury, Matilda, Interview With the Assassin and White Like the Moon . She voiced Cornelia Hale in W.I.T.C.H., and also appeared on That's So Raven and Malcolm in the Middle, among other shows . Khalil also performed in Los Angeles theater productions before landing her role on The Young and the Restless . In 2012, she was featured in musician Johnny Britt's music video for his single Beautiful Queen . </P>

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