31 Facts About Eden Riegel

Eden Sonja Jane Riegel was born on January 1,1981 and is an American actress.

Eden Riegel portrayed Bianca Montgomery in the daytime drama All My Children, and propelled the character into a gay icon, as well as a popular figure within the medium.

Eden Riegel assumed the role of Heather Stevens on The Young and the Restless from April 2010 to November 2011.

Eden Riegel graduated from the Professional Children's School and attended Harvard University, with ambitions to become a lawyer, but later left the institution.

From July 2000 to February 2005, Eden Riegel portrayed the role of Bianca Montgomery on the American ABC soap opera All My Children; Bianca was the daughter of the show's central character, Erica Kane.

Eden Riegel was nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series and won the award in 2005.

Eden Riegel won two Soap Opera Digest Awards in 2001 for Outstanding Female Newcomer.

Eden Riegel then moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue other acting ventures.

Eden Riegel made a brief return to the soap opera when Bianca's mother married in May 2005, and returned for an extended stay from December 16,2005, to January 10,2006.

Eden Riegel returned again for a short visit from May 24,2006, until mid-June, in a storyline connected with Bianca's sister Kendall's pregnancy and coma.

Eden Riegel commuted back and forth between her home and family in Los Angeles and New York, where All My Children tapes.

In 2008, Eden Riegel agreed to return to All My Children with Tamara Braun.

Eden Riegel's return was partly to minimize the effect of Alicia Minshew's absence on the show while Minshew took a two-month hiatus to get married.

Eden Riegel left the show again in February 2009, but confirmed in an interview with Soap Opera Digest that she would be returning in spring 2009 to conclude the Reese and Bianca story.

In 2010, Eden Riegel returned for a short-term stint for All My Children's 40th anniversary.

The character had been cited as too iconic to recast, but in 2010, Eden Riegel decided to permanently exit the role, and plans to recast were subsequently confirmed.

However, on February 22,2013, it was announced that Eden Riegel would be reprising her role as Bianca in guest-arc on the Prospect Park's brief continuation of All My Children.

Eden Riegel sang and did voice acting work in the film The Prince of Egypt.

In 2008, Eden Riegel joined the cast of Year One, a Harold Ramis film that stars Jack Black and Michael Cera.

In 2008, Riegel starred in the web series Imaginary Bitches, portraying the role of "Eden", a single girl who deals with the lonely reality that her best friends are all in serious relationships by creating some imaginary friends.

In 2010, Eden Riegel took over the role of Heather Stevens on The Young and the Restless.

Eden Riegel guest-starred on ABC's Castle, portraying the distraught sister of a man who is killed in the episode.

Eden Riegel's older brother, Sam, is a voice actor and voice director in various animated shows and video games, and her half-sister, Tatiana, is an Oscar-nominated film editor for various television shows and films.

Eden Riegel discussed the portrayal of Bianca with Tatiana, who is a lesbian, and with the producers of All My Children, in order to ensure that the character was not a stereotype.

In March 2007, Eden Riegel became engaged to actor Andrew Miller, who had been a high school classmate of Cameron Mathison's.

Miller and Eden Riegel married on September 30,2007, and their first son, Jack Oscar Miller, was born on May 21,2011.

In June 2013, Eden Riegel announced on Twitter that she was expecting her second child, a boy.

Eden Riegel's second son, Henry Isaac Miller, was born on December 20,2013.

Eden Riegel is a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and is a close friend of actresses Rebecca Budig, Alicia Minshew, and Elizabeth Hendrickson.

Eden Riegel was nominated for her work on Imaginary Bitches in the Best Individual Performance category.

Eden Riegel was announced on May 5,2009, as the winner of the Best Individual Performance People's Voice Award.