The Bay. She portrays Dr. Grace Drum, a psychiatrist. Brown first appeared in a summer special "Far From The Bay", and continued on in the series' second season. Brown returned to the role of Sheila on B&B from 2017–2018 and again in August 2021. Brown and her husband, Gary Pelzer, are small-business owners; they own and run an avocado farm in California. Politics Brown is a Republican. In 2016, Brown was a speaker at the 2016 Republican National Convention on the night Donald Trump was officially nominated as the party's candidate for President of the United States. After her speech, Brown got extremely emotional to Fox Business Network over what her vocal support for Donald Trump and his policies might do to her career and the treatment she had received since it was announced she would be a speaker at the convention. In October 2017, Brown formally announced her candidacy as a Republican for California's 36th congressional district, challenging Democrat Raul Ruiz in the November 2018 election. She lost the election, receiving 40.98% of the vote to Ruiz's 59.2%. Personal life Brown was born in Hayward, California, and raised in San Diego. She has been married to Gary Pelzer since May 1991. They have two children, Alexes Marie and Nicholas. Filmography Film Television References External links The Young and the Restless: Joshua Morrow and Kimberlin Brown at Mammoth Mountain Invitational! – The Young and the Restless News – Soaps.com ] 1961 births 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Actresses from California American actor-politicians American film actresses American soap opera actresses American television actresses California Republicans Living people People from Hayward, California People from San Diego Candidates in the 2018 United States elections