Tina Sloan (born February 1, 1943) is an American actress, best known for originating and playing the part of nurse Lillian Raines on the CBS daytime drama Guiding Light from 1983 until the show's final broadcast in 2009. Her previous leading roles on daytime television have included scheming Kate Thornton Cannell on Somerset (1974–76), troubled Patti Barron McCleary on Search for Tomorrow (1976–78), and Dr. Olivia Delaney on Another World (1980–81). Sloan's role as Lillian Raines endeared her and over the years, Lillian became one of the show's "guiding lights," a noble woman whose troubled past made her stronger and kept her morally grounded. Sloan has published three books, "Changing Shoes," a nonfiction book about aging gracefully and with humor, and two fiction books in her romance thriller series, "Chasing Cleopatra," and "Chasing Othello." Early life and career Sloan attended The Ursuline School and Manhattanville College. Sloan studied acting with Bob McAndrew and Warren Robertson. Artistic career In addition to her daytime television drama career (above), Sloan has appeared in the following films: Black Swan (2010) Happy New Year (2010) Oh My Love (2010) The Brave One (2007) Well Fed and Comfortable (2006) The Guru (2002) Changing Lanes (2002) People I Know (2002) The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) Celebrity (1998) She has also appeared in the following television shows: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Camilla Hartnell on "Privilege" episode (2003) Third Watch as Celeste Malcolm-Queeg, Episode 2.20 "Man Enough" (2001) Wide World Mystery as Donna in "Too Easy to Kill" (1975) Sloan appeared in the web series Venice: The Series. In 2014, she played Louise Cassell in the soap opera web series Beacon Hill. She has appeared in the following plays: Changing Shoes, touring the U.S. and off-Broadway, NYC Mine, off-Broadway, NYC The Labor Party, off-off Broadway, NYC Chasing Cleopatra Sloan's first work of fiction is a novel of love, betrayal, and suspense called Chasing Cleopatra (), published February 1, 2020. A perfect cocktail of spy, thriller and romance which takes place in Honolulu over Christmas 2011. Chasing Othello Sloan's second book in the series, Chasing Othello, takes place in Honolulu, again, but goes far beyond to the deserts of Dubai with the same cast of characters with a new villain hiding in plain sight sets out to destroy Cleopatra. Chasing Othello is another perfect cocktail of spy, thriller and romance. Published December 2022 Changing Shoes