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
39th Daytime Emmy Awards
39th Daytime Emmy Awards
Christel Khalil