<P> Rowell began her career as a ballet dancer and model , before making her acting debut in the 1987 comedy film , Leonard Part 6 . In 1990 , Rowell joined the cast of the CBS daytime soap opera , The Young and the Restless , as Drucilla Winters , her signature and longest role on television , for which she was nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards . She departed from the show in 2007 . Rowell is also well known for her role as Dr. Amanda Bentley in the CBS medical crime drama Diagnosis : Murder ( 1993 - 2001 ) . From 1993 to 2000 , she appeared on both series simultaneously . </P>
<P> Rowell began her career as a ballet dancer and model , before making her acting debut in the 1987 comedy film , Leonard Part 6 . In 1990 , Rowell joined the cast of the CBS daytime soap opera , The Young and the Restless , as Drucilla Winters , her signature and longest role on television , for which she was nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards . She departed from the show in 2007 . Rowell is also well known for her role as Dr. Amanda Bentley in the CBS medical crime drama Diagnosis : Murder ( 1993 - 2001 ) . From 1993 to 2000 , she appeared on both series simultaneously . </P>
who played drusilla on the young and the restless
who played drusilla on the young and the restless
Rowell
Rowell