Veleka Gray is a professional actress, acting coach, writer, and producer with credits in film, television, and Broadway. Her most recent screen roles are as Eleanor in "Flood Streets" and as Dr. Souza in "Flag of My Father."
As an actress on afternoon television, she set a record by starring in nine different roles in six soap operas, seven of which were contract roles, more than any other actor in daytime drama. Her best-remembered parts include Lyla Montgomery on "As the World Turns" and the unusual dual role of Ruby Collins and Dr. Sharon Reaves on "The Young & The Restless." She is the only actress in soap history to play two roles on the same show at the same time that were not related in any way.
During the fifteen years she was on daytime, she was also a judge for the National Emmy Awards and is a member of the Academy. In 2009 she signed on as executive producer of the award-winning short film "Halfway" and has several other projects in development for 2010.
