Michelle Stafford is an American actress, screenwriter, and producer. With two Day Time Emmy’s in her back pocket for her time on the American soap opera, The Young and the Restless for her role as Phyllis Summers, she then went onto to create her own web series The Stafford Project.

In October 1994, Stafford began what was supposed to be a short term role of Phyllis Summers on the American CBS Daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless; however, her work impressed the producers and she was placed on a full-time contract. After leaving the show, she was cast in Aaron Spelling prime time soap opera Pacific Palisades as the lead. She later guest-starred in Two Guys and a Girl, Diagnosis: Murder, and JAG. She also guest-starred in hit television shows such as Frasier, Charmed, and Ringer. This lead her to launch her web series, The Stafford Project, based on her personal life, with the first episode premiering on her YouTube.

Her outstanding contribution to soap operas is one to be admired, as she is continually called back to such shows. In 2014, Stafford returned to daytime television with the role of Nina Clay, the wife of Dr. Silas Clay on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. In 2019 it was announced she would be returning to The Young and the Restless. In television, Stafford is key to an outstanding cast, constantly bringing energy and enthusiasm in all of the characters she portrays.