B&B’s Daytime Emmy Winner Lisa Yamada Previews Her Role in ‘Legally Blonde’ Prequel ‘Elle’
Earlier this year, it was announced that The Bold and the Beautiful’s recent Daytime Emmy winner, Lisa Yamada (Luna Nozawa) would be featured in the cast of Prime Video’s prequel to the smash hit comedy, Legally Blonde, called Elle, named after the central character. The series is due out in the summer of 2026.
Yamada, who last month took home the Daytime Emmy in the new Outstanding Emerging Talent Category, and became the first Asian-American performer from a network daytime drama to win an Emmy award, will be seen in the role Amber, a Bel Air high school friend in Elle’s social circle.
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This week, during Lisa’s appearance on Soapy Hosted by Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart, now in its second season, along with her best friend and B&B co-star, Christian Weissmann (Remy Pryce), she spoke about filming Elle and more.
Lisa shared, “It was one of the best wardrobe departments I’ve ever worked with. I mean, just dripping in Hermes and Dolce Gabbana and Gucci. My character is like,’Daddy’s Amex is gonna pay for it.” It was a lot of fun. It was so completely different from what I do on The Bold and the Beautiful. So, it was was refreshing. The budget of the show was crazy. We shut down Rodeo Drive. We were on DeuxMoi!”
For those who do not know DeuxMoi, it’s a very popular (with over 2.3 million followers) anonymous Instagram account and website that publishes unverified celebrity gossip submitted by followers. It is a modern equivalent to the raw, unfiltered, and sometimes questionable ‘inside scoop’ style of early gossip blogs, often generating significant buzz and discussion on social media platforms like Reddit.”
Check out Lisa and Christian on Soapy below, and for more, make sure to check out the Michael Fairman Channel’s recent livestream with the duo here.
Now let us know, are you looking forward to seeing Lisa in a departure from her villainess role on The Bold and the Beautiful in the dramedy series, Elle? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.
