Ever since her 2005 departure from Y&R sister show, The Bold and the Beautiful viewers wondered if we would ever see Frantz and her quirky, colorful, yet popular character Ambrosia “Amber” Moore grace our television sets once again. Well last fall that question was answered when once again Frantz brought Amber back to daytime, determined to make her home in Genoa City rather than Los Angeles.

One would think that you would bring the popular character fans associate you with back to the show of origin right? So why did Frantz choose The Young and the Restless when B&B producer Bradley Bell has stated he would welcome her back with open arms? “I know this is something that performers in daytime typically do not do,” she remarks, “but after having dinner with the execs at Y&R and listening to the plans they had for Amber, I thought it would be fun to take this character and play her with a whole bunch of new and different characters.”

Considering the character had no ties whatsoever to the new show, was that very fact a concern for the talented actress? “Honestly, I don’t think so,” Franz reflects. “Amber has always been an island character, even when she was on The Bold and the Beautiful. At one point Amber did have a family, but she has always been her own little character and living and surviving on her own means…. I think by bringing her to a show where she does not really share a history with anyone you are giving the character more of an opportunity to interact with other characters she may not otherwise interact or associate with…besides as an actress it is more fun to be able to work with all the cast and not just a select few,” she continued. “At least Amber is not related to anyone and doesn’t have to worry about marrying the child she is a nanny for,” laughs Frantz (about her character’s colorful past on B&B).

The only character Amber has any sort of connection with from The Bold and the Beautiful is the character of Lauren Fenmore, played by Tracey Bregman who in turn actually brought the character of Lauren to B&B at one point in time. “You know Tracey and I talked about that when I first started on the show,” the actress says. “We honestly could not remember what our characters history was with one another.” The one thing Frantz did remember about her connection with Bregman’s character Lauren was their victimization at the hands of psycho nurse, Sheila Carter.  It was the nutty nurse that fans thought first brought Amber to town.

Amber landed in Genoa City about the time talk began to pick up steam that nutty nurse Sheila Carter was actually alive, well and could be living in Genoa City. This led viewers to wonder whether or not Amber and Sheila were in cahoots with one another to make Lauren’s life absolutely miserable. 

“I began to think that the writers might actually be going in that direction with Amber,” Frantz confesses with a chuckle. “Honestly though, I am very glad that they did not connect Amber and Sheila together. Think about it, why would Amber agree to help Sheila when Sheila also made her life miserable?”

However, Amber’s time away from Los Angeles and her past shenanigans were revealed thanks in part to her former mother-in-law Brooke Logan (who made a trip from B&B to expose her former daughter-in-law) and a little thing called porn, which Amber starred in during her time in Sin City. But a little thing like porn wouldn’t keep her from becoming a member of Genoa City’s elite would it? Not if your name is Ambrosia Moore! Once Amber learned that Jill’s real son was alive, well and living out there somewhere, she made it her mission to locate him and live her life rolling in money.

Little did Amber know that the dashing Aussie, she hired and convinced to play Phillip Chancellor III, was indeed the real heir to the Chancellor dynasty. “I really loved playing that storyline. I was like a little sponge and learned so much from Jess (Walton, Jill) and Jeanne (Cooper, Katherine),” says Frantz. “Those two are such class acts and are very, very talented. I feel we had such great chemistry with one another from the very start of this storyline.”

Additionally, there are two things Frantz really enjoyed about this storyline, particularly the way the writers of Y&R remained true to the character’s history. “I loved how the writers at Y&R stayed true to Amber and the fact that she always kind of gravitated towards the older characters, especially Stephanie Forrester on B&B,” she reveals.

Okay, so now I’m betting you want to know what the other thing was Frantz really enjoyed about this storyline. Perhaps it was working with the dashing Daniel Goddard who played Frantz’s onscreen hubby, Phillip Chancellor III, aka Cane. Judging by the laughter coming through the other end of the phone, you can bet that Frantz’s answer was, “Yes, a resounding Yes. I thoroughly enjoyed working opposite Daniel. We have amazing chemistry together and really get into our scenes with one another….it is hard to find people like that on different levels.”

Too bad Cane and Amber have parted ways and are looking to move on with others. But Adrianne doesn’t think its totally over either. “I think Cane and Amber have something very special,” says Frantz. “There is something with Cane and Amber…an undying love (Frantz calls it)….I really do think that these two characters love each other but they both know how messed up it has all been.”  So could Amber and Cane end up making another trip down the aisle at some point in the future? “I could definitely see Cane and Amber getting back together in the future,” hints Frantz with a laugh.  But in the meantime, perhaps one of Genoa City’s recent bachelors may try to catch Amber’s eye.

Ever since her debut on the show, Amber (and Frantz) has found a kindred soul in Daniel Romalotti (and fellow co-star Michael Grazidei). “It is nice to see the show exploring a friendship between Amber and Daniel,” Frantz says. “Daniel is Amber’s best friend and confidante and they have not even done anything,” she continues with a laugh. From their interactions and shenanigans, it is obvious that Amber and Daniel are having fun with one another…but what about the actors and their co-stars? You betcha……

“I love working with Michael and we have been friends in real life prior to my coming on the show,” she says. “Michael, Greg (Rikkart, Kevin) and I always have so much fun when we get to interact with one another….we call ourselves the 3 stooges,” Frantz says with a laugh. 

You know what they say, the best romances start when lovers are friends first.  Might that be the case for Daniel and Amber? “Hmmmm,” Frantz says slyly. 

Or perhaps another man other than Cane and Daniel is waiting in the wings, a man by the name of Kevin Fisher? Hmmm just think of all the havoc Amber and Kevin could wreak throughout Genoa City if these two ended up as an item. “You never know,” she says. “That’s the beauty about being on a show where your character is not tied to anyone the possibilities are endless.”

And the possibilities are endless for Frantz, outside of daytime as well. “My mom and I laugh because I knew I wanted to sing and act at a very young age,” says Frantz.  “At the age of two I told her I was going to be Barbara Streisand,” she continues with a laugh. 

It was that love for acting, singing and just plain entertaining audiences that allowed Frantz to leave Marymount College in the middle of her freshman year to take the role of Tiffany on NBC’s now defunct sudser, Sunset Beach. It was this inaugural role that introduced daytime viewers to the Michigan native.

But her other passion kept knocking, and in 2005 Frantz hung up her colorful “Ambrosia” wardrobe, packed up her belongings, said good bye to her “family” on The Bold and the Beautiful and headed to the Big Apple to concentrate on her other love, her music.  “My music and my desire to make this album is what ultimately led to my decision to leave B&B in 2005,” Frantz says. “I wanted to go to the Big Apple to focus on my music….I knew if I wanted this album to sound the way I had in my mind that I needed to leave Los Angeles and go somewhere, where I would have no distractions and no other responsibilities pulling at me.”

And Anomaly was born. “We originally released the songs from the album on ITUNES to see what kind of response we would initially receive from the listening audience,” she says. Did this multi-talented performer get the response she was looking for?  “Oh yes,” the songstress says. “It was absolutely amazing. We went backed, tweaked some things, allowed me to promote it properly and made the decision to release the album this fall.”

Anomaly, which was produced by Wrong Records and recorded by Frantz at The Shed in New York City is scheduled to for a world wide store release this Tuesday, October 30^th.  “Just in time for the holidays,” notes Frantz with a chuckle.

So are the songs on Anomaly just as colorful as Frantz’s daytime character Amber? “Every single song the listeners will hear are my own creations and are from certain times in my life where I was at that particular time,” she says. “You know the songs about the break ups, and the crushes on the taken boys, the songs everyone knows and relates to, the songs that speak the truths; it is definitely bits and pieces of my life.”

One song that listeners will hear hits very close to Frantz’s heart. “There is a song on the album called Seren and it was written for my goddaughter,” she says softly regarding the special relationship and story she shares with this little girl. “I was in New York writing songs and flying back and forth between The Big Apple and Los Angeles while she was waiting to make her debut into the world.” She continues, “I was in San Diego when she arrived and was on my way back to New York when I received a phone call that Seren might not make it, and that she was in NICU. I felt so totally helpless for one of the first times in my life. I was completely on the other side of the United States and there was nothing I could do, so I started writing. I had come up with the music earlier in the day and I did not know where it was going to go to. S o I just started writing and writing and writing. I wrote a letter to my goddaughter on everything I wanted her to know in life, then it just turned itself into a song, it is everything I want her to know and that I will always be there for her no matter what.” 

So with the buzz that Anomaly is receiving, is there any chance Frantz will record a second album? “Oh there will definitely be a second album,” Frantz says excitedly. And perhaps an album tour, which was the whispers that made their way around the Internet back in the spring about Frantz’s departure from Y&R? “Those whispers about me leaving for an album tour were true, but unfortunately did not happen at that particular time,” reveals Frantz. “I am in the process of talking with Y&R to see what can be worked out to accommodate a tour and all the promotional appearances that surround an album release,” she says. 

Those album promotional tours will also have to coincide with another event Frantz will participate in, walking the red carpet. “I play the role of Maddy in the upcoming teen horror flick Hack and the role of EB in the dramatic comedy Angst,” shares Frantz. 

Should Amber ride off into the sunset once again, Frantz and viewers know that she will grace our screens again one day. “If I do have to leave the show, I know that I’ve been blessed with the opportunities to work on two great shows like B&B and Y&R and with such outstanding cast members that call these shows home.” 

“Besides, Amber is and always will be the only character for me.”  

To find out more about Adrienne Frantz, please visit her official website http://www.adriennefrantz.com.  You can also hear clips of her songs and leave Adrienne a message at her official home on MySpace, http://www.myspace.com/adriennefrantz. 

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