She’s pragmatic like her father, but she’s also a risk-taker like her mother.

Now we have an actor!'"

McCoy might have only been 12 at the time, but she jumped right into her work.

Eden McCoy looking at the camera

As a fresh-faced pre-teen, McCoy didn’t hide her excitement about being cast on the show.

Off-screen, Eden McCoy admitted that working with the formidable Maurice Benard was just as intimidating.

She toldSoap Opera Digest, “Maurice was super-scary and intimidating to me at first.

Eden McCoy in 2015

In 2019, she also scored a Daytime Emmy nomination.

She toldSoap Centralthat she was floored by the news.

She said, “I’m super happy with this [story] because this hasn’t been done …

Eden McCoy in 2018

I feel like the teen pregnancy thing has been used.”

If that drama wasn’t enough, fans are also suspicious that Joss was behind Sonny’s recent arrest.

However, McCoy hinted toSoapsthat her character wasn’t responsible.

And just to think, off-screen she’s a USC student, too.

I just love them [school and ‘GH’] too much not to do them both.”