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Eden Riegel was born on January 1, 1981. She is an American actress. Nominated previously on multiple occasions, she received a Daytime Emmy Award in 2005 for her portrayal of Bianca Montgomery on the daytime drama All My Children. In addition to her work on All My Children, Riegel has guest starred in several prime time shows, as well as film, and stars as character "Eden" in the web series Imaginary Bitches.

Eden Sonja Jane Riegel was nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series before finally winning the award in 2005. She won two Soap Opera Digest Awards in 2001 for Outstanding Female Newcomer, and in 2005 for Outstanding Younger Lead Actress. Later that year, Riegel, along with best friend and co-star Elizabeth Hendrickson, exited All My Children, with their last show airing on February 24, 2005. Riegel then moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue other acting ventures. She made a brief return to the soap opera when her television mother was married in May 2005, and returned for an extended stay from December 16, 2005 to January 10, 2006. Her daughter, Miranda, was aged accordingly. Riegel returned again for short visit from May 24, 2006 until mid-June, in a storyline connected with her sister Kendall’s pregnancy and coma. In August 2006, Riegel’s to All My Children as a contract player was announced. The actress taped her first scenes on September 12, which first aired on October 11. Riegel commuted back and forth between her home and family in Los Angeles and New York, where All My Children tapes. In 2007, she parted ways with the show once again, but reappeared in the episode dated August 14, 2007, when Bianca phoned in to check on Kendall from Paris, and in December for a Christmas visit.

Riegel has recently agreed to return to the series with All My Children newcomer Tamara Braun. Braun will portray Reese Williams, Bianca’s new lover/girlfriend. Bianca first airs on October 17, 2008. Reese will follow on October 30, 2008. According to published reports, Riegel will be a contract player. She is supposedly due to return for only four months to minimize the effect of Alicia Minshew’s absence on the show while she takes a two month hiatus to get married, but she may stay longer.

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