Deanna Russo
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Turns on Justin Bruening - formerly of All My Children - isn't the only star of the upcoming Knight Rider movie with a soap opera past.

Deanna Russo has landed the female lead role of Sarah Kamen, the daughter of Charles Graiman (Bruce Davison), the man who created everyone's favorite talking car, K.I.T.T. Here's her back story:

As the lost love and childhood friend of Michael Tracer, she resurfaces after learning from the talking car that her father has gone missing. She and K.I.T.T. set out to find and recruit Tracer in order to help find her estranger dad.

"We were doing some pretty crazy stunts up in Newhall on this crazy, windy mountain road. It was pretty exciting. I was actually in the passenger seat, and nobody was behind the wheel," the star of The Young and the Restless said.

They have this amazing rig, a stunt driver locked down to the top of the car on the roof. He's a very talented because at no point did I feel that my life was in danger."

Deanna Russo portrays Logan Armstrong on The Young and the Restless.

But it's safe to assume that the actress hasn't been named Babe of the Month by Playboy for this role.

Readers of that publication are more likely to recognize Russo from a commercial for Axe body spray. In the deodorant ad, she plays a girl driven by Axe's potent scent to rip her boyfriend's father's clothes off.

"I was in a drugstore recently, and this couple was looking at Axe products," she told the magazine. "As I walked by I gave them a bow chicka wow wow. They were not amused."

Deanna Russo stars on The Young and the Restless. And in the fantasies of many men. 

Aside from trying to make consumers laugh, Russo can be found in a trio of horror DVDs: Rest Stop, Believers and Ghost Voyage.

"I pretty much die in everything," she said. "I won't say whether I come back to life."

Overall, it's hard to criticize anything on her body. But Deanna said ever since she watched Kill Bill with her mother, she' been unjustly critical of her feet:

"There are scenes where you see Uma Thurman's feet. They're not pretty. My mom said, 'Ugh, she's got feet like yours. Couldn't they have used a foot model?' Thanks, Mom."

We had heard that Deanna Russo signed a new contract with The Young and the Restless earlier this summer, but the status of this actress on the show is now in question.

After Tuesday's episode, after all, the character of Logan left Genoa City to dedicate her services to Doctors Without Borders.

However, if you recall, when Brad said to Logan, “I’ll miss you. Come back sometime,” Logan replied with a smile and: “Maybe I’ll do that.”

So it's hard to say where Russo stands at this point. Especially because CBS doesn't comment on contracts. But we'll let you know the latest information when we learn it.