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Melissa Claire Egan and Cameron Mathison have shared lots of time on screen on All My Children.

But the actress is especially impressed with the job her co-star has done on a different show recently: Dancing with the Stars.

“I thought he did an amazing job,” Egan told Soap Opera Digest when asked what she thought of Mathison's performance last Monday. “He's definitely improved since the first week. He seems more confident. He was having so much fun out there. This time around, he seemed really excited to be there and really into it. It was so cool to watch.”

Mathison hasn't stopped working on All My Children during his stint on the reality TV competition, as he travels back and forth from New York (where the soap opera is filmed) to Los Angeles on a constant basis.

“Most people aren't even working while they're on [Dancing with the Stars], and he's working on the other side of the country,” Egan said. “It's bananas, but he's holding up well. You never hear him complain about it.”

We recently learned that co-stars refers to Melissa Claire Egan as "Boots."

But what else do we know about this All My Children star? Let's take a look...

According to Soap Opera Digest, the actress grew up in lovely Westchester County, N.Y., with her mother, father and pair of brothers. She began auditioning for small roles and commercials at a young age, but didn't dream of making a career out of acting.

But talent took over and Egan made her her soap opera debut at the age of 13, playing an extra on All My Children in 1994.

She attended The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated with a B.A. in Dramatic Arts. From there, Melissa moved to Hollywood and scored gigs on Dawson's Creek and One Tree Hill. Twelve years after her TV debut, Egan landed a spot with the All My Childen cast as Annie McDermott, single mother of Emma (Lucy Merriam) and budding love interest of Ryan (Cameron Mathison).

Before arriving on this scene, though, Egan had previously auditioned for The Young and the Restless and As the World Turns.

Down the line, Egan hopes to work with the great Susan Lucci - but, really, who wouldn't?

Melissa Claire Egan goes by "Annie" on All My Children.

But her cast mates call her something different off-screen: It’s “Boots,” and it’s from that one time when she wore a full-body, flesh-colored suit for a love scene with Cameron Mathison and, course, nothing else but a pair of boots.

Ever since then, the cast and crew are fond of referring to her as such.

Meanwhile, Mathison has an on-set nickname of his own: Snaps. How come? It's due to his infamous reputation as the go-to hot, shirtless guy., Egan said.

“… Ryan is always having his shirt ripped off of him. When the show calls for this to happen, the wardrobe department actually sews snaps onto Cameron’s shirts, so they are easier to remove in the scenes.”

And we're sure his female fans don't mind that at all.