Sheryl Lynn Herring (born September 22, 1958) is an American actress and beauty pageant titleholder.
[citation needed] Herring is best known for her work in daytime television, first portraying the role of mousy librarian Lucy Coe on General Hospital in 1986.
She played Lucy on General Hospital until 1997, when she was asked to reprise her character on a spin-off series called Port Charles.
On November 2, 2012, after more than eight years off-screen, it was announced that Herring would return to General Hospital as Lucy in December.
She's going to restore an old train depot on land up where she lives and bring it back to a sort of museum quality.