[1] After graduating from the California Institute of the Arts in 1976, she acted in the theater and later worked as a waitress to buy a van to take her to Hollywood.
She received a nomination for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance after a storyline where Delia ran over boyfriend Barry Ryan with the car of Faith Coleridge whom she had been driving home after finding her drunk.
Her predecessor, Ilene Kristen, was a fan favorite, but Edwards, with her softer, ditsier portrayal, did manage to win over viewers.
Edwards also met husband Roscoe Born (Joe Novak) on set; they married in 1985 and divorced in 1990.
On Broadway, Edwards portrayed a prostitute in the Neil Simon comedy Biloxi Blues and the Kikki in the flop Peter Allen musical Legs Diamond.