In 1993, she won the Soap Opera Digest award for Outstanding Female Newcomer,[1] which was the show's first win in that category.

[2] In 2002, it was announced that actress Cady McClain, most known for her portrayal of Dixie Cooney on ABC's soap opera, All My Children, had been cast in the role of Rosanna.

When I was approached a few weeks after I shot my last day at AMC with the idea of coming to ATWT for a little stint to try out an old character that they were working on, I felt very flattered and interested to join the cast and try something new.

[4]McClain continued to portray the role, earning two nominations for "Outstanding Supporting Actress" during the 2003 and 2004 Daytime Emmys, the latter of which she won.

However, executive producer quickly debunked such rumors, stating, "As far as the show is concerned, Cady McClain is and will continue to be a valued cast member of As The World Turns.

Cady has brought her incredible talent to her portrayal of Rosanna, as witnessed by last year's [Outstanding Supporting Actress] Emmy nomination.

[5] In early 2005, McClain announced her decision to depart the series, which sparked the interest of the actress returning to her All My Children counterpart, Dixie.

[7] Following her As the World Turns departure, it was rumored that McClain would join the cast of "Guiding Light" in the role of Harley Cooper.

[11] However, those rumors were debunked when McClain stated she had no intentions of joining the soap and later announced that she had agreed to once again return to As the World Turns.

When asked how her exit was in an interview with Soap Opera Weekly, she said, "Let’s put it this way: As the person who plays this character, it was an emotional hysterectomy.

I cannot understand why in a medium that caters to women, intelligent female characters have to be set up to be stupid and emotionally impulsive… 'punished' for actions they would never have taken without a gun to their head… and left begging and pathetic.

Despite trying to pass herself off as an average girl, Evan Walsh eventually discovers that Rosanna is an heiress and is worth millions.

Rosanna dates farm boy Hutch Hutchison, but their relationship is ruined due to his fling with Debbie Simon.

Sheila had abandoned her daughter and marriage to Ray Tenney to run off with Alexander when Carly was a child and the latter swore she would receive a slice of the good life as well.

After the truth is revealed, Carly and Rosanna are constantly at each other's throats and though she eventually reconciles with Mike, she becomes addicted to gambling.

When they try to elope in Atlantic City, Rosanna becomes so busy playing the slot machines that she barely remembers she is there for a wedding, and the couple do not go through with the ceremony.

When Rosanna jerks her hand away, Carly fell and goes into premature labor, giving birth to a stillborn child, Nora, named after Mike's late mother.

Carly makes the deadline when she gives birth to Parker Munson, but she had committed fraud in the process, nullifying her claim to the money.

This makes her the town pariah, who believe that she had obtained the child simply to hurt Carly, who is incapable of caring for her son at the time.

Rosanna loves her new son, whom they name Cabot, and revels in motherhood and a newfound friendship with Paul Ryan.

Her happiness is short-lived when she learns that Cabot had been illegally adopted, which devastates Rosanna completely when she has to relinquish her rights to him and give him up to his Canadian birth mother.

In secret, however, Rosanna is concocting a plan with Carly to marry new BRO employee, Jordan Sinclair, and worm her way into his life.

Not knowing why he was singled out and not appreciating having been used, Jordan refuses to enter a marriage of convenience but changes his mind when Rosanna consequently has a breakdown upon his departure.

He later reveals this to Rosanna, and demands that she falsely implicate herself in Emily's drugging in order to spare Barbara from prosecution and end her marriage to Paul and leaves town with him.

Though he assures her he will help her escape, she realizes that she will never be free under Stenbeck's thumb and makes the decision to give Cabot up for adoption in order to ensure his safety.

At the same time, Craig is determined to obtain custody of his unborn child with Jennifer Munson and begs Rosanna to remarry him.

Jennifer's baby seemingly died in the hospital and when Craig does not show any signs of grief, Rosanna becomes suspicious, taking into account his tireless efforts to gain custody of his son before his death.

Craig, who was tailing her, continually hit the side of her car trying to get her to pull over but this causes her to crash as she was on the phone with Paul, begging for help.

Craig is subsequently sent to jail for attempted murder and the baby is placed in Carly's custody, who sends a comatose Rosanna to a private clinic in Switzerland.

She quickly brings the woes of her personal life with her to the wedding and comes to blows with Craig after meeting his son, Gabriel.