Sir David Attenborough has broken the record for the oldest winner of a Daytime Emmy award for his work on documentary Secret Lives of Orangutans.

Rikaart, 48, earned his second nomination for Days of Our Lives this year, a follow-up to his 2019 nod. He joined the soap in 2018 as Leo Stark, after a close to two-decade run on The Young and the Restless as Kevin Fisher.

As we prepare for tonight’s big event, this past weekend some of daytime’s superstars came together for an annual lunch to celebrate those in the running for a Daytime Emmy Award for Leading Actress and Supporting Actress.

Despite the Daytime Emmy Awards being around for more than five decades, there are many talented, well-respected, veteran performers who've never been smiled upon with a nomination. Here are 10 soap opera stars who inexplicably have been overlooked by their fellow actors.

Deborah Norville has been honored for her decades of service as a journalist — and she's remembering where it all began in the late '70s. At the 2025 Daytime Emmy Awards on Oct. 17, the Inside Edition alum, 65, was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her record-breaking career as TV's longest-serving female anchor.