Martha Byrne  is an American actress, singer and television writer.

Byrne is best known for her role on the CBS Daytime soap opera As the World Turns, portraying Lily Walsh Snyder. She initially assumed the role from Lucy Deakins in May 1985 and played Lily until October 1989, when she left the show and Heather Rattray assumed the role of Lily. Byrne returned in April 1993.

Byrne became part of a “supercouple” when then-Head Writer Douglas Marland paired Lily, a “poor little rich girl”, with hard-luck farmhand Holden Snyder, played by Jon Hensley.

In 1987, Byrne was involved in controversy when she taped Lily’s first love scene months before her own 18th birthday. Lily lost her virginity to the character of Dusty Donovan; to add to the controversy, actor Brian Bloom, who was playing Dusty, was even younger than Byrne. This provoked controversy (as teenage characters are generally portrayed by actors who are a few years older, and therefore of consenting age).

From 2000 until 2003, Byrne assumed a double role when she played Lily’s long-lost twin, Rose D’Angelo who was created by Hogan Sheffer.

Byrne was hired as a script writer by Bradley Bell for The Bold and the Beautiful in early 2009.

On May 14, 2009 Martha was hired by ABC’s General Hospital to take a recurring role as Andrea Floyd, the wife of Port Charles’ current mayor Garrett Floyd. She debuted on June 17, 2009, and she exited the role on September 9 of the same year.

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