Original sentence: Ashley Newman (nee' Abbott, formerly Lassiter, Bladeson, Howard and Carlton) is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless, currently played by American actress Eileen Davidson, who had played the character for a total of more than  16 years prior to her return in September 2008
Edited sentence: Ashley Abbott Newman (formerly Lassiter, Bladeson, Howard and Carlton) is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless, currently played by American actress Eileen Davidson, who had played the character for a total of more than  16 years prior to her return in September 2008