 Khalil began playing the character as a "rebellious, yet naive teenager", later becoming one of the soap opera's heroines.Winters is the daughter of supermodel-turned-executive Drucilla Winters (Victoria Rowell) born in the midst of a questioned paternity storyline, with Neil Winters (Kristoff St. John) believing he was her father.Eleven years later, the storyline was readdressed with the revelation that Malcolm Winters (Shemar Moore) is her biological father.