While Allison Lanier doesn't have any soap credits to her name, she did appear in the TV series "Red Oaks" in 2017 as Annabelle (via IMDb). However, as she readied for her big break as Summer Newman Abbott, Lanier had a few other jobs that still involved show biz.

According to Soap Hub, when Lanier lived in New York, she worked for a production company known as La La Land. She even sold old antiques and props for productions as a salesperson for NEWEL, another company in the Big Apple.

In addition to acting, Lanier is also quite the artist. Back in 2015, she showed off a drawing she made of two beloved family members. "Turned my great grandparents into a couple of cartoons," Lanier wrote next to a photo of her work on Instagram. It looks like Lanier may be as creative as her new "Young and the Restless" alter ego as Summer works in the fashion industry.