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American actress
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Tamara Braun is an American actress known for her work on daytime television. She portrayed the role of Carly Corinthos on General Hospital from 2001–2005 and Reese Williams on All My Children from 2008 to 2009. In 2009, Braun won the Daytime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Ava Vitali on Days of Our Lives. She departed the series in 2008, briefly returning in the role of Taylor Walker during 2011. In 2015, Braun resumed the role of Ava as part of the series' 50th anniversary commemoration, remaining until 2016. In 2017, 12 years after exiting her role as Carly on General Hospital, Braun returned to the soap as Kim Nero, the single mother of Oscar, the boyfriend of Carly’s daughter Josslyn. In 2020, Braun received her second Daytime Emmy for her work as Kim. That same year, Braun transitioned to Days of Our Lives to reprise the role of Ava, which she left again in late 2022.

Tamara Braun was born in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, to a family of Jewish descent. She attended Evanston Township High School. She was a psychology major at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and took a summer course in Shakespeare at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in England before backpacking throughout Europe.

Braun is well known for her win at the 2009 Daytime Emmy Awards, receiving the accolade of Outstanding Supporting Actress for the role of Ava Vitali on Days of our Lives. She is also well known for her Emmy nominated portrayal of Carly Corinthos on the ABC soap opera General Hospital, a role she played from 2001 to 2005. As Carly, Braun was featured very prominently as a romantic partner of characters Sonny Corinthos, portrayed by Daytime Emmy winner Maurice Benard, and Lorenzo Alcazar, portrayed by Ted King. After leaving General Hospital, Braun played the female lead in the independent movie Little Chenier, which was filmed in Louisiana in August 2005. Braun worked with a dialect coach to perfect a Cajun accent, and she altered her appearance by getting a bronzed tan and darkening her hair. Tamara appeared as pastry chef Rose on four episodes of the ABC sitcom Freddie as a romantic interest of both lead male characters. Tamara has also starred in the independent film Limbo Lounge, directed by Tom Pankratz. In 2006 and 2007 respectively, Braun appeared on the CBS hit shows Cold Case and Ghost Whisperer; in the former she portrayed a country singer who helped cover up the murder of a fellow singer in order to protect her career. Additionally, she appeared in the 2007 season premiere of Without a Trace. In 2008, Braun joined the cast of the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives in the Emmy winning role of Ava Vitali, a woman from long time veteran Stephen Nichols' character Steve Johnson's past. She left the soap in August 2008, but would go on to win a Daytime Emmy award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Ava Vitali. Later that year she joined the cast of All My Children as Reese Williams, her second soap opera role since leaving General Hospital in April 2005. In July 2009, she landed the recurring role of Renee Ellen on the TNT show Saving Grace, starring Holly Hunter. On February 15, 2011, Soap Opera Digest announced Braun would return to Days of Our Lives, in the new role of Taylor Walker, replacing actress Natalia Livingston. On June 7, 2011, Braun was let go from Days of Our Lives; she made her final appearance as Taylor on September 22, 2011. In July 2015, it was announced that Braun would reprise her portrayal of Ava on Days of Our Lives, in celebration of the soap's fiftieth anniversary. She departed the role in March 2016. In October 2017, Entertainment Weekly announced Braun would return to General Hospital once again, this time in a new role. She made her first appearance as Kim Nero on November 22, 2017. She left the role in 2019. The following year, it was announced she would return to Days of Our Lives as Ava. She returned to the role in November, 2020.

Year Title Role Notes1997Stacey NeumannEpisode: "Sleeping Beauty"1997City GuysAllisonEpisode: "The College Girl"1997Buffy the Vampire SlayerTaraEpisode: "When She Was Bad"1998Party of FiveMarcyEpisode: "Parent Trap"1998VirginiaEpisode: "Witness"19987th HeavenEllenEpisode: "Let's Talk About Sex"1998Unhappily Ever AfterNell / LacyEpisodes: "Love Letters", "Secrets"1999Claire DunningEpisode: "Murder 101"1999DiRestaAmandaEpisode: "One Wedding and a Funeral"2001Off CentreLisaEpisodes: "Pilot", "Let's Meet Mike and Euan" General Hospital 2005–06FreddieRose4 Episodes2006HouseGrace PalmieriEpisode: "House vs. God"2006Cold CaseEdie LoweEpisode: "The Red and the Blue"2007Ghost WhispererBrenda SanbornEpisode: "Deja Boo"2007Without a TraceKate DouglasEpisode: "Lost Boy"2008, 2015–16, 2020– PresentDays of Our LivesAva VitaliRegular role2008CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationCocoEpisode: "Bull"2008–09All My ChildrenReese WilliamsRegular role (82 episodes)2009Saving GraceRenee EllenEpisodes: "That Was No First Kiss", "Looks Like a Lesbian Attack to Me"2009Three RiversSamantha KrauserEpisode: "Where We Lie"2011Days of Our LivesTaylor WalkerRegular role (138 episodes)2012CastleNatalia RooseveltEpisode: "Murder He Wrote"2013Necessary RoughnessRonnieEpisode: "The Fall Guy"2013SupernaturalCindy CassityEpisode: "Trial and Error"2017BoschHelen ArcherEpisode: "God Sees"2019The RookieElizabeth OhlsenEpisode: "Manhunt"2023 Kombucha CureDr. Mara CohenSeries Regular Amazon Prime Original Series

+List Of Acting Awards and NominationsYearFilm /TVAwardCategoryResult2000General HospitalM. Y. S. O Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama 2004General Hospital Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series2005General Hospital Soap Opera Digest Award Best Leading Actress in a Daytime Drama2005General HospitalM. Y. S. O Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama 2007Little Chenier Honolulu International Film Festival Best Actress2007Little Chenier Phoenix Film Festival Best Ensemble Cast 2007Little Chenier Copper Wing Award Best Actress2009 Days of Our Lives Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series2009Days of Our LivesSoapy Television AwardsBest Villain2020 Death With Dignity Valley Theatre Award Lead Actress In A Play 2020 General Hospital Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 2020 General Hospital Soap Hub Awards Favorite General Hospital Actress 2021 Days of Our Lives Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 2021 Days of Our Lives Soap Hub Awards Favorite Days of Our Lives Actress