<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1997--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Known for </Th> <Td> General Hospital as Carly Corinthos All My Children as Reese Williams Days of Our Lives as Ava Vitali and Taylor Walker </Td> </Tr> <P> Tamara Braun (born April 18, 1971) 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 - 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 Vitali as part of the series' 50th anniversary commemoration . </P> <P> Braun was born in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois and 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 . </P>

Who plays ava on days of our lives