<P> Carly seduces her mother's husband for revenge . Throughout the 2000s, Carly, then Tamara Braun (2001--05) goes on to become one of the show's most prominent, vital and popular characters largely due to her supercouple pairing with mobster Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and her friendship with Jason Morgan (then Steve Burton). Carly's revenge on Bobbie and her near lethal vendetta against A.J. Quartermaine (Sean Kanan)--the biological father of her son Michael (Chad Duell) remains two of the most revered and controversial plots in the show's history . </P> <P> While Brown's portrayal of Carly is viewed as a "duplicitous vixen," Braun's Carly is viewed as more of a romantic heroine . With Laura Wright in the role, Carly goes from being a pampered wife to being powerful business woman while embodying the qualities of her predecessors . Sarah Brown earned three Daytime Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Carly--two in the Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series category and one in Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category . Braun earned an Emmy nomination Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2004 . However, the role of Carly would bring Laura Wright her very first Emmy nomination overall--in the Outstanding Lead Actress and her very first win, 20 years after breaking into daytime television on ABC's Loving . </P> <P> Carly Roberts (Sarah Joy Brown) arrives in town and ingratiates herself into the life of Nurse Bobbie Jones (Jacklyn Zeman)--her biological mother--when she enrolls in the nursing program at General Hospital . Meanwhile, Carly begins an affair and friendship with mobster Jason Morgan (Steve Burton). After being rejected by Bobbie, Carly seduces Bobbie's husband Doctor Tony Jones (Brad Maule) and she falls in love with him . Bobbie's brother Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary) uncovers Carly's true identity and warns to stop hurting her mother . Bobbie however discovers the affair on her wedding anniversary to Tony making the two bitter enemies . After a fight with Tony, Carly has a one - night stand with Jason's troubled brother A.J. Quartermaine (Sean Kanan) and ends up pregnant . Carly convinces Jason to claim the child as his own and she gives birth to her son in December 1997 whom Jason names Michael after his best friend, mobster Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard). In February 1998, Carly's adoptive mother Virginia comes to town and reveals Carly's true identity during Michael's christening . Tony later kidnaps Michael to protect him from Jason and Sonny's dangerous lifestyle . When Tony manages to avoid prosecution, Carly shoots him and fakes insanity to avoid prison time and ends up being committed . Jason helps get her released and Jason's girlfriend Robin Scorpio (Kimberly McCullough) fed up with Carly being so dependent on Jason, exposes Michael's true paternity . While Carly plots a future with Jason, she marries A.J. (then Billy Warlock) in May 1999 . </P> <P> In early 2000, after Carly reveals she is pregnant, Sonny coerces A.J. into divorcing Carly and signing away his parental rights to Michael . In May 2000, Carly suffers a miscarriage when she falls down the stairs during a confrontation with A.J. Carly and Sonny bond over their loss and they marry in September 2000 . Carly and Sonny realize they are truly in love and renew their wedding vows on February 23, 2001 . Carly (then Tamara Braun) later tries to force Sonny out of the mob and he divorces her for it . Carly befriends Sonny's sister Courtney Matthews (Alicia Leigh Willis) and supports her relationship with Jason . Still in love with Sonny, Carly is hopeful they can reconcile until she finds him in bed with his attorney Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn) and a distraught Carly is presumed dead after a car accident . Upon Carly's return, she and Sonny remarry only for Sonny's vengeful brother Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst) to drug Carly and make it look like they slept together . In October 2003, Ric kidnaps a pregnant Carly only for her to escape and be taken hostage by Lorenzo Alcazar (Ted King). As Alcazar helps Carly deliver her son Morgan, Sonny believing she is in danger shoots at Alcazar only for the bullet to hit Carly and render her comatose . Carly awakens an in the spring of 2004 meets her biological father John Durant (Corbin Bernsen) who is looking to send both Sonny and Alcazar to prison . When the two are trapped in an elevator together, Alexis tells Carly that Sonny is her daughter Kristina's father . Carly keeps quiet fearing she might lose Sonny only to confess it later when the Kristina is deathly ill . Feeling betrayed, Sonny divorces Carly again but she agrees to be Kristina's godmother despite their differences . </P>

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