Daytime newcomer Tamara Braun took on the incredibly
popular role of Carly Corinthos with seamless grace in May, 2001. Wife of Port
Charles resident crime lord Sonny Corinthos and as scheming as ever, Tamara
brings her own unique style to the role.
As a child, Tamara knew she wanted to act. But it wasn't until she was in
college that she realized she wanted to pursue it as a career. She was
excelling in school as a Psycholgy major, spending all of her spare time
pursuing a minor in drama and theatre. muses the actress. After a lot of self
explorations, Tamara made the decision to pursue her passion full time and
immediately enrolled in acting classes in her hometown of Chicago.
Tamara went on to London
to study at the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts for a summer where she
studied Shakespeare and spent time backpacking through Europe. She returned to
Chicago to continue studying and landed a commercial agent. Commercial work
came quickly for the actress and she finally made the decision to move to Los Angeles
in the summer of 1995. She almost immediately booked an agent and her first
guest-starring role on The Sentinel. This was followed by guest-starring
roles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Party of Five, 7th Heaven,
and The Prentender, among others. Her film credits include a featured
role in Soul Food and a leading role in the independent feature film Fallen
Arches.
Tamara resides in Los Angeles and in her free time she enjoys writing, spending
time with friends, hiking and studying film.