Tamara Braun, who performs the function of Ava Vitali on Days of Our Lives, is leaving the NBC cleaning soap opera after nearly two years since returning to the streets of Salem.
The multi-time Daytime Emmy winner confirmed her exit on Instagram forward of Tuesday’s (December 20) episode. “Hey all you Days fans!! If you want to see Ava off, tune into DOOL today for her last day in Salem,” she wrote.
“Thought I’d share some of my memories from the last (almost) two years,” she continued as she shared a slideshow of behind-the-scenes pictures. “Starts at the end and ends at the start with my first nasal swab. Oh Covid!! Thanks for all the love and support you continue to show me. I will miss you all!! Wait, I’ll still be here, you can find me on IG!! Much love.”
Braun initially joined Days of Our Lives in 2008, enjoying Ava, a personality linked to longtime forged member Stephen Nichols‘ character Steve Johnson. She left the soap in August 2008 but went on to receive a Daytime Emmy award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category.
She has popped in and out of the soap since then, even briefly portraying Taylor Walker (taking over from Natalia Livingston) in 2011. In 2015, she reprised her role of Ava for the show’s fiftieth anniversary, although she exited the collection as soon as once more in 2016. Her newest run as Ava began in November 2020 and got here to an finish this week.
In addition to her work on Days of Our Lives, Braun additionally portrayed the function of Carly Corinthos on General Hospital from 2001–2005 and Reese Williams on All My Children from 2008 to 2009. She returned to General Hospital in 2017 within the new function of Kim Nero, for which she obtained her third Daytime Emmy award.
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