West at the 2010 Daytime Emmy Awards with her eldest daughter Katherine
Born
Maura Jo Snyder
(1972-04-27) April 27, 1972 (age 52)
Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education
Carnegie Mellon University Boston University (BFA)
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1995–present
Known for
Performance in American soap opera television
Works
Filmography
Television
As the World Turns (1995–2010)
The Young and the Restless (2010–2011)
General Hospital (2013–present)
Spouses
Jonathan Knight
(m. 1995; div. 1999)
Scott DeFreitas
(m. 2000)
Children
5
Awards
Full list
Maura West DeFreitas (born Maura Jo Snyder; April 27, 1972) is an American actress. She began her career in 1995 when she was cast Carly Tenney on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns; she remained with the soap until its series finale on September 17, 2010. West later went on to portray Diane Jenkins on The Young and the Restless from September 2010 to August 2011. In 2013, she was cast in the role of art dealer Ava Jerome on General Hospital. She has been nominated for 12 Daytime Emmy Awards, winning three of them for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
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February 2010. Seven months later, the role was recast a second time with MauraWest, who took over in October; she exited in August of the following year...
network. The role is portrayed by three-time Daytime Emmy Award winner MauraWest, who made her first appearance on May 8, 2013. Ava is part of the Jerome...
former ATWT co-star MauraWest (Carly Tenney) since January 22, 2000. The couple has four children, as well as a son from West's previous marriage. "About...
Maura Murray (born May 4, 1982) is an American woman who disappeared on the evening of February 9, 2004, after a car crash on Route 112 near Woodsville...
MauraWest (left) won twice, from five nominations, for her role as Carly Tenney on As the World Turns. She was nominated five times, and won in 2015,...
Maura Higgins (born 25 November 1990) is an Irish television personality, television presenter and model. She rose to prominence in 2019, when she was...
On: A Betrayed Kiki, Saying Goodbye To Michael Easton, Her Co-Stars: MauraWest & Bryan Craig!". Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps. Retrieved December 31...
Antonio Maura Montaner (2 May 1853 – 13 December 1925) was Prime Minister of Spain on five separate occasions. Maura was born in Palma, on the island of...
American daytime drama As the World Turns. Michael Park portrays Jack, while MauraWest portrays Carly. They are often referred to using the portmanteau "CarJack"...
culminates in Morgan falling into bed with his mother-in-law, Ava Jerome (MauraWest). Morgan is christened in December 2003, with Jason and Sonny's sister...
Webber (William Lipton). Trina also forges friendship with Ava Jerome (MauraWest) when she interns at Ava's art gallery. Hailed as one of the show's young...
James Franco) in 2009. Upon her introduction, Kiki's mother Ava Jerome (MauraWest) reveals that she is the biological daughter of Dr. Silas Clay (Michael...
Soapcentral. Retrieved May 26, 2012. Logan, Michael (2012-08-05). "Exclusive: MauraWest Joins The Young and the Restless". TV Guide. TVGuide.com. Retrieved May...
Entertainment Weekly. United States: Time Inc. Retrieved November 21, 2019. West, Abby (March 31, 2008). "Tony Geary Reflects on 30 Years of GH". Entertainment...
where she is revealed to be the mother of the treacherous Ava Jerome (MauraWest). Us Weekly ranked the character as the number-one villainess in soaps...
file a lawsuit against him over a cosmetics line, which they win. Diane (MauraWest), who had returned to Genoa City, reconnects with Victor and they remarry...
Louise Cole 1958 Doug Wert Scott Eldridge 1995–1996 Martin West Donald Hughes 1976–1978 MauraWest Carly Snyder 1995–2010 Ellen Wheeler Marley Love 2000–2003...
Donnelley 1982–84, 1986, 1996–2001 Susan Walters 2001–04, 2010, 2022– MauraWest 2010–11 Judge Russell Jennings Robert Clotworthy 1998–2006 Alice Johnson...
(Gwen Norbeck Munson) 2007 "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" MauraWest (Carly Tenney Snyder) 2008 "Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series"...
much-younger Phil Brewer (originally portrayed by Roy Thinnes; lastly by Martin West) was the center of many early storylines. In 1964 Audrey Hardy (Rachel Ames)...
(Guiding Light) 2007 Guiding Light (CBS) / The Young and the Restless (CBS) MauraWest (As the World Turns) Christian LeBlanc (The Young and the Restless) Genie...