West portrayed Carly from April 11, 1995 to May 8, 1996 and again from September 10, 1997 to the end of the series. She has been nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award five times (in 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2006 respectively), and a Daytime Emmy Award seven times (in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 respectively) . West won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2007 and 2010.

In 2010 West and her longtime onscreen romantic acting partner, Michael Park won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress and Actor, respectively.

It was announced in August 2010 that West will be joining The Young and the Restless. She will be the third actress to play Diane Jenkins, and will start to appear on-screen in October 2010.

West has been married twice, first to Jonathan Knight from 1995 to 1999 and currently to former ATWT co-star Scott DeFreitas since January 22, 2000. She has five children; she and Knight had Benjamin Crawford West Knight (born May 1996) and four with Scott, Joseph Peter DeFreitas (born March 29, 2000), Katherine Marie DeFreitas (born January 9, 2002), Basil John DeFreitas (born January 30, 2007) and Birdie West DeFreitas (born June 16, 2009).

Michelle Stafford, The Young and the Restless (2004) · Erika Slezak, One Life to Live (2005) · Kim Zimmer, Guiding Light (2006) · Maura West, As the World Turns (2007) · Jeanne Cooper, The Young and the Restless (2008) · Susan Haskell, One Life to Live (2009) · Maura West, As the World Turns (2010)

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