Braun is well known for her win at the 2009 Daytime Emmy Awards, receiving the accolade of Outstanding Supporting Actress for the role of Ava Vitali on
Days of our Lives. She is also well known for her Emmy-nominated portrayal of Carly Corinthos on the
ABC soap opera General Hospital, a role she played from 2001 to 2005. As Carly, Braun was featured very prominently as a romantic partner of characters
Sonny Corinthos, portrayed by Daytime Emmy winner
Maurice Benard, and
Lorenzo Alcazar, portrayed by
Ted King. After leaving
General Hospital, Braun played the female lead in the independent movie
Little Chenier, which was filmed in
Louisiana in August 2005. Braun worked with a dialect coach to perfect a
Cajun accent, and she altered her appearance by getting a bronzed tan and darkening her hair. Tamara appeared as pastry chef Rose on four episodes of the ABC sitcom
Freddie as a romantic interest of both lead male characters. Tamara has also starred in the independent film
Limbo Lounge, directed by Tom Pankratz. In 2006 and 2007 respectively, Braun appeared on the
CBS hit shows
Cold Case and
Ghost Whisperer; in the former she portrayed a country singer who helped cover up the murder of a fellow singer in order to protect her career. Additionally, she appeared in the 2007 season premiere of
Without a Trace. In 2008, Braun joined the cast of the
NBC soap opera
Days of our Lives in the Emmy-winning role of
Ava Vitali, a woman from long-time veteran
Stephen Nichols' character
Steve Johnson's past. She left the soap in August 2008, but would go on to win a Daytime Emmy award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Ava Vitali. Later that year she joined the cast of
All My Children as Reese Williams, her second soap opera role since leaving
General Hospital in April 2005. In July 2009, she landed the recurring role of Renee Ellen on the
TNT show
Saving Grace, starring
Holly Hunter. On February 15, 2011,
Soap Opera Digest announced Braun would return to
Days of Our Lives, in the new role of
Taylor Walker, replacing actress
Natalia Livingston. On June 7, 2011, Braun was let go from
Days of Our Lives; she made her final appearance as Taylor on September 22, 2011. In July 2015, it was announced that Braun would reprise her portrayal of Ava on
Days of Our Lives, in celebration of the soap's fiftieth anniversary. She departed the role in March 2016. In October 2017,
Entertainment Weekly announced Braun would return to
General Hospital once again, this time in a new role. She made her first appearance as Kim Nero on November 22, 2017. She left the role in 2019. The following year, it was announced she would return to
Days of Our Lives as Ava. She returned to the role in November 2020. In April 2025, Braun announced she had wrapped filming as Ava in July of the previous year; she departed the role that same month on April 3. That August, it was announced she had joined the cast of
The Young and the Restless. She made her first appearance as Sienna Bacall on October 14. == Filmography ==