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. Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations References External links 1971 births American soap opera actresses American television actresses Living people Actresses from Evanston, Illinois Jewish American actresses University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni Daytime Emmy Award winners Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winners 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Evanston Township High School alumni 21st-century American Jews