Maura West

Maura was born on April 27, 1972 in Springfield, MA. She has two brothers, Peter and Andrew, and one sister, Amy. Maura received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Boston University. She is divorced from ex- husband, Jonathan Knight.Maura and Jonathan have one son, Benjamin, who was born on May 30, 1996. Maura is now married to Scott DeFreitas (Andy) They have a son named Joseph Peter who was born on March 29th, 2000.

Maura is a fan of the New York Yankees. She enjoys reading and going to the movies.

Carly Tenney

Money has always been the most important thing on Carly's mind. She had a rough life growing up and she feels that she deserves better. Falling in love has softened her somewhat, but she still feels that she has the right to do whatever it takes to get what she wants.

Carly Tenney came to Oakdale to get a piece of the Cabot fortune. Carly's mother abandoned her family to run off with the very rich Alexander Cabot ,and Carly felt she deserved some of that money. To get a hold of some of that fortune, she became very chummy with her half-sister, Rosanna Cabot.

One night soon after arriving in Oakdale, Carly met a man in a bar and had a one night stand. She later learned that that man was Rosanna's fiancé, Mike. Carly tried to break up Rosanna and Mike, and they slept together a second time. The day that Rosanna was to marry Mike, Carly told her that she was pregnant with his child. Carly used her pregnancy to get Mike close to her, only to lose the baby after an argument with Rosanna. Carly left town soon after.

Before Carly left, her sister made her a deal: she would receive $50 million dollars when she married and had a baby (by anyone besides Mike). Carly, thinking she had all the time in the world, went back to Montana to live with her father.

A few years later, Carly found out there WAS a deadline. Carly had to have a baby by the end of 1998, or the deal was off. At the same time she found this out, she was contacted by her cousin Molly. Molly needed help snaring Holden Snyder away from his wife; and Carly was happy to oblige.

Carly decided to move back to Oakdale with her cousin, looking to get married and beat the deadline. She got a job at the police station and became very close to Hal Munson and Jack Snyder. While trying to help Jack capture arsonist Teague, Carly and Jack got stranded at a cabin and almost made love. When they were rescued, Jack was sent to the hospital with serious injuries. Since Carly only had about 9 months to meet her deadline, she instantly married Hal Munson. To guarantee that she would get pregnant, she had herself artificially inseminated by Dr. John Dixon.

Carly's marriage to Hal started to fall apart because it was obvious that she was in love with Jack. At the same time that Hal decided to divorce Carly, she found out that the sperm that was inseminated into her was donated by Dr. Dixon himself!! Tests revealed that John was the father; they quickly married and once Carly's baby, Parker, was born, they divorced.

Carly then found out that John was NOT the baby's father; Hal was. Brad Snyder, Jack's brother, blackmailed her with this information and forced her to marry him. Carly told Brad in no uncertain terms that she didn't love him and was only marrying him to ensure she didn't lose her fortune. While married to Brad, Carly came thisclose to having a one-night stand with the man she never stopped loving, Jack Snyder.

Carly decided to divorce Brad and pursue Jack; she promised Brad $5 million to agree to the divorce. At Hal and Barbara's engagement party, a vengeful Brad showed up with Parker and broke the news that he was Hal's, not John's, son. Rosanna immediately pulled the plug on the money; Jack recoiled in disgust and Carly was shunned by everyone else in Oakdale. A penniless Carly gave Parker to Hal and Barbara because she was homeless, but couldn't stay away and kept showing up at their house. At Hal's urging, Lisa gave Carly a menial job and basement digs. Carly and Barbara are coming to an understanding about Carly's visitation with Parker.

After losing everything, Carly was determined to get her life together and started working at Java. To her surprise, Jack befriended her and forgave her deception. After a minor argument, Jack bet Carly that she couldn't go 1 month without telling a lie. Carly accepted the bet on the condition that if she won, he'd give their relationship another chance.

During this time, Carly found $1 million at her doorstep. Knowing the money was left by Carter (the hitman who held her hostage), Carly was tempted to keep the money. however she did the right thing and turned it over to the police. Shortly after, to her surprise, she was awarded $ 1 million for Carter's capture. Carly put the money to good use by re-starting her design business. On Christmas, Jack announced to Carly that she won the bet and he rewarded her with a marriage proposal and a new house.

For once, Carly's life seemed perfect.

But, sadly, Carly's perfect life was to come to an end. Soon after becoming engaged, Carly started started receiving threats from a man named Philips who knew her in Hong Kong. Afraid that Jack would learn some unsavory secret from her past, Carly kept the threats to herself. Philips told her that he was sent from their employer to retrieve her at any cost. Philips warned Carly that if she refused to return to her former Hong Kong employer, Jack and Parker would get hurt. Afraid for their lives, Carly sadly told Jack that she couldn't marry him, abandoned Parker, and left Oakdale with Philips.

After months of trying to contact Jack, Carly finally found salvation in the form of Craig Montgomery, one of Winston Lowe's business associates. Though she made a deal with Craig so he'd help her leave Winston, Winston ended up dying of a heart attack and Carly stole Craig's airline tickets to fly back to Oakdale. When she arrived she told Jack and everyone the truth: Winston Lowe was her husband. Having married the dangerous man years ago in Hong Kong, she was able to escape but kept the marriage a secret. Though she'd hoped that Jack would understand, he refused to forgive her secrecy and still wanted nothing more to do with her and Hal refused to give her back custody of Parker.

Carly, however has vowed to earn back the respect she's lost and earn back Jack's love.