All the buzz about Maura West

Maura West was named on of Daytime Confidential's Performers of the Week of March 16 by 3 out or 5 of their reviewers. Both Maura and Michael Park were also named performers of the day for their part in the Parker/Liberty story. You can listen to the Podcast HERE as well as post comments.

Maura West has received a Daytime Emmy pre-nomination! Read the entire list HERE. (Adobe Acrobat Reader needed to read.) Final nominations will be announced in late April No date is set yet for the Daytime Emmy Awards. Good luck Maura!

Maura West expecting her 5th child - According to SoapOperaDigest.com Maura and her husband Scott DeFreitas are expecting another child later this year. At this point plans are to not write her pregnancy into the storyline. No official word yet on how her exit for maternity leave will be handled. According to thet As the World Turns Fan Club, the baby is due in June.

Daytime Confidential's Female Entertainers of the Year - daytimeconfidential.com

Oakdale's Naughty or Nice List - SoapNet.com

TV Characters we're thankful for - SoapNet.com

Get The Look: Pretty in Paisley - SoapNet.com

World Turns Successfully for Maura West: Soap star talks to UNlisted - The Republican 9/16/08

5th Emmy Nomination for Maura!

In April 2008, Maura received her 3rd Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and her 5th nomination in total. Other nominees were Crystal Chappell, "Guiding Light," Jeanne Cooper, "Young & Restless" who was the winner, Nicole Forrester, "guiding Light," and Michelle Stafford, "Young & Restless."

Maura won in this category in 2007.

Get The Look: Off-the-Shoulder Sexy - SoapNet.com

Maura West - Damn Yankees - SoapOperaWeekly.com 8/3/04

Maura West Answers You Questions - SoapOperaWeekly.com

Carly's Angles - SoapOperaDigest.com

The Three Ladies of the Spa - Take Two - Soap Opera Digest

Bringing Home A Daytime Emmy - New York Time 5/13/2001

Soap stars bring baby's birth to TV - The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 3/15/2000

Recap of St. Jude's Benefit 1998 - soap-news.com

Appearances

November 20 - 21, 2010 - Soap Star Spectacular

Join Maura and fellow soap stars in Myrtle Beach SC on November 20 for Soap Star Spectacular!

From 2:30 to 5:30 the main event includes a question and answer session, behind the scenes stories and trivia, a director's workshop and audience scene-acting with the stars. Price for this package is $36.

There is a VIP package available for an additional $110. From 11:00 to 1:00 meet pne on one wiht the actors, get autographs, mugs and photographs, full color keepsake program and priority seating for the Soap Star Spectacular.

Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster or by calling 1-800-745-3000.

On Sunday November 21, the event moves to Raleigh, NC. The VIP session will take place from 12:00 - 2:00 followed by the main features at 3:00 - 6:00.

Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster or by calling 1-800-745-3000.

More information on both sessions available at Celebrity Events Group.

Win a Getaway Giveaway Package to the Myrtle Beach Event HERE.

April 18, 2009 - ATWT Fan Club Luncheon

Maura attended the 2009 ATWT fan club luncheon - View photos in the Gallery

Sept. 14, 2008 - Komen New York City Race for the Cure®

Sunday September 14 Maura and her daughter Kate be participated in the Komen New York City Race for the Cure® as part ot the As the World Turns Team. This is the 18th annual 5K run/walk — the Komen New York City Race for the Cure® — its premier fundraiser.

One in eight women in the US will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. In 2008, that’s over 170,000 people. More than 40,000 will die.

Monies raised are used to fund education, screening, and treatment programs for underserved women in the NY metropolitan area, as well as for local and national peer-reviewed clinical research. Donations are tax deductible.

Last year, Komen Greater NYC raised over $5.2 million, which allowed it to fund more than $3.8 million in grants and research.

With your help, this year’s Race for the Cure® will be even more successful, and Komen Greater NYC will be able to award more grants in 2009.

Thanks to those that donated and helped the terrific cause!!

Quotes from Maura

I'd never want to play a heroine. It's so boring.. -Soap Opera Digest, 1/30/96

"I will keep playing this part until I am fired," - Soap Opera Weekly 8/3/04

"I'm very proud and honored to be part of the show, whatever year it is. Meeting and falling in love with my husband (Scott DeFreitas, ex-Andy) was a highlight. That was probably why my destiny brought me here." - Soap Opera Digest on As the World Turns 50th Anniversary

''I'm so busy. If I have free time, I want to be with my kids.'' NY Times 5/13/2001

(Her dream co-star) - "Michael Park. That's right, I'm living the dream." Soap Opera Digest 4/29/2008

What the critics, press, costars and fans are saying about Maura!

Michael Park - Michael Park tells Suds he’s thrilled for his Emmy-winning World Turns co-star. “I think it’s wonderful,” he enthuses. “I hope she picks up where she (left) off entertaining folks with her brilliance. I love that chick!” The Suds Report 8/6/10

Michael Park - "There's not enough I can say about the talent in that one (Maura West)," he marvels. "She's so ridiculously talented." CBS Soaps in Depth 8/16/10

Nelson Branco - Kudos are owed to Emmy winner Maura West for her fine work during Carly’s intervention, which, by the way, was the finest hour World Turns has aired this year. The Soapgeist July 27, 2009

Chauntee Shuler - On daytime's hectic pace - "It's really an art. Martha and Maura...they're so good at making it look so simple! Soap Opera Digest, 2/04/08

Lesli Kay - "We're not supposed to carpool because we feel like we should be Thelma and Louise and not go to work."— On her friendship with Maura West while at ATWT, Soap Opera Digest, 12/1/98

Michelle Stafford - Maura West is my pick to win it this year. She’s such a great actress, and she really needs one of these golden tchotchkes. - TV Guide 2007

Michael Park - I adore Maura so I know that I'm safe, which is why the scenes are so raw. (The CarJack breakup) I'm not going to go there with just anybody. I'll only go there with somebody I can completely trust and love. We've been on the show together for eight years. It's a great relationship. I'm fortunate I can call her a friend of mine." - Soap Opera Digest 2006

Maura West is arguably the best actress on her network as she continues to prove day in and day out. Daytime Confidential 2008

Carly is one of daytime's most complex characters, and we can't imagine anyone but West making us understand her ups and downs. Even when all of Oakdale is against her, we can't help but root for her anyway! That in and of itself is a triumph. Soap Opera Digest 12/24/2007

Maura West has nothing to prove. She's already considered, by most accounts, to be among daytime's finest actresses, thanks in part to her fierce, unflinching ownership of one of soaps' most most absorbing, flawed, heart-driven heroines. - Soap Opera Digest 2/13/2007

Of course, no matter what Carly is doing on any given day, the one thing you can be sure of is that Maura West will make it compelling, must-see TV! CBS Soaps In Depth 11/24/08

Former ATWT star Christian LeBlanc (Michael, Y&R) tells The Suds Report he’s stunned at how actors like Michael Park (Jack) and Maura West (Carly) deliver sensational performances in spite of P&G’s laborious production machine. “I’m not sure if I could do it everyday. Y&R is like a posh movie studio compared to what they deal with over there,” he says. The Suds Report 11/28/08

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