Which roles has Sarah Joy Brown played on General Hospital? Everything you need to know

Sarah Joy Brown is an American soap actress who was a part of the General Hospital cast. She essayed two different charcters during her time on the show. First, Brown was cast as Carly Roberts from 1996 to 2001.

After her role as Carly ended, she was brought back to the cast in 2008 as Claudia Zacchara. However, this was a short stint, with the character's story wrapping up by 2009.

Brown also won three Daytime Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Carly on the soap. She won the first two in 1997 and 1998 consecutively in the Outstanding Younger Actress Category. Then, she bagged her third in the year 2000 in the Outstanding Supporting Actress role.

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Who is Sarah Joy Brown? Actress profile explored

Sarah Joy Brown made her acting debut at the age of 19 in a role on the series VR Troopers in 1994. She played the main role as Kaitlin Star on the science fiction show. Apart from her stints on General Hospital, some of the actress' prominent roles over the years have been listed here:

• Power Rangers Zeo (1996) as Heather
• Mysterious Ways (2001) as Emma Shepard
• Birds of Prey (2002) as Lucy
• The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story (2004) as Kate Vignatti
• As the World Turns (2004) as Julia Morrisey Larrabee
• Cold Case (2005) as Josie Sutton
• Heart of the Beholder (2005) as Diane Howard
• Big Momma's House 2 (2006) as Constance Stone
• The Bold and the Beautiful (2009) as Aggie Jones
• Days of Our Lives (2011) Madison James
• Monster Hunters USA and Day Care Center (2015) as Zara Daily
• Youthful Daze (2016) as Aunt Kathy

Brown was formerly engaged to Shuki Levy, one of the producers on VR Troopers. The two share a daughter named Jordan Alexandra Judith Levy.

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Sarah Joy Brown's roles and storyline on General Hospital

Sarah Joy Brown was first cast on General Hospital as Carly Roberts (now Carly Corinthos). She started the role in 1996. The character was written in a negative light initially when Brown played her, which contributed to the storyline and her acting.

Carly is introduced on the soap after she takes on a nursing job at the hospital and starts a relationship with mobster Jason Morgan. Later, she falls for Dr Tony Jones, who is her estranged mother Bobbie's husband. The affair falls apart after Bobbie finds out about it.

Then, Carly has an affair with AJ Quartermaine and gives birth to his child. However, she asks Jason to claim the child, and he obliges by naming him Michael. Dr Tony then kidnaps Michael to protect him from Jason. Carly shoots Tony and fakes insanity to escape her prison sentence. She is rescued from an asylum by Jason.

In the year 2000, Carly and Sonny have an affair. This makes Jason heartbroken and he leaves town for a while. However, Carly and Sonny realise that they love each other and get married the same year. After Sonny and Carly's marriage, actress Tamara Braun was recast as Carly. But Sarah Joy Brown returned to General Hospital in 2008 as a new character: Claudia Zacchara.

Claudia is the daughter of mob boss Anthony Zacchara and was brought into town to deal with her half-brother Johnny. She gets into a rivalry with enemy mob leader Sonny Corinthos and ends up in an accident, washed away into a river. Nikolas Cassadine finds her and takes care of her.

Later, Claudia gets into a tight spot with Sonny over shooting and injuring his son Michael during one of their past fights. She kidnaps a pregnant Carly, who delivers her baby in captivity. Michael arrives at the scene to save his mother and sibling, but ends up hitting Claudia with an axe, which kills her instantly.

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