Maura West

Maura West
Born	Maura Snyder April 27, 1972 (1972-04-27) (age 39) Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Spouse	Jonathan Knight (1995-1999; 1 child) Scott DeFreitas (January 22, 2000-present; 4 children)

Maura Jo West (born April 27, 1972 in Springfield, Massachusetts) born Maura Snyder is an American actress, best known for her role as Carly Tenney on the television soap opera As the World Turns and as Diane Jenkins on The Young and the Restless.

Career

West portrayed Carly from April 11, 1995 to May 8, 1996 and again from September 10, 1997 to the end of the series. She has been nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award five times (in 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2006), and a Daytime Emmy Award seven times (in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010). West won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2007 and 2010.

In 2010 West and her longtime onscreen romantic acting partner, Michael Park won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress and Actor.

It was announced in August 2010 that West would join CBS soap The Young and the Restless, the long-time top rated daytime drama. She is the third actress to play Diane Jenkins, and made her first appearance on the show on October 8, 2010.^[1] In May 2011, it was confirmed by CBS Soaps Indepth that West had been let go from the soap after only several months on-air.

Personal life

West has been married twice, first to Jonathan Knight from 1995 to 1999 and currently to former ATWT co-star Scott DeFreitas since January 22, 2000. She has five children. With Knight, she had Benjamin Crawford West Knight (born June 1996). With Scott, she had Joseph Peter DeFreitas (born March 29, 2000), Katherine Marie DeFreitas (born January 9, 2002), Basil John DeFreitas (born January 30, 2007) and Birdie West DeFreitas (born June 16, 2009).

Filmography

• As the World Turns as Carly Tenney (1995–2010)
• The Young and the Restless as Diane Jenkins (2010–2011)

See also

• Jack Snyder and Carly Tenney

References

1. ^ [1]

External links

• Maura West at the Internet Movie Database
• SoapCentral page

Persondata
Name	West, Maura
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	April 27, 1972
Place of birth	Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death