Carly Corinthos
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| Carly Jacks | |||||||||||||||||
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| General Hospital | |||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Laura Wright (2005 - ) Jennifer Bransford (2005) Tamara Braun (2001 - 2005) Sarah Brown(1996 - 2001) |
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| First appearance | April 8, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
| Created by | Robert Guza Jr. Karen Harris Patrick Mulcahey |
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| Aliases | Carly Roberts, Carly Jacks, Brenda Barrett Morgan | ||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Female | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1982 | ||||||||||||||||
| Age | 35 [1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Co-Owner of the Metro Court. | ||||||||||||||||
| Residence | 607 Braidenwood Terrace Port Charles, New York |
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Caroline Leigh "Carly" Corinthos-Jacks (née Benson; previously Quartermaine and Alcazar) is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. The role of Carly was originated by Sarah Brown in 1996, who received three Emmys for her portrayal. Tamara Braun stepped into the role in 2001 when Brown opted not to re-sign with the show. Braun vacated the role in 2005, and a new actress, Jennifer Bransford was cast to replace her. However, this move was not well received by fans, and after six months, Bransford was replaced by daytime veteran Laura Wright.
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[edit] Fictional character history
The character of Carly Corinthos was somewhat a work in progress when she first aired. The writers did not know who the character was supposed to be at the outset, but eventually she took shape due to collaboration between Sarah Brown (actress) and the writing staff at the time.
Carly came to Port Charles in 1996 on a mission - to ruin her mother's life. Bobbie Spencer had given Carly up for adoption and Carly wanted payback. Sleeping with her mom's husband was the best retribution, and it worked! After Carly's fling with Tony Jones was discovered, he and Bobbie divorced. Unfortunately, it didn't bring the happiness Carly had hoped for.
Luck with men hasn't been her strong suit. Although her brief sexual interlude with Jason Morgan formed a lasting friendship, her liaisons with AJ Quartermaine and Lorenzo Alcazar were short-lived. Her most consuming love has been with mobster, Sonny Corinthos, but that's been tumultuous at best. Her children have been kidnapped, she's been held hostage for the child she carried, and she's been at death's door more than once. Now she's married Jasper Jacks and is pinning her hopes that this will be the real love for which she searched so long. She and Sonny were married before a Justice of The Peace, so it isn't any wonder that she wants all the bells and whistles this time around. If only things would stop drawing her back to Sonny, she and Jax might stand a chance. [3]
[edit] Years on the show
[edit] 1996
Sarah Joy Brown originates the role of Carly Roberts, as a new adult character in 1996. Bobbie Spencer's biological daughter, Carly Roberts, arrived in Port Charles and plotted to steal her mother's husband, Tony Jones. She also struck up a friendship and brief sexual relationship with Jason Morgan. By the time her identity was discovered by her uncle Luke Spencer, Carly had already seduced Tony. Consequently, Luke chose to keep her secret.
[edit] 1997
After a bitter fight with Tony, Carly bedded a drunk A.J. Quartermaine. When Carly went to A.J. to convince him not to reveal their one-night stand, she learned he did not remember it. Carly realized she was pregnant and passed the child off as Tony's. A.J. eventually remembered the night he and Carly had made love and that he might be the father of her baby. When Carly discovered that Tony planned to leave her and get custody of the baby, Carly claimed that the child was her former lover Jason's. While Carly recovered from postpartum depression, Jason took care of the baby and named him Michael Morgan, after Sonny Corinthos.
[edit] 1998
Jason and Bobbie helped Carly reconnect with her son. Carly revealed that she was really Caroline, the daughter Bobbie had given up for adoption as a teenager. Tony Jones was prosecuted for running away with Michael, but when a jury handed down a minor sentence, Carly shot her former lover in open court and was sentenced to serve time in Ferncliff, a mental institution. After Jason secured her release, Carly and Michael moved into the cottage with Jason and his girlfriend Robin Scorpio.
[edit] 1999
Robin told A.J. that he, not Jason was the father of Carly's baby. Bowing to A.J.'s blackmail — he threatened to have her sent back to Ferncliff — Carly moved into the Quartermaine mansion hoping to land a big financial settlement by driving A.J. to drink and then divorcing him. A.J. proposed to Carly and they wed, though she plotted a future with Jason. Carly misread a close moment between Jason and Elizabeth Webber and slept with Sonny causing Jason to inform Carly that they could never be together.
[edit] 2000
Carly learned she was pregnant with Sonny's baby. Carly planned to make love to A.J. and pass the child off as his, but when A.J. realized she was already pregnant and he couldn't be the father, he promised to raise the child as his own and Carly agreed. Sonny learned that he was the true father and blackmailed A.J. into relinquishing his parental rights and divorcing Carly. Carly and Michael moved into Sonny's penthouse. Sonny and Carly made love and she agreed to be his wife. At the Quartermaine mansion, Carly fought with A.J. and fell down the stairs, miscarrying her child. Carly and Sonny bonded over their loss. Carly tried to help Mike Corbin, Sonny's father, but her plan didn't work and Sonny was almost forced into drug trafficking. Carly saved him before the police came, but she was almost forced to testify. On the recommendation of Sonny's attorney, Alexis Davis, Carly and Sonny wed so that she wouldn't have to testify against him in court. After the charges were dropped, Sonny and Carly chose to stay married. Carly and Sonny had fallen in love.
[edit] 2001
Sonny and Carly renewed their vows in Martinique. (This is where Tamara Braun took over the role). Carly plotted with undercover agent Roy DiLucca to free Sonny from the mob by forcing him to turn state's evidence. Sonny broke up with Carly. She hoped to win Sonny back when she believed herself to be pregnant, but it was a false alarm. Carly and Sonny made several short-lived attempts at reconciliation. Carly started to date Zander Smith.
[edit] 2002
Sonny paid Zander to look out for Carly and the two struck up an unlikely friendship. Carly walked in on Sonny in bed with Alexis Davis and after being rebuffed by Zander, she faked her own death. Carly and Sonny reconciled. Alexis was pregnant with Sonny's child but hid the truth from he and Carly.
[edit] 2003
Out for revenge against Sonny, Ric Lansing drugged Carly and tricked her into believing they had sex. Soon after, Carly learned she was pregnant. She was thrilled to learn that the baby was Sonny's when Ric revealed nothing had happened between the two. She fell through the ice at the lake and was rushed to the hospital. Sonny was asked to chose between Carly and their child, but both pulled through. Ric, believing that Sonny had caused his wife, Elizabeth Webber's miscarriage, kidnapped Carly and kept her in a panic room in his house. His plan was to pass Carly's baby as his and Elizabeth's. She was later kidnapped from Ric's home by Lorenzo Alcazar, who developed feelings for her while he was holding her on his yacht. After Carly returned home, Sonny moved out, fearing for his child's safety. When Sonny found Alcazar helping Carly give birth, he shot him, but the bullet went through Alcazar hitting Carly in the head as she gave birth to their baby boy, Morgan. Carly survived surgery, but fell into a coma for several weeks. While in the coma, Carly dreamt of a life with Alcazar. When she awoke from the coma, she felt detached from her family and friends, and only felt close to Alcazar. She soon regained a connection with Sonny, and her family, but began to have sexual fantasies about Alcazar triggered by her brain injury. Sonny and Carly reconciled but she remained drawn to Alcazar.
[edit] 2004
Sonny spotted Carly kissing Alcazar when she went to say a final good-bye, and he broke up with her. Alexis confessed to Carly that Kristina is Sonny's daughter, but Carly kept the secret in exchange for Alexis representing her in a custody trial against Sonny. Sonny offered Carly full custody of the boys. Carly broke up with Alcazar. Eventually Sonny asked Carly to move back into the penthouse and they reconciled. Carly found out that her father, John Durant, was out to get Sonny. The two eventually began to see each other as father and daughter. Sonny found out that Carly knew about Kristina and didn't tell him so he ended things between them. Durant was overjoyed when he found out that Carly and Sonny were getting a divorce.
[edit] 2005
With the new divorce, Carly now found herself pursued by Steven Lars Webber and turning back toward her old flame, Lorenzo Alcazar, while Sonny began to sleep with FBI agent Reese Marshall . Carly married Alcazar, but the marriage was short-lived: Alcazar broke it off when he realized that Sonny mattered more to her than their marriage. (Jennifer White enters the role of Carly Corinthos) Carly found out that Reese was her supposedly dead best friend, Charlotte. [4] Carly suffered a nervous breakdown. Sonny offered to let her live with him instead of committing her to a Mental Hospital. Sonny finally sent her to Rose Lawn Mental Institution. When she was released she wanted to start a new life that didn't revolve around Sonny. (Laura Wright enters as Carly) Carly escaped the hospital a number of times to see Sonny, most notably in time to be involved in a train crash that claimed Reese's life.
[edit] 2006
After her release from the mental hospital she began to rebuild her life starting with a new job at the Metro Court Hotel. Carly's uncle Luke Spencer returned from the Markam Islands with a chimp. When encephalitis swept through Port Charles, everyone suspected Luke's chimp. Robert Scorpio demanded a quarantine on General Hospital. Carly and Jason escaped the hospital and found the cure. In Port Charles, Carly's stepfather Tony died; Carly and Bobbie bonded at Tony's graveside. The epidemic claimed Carly's best friend,Courtney Matthews (Sonny's half-sister), as well. Courtney died soon after giving birth to a baby boy, John. Carly offered to raise this baby with Courtney's husband, Jasper Jacks. However, Carly was unaware that Jax had faked John's paternity test: the baby's actual father was Courtney's lover Nikolas Cassadine. Once she learned the truth, Carly agreed to keep the paternity of Baby John a secret for Jax, and the two of them fell in love. Soon, Robin Scorpio revealed that John was Nikolas's; he was returned to his father. Carly and Jax became engaged. [5]
[edit] 2007
With the wedding approaching, Jax skipped town before their wedding to rescue his brother Jerry. Ex-husband Sonny Corinthos had been trying to win her back, using whatever means necessary. After Carly barged in on Sonny shooting business rival Lorenzo Alcazar in the head, she lied to D.A. Ric Lansing and told him that she had witnessed the entire proceedings. Sonny and Jason urged Carly to marry Sonny in order to keep her from testifying against him. Carly realized this and was about to head to the Dominican Republic to get a divorce, when the Metro Court Hostage Crisis began. Carly admitted to Sonny that she still loved him. When James Craig, the man holding them and many others in the Metro Court Hotel which was wired to explode, tells Carly to leave, she refused to leave without Sonny. After they were rescued, Carly slept with Sonny.[6] Although she was in love with Jasper Jacks, Carly couldn't stop loving Sonny. After Jax returned home, they were starting to fall in love all over again. Jax and Carly wedded days after Sonny and Carly's divorce was final.
At the black and white ball Carly encountered many dangerous situations including being strangled. She was then revived by Johnny Zacchara. Carly decided she wanted to try to have a baby with Jax so she and Jax had sex. In the days before Christmas, Carly wondered if she was pregnant so she went and purchased a home pregnancy test. She was contemplating whether or not to take it when Lulu came over and needed her advice. Carly shoved the bag containging the test under the couch and visited with Lulu. Then Jax came home and Lulu left. Later, when Jax too had left, she finally took the test. Unfortunately for her, it was negative. Mildly disappointed, she put the idea of a baby with Jax out of her mind and finished getting ready for Christmas. On Christmas Eve, while preparing to attend the hospital Christmas party, she fainted and Jax asked if she was pregnant. She brushed off the idea.
[edit] 2008
Carly finds out from Sam that Elizabeth's son Jake is actually Jason Morgan's baby. Carly finally becomes pregnant with Jax's baby but she misscarries the baby to save Michael. While Micahel is with Sonny, a bullet struck Michael in the head. The plan was organised by Claudia Antonia Zacchara but Ian Devlin took the fall. Michael's sugery is successful and the bullet is safely removed, however, he is diagnosed as being in a permanent coma. [7] When Carly brings Michael Corinthos home, Morgan is curious. After much difficulty, Carly agrees to send Michael to an institution that Jax found. Carly and Sonny have sex in the limo that Sonny brings Carly home. Carly, later that night, slept with her husband. In June, Carly and Jax celibrate their one year anniversary after Jerry convinced Jax to stick to his lifelong promise. Jax wants to try for another child.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Who's Who in Port Charles | Carly Benson Corinthos | General Hospital @ soapcentral.com
- ^ It was a girl according to Carly and Jacks
- ^ Carly Corinthos Jacks Played by Laura Wright on General Hospital - Soaps.com
- ^ Carly Corinthos Jacks Played by Laura Wright on General Hospital - Soaps.com
- ^ ABC.com
- ^ Who's Who in Port Charles | Carly Benson Corinthos | General Hospital @ soapcentral.com
- ^ Little Victim, Big Fallout. - General Hospital Daily Updates - Soaps.com
[edit] External links
- Carly Corinthos profile at soapcentral.com
