She's not bad. She grew a lot on GH and outgrew the show and the mob. She's no Sarah Brown, but she's a pretty good soap actress and I grew to like her. Days could use someone like her. Unfortunately, Higley is there.

i would love her to be someone from EJ's past.

tams & James? hot!

It's pretty much confirmed that she's playing someone from Steve's past now:

http://www.soapcentral.com/days/news/2008/0121-braun.php

"Tamara is coming to DAYS as a mysterious woman from Steve's past," a DAYS spokesperson tells soapcentral.com. "We will see this mystery woman on February 8th"

This could be amazing if done right. And right now everything on Days is right. Who's to say someone from salems past isnt the same woman from steves past? this woman could be a ex lover, someone who helped stefano, or someone like celeste that yes did help stefano but also felt for the prisoner.

Hopefully this will help days merge the cast all together. every age group is pretty much kept to themselves. the young 20's (max, steph etc..) the mid 20's (belle & co) the late 20's/early 30's (sami & her men) .. then the 40's (hobo, payla, jarlena, tony/anna, etc...) then the older that we never see (maggie, victor, caroline, shawn).

I can see Tams & SN working well together and im sure MBE & TB will be amazing in a cat fight. But Tams could also sizzle with James Scott and spar with Ali well.

only time will tell.

but for the first time in a long time i can say i wont miss a Days.

Fan favorite Tamara Braun, who played GH's Carly from 2001-2005, has joined the cast of DAYS OF OUR LIVES in the role of Ava, a woman from Steve’s past. She will first air February 8. "She sounds very layered and complicated and it seems like there's a lot to sink my teeth into," she tells Digest of her new role.

From SOD.com

Christ, I'd rather have Jeremy Horton guy back. Anyone but Tamara Braun! She took annoying to levels not seen since Mikey Webber. There will be a lot of arm flailing when there isn't hands on hips. So Days is supposedly letting good actresses like Judi Evans go to make room for this master thespian?

She looks like an Ava

Going by the last big moves (GH getting Kirsten and DAYS getting Tamara) - DAYS wins.

Bet DAYS scoops up Ted King next. Does the story GH never told between their two characters.

My happiness for Tams joining DAYS has been totally destroyed by the fact that Martha and Brandon are out. They've been front and center for so long now and I cant help but feel that Tamara and Shirley Jones' arrivals have something to do with their firings.

My happiness for Tams joining DAYS has been totally destroyed by the fact that Martha and Brandon are out. They've been front and center for so long now and I cant help but feel that Tamara and Shirley Jones' arrivals have something to do with their firings.

I really like Tamara, but now everytime I see her face, I'm just going to see $$$ signs.

My happiness for Tams joining DAYS has been totally destroyed by the fact that Martha and Brandon are out. They've been front and center for so long now and I cant help but feel that Tamara and Shirley Jones' arrivals have something to do with their firings.

According to TVG, Shirley Jones' stint will be just 6 episodes.

I'm not sure I see the point of Shirley Jones (Colleen ) coming for just 6 episodes.

She is Grandpa Shawn's sister, John's mother and Stefano's nemesis. Will she even get a chance to interact with everyone?

Pointless, pointless, pointless. Why cast some big name to only stick around for a short stint that means a story will be totally rushed and have no real outcome, when there are plenty of actresses in that age range who would kill for a long term story (hell, put Suzanne Rogers in a wig and call her Colleen for crying out loud).

I'm not sure I see the point of Shirley Jones (Colleen ) coming for just 6 episodes.

She is Grandpa Shawn's sister, John's mother and Stefano's nemesis. Will she even get a chance to interact with everyone?

Exactly! What a huge waste. Only 6 episodes?

Agreed, Toups. But, you know, I wasn't keen on bringing Colleen back from the dead in the first place.