Manning, Carly

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Dr. Carly Manning (aka Katarina Von Leuschner) met up with Adrienne and Justin Kiriakis in Tahiti. When Carly arrived in Salem, she saw two people she knew. One was her long lost boarding school friend, Jennifer Horton, while the other was Bo Brady. Bo did not remember Carly and the two despised each other, yet bonded over Bo's son Shawn Douglas, who had gone deaf. Carly was the doctor who treated him and taught him sign language. Carly learned her brother, Frankie Brady, was being held by Lawrence, her former lover, and would only be released if he was given the Von Leuschner fortune and Bo Brady. Carly intended to give Lawrence what he wanted, but changed her mind when she began developing feelings for Bo. Later, Carly learned that Jennifer had tried to marry Lawrence in her place and was raped by him. Carly's disgust for Lawrence became even greater after that and increased when he came to Salem. Carly was relieved her brother Frankie was safe, but she refused to give Lawrence her family's fortune.

Bo and Carly fell in love, but Bo was still mourning the death of his wife and couldn't make a commitment to her. Carly accepted a marriage proposal from Victor Kiriakis even though she didn't love him.

Bo befriended a young girl named Emmy Borden, who was in love with him. The night before Carly was to marry Victor, Bo wrote a love letter to Carly begging her not to go through with the wedding. Bo asked Emmy to deliver it to Carly, but unknown to Bo she gave it to Victor. Victor replaced Bo's letter with a forged one that urged Carly to marry Victor. He sent a forged letter from Carly to Bo telling Bo that she was in love with Victor and was going to marry him. Devastated, Bo showed up at their wedding and toasted to them with a glass of Champagne7. The champagne was poisoned by Emmy who expected Carly to drink it. Bo was infected with the virus Lawrence had created and was using to kill off ISA agents.

When Victor learned Bo was infected with Lawrence's virus, Victor offered to trade the "John Black" file to Lawrence for the cure. The deal fell through and during the trade the vial fell to the floor and broke. Luckily, Carly was able to save some of it and reproduce the cure, saving Bo and many others. In a last ditch attempt to break up Bo and Carly, Victor faked his death and fled to Mexico to find a set of codacies.

Bo, Carly, John, Isabella, Roman, and Marlena all traveled to Mexico and found Victor chained in one of the temples. Eventually they made their way to a room in which Stefano DiMera was waiting for them. Stefano gained access to a set of Codacies which promised the holder power beyond imagination. Stefano also held a satchel which held the truth about John's past. Suddenly an earthquake occurred, setting off a volcano, the temple began to crumble and fill with lava. Stefano threw the satchel into the fire and was then crushed and lost among the falling debris. Bo and Carly had a symbolic Mayan wedding and everyone headed home.

Bo was kidnapped by the Torres family in an attempt to get police commander Roman Brady to ease up on their drug shipments in Salem. Bo was supposed to be traded for a shipment of confiscated drugs, but when Carly blew the trade, a Torres brother was killed. Raffi Torres blamed Carly and he set Bo's boat adrift while Shawn D. and Carly were aboard it. but they. were rescued by Lawrence.

Carly began having nightmares about the child she lost many years ago. Carly confided in Bo about her child. Years ago, after Carly learned that her current lover, James, was really Lawrence Alamain, she fled. Carly learned she was pregnant and went to Vivian Alamain for help. Vivian cared for the pregnant Carly, was there when her child was born, but along with the doctor, told Carly the child was born with water on the brain and would soon die. Haunted by what really happened to her child, Bo and Carly flew to France in order to find answers. The doctor admitted her child did not die and was sold on the black market. Carly and Bo returned to Salem where Vivian seemed to be as shocked about the development as Carly was. Meanwhile, Lawrence learned of Carly’s trip and went to France to search for answers of his own, but found nothing. Originally Carly had told Lawrence that he wasn't the baby's father, but later admitted he was and that their baby had died.

Carly and Bo eventually set an official wedding date, but it would never happen. Lawrence soon learned that Nikki was his and Carly’s son. He verbally attacked Vivian, who had a heart attack as a result. Lawrence told Carly about Nikki and the two discussed their options. They told Nikki right away that Lawrence was his father, but didn't tell him Carly was his mother. Vivian tried to flee Salem with Nikki. Lawrence burst into Bo and Carly's wedding and announced that Vivian had run off with their son. Bo eventually caught Nikki and Vivian before they could leave the country. Vivian learned that she had been diagnosed with a fatal heart disease. Vivian hated Carly and didn’t want her to have Nikki so she set out to frame Carly for trying to kill her.

Vivian enlisted the aid of Dr. Wu, who gave her some herbs that would make Carly agitated and angry. Vivian spiked Carly's drinks several times in order to provoke her. One evening at the Penthouse Grill, Vivian agitated Carly out on the terrace and Vivian jumped off it, claiming Carly pushed her, but Victor Kiriakis saw Vivian jump. Not only was Vivian's plan ruined, but she was paralyzed from the waist down as a result. In the hospital, Vivian enlisted Dr. Wu once again for some herbs that would allow her to walk again. Unfortunately, the herbs also made her crazy. Vivian decided to frame Carly for killing her patients. Vivian began injecting Carly's patients with cleaning fluid. Vivian's plan worked and Carly came under suspicion for murdering her patients. When Vivian attempted to kill Caroline Brady, who had suffered a heart attack, Carly found her and the two fought. Carly ended up falling on the needle and was injected with the cleaning fluid. Carly fell into a coma and the police believed that she was trying to kill Caroline, but ended up injecting herself. Later, Vivian spiked Carly's IV with some herbs which made her appear dead, but she wasn't. Vivian had Carly buried in a special coffin that had a two way speaker phone on which Vivian could talk to Carly. Eventually Carly's air began to run out. Vivian, who was home from the hospital, was weaned off the herbs she was taking because she was now able to walk on her own. When she realized what she had done, Vivian told Lawrence, who dug Carly up. Vivian called Dr. Wu, who treated Carly. When Carly came to she had no idea who Nikki or Bo was and she believed Lawrence to be James, the man she fell in love with before learning who Lawrence really was. Lawrence attempted to escape with Carly, but Billie found them at the airport When Carly saw Nikki, she remembered everything. As a side effect, Carly's love for Lawrence resurfaced when she realized how he was the man she fell in love with, James. Carly, Nikki, and Lawrence all left Salem at the end of 1993.

Carly returned to Salem in 2009 after killing her husband Lawrence. She sailed into Salem, showed up at Bo’s house to enlist his help. She explained how Lawrence was abusive and she killed him to protect someone she loved. It was later revealed that while she was married to Lawrence, Carly had a one night stand with Dr. Daniel Jonas and became pregnant. To punish Carly for the affair, Lawrence took her new born daughter and gave her to someone else to raise.

With Bo's wife, Hope, having moved out of their home, due to some marital difficulties, Carly rekindled her romantic relationship with Bo and moved into Bo’s house

Carly was eventually cleared of the murder of Lawrence after Vivian paid someone take the blame, so that Carly would be free to be tortured by Vivian, who was upset by her nephew's death. When Vivian learned Melanie Layton was Carly’s daughter, she tied to kill her on her wedding day. Carly arrived just in time and intended to kill Vivian to protect Melanie, but when Melanie stepped in front, Carly accidently shot her. It was then revealed to all the Carly was Melanie’s mother. Melanie survived the shooting but hated Carly for abandoning her to a horrible childhood. Eventually, Melanie softened towards Carly and the two began a tepid mother daughter relationship.

Melanie’s father, Daniel Jonas was engaged to Chloe Lane when Carly accidentally overheard that Chloe had cheated on Daniel. Carly wanted to tell Daniel about the one night stand, especially when she found out Chloe was pregnant, but Chloe begged her to reconsider. Carly felt horrible about withholding the information from Daniel but agreed that if the paternity test showed Daniel as the father, she would not say anything. When the paternity test showed that Daniel was the father of Chloe’s baby, Carly agreed to keep her secret and let Daniel be happy with his family.

Melanie eventually learned that Carly was keeping Chloe’s secret and once again was upset with her, wanting nothing to do with her. Carly’s world turned upside down when Melanie was infected with a deadly virus and quarantined at the hospital. Carly and Daniel worked successfully to find a cure to save their daughter.
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Carly Manning is played by Crystal Chappell

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