Ava Vitali is a fictional character from Days of Our Lives, an American soap opera on the NBC network.

In January 2008, it was announced that Tamara Braun, best known as the second actress to portray the character of Carly Corinthos on the ABC Daytime drama, General Hospital, had been cast.

Following the completion of her run as Ava, it was announced in September 2008 that Braun would join All My Children as Reese Williams, current girlfriend of the show's iconic Bianca Montgomery.

[4] Braun went on to win a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Ava.

[5] Braun later returned to Days of our Lives in the role of Taylor Walker, replacing her former General Hospital co-star Natalia Livingston.

[6][7][8][9][10] In July 2015, it was announced that Braun is reprising the role of Ava, as part of the show's fiftieth anniversary celebration, first airing on December 9.

[15] On September 2, 2020, Soap Opera Digest exclusively announced that Braun would again reprise the role of Ava.

[17] Ava first appears in early February 2008, stalking Steve Johnson – a man she calls "Patch" – and the Brady family with whom he is traveling with in Ireland.

[18][20] Escaping from her guards, Ava kidnaps Hope, who she believes is Steve's wife Kayla Brady, and holds her hostage at the Vitali compound.

[18][21] While under arrest, Kayla reveals that the pills Ava was taking, were the cause of her paranoia over Steve and the Brady family.

[18][24] When Ava's faced with possible charges of the plane crash earlier in the year, she hires EJ DiMera as her attorney.

When EJ alerts Ava that the new judge in her trial could not be bribed, she breaks bail and makes the decision to leave the country.

[18][25] In December 2015, Ava manipulates Joey (James Lastovic), Steve and Kayla's underage teenage son, into "helping" her reunite his parents to orchestrate her plan of revenge.

In November 2020, Ava returns to Salem, alive and working with Philip Kiriakis (Jay Kenneth Johnson).

It is revealed that Ava was revived by Wilhelm Rolf (William Utay)'s formula that brings the dead back to life.

She reunites with her son, Tripp Dalton (Lucas Adams) after she catches Allie Horton (Lindsay Arnold)—who has accused him of raping her in London—holding him at gun point.

Ava then meets with her other son, Charlie Dale (Mike Manning), who is working as an intern for Titan Enterprises to keep an eye on Phillip and Xander Kiriakis (Paul Telfer) per his mother's instructions.

Charlie is later murdered by Jan Spears (Heather Lindell), who wants to frame her enemy, Belle Black (Martha Madison), for the crime.

However, EJ soon caught on to the deception and, with newly resurrected Stefan DiMera, exposes Ava and Gabi's plot.