THAT WAS THE (EMMY) YEAR THAT WAS: MAURA WEST (CARLY; ATWT)

Congratulations to all the P&G Daytime Emmy nominees! Guiding Light leads the pack with 17 total nominations, while As The World Turns sits in close second place with 16 noms.

To celebrate all our actors' awesomeness, over the next few months leading up to the awards ceremony on June 15, 2007 in Hollywood, the PGP Classic Soap Blog will honor each one via a Year in Pictures tribute.

We kick it off with Maura West, and a look back at what she did in 2006 to deserve landing an Outstanding Lead Actress nomination....