Christie Clark on Her January 11th Return to 'Days of our Lives': "I Love That Carrie Has Turned Into the Woman That She Is"

Leann Hunley (Anna), Deidre Hall (Marlena), Christie Clark (Carrie), and
Austin Peck (Austin) in an upcoming scene on Days of our Lives.
Photo Credit: NBC/Sony Pictures Television

Christie Clark and Austin Peck are returning to NBC soap opera Days of our Lives as Carrie and Austin Reed on January 11th, and the actress spoke to Glamour about the return story.

[Warning: Spoilers ahead.]

Appearing in "six or seven episodes" this visit, Carrie will be involved in a storyline with her mother Anna, played by returning Emmy winner Leann Hunley.

Carrie has to come to Anna's rescue, and Clark loves it.

"To have Carrie be the strong, clever, independent woman that could wrap things up and take care of her family and get a result is huge," she tells the magazine.

She also hinted that another return could be on the horizon.

"I think there's a huge chance," she says. "You know, they've never been in Salem without Sami, and it's a different thing and it would be exciting to experience that."

Austin Peck and Christie Clark Returning to 'Days of our Lives' as Austin and Carrie

Austin Peck and Christie Clark. Photo Credit: JPI

Austin Peck and Christie Clark recently shot a return visit to NBC soap opera Days of our Lives, reprising their roles as Austin and Carrie.

“Days of our Lives is the gift that keeps on giving for me,” Clark tells Soap Opera Digest. The actress began playing Carrie as a child in 1986 (replacing Andrea Barber in the role), and was last seen in Salem in 2012. “Thirty years of fun, drama and love in the afternoon!!”

Look for Austin and Carrie to appear in early 2017.

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As senior VP of daytime programing for CBS Entertainment, she oversees more than 1,000 episodes of TV every season for the network—and checks her BlackBerry for the prior day's ratings before she even gets out of bed. CBS president Nina Tassler calls her a "force of nature."

Words she lives by: "Don't get stuck in the frenzy of the day to day. You have to be aware of the bigger picture."

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Soap Opera Digest is reporting the cast cuts have begun at DAYS OF OUR LIVES with Matthew Ashford (Jack), Sarah Brown (Madison), Christie Clark (Carrie) and Patrick Muldoon (Austin) all reportedly told their characters are leaving Salem.

Co-executive producer Greg Meng hinted at big changes in an earlier interview with TV Guide Magazine: "We're looking at weaving people in and out, and bringing them back later if we can. And that's all I'm going to say about that right now."

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Christie Clark on Carrie, Austin, Patrick Muldoon, Austin Peck & DAYS OF OUR LIVES

WE LOVE SOAPS TV was recently honored with the opportunity to speak one-on-one with Christie Clark. The busy mother of two beautiful, young daughters gave us a hint of what her DAYS OF OUR LIVES character, Carrie Brady, will be up to in the weeks to come. She also shared insights from her years with DAYS, and dished, just a bit, on the topic of Patrick Muldoon vs. Austin Peck.

WE LOVE SOAPS TV: It's great having you back on DAYS. What would you say is the biggest change from a production standpoint since you started on the show 25 years ago?