Laura Wright (born Laura Sisk on September 11 1970 in Clinton, Maryland) is an American actress. In 1991 Wright was cast as Allison "Ally" Rescott Alden Bowman on Loving. When that show ended in 1995, she reprised her role on spin-off soap The City until its cancellation in 1997. Wright was subsequently offered the contract role of Cassie Layne Winslow (half-sister to Kim Zimmer's Reva Shayne) on the CBS soap Guiding Light, which she played until November 2005. Wright immediately stepped into her current role, Carly Corinthos on the ABC soap General Hospital.