Cynthia Watros

At 55 years old, Cynthia Watros has this physical status:

Cynthia Michele Watros (born September 2, 1968) is an American actress.

Watros is best known for her appearances on ABC TV shows Libby Smith on ABC's Lost, Kellie in Titus, Erin in Titus, and Guiding Light's Annie Dutton.

Early life

Watros was born in Lake Orion, Michigan. She studied at Macomb Community College in Clinton Township, Michigan, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre from Boston University, where she was a participant in Boston University's Professional Actors Training Program.

Personal life

From 1996 to 2020, Watros was married to Curtis Gilliland. They have twin daughters, who were born in 2001.

Watros pled guilty to a DUI charge in 2006. She was fined, ordered to undergo counselling, and had her driver's license suspended for 90 days.

Watros spent 2008 in Iraq on a USO tour, including COP Callahan in Baghdad's East Adamiyah district.

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Career

Watros first became known for her role as Annie Dutton on CBS's soap opera Guiding Light from 1994 to 1998. Her character, a nurse, began as a heroine, but she gained acclaim and critical acclaim as her character descended into madness. In 1998, Watros received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role on Guiding Light. Victoria Hudson McKinnon appeared on Another World briefly in 1998, while Buchanan was on maternity leave.

On Titus from 2000 to 2002, Watros appeared as Erin Fitzpatrick, as a comedic actor portraying the title character's fiancée. Erin was supposed to be neurotic and socially awkward, but a week before the pilot was fired, the story was reimagined, according to the DVD commentary. Kellie Newmark played Kellie Newmark on The Drew Carey Show as a replacement for Christa Miller after Titus was cancelled. Watros appeared in 2001–2004.

Watros appeared on ABC's Lost from 2005 to 2006, playing psychologist Libby, a member of the "Tailies," a group of survivors of the plane crash who were in the tail section of the plane (and not seen during Season One). She was a romantic interest in Hurley and appeared in flashbacks as a cryptic person.

Watros produced a pilot for CBS' My Ex-Life after she was released from Lost in 2006. She was supposed to portray the ex-wife of a character created by Tom Cavanagh. However, CBS did not choose the pilot, but not by CBS. Watros was also the lead in the CBS television pilot for The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud, a comedy about a former literary genius who, after an awakening, seeks inspiration rather than cynicism.

Watros produced a pilot for Valley Girls, a spin-off of the CW's Gossip Girl set in the 1980s, in which she played CeCe Rhodes, Rick Rhodes' socialite ex-wife, and mother of the series's protagonists. She appeared in a May 2009 episode of USA's "A Stand-Up Triple" as a mother of three children in the witness protection program. Watros joined the cast of the television medical drama House for seven episodes as Samantha Carr, one of Dr. James Wilson's ex-wives, beginning in April 2010.

Watros appeared in Electrick Children, a 2012 indie film. She appeared in episode 8.22 of Grey's Anatomy in May 2012. She appeared in episode 4.17 of Warehouse 13. In the online game Video Game High School, Mary Matrix played Mary Matrix, FPS Varsity's coach. Her character appeared in season two of the series, which began in July 2013. In a Blog on December 6, 2013, Watros starred as Avery Jenning's self-obsessed aunt in Dog.

Watros joined the cast of CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless in 2013, but she was forced to leave the program in early 2014 after her character was recast. She appeared in the MTV series Finding Carter in July 2014.

Watros appeared on General Hospital as Nina Reeves in 2019, taking over actress Michelle Stafford's role in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Watros also appears in the digital drama series Misguided as a waitress named Anne, which takes a back to Annie Dutton on Guiding Light.

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