Cynthia Watros

Cynthia Watros
Born	Cynthia Michele Watros (1968-09-02) September 2, 1968 Lake Orion, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present
Spouse(s)	Curtis Gilliland (m. 1996)
Children	2

Cynthia Michele Watros (born September 2, 1968) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Libby Smith on the ABC TV series Lost, Kellie in The Drew Carey Show, Erin in Titus, and Annie Dutton in Guiding Light. Since July 8, 2014, Watros has starred in the series Finding Carter. She was born in Lake Orion, Michigan.

Career

Watros initially became known for her role as Annie Dutton on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light from 1994 to 1998. Her character, a nurse, began as a heroine, but she gained notice and critical acclaim when her character's rivalry with Reva Shayne (played by Kim Zimmer) led her to become a lunatic. In 1998, Watros won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role on Guiding Light. In 1998, Watros briefly filled in for Jensen Buchanan as Victoria Hudson McKinnon on Another World while Buchanan was on maternity leave.

Watros appeared as Erin Fitzpatrick on Titus from 2000 to 2002 and gained recognition as a comedic actress, playing the fiancée of the title character. According to the DVD commentary, Erin was originally intended to be neurotic and socially awkward, but the character was revised a week before the pilot was shot. After Titus was canceled, she took on the role of Kellie Newmark on The Drew Carey Show, as a replacement for Christa Miller. Watros played the role from 2002 to 2004.

From 2005 to 2006, Watros was a cast member on the ABC series Lost, 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 to Hurley and was very mysterious showing up in flashbacks. In the episode "Two for the Road", Libby was shot and killed by Michael Dawson. Libby briefly reappeared in the 2008 episode "Meet Kevin Johnson". She returned in 2010 in the episode "Everybody Loves Hugo" in the final season of Lost, in which she played a large part in the story. In addition, she appeared in the season finale, albeit without speaking lines.

After her departure from Lost in 2006, Watros filmed a pilot for a show titled My Ex-Life for CBS. She was slated to play the ex-wife of a character played by Tom Cavanagh. However, the pilot was not chosen by CBS. Watros was also the lead in the 2007 CBS television pilot for The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud, a comedy about a former literary genius who, after an awakening, decides to pursue optimism instead of cynicism.

In 2009, Watros filmed a pilot for Valley Girls, a spin-off of the CW series Gossip Girl set in the 1980s, in which she played CeCe Rhodes, the socialite ex-wife of Rick Rhodes, and mother of the series' protagonists.

In a May 2009 episode of the USA series In Plain Sight, "A Stand-Up Triple", she guest starred as a mother of three children in the witness protection program.

Beginning in April 2010, Watros joined the cast of the TV medical drama House for seven episodes as Samantha Carr, one of Dr. James Wilson's ex-wives.

Watros appeared in the 2012 indie film, Electrick Children. In May 2012, she guest-starred in episode 8.22 of Grey's Anatomy, and in June 2013 in episode 4.17 of Warehouse 13.

She played Mary Matrix, coach of the FPS Varsity team in the online series Video Game High School. Her character first appears in season two of the series which started July 2013.

Her latest role is Avery Jenning's self-obsessed aunt in Dog with a Blog on December 6, 2013.

In 2013, she joined the cast of the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless but left the show in early 2014 with her character being recast.

Since July 2014, Watros has been featured in the MTV series Finding Carter.

Personal life

Watros attended Macomb Community College in Clinton Township, Michigan.

Watros and Bonnie-Jill Laflin posing with a serviceman on a USO tour

Watros has been married to Curtis Gilliland since 1996. They have twin daughters, born in 2001.

Watros and her Lost co-star Michelle Rodriguez were each arrested on the morning of December 1, 2005, in Kailua, Hawaii, where Lost was filmed. Police said both women failed field sobriety tests and were released on $500 bail each.

In 2008 Watros participated in a USO tour to Iraq, visiting several bases, including COP Callahan in Baghdad's East Adamiyah area.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Cafe Society	Dianna Harris
1997	His and Hers	Pam
2000	Mercy Streets	Sam
2001	The Yellow Bird	Alma Tutwiler	Short film
2002	P.S. Your Cat Is Dead	Kate
2005	Just Pray	Perry Ann Lewis	Short film
2007	Frank	Jennifer York
2008	Duane Incarnate	Connie
2008	American Crude	Jane
2009	Calvin Marshall	Karen
2010	Mars	Allison Guthrie
2012	Electrick Children	Gay Lynn
2013	Park City	Nina
2014	Blood and Circumstance	Mrs. Stabler

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	New York Undercover	Reporter	Episode: "Missing"
1994–98	Guiding Light	Annie Dutton / Dee
1997	Spin City	Gayley	Episode: "Striptease"
1998	Another World	Vicky Hudson	9 episodes
1998	Profiler	Helen Jefferies	Episode: "Perfect Helen"
2000–02	Titus	Erin Fitzpatrick	Main role, 54 episodes
2002	A Nero Wolfe Mystery	Phoebe Gunther	"The Silent Speaker"
2002–04	The Drew Carey Show	Kellie Newmark	Main role, 52 episodes
2005	Washington Street	Maggie	Movie
2005–06; 2008, 2010	Lost	Elizabeth "Libby" Smith	Main role (Season 2) Special guest star (Seasons 4 & 6) 24 episodes
2007	Avenging Angel	Maggie	Movie
2007	The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud	Eva	Movie
2007	Raines	Sarah Carver	Episode: "Closure"
2007	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Beth Hoyle	Episode: "Offense"
2008	Fear Itself	Meredith Kane	Episode: "Spooked"
2008	The Bill Engvall Show	AJ	Episodes: "Susan's Best Friend" "Bill Talks a Good Game"
2009	Family Guy	Security System Voice	Episode: "Ocean's Three and a Half"
2009	In Plain Sight	Maureen Stewart / Maureen Sullivan	Episode: "A Stand-Up Triple"
2009	Gossip Girl	Young Celia Rhodes	Episode: "Valley Girls"
2009	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Barbie Aubrey	Episode: "All In"
2009	The Closer	Robin Milano	Episode: "Identity Theft"
2009	Criminal Minds	Heather Vanderwaal	Episode: "Reckoner"
2009	Men of a Certain Age	Erica	Episode: "Mind's Eye"
2010	The Secret Life of the American Teenager	Nicky	Episode: "The Second Time Around"
2010	House M.D.	Sam Carr	7 episodes
2010	Desperate Housewives	Tracy Miller	Episode: "Pleasant Little Kingdom"
2012	A Smile as Big as the Moon	Dr. Deborah Barnhart	Movie
2012	Retribution	Karen	Movie
2012	Grey's Anatomy	Mrs. Connor	Episode: "Let the Bad Times Roll"
2012	Hawaii Five-O	Katie Burgess	Episode: "Lana I Ka Moana"
2013	Cynthia Watros Gets Lost	As herself	4 pilot episodes on YouTube
2013	Warehouse 13	Janice Malloy	Episode: "What Matters Most"
2013–14	Video Game High School	Mary Matrix	12 episodes
2013	Dog with a Blog	Aunt Sigourney	Episode: "Twas the Flight Before Christmas"
2013–14	The Young and the Restless	Kelly Andrews
2014–present	Finding Carter	Elizabeth Wilson	Main role
2015	Stolen from the Suburbs	Katherine	Movie

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Result	Ref.
1998	Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	Guiding Light	Won
	Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Drama Series – Daytime		Nominated
2006	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Lost	Won

External links

• Cynthia Watros at the Internet Movie Database