CYNTHIA WATROS

Happy Birthday to the actress CYNTHIA WATROS.

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 as her character gradually descended into madness.

In 1998, Watros won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role on Guiding Light. In 1998, she 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.

After Titus was canceled, she took on the role of Kellie Newmark on THE DREW CAREY SHOW, as a replacement for Christa Miller.

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).

After her departure from Lost in 2006, Watros filmed a pilot for a show titled MY EX-LIFE for CBS.

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.

In 2009, Watros filmed a pilot for VALLEY GIRLS 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 GREY'S ANATOMY.

In June 2013, she guest-starred in WAREHOUSE 13.

In 2013, Watros 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.

In July 2014, she joined the cast of the MTV series FINDING CARTER Carter.

In 2019, Watros joined the cast of GENERAL HOSPITAL as Nina Reeves, taking over the role from actress Michelle Stafford who's returning to the CBS soap opera THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS.

Watros also makes a guest appearance in the digital drama series MISGUIDED, playing a waitress named Anne, and is a throw back to her role as Annie Dutton on GUIDING LIGHT.