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.