Emmy Award-winning American actress Cynthia Watros was born on September 2, 1968 in Lake Orion, Michigan. As a teenager, she was diagnosed with immune thrombocyopenia, an autoimmune disease of the blood. This required her to undergo chemotherapy and a splenectomy for several years.
After she graduated from the local high school, she attended Macomb Community College. She later transferred to Boston University and received her degree, then moved to New York to find her big break. She began her career on stage, getting the role of Agnes Gooch in a Broadway musical theatre production of Auntie Mame. She also got a part in a production of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple, working with Llama Productions.
From 1994 to 1998, Cynthia Watros gained fame for her daytime drama role of Annie Dutton in the CBS soap opera Guiding Light. She earned more acclaim when her character became one of the series’ primary antagonists. For her role, she garnered a Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actress in 1998. Also that year, she managed to fill in for actress Jensen Buchanan in the soap opera Another World. Aside from her appearances there, she is also notable for her work in primetime series such as Titus and The Drew Carey Show. Also on her list of credits are Spin City, New York Undercover, Raines, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
In 2005, Watros was cast as the psychologist, Libby, on the hit ABC series Lost. Upon leaving the show, she filmed a pilot episode for a series titled My Ex-Life for CBS. However, it didn’t push through. Since then, she has appeared on Fear Itself and The Bill Engvall Show.