During this time she also starred in films such as Glory Daze and Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion. Probably her most well-known film role, however, was in 2000’s Dancing at the Blue Iguana. Bauer’s list of credits are still dominated by television, with guest roles in shows such as Boomtown, Two and a Half Men, Less Than Perfect, CSI, Desperate Housewives and Bones and a recurring role in That’s Life. She also appeared in the films 50 First Dates and Life of the Party. She went on to be cast as part of HBO’s True Blood, playing bar assistant and eventual vampire Pam. In 2011, she teamed with the Animal Legal Defense Fund in the fight to free Tony, a 10-year-old Siberian-Bengal tiger who has spent every day and night of the last decade at the Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete, Louisiana. She has also worked with Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine to promote cosmetics that are not tested on animals.