 The following year, she appeared in the science-fiction film "Deep Impact", and co-starred opposite Carla Gugino in the independent film "Jaded".Also in 1998, Kihlstedt starred with Peter Gallagher in the television film "Brave New World" loosely based on Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel of the same name.Kihlstedt took ten-years break from acting as she focused on motherhood and raising her two children.