Her next roles were in smaller independent films: Casa de los Babys (2003), a story about six American women impatiently waiting out their lengthy residency requirements in an unidentified South American country before picking up their adoptive babies, and Criminal (2004), a remake of the Argentinian film Nine Queens, with John C. Reilly and Diego Luna.
Njezine sljedeće uloge bile su u manjim nezavisnim filmovima: Hotelske bebe (2003.), priči o šest Amerikanki koje nestrpljivo čekaju dugi smještaj u neidentificiranom južnoameričkom gradu prije preuzimanja njihove posvojene djece, te Prevara (2004.) remakeu argentinskog filma Devet kraljica, s Johnom C. Reillyjem i Diegom Lunom.