I was thinking how funny and pretty she was, then I see on Imdb.com that she's (just) a mom now. I'm surprised she didn't get other work ...

The mother got work and she was nothing special, as the daughter was !!!

She might have moved onto another career.

She might have moved onto another career.

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Kaylee DeFer (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/KayleeDeFer) was already acting in her teens on TV upon landing her first starring role (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1560236/) in The War at Home, which got awful ratings and reviews. A few years later, she got more exposure (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaylee_DeFer) being on Gossip Girl (https://gossipgirl.fandom.com/wiki/Kaylee_DeFer) as con artist Ivy Dickens and stayed on the show until its conclusion in 2012. However, in 2013 she announced her retirement in order to raise her growing family (https://www.instagram.com/kayleedefer/?hl=en).