[5] Ayres also earned an MA in human development from Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena, California in 1996.

In 1984, she starred in Velvet,[11] an ABC/Aaron Spelling television movie opposite Sheree J. Wilson, Shari Belafonte, and Mary Margaret Humes.

She also made guest appearances on such series as Hotel, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Married... with Children, and Who's the Boss?.

Ayres starred in Bloodsport (1988) alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme[12] and played Michelle in the 1981 film The Burning.

She appeared in Eddie Macon's Run (1983)[5] and portrayed the diner waitress in the Meat Loaf music video for "More Than You Deserve".