Bahns attended acting classes at the Beverly Hills Playhouse taught by Milton Katselas and also studied with Ivana Chubbuck.
That same year, she made an uncredited appearance as Simon Baker's murdered wife Angela Ruskin-Jane on CBS's The Mentalist.
opposite John Schneider, and made a guest appearance in the "Money for Nothing" episode of TNT's police procedural/crime-drama series Rizzoli & Isles.
She did not return to acting until 2017, when she appeared in the drama film Web Cam Girls starring actress Arianne Zucker.
During her time as a model, she appeared in numerous magazines including FHM, Sports Illustrated for Women, Self, Glamour, and Maxim.
On October 13, 2007, Bahns married Patrick Watson; they reside in Los Angeles with their two daughters, Madison Rose and Harper Lee.