Valdez made her comeback to daytime television in the second installment of Precious Hearts Romances, titled Ang Lalaking Nagmahal sa Akin, after her last role in Walang Kapalit in 2007.
and co-starred with John Lloyd Cruz and Angel Locsin in the second book and second season of the successful TV series Imortal.
In 2012, she worked alongside Star Magic alumni and ABS-CBN actors Shaina Magdayao and Jake Cuenca and again with Magkano Ang Iyong Dangal?
co-star Bangs Garcia in the top-rated afternoon soap Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo.
They had been together since 2002 and were married in Canada through a civil union on February 14, 2007, and in a Catholic wedding in Makati on July 7, 2007.