Having split with Tozer in 1996, Phillips began dating plastic surgeon Steven Zax in 1999. From 1999 to 2000, she had a guest role on the television series "The Magnificent Seven", on which she played Maude Standish, the mother of one of the Seven. After the millennium, Phillips continued to occasionally appear in films. She had a supporting role in the comedy "Jane White Is Sick & Twisted" (2002), the controversial gay-themed drama "Harry + Max" (2004), and as a waitress in the independent comedy "Unbeatable Harold" (2006). Between 2001 and 2004, Phillips also appeared on television in a recurring role on The WB drama "7th Heaven" as Lily Jackson, sister of family matriarch Annie Jackson Camden (Catherine Hicks).