Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: In 1998 , she appeared as Melissa Hauer in a first-season episode of the Steven Bochco crime-drama Brooklyn South , as Leanne in two episodes of Beverly Hills , 90210 , and as Layla in an episode of The Love Boat : The Next Wave .
Simplified: In 1998 , she acted in Brooklyn South , in two episodes of Beverly Hills , 90210 and in an episode of The Love Boat : The Next Wave .