Tag: Hallmark romance movies

  • Erin Cahill and Wes Brown find true love in new autumn Hallmark romance movie

    Erin Cahill and Wes Brown find true love in new autumn Hallmark romance movie

    Erin Cahill and Wes Brown will star in the new Hallmark romance Autumn on Apple Hill. The film, which is based on the romantic novel by Angie Ellington, will premiere on Hallmark Channel as part of the network’s Fall Into Love programming event.

    “This movie was a joy and getting to work with my dear friend @wesbrown225 was a gift!” Erin Cahill wrote on Instagram. “…This cast and crew were wonderful and I am so excited to share this festive fall frivolity with you!”

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    In Autumn on Apple Hill, Erin Cahill plays Elise, a newly divorced woman who takes on the renovation of her grandparents’ country inn. When she meets Luke, the chief financial officer of a large hotel chain looking to buy the property, she is wary at first but then realizes he might be able to help her restore the inn to its former glory. But things get complicated when she begins to have feelings for him.

    Erin Cahill

    Erin Cahill got her big break playing Jen Scott in Power Rangers Time Force. She has appeared on the TV shows Supernatural, CSI: Miami, The Mentalist, Castle, Ghost Whisperer, Grey’s Anatomy, and House.

    Cahill has starred in the Hallmark movies Sleigh Bells Ring (2016), Last Vermont Christmas (2018), Love, Fall & Order (2019), The Secret Ingredient (2020), A Timeless Christmas (2020), Mystery 101: Killer Timing (2021), Every Time a Bell Rings (2021), Christmas Bedtime Stories (2022), Hearts in the Game (2023), Christmas on Cherry Lane (2023), and A Taste of Love (2024). 

    Wes Brown

    A native of Texas, Wes Brown played Luke McDonald on the HBO series True Blood. He has appeared on the TV shows Hart of Dixie, CSI: Miami, Private Practice, Scandal, Criminal Minds, and Desperate Housewives.

    Brown has starred in the Hallmark movies Shadow on the Mesa (2013), June in January (2014), Love Under the Stars (2015), Christmas Cookies (2016), Christmas in Mississippi (2017), Under the Autumn Moon (2018), Christmas at Graceland (2018), Wedding at Graceland (2019), Over the Moon in Love (2019), Check Inn to Christmas (2019), A Nashville Christmas Carol (2020), Sweet Pecan Summer (2021), Every Time a Bell Rings (2021), My Southern Family Christmas (2022), Haul Out the Holly (2022), and Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up (2023).

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  • Rebecca Dalton and Olivier Renaud fall ‘head over heels’ in new Hallmark romance movie

    Rebecca Dalton and Olivier Renaud fall ‘head over heels’ in new Hallmark romance movie

    Good Witch star Rebecca Dalton plays an aspiring shoe designer who falls for a co-worker in the new Hallmark romance movie Head Over Heels. The romantic comedy, which also stars Olivier Renaud and Alexandra Castillo, will premiere as part of Hallmark Channel’s Summer Nights lineup.
     

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    In Head Over Heels, Dalton plays Addie, a woman who has dreamed of being a successful shoe designer in a male-dominated industry for years. When she lands a dream job helping designer Delaney Diaz (Castillo) prepare her collection for New York Fashion Week, she can’t believe her luck. The company’s handsome PR guru, Austin (played by Olivier Renaud) warns her that working for Diaz will be tough, but Addie is determined to make a successful run of it.
     
    As she takes on the many tasks Diaz throws her way, Addie finds herself developing feelings for Austin. Can Addie keep her head in the game or will she end up so distracted by romance that she loses her big shot at success?
     

    About the cast

     
    Rebecca Dalton made her professional debut in the Canadian series Unnatural History. She went on to appear in the TV shows The L.A. Complex, Degrassi: Minis, Saving Hope, Suits, and Nurses.
     
    From 2015 to 2019 she played Tara Russell on the Hallmark series Good Witch. She has also starred in the movies A Perfect Christmas (2016), Christmas Wedding Planner (2017), Christmas in Paris (2019), The Santa Squad (2020), A Honeymoon to Remember (2021), Lemonade Stand Romance (2022), From Italy With Amore (2022), A Tiny Home Christmas (2022), Dream Wedding (2023), and Falling Like Snowflakes (2024).
     
     

    Olivier Renaud

     
    Olivier Renaud is a trained aerialist who has appeared in several Cirque de Soleil productions. Before making the move to acting he studied clowning in Paris under Philippe Gaulier.
     
    He plays Brutus on the TV series Astrid and Lilly Save the World. Renaud has appeared in the movies A Christmas Exchange (2020), Christmas at Maple Creek (2020), Wrapped Up in Love (2021), Christmas on 5th Avenue (2021), Planes, Trains, and Christmas Trees (2022), Christmas on the Slopes (2022), Christmas in Big Sky Country (2023), Merry Mystery Christmas (2023) and Romance With a Twist (2024).
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  • Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith catch a killer in new Hallmark mystery

    Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith catch a killer in new Hallmark mystery

    Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith must track down a killer in the Hallmark mystery Nelly Knows Mysteries: A Fatal Engagement.

     This is the fifth Hallmark movie that Smith and Hutton, who play Lee and Rosemary Coulter on the TV series When Calls the Heart, will star in together.
     
    Also featured in the film is actor Nelson Wong, who has appeared in more than 30 movies for Hallmark.
     

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    Pascale Hutton plays an advice columnist named Nelly who receives a letter from her childhood friend, Dahlia. Convinced her boyfriend is cheating on her, Dahlia asks for Nelly’s help.
     
    Nelly rushes to Dahlia’s boyfriend’s house only to discover that he has been murdered. Dahlia becomes the prime suspect and Nelly becomes determined to clear her friend’s name. She tries to insert herself into the murder investigation, much to the annoyance of the detective assigned to the case (played by Kavan Smith).
     

    When Calls the Heart

     
    Pascale Hutton joined the cast of the hit Hallmark TV series When Calls the Heart during its first season as Rosemary LeVeaux. Kavan Smith was added to the show in its second season, playing businessman Leland Coulter.
     
    The two fell in love and got married. In Season 10, they welcome a baby girl, Marigold “Goldie” Coulter.
     
    The actors are great friends on-set and off, though both are married to other people. Their onscreen chemistry is so good that Hallmark has paired them in four other movies, the romantic comedies The Perfect Bride (2017), The Perfect Bride: Wedding Bells (2019), You Had Me at Aloha (2021), and Notes of Autumn (2023).
     

    Pascale Hutton movies and TV shows

     
    A native of Canada, Hutton had roles on the TV shows Smallville, Stargate: Atlantis, Supernatural, Psych, and Royal Pains before being cast in When Calls the Heart in 2014.
     
    She has appeared in the movies Summer of Dreams (2016), The Perfect Bride (2017), Wedding of Dreams (2018), The Perfect Bride: Wedding Bells (2019), My One & Only (2019), You Had Me at Aloha (2021), We Wish You a Married Christmas (2022), Fourth Down and Love (2023), and Notes of Autumn (2023).
     

    Kavan Smith movies and TV shows

     
    Kavan Smith has been dubbed Hallmark’s “sci-fi guy.” He has appeared on the TV shows Stargate: Atlantis, Stargate: SG-1, Battlestar Galactica, The Outer Limits, The 4400, and The Twilight Zone. 
     
    His first project with Hallmark was the 2010 movie Growing the Big One, which co-starred the late Shannen Doherty. He went on to appear in Garage Sale Mysteries: All That Glitters (2014), Hello, It’s Me (2015), Wedding Bells (2016), The Irresistible Blueberry Farm (2016), The Perfect Bride (2017), The Perfect Bride: Wedding Bells (2019), Love on the Menu (2019), You Had Me at Aloha (2021), Big Sky River (2022), Big Sky River: The Bridal Path (2023), and Notes of Autumn (2023).
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  • Autumn Reeser takes love advice from a younger version of herself in Hallmark romance movie Junebug

    Autumn Reeser takes love advice from a younger version of herself in Hallmark romance movie Junebug

    Autumn Reeser stars as a woman approaching 40 who takes advice from an 8-year-old version of herself in the Hallmark romance movie Junebug.
     
    “SO proud of every single person who put their stamp on this one; the script is a very magical fresh take on a love story,” Autumn Reeser wrote in an Instagram post promoting the movie.
     

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    In Junebug, Autumn Reeser plays Juniper, a woman getting ready to celebrate her 40th birthday. Right before the big day, she gets a visit from her 8-year-old self. This younger Juniper — nicknamed “Junebug” — begins to remind her 39-year-old counterpart of all the goals and dreams she had hoped to achieve in her life.
     
    Juniper sets out to make some of her childhood dreams come true. Along the way, she makes time for romance with a handsome artist — played by Aaron O’Connell — she is collaborating with for work.

    Autumn Reeser movies and TV shows

     
    Autumn Reeser starred as Taylor Townsend in the Fox TV series The O.C. She has appeared in the Hallmark movies Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade (2012), Midnight Masquerade (2014), A Country Wedding (2015), Valentine Ever After (2016), A Bramble House Christmas (2017), A Season for Love (2018), Love on the Menu (2019), All Summer Long (2019), Christmas Under the Stars (2019), A Glenbrooke Christmas (2020), The 27-Hour Day (2021), The Wedding Veil (2022), The Wedding Veil: Unveiled (2022), The Wedding Veil: Legacy (2022), The Wedding Veil: Expectations (2023), The Wedding Veil Inspiration (2023), and The Wedding Veil: Journey (2023).
     

    Aaron O’Connell

     
    A native of Cincinnati, Aaron O’Connell began modeling while he attended Purdue University’s College of Health and Human Sciences, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Health and Fitness.
     
    In 2013 he was spotted by Tyler Perry in a TV commercial for Liquid-Plumr and cast in Perry’s hit TV series The Haves and the Have-Nots. He went on to appear in star in the movies The 12 Gifts of Christmas (2015), A Prince For Christmas (2015), My Christmas Love (2016), With Love, Christmas (2017), This is Our Christmas (2018), Runnin’ From My Roots (2018), Blending Christmas (2021), Love, Accidentally (2022), and Made for Each Other (2023). 
     
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  • Rachael Leigh Cook and Sam Page race to save the holidays in Rescuing Christmas

    Rachael Leigh Cook and Sam Page race to save the holidays in Rescuing Christmas

    Rachael Leigh Cook stars as a woman who wishes away Christmas — and then must try to bring it back — in the new Hallmark romance movie Rescuing Christmas. Grey’s Anatomy star Sam Page plays the acquaintance who gets roped into helping her.
     
     
    “I have the perfect antidote to this heatwave, it’s an extra magical @hallmarkchannel Christmas movie,” Rachael Leigh Cook wrote in an Instagram post to promote the movie. “My character Erin wishes away Christmas and has to somehow bring it back. Imagine cold-pitching Christmas traditions to people, you’d sound insane, it’s so fun. I LOVE this movie and everyone who made it.”
     

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    In Rescuing Christmas, Rachael Leigh Cook stars as Erin, a freelance photographer who is still reeling from a bad breakup that happened at Christmas the previous year. As the holiday approaches, she becomes more and more annoyed by all the reminders of her breakup and wishes that Christmas didn’t exist.
     
    Unbeknownst to her, Santa is listening in and grants her wish. In a panic, Erin realizes she wants Christmas back and tries to figure out how to “remind” everyone about the holiday. She enlists the help of a recent blind date (played by Sam Page) to help her convince friends and family to celebrate this thing called Christmas.
     

    Rachael Leigh Cook movies and TV

     
    Minnesota native Rachael Leigh Cook had her breakthrough role in the 1999 hit movie She’s All That. She has appeared on the TV shows Dawson’s Creek, Criminal Minds, The Outer Limits, Psych, and Ghost Whisperer.
     
    She has starred in the Hallmark romance movies Summer Love (2016), Autumn in the Vineyard (2016), Summer in the Vineyard (2017), Frozen in Love (2018), Valentine in the Vineyard (2019), Cross Country Christmas (2020),  and ’Tis the Season to be Merry (2021).
     

    Sam Page movies and TV

     
     
    Sam Page played Brad Sanders on the TV series Seventh Heaven. He has also appeared in Grey’s Anatomy, Mad Men, CSI: Miami, Point Pleasant, Desperate Housewives, Gossip Girl, Castle, House of Cards, Scandal, and The Mindy Project.
     
    He has starred in the Hallmark romance movies All Things Valentine (2016), Walking the Dog (2017), The Perfect Christmas Present (2017), Royal New Year’s Eve (2017), The Story of Us (2019), My One & Only (2019), Christmas in Rome (2019), A Godwink Christmas: Second Chance, First Love (2020), One Summer (2020), and Joy for Christmas (2021).
     
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  • Ryan McPartlin and Katie Leclerc find true love on the slopes in A Very Vermont Christmas

    Ryan McPartlin and Katie Leclerc find true love on the slopes in A Very Vermont Christmas

    Ryan McPartlin and Katie Leclerc play strangers who find true love on the ski slopes in the Hallmark romance movie A Very Vermont Christmas. 

    “Who’s ready to escape reality and join @katieleclerc and me for our “Brew-ski” Christmas in July movie “A Very Vermont Christmas?” McPartlin wrote in an Instagram post promoting the film.
     

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    In A Very Vermont Christmas, Katie Leclerc stars as Joy, a champion skier who helps her mother run the family’s pub in a small town. Still mourning the loss of her father, Joy is also trying to keep the family business going. The situation is made even worse when she finds out her ex-boyfriend (played by John Forest) is opening a new pub in town. 
    That’s when she collides on the slopes with novice skier Zac (played by McPartlin), who is a brewmaster as well as a distributor for a beer company. She offers to give him ski lessons. In return, he creates a new brew, Hoppy Holiday IPA, for her pub.
     
    The new beer is a hit and business begins picking up. But when her ex introduces a beer at his pub that tastes nearly identical to Hoppy Holiday, Joy begins to mistrust Zac.
     

    Ryan McPartlin movies and TV shows

     
    A native of Illinois, McPartlin got his start as a model for Abercrombie & Fitch. From 2001 to 2004 he starred as Hank Bennett in the soap opera Passions. He appeared on the TV shows CSI: NY, According to Jim, Mad Men, Rizzoli & Isles, and Fuller House. McPartlin has starred in the movies Chance at Romance (2014), A Kind of Magic (2015), Twinkle All the Way (2019), and The Holiday Fix Up (2021). 
     
    He helped write and starred in the 2022 Hallmark mystery Cut, Color, Murder, which starred Julie Gonzalo as a small-town stylist who helps the police catch a killer.
     
    “This has been another passion project that was years in the making,” he wrote in a social media post. “@heatherjnyc & I never gave up on this story that @jfilardi @waltbecker3 and I created until all the pieces fell into place.”
     

    Katie Leclerc movies and TV shows

     
    Katie Leclerc starred as Daphne Vasquez in the series Switched at Birth, a role that won her the TwoCents TV Award for Drama Queens and a nomination for a Teen Choice Award. She has also appeared on the TV shows Community, NCIS, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Veronica Mars, and The Big Bang Theory. 
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  • A chef seeking inspiration in Italy finds true love instead in new Hallmark romance movie

    A chef seeking inspiration in Italy finds true love instead in new Hallmark romance movie

    Hunter King plays a chef who travels to Italy for inspiration in the new Hallmark romance movie Two Scoops of Italy. The movie, which will premiere as part of Hallmark Channel’s Passport to Love programming event, also stars Michele Rosiello.
     

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    In Two Scoops of Italy, Hunter King stars as Danielle, a chef who needs to revamp her restaurant’s menu if she wants to keep her investor happy. She heads to Italy to find inspiration. In the village of Ostia Antica she meets Giancarlo Donati (played by Michele Rosiello) a gelatiere who is facing his own problems with inspiration.
     
    As the two work together, Danielle finds herself falling for the charms of village life and for the handsome man who is helping her learn about Italy.
     
    The movie was shot on location in Italy.
     

    Hunter King

    Hunter King played Summer Newman on the soap opera The Young and The Restless, earning two Daytime Emmy Awards for her work. She has starred in the Hallmark movies Hidden Gems (2022), A Royal Corgi Christmas (2022), Nikki & Nora: Sister Sleuths (2022), and The Professional Bridesmaid (2023).
     
    In an interview with TV Cheddar, King said working for Hallmark was a dream come true.
     
    “Hallmark movies have always been like an escape to me,” she said. “You can always count on them to make you smile and leave you feeling better than before you turned it on. I thought it would be cool to be able to make people feel the same way that I felt as when I watched them. To be a part of the Hallmark family really does feel like a dream. Your job is to make people laugh, smile, and feel good. What’s not to love about that?”

    Michele Rosiello

    Michele Rosiello has starred in the Italian TV shows Mina Settembre, L’isola di Pietro, and La compagnia del cigno. A native of Naples, Rosiello earned a master’s degree in management engineering before making a career change and becoming an actor. Two Scoops of Italy is his first movie with Hallmark.
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  • Bethany Joy Lenz is caught in a love triangle in new Hallmark romance movie set in Paris

    Bethany Joy Lenz is caught in a love triangle in new Hallmark romance movie set in Paris

    Bethany Joy Lenz plays a woman caught in a love triangle in the new Hallmark romance movie Savoring Paris. The film, which will premiere as part of Hallmark Channel’s Passport to Love programming event, also stars Ben Wiggins and Stanley Weber.
     
    In a recent interview, Lenz talked about her experience filming the movie in Paris.
     
    “I loved the wildness of it,” she told People. “You can’t control Paris. You can’t tell pedestrians what to do. You just have to improvise with whatever you have. It was terrific fun.” 

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    In Savoring Paris, Bethany Joy Lenz plays Ella, a burned out exec at an American food chain who realizes the happiest time of her life was during a trip to Paris after college. Ella quits her job and jets off to the City of Lights to recapture that feeling as she considers her next move. Free from a job that made her unhappy and away from her well-meaning mom (played by Lucy Newman-Williams), who always urges her to make safe and practical life choices, Ella embraces her newfound joie de vivre. 
     
    She also finds herself forming connections with two men: Gaston (played by Ben Wiggins), and Serge, (played by Stanley Weber).
     
    According to a synopsis from Hallmark, “…Just as she decides what she wants in life – and who she wants to be with – cultural differences put those plans in question.”
     
    Gilles Marini and Brooke D'Orsay in the new Hallmark mystery Crimes of Fashion: Killer Clutch. (Image: Hallmark Media)

    Bethany Joy Lenz movies and TV shows

     
    Bethany Joy Lenz has starred in a number of Hallmark movies, including A Biltmore Christmas (2023), An Unexpected Christmas (2021), Five Star Christmas (2020), Just My Type (2020), A Valentine’s Match (2020), Bottled With Love (2019), Poinsettias for Christmas (2018), Royal Matchmaker (2018), Snowed-Inn Christmas (2017), The Christmas Secret (2014).
     
    Lenz, who rose to fame playing Haley James Scott on the popular TV series One Tree Hill, described her experience making the film Savoring Paris as life-changing.
     
    “This film will always be special to me because of what I learned from my character,” she says. “She’s the first woman I’ve played who is used to making space for everyone else, but taking up none of her own. I’ve usually felt like I need to fight for my space, so living in the skin of someone more demure was a unique experience.”
     
          

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  • Four new Hallmark romance movies coming to TV in June

    Four new Hallmark romance movies coming to TV in June

    Four new Hallmark romance movies will premiere on TV in June. The films, which star such Hallmark favorites as Andrew Walker, Bethany Joy Lenz, and Hunter King, will air as part of the network’s Passport to Love lineup.
     
    The movies take place in Malta, Paris, Greece, and Italy.

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    “Coming your way as fast as Brigitte Bardot can say ‘young enough to go ahead and do it,’” wrote Bethany Joy Lenz in an Instagram post promoting her movie Savoring Paris.
     
    Andrew Walker posted photos from Malta, while Hunter King shared photos from Italy.
     

    For Love & Honey

     
    Margaret Clunie stars as a beekeeper who discovers an ancient fresco while rescuing a hive. Andrew Walker plays an archaeologist who believes the fresco might hold an important clue to his research. The two set off on a cross-country joinery together to find out more.
     
    This is Hallmark’s second movie set in Malta. In 2021, Hallmark Movies and Mysteries premiered To Catch a Spy, starring Nathalie Kelley, Colin Donnell, and Patti Murin, which was also set in the Mediterranean country.
     

    Savoring Paris

     
    Bethany Joy Lenz will star in Savoring Paris, a film about a woman who journeys to France and rediscovers her passion for living.
     

    A Greek Recipe for Romance

     
    Danielle C. Ryan plays Abby, who heads to Greece after a nasty breakup. Her vacation becomes a business trip when she decides to help a local man (played by Rafael Kariotakis) open a restaurant.
     

    Two Scoops of Italy

     
    In Two Scoops of Italy, Hunter King plays a chef who travels abroad for inspiration. While visiting a small Italian village, she falls in love with the local cuisine as well as a handsome stranger (played by Michele Rosiello).
     
     
    For Love & Honey will premiere on Hallmark Channel on Saturday, June 1 at 8/7c.
     
    Savoring Paris will premiere on Hallmark Channel on Saturday, June 8 at 8/7c.
     
    A Greek Recipe for Romance will premiere on Hallmark Channel on Saturday, June 1 at 8/7c.
     
    Two Scoops of Italy will premiere on Hallmark Channel on Saturday, June 1 at 8/7c.
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  • New Hallmark romance movie features puppies and Stephen Huszar. We are so there.

    New Hallmark romance movie features puppies and Stephen Huszar. We are so there.

    The new Hallmark romance movie Everything Puppies will premiere as part of the Countdown to Summer lineup. The film stars Pascal Lamothe-Kipnes as an aspiring entrepreneur and Chesapeake Shores’s Stephen Huszar as the businessman who helps her get her big break.
     
    “Watch Everything Puppies on May 18th on @hallmarkchannel for a chance to see most adorable dogs and little nugget puppies,” Pascal Lamothe-Kipnes wrote on her Instagram page. “Thank you to @firesidepictures for a wonderful experience and many thanks to the amazing cast and crew!!”
     

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    In the new Hallmark romance movie Everything Puppies, Lamothe-Kipnes plays Scarlett, a hard-working inventor looking to make it big with innovative dog toys and treats. Her latest puppy treat recipe is already all the rage with the dogs on her block, she just needs a distributor to bring her product to the masses. 
     
    After getting rejected from one grocery store after another, she finally finds a taker in Alex (played by Stephen Huszar), who runs a shop called Happy Harvest. Scarlett’s treats are such a hit with customers that they sell out immediately. But when a competitor gets word of her success, he does everything he can to shut her down.

    About the cast

     
    Pascal Lamothe-Kipnes is an actress, director, and producer. She appeared in the TV shows DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Charmed, and Trigger Me. In 2023, she shared the screen with Janel Parrish and Tyler Hynes in the Hallmark Christmas movie Never Been Chris’d.
     

    Stephen Huszar

     
    Stephen Huszar has appeared on the TV shows Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, The Flash, iZombie, and Letterkenny.
     
    He played Jake Killian in the Ruby Herring Mysteries series on Hallmark. In 2021, he joined the cast of the Hallmark series Chesapeake Shores. He has starred in the Hallmark movies Time After Time (2011), Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Bone to Pick (2015), Magical Christmas Ornaments (2017), Return to Christmas Creek (2018), My One & Only (2019), A Homecoming for the Holidays (2019), Time For Us to Come Home for Christmas (2020), Undercover Holiday (2022), Love in Glacier National (2023), A Royal Christmas Crush (2023), and Navigating Christmas (2023).
     
    Everything Puppies will premiere on Hallmark Channel on Saturday, May 18 at 8/7c.
          

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  • Grey’s Anatomy star Sarah Drew headlines new Hallmark movie Branching Out

    Grey’s Anatomy star Sarah Drew headlines new Hallmark movie Branching Out

    Sarah Drew will headline the new Hallmark movie Branching Out, which will premiere this weekend on Hallmark Channel as part of the network’s Spring Into Love lineup.
     
    “I’m so proud of this one,” Drew wrote in an Instagram post promoting the movie. “The whole team was magic. The story is so moving. This one will make you feel all the feels. Please tune in to #branchingout Saturday April 27 at 8/7c on @hallmarkchannel. I will be live tweeting with you all during the [East Coast] feed!”
     

    New Hallmark movie

     
    In Branching Out, Sarah Drew plays Amelia, a single mother to 10-year-old Ruby (played by Cora Bella). When Ruby is given a school assignment to create a family tree, Amelia realizes how little she knows about her dad.
     
    Amelia administers a DNA test and discovers that Ruby’s father, a man named TJ (played by Juan Pablo Di Pace), lives in their neighborhood. TJ, an aspiring musician, says he would love to meet Ruby and introduce her to his family. Suddenly, Amelia and Ruby, who have been on their own for so long, are surrounded by family.
     
    “Romance takes flight as Amelia gets to know TJ and is invited to take part in his family’s Mexican traditions,” reads a synopsis from Hallmark. “Along the way, Amelia’s protective instincts — both for herself and her daughter —are challenged, especially when TJ gets the chance of a lifetime that might take him away. With the help of an adorable little girl who has a big heart and a thousand questions, Amelia and TJ discover that family trees can be complicated and wonderfully unique, especially when love is what ties everyone together.”

    Grey’s Anatomy star Sarah Drew

     
    Sarah Drew plays Dr. April Kepner on the ABC series Grey’s Anatomy. She has also appeared on the TV shows Law and Order: SVU, Supernatural, Castle, and Mad Men.
     
    Drew co-starred with Niall Matter in the Lifetime movie Christmas Pen Pals and has appeared in the Hallmark movies Christmas in Vienna (2020) and Guiding Emily (2023).
     

    Juan Pablo Di Pace

     
    Juan Pablo Di Pace was born in Argentina and got his start as an actor in the United Kingdom. In 2014, he was cast in the TNT reboot of the series Dallas. He also appeared in Fuller House as Fernando, Kimmy Gibbler’s estranged husband.
     
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