everyone from a former superman actor to
a member of the wonder years cast has at
one point or another been a regular on
the hallmark channel who are they and
how did they get there the answers are
coming up
if hallmark has an ambassador it's
candace cameron beret best known as dj
tanner from the abc sitcom full house
and it's netflix sequel fuller house she
starred in many hallmark flicks
including at least 10 christmas movies
rightfully earning her the title
christmas queen though she enjoys the
moniker at home telling us weekly she
decorated right after halloween in 2021
she said it comes with high expectations
professionally one of her most popular
christmas films switched for christmas
garnered almost 6 million viewers for
its premiere per indy wire in the
interview with us weekly she said she's
letting go of the huge amount of
pressure that comes with the christmas
queen title
ratings aren't why she makes holiday
films after all she explained i make
them because i love them and she knows
viewers do too one look at cameron
beret's website and it's easy to see
what drew her to hallmark and why she
stayed the actress wife mother producer
director and new york times best-selling
author stated i wear a lot of different
hats but the most life-changing one i
identify with is christian
i feel so blessed that i've been able to
share my faith and
really it's been such a huge part of my
career she emphasized this and her
loyalty to hallmark in a 2016 interview
with moviefone saying hallmark's my
family they have a wonderful brand that
lines up with my brand what their core
values are and what they represent
that's what i do and that's why it works
so well lacey chabert had quite the
career before becoming one of hallmark's
leading ladies she played claudia
salinger in the widely acclaimed drama
party of five and she was also the
memorable gretchen wieners in the early
aughts cult classic mean girls so fetch
what is fetch oh it's like slang from
england
now she's a hallmark star regularly
appearing in holiday rom-com and mystery
movies in 2022 she starred in and
executive produced the wedding veil
trilogy which also features two other
hallmark leading ladies she said on the
kelly clarkson show this was a real
passion project of mine it's a little
bit of magic a little bit of mystery as
you discover what the veil is all about
really at the core of it though it's
about friendship and the connection that
these women have
speaking to entertainment tonight she
explained the hallmark channel's appeal
one of the things i love about hallmark
movies is you're guaranteed a happy
ending i think in the world we're living
in today to be a part of a project that
adds a little love and light and levity
into the world is something i'm very
proud of
in february 2022 she signed a
multi-picture two-year contract with
crown media securing her not just as an
actress on the hallmark channel but also
as a developer and producer
with an acting career spanning three
decades holly robinson pete knows what
makes good television she also
understands how challenging it can be to
find meaningful projects for people of
color especially women
most recognized for her roles in 21 jump
street and hang in with mr cooper
robinson pete began her hallmark career
in 2015. since then she has starred in
several holiday movies a mystery mini
series and even her own family reality
show in november 2020 the hallmark
channel premiered the christmas doctor
robinson pete who wrote produced and
starred in the film felt honored to be
part of a project that featured a
beautiful holiday story about quote
black love in a 2020 interview with zora
robinson pete said
the idea of representation and diversity
in hallmark movies is really taking an
exponential leap this year we have so
much content with people of different
colors and different orientations i'm
feeling good about that because i feel
like that was long overdue
on the topic of inclusivity robinson
pete also produced and starred in our
christmas journey a film about a single
mother who learns valuable lessons from
her son who has autism she said in a
statement via people i am making this
movie for my son rj who was diagnosed
with autism at age two others with
autism and their families
with his sandy blonde hair dimpled smile
and intense gaze chad michael murray
didn't just make his co-stars swoon in
iconic shows like gilmore girls one tree
hill and riverdale he melted the hearts
of his female viewers too beyond his
boyish good looks marie has had a robust
and diverse career starring in multiple
feature films and even penning his own
books he's authored a graphic novel and
co-authored a romance thriller you're
better
much better
in 2018 he added hallmark leading man to
his resume he's since been in multiple
hallmark films including the popular
right before christmas and sand dollar
cove though he had public breakups with
co-stars sophia bush and kenzie dalton
murray is now a proud family man he told
hollywoodlife
i put god and family first
in an interview with culture s he talked
about among other things working with
the hallmark channel he said i love
everybody over there i get a nice mix
because on the side i can run out and do
a dark little indie film or some crazy
drama somewhere and then come back and
dial it in for some good wholesome
content with hallmark and tell their
story
rachel lee cook has had some
career-defining on-screen moments there
was that dark and disturbing this is
your brain on drugs public service
announcement from 1997 and then two
years later she had the memorable geek
to hottie transformation scene from
she's all that who could forget a
stunning cook descending down the
staircase wearing a slinky red dress and
high heels as freddy prince jr watches
from below
indeed she seemed well on her way to
hollywood stardom but after venturing
into indie films and starring in some
box office flops like josie and the
pussycats she sort of disappeared then
she made a comeback abandoning edgier
dramas in favor of rom-coms cook debuted
on the hallmark channel in 2016 and has
been on a roll ever since even producing
some of her films for the network
speaking fondly of her experience with
hallmark she told entertainment tonight
my heart wants to tell stories that
remind people that there is real magic
in this world because there is is it
like a hallmark movie 100
no but i think this can remind us that
there is this unbelievable force that is
love and it's the biggest thing in this
life and there should be an entire
channel dedicated to it and damn it
that's hallmark and i love it
cameron matheson got his big break as
brian lavery a kind-hearted but
conflicted hunk in all my children and
he hasn't slowed down since he starred
in multiple hallmark movies including
the murder she baked series and has
served as a co-host for entertainment
tonight and hallmark's lifestyle show
home and family he also made numerous
appearances on good morning america live
with kelly and ryan and the talk he even
tried his hand at ballroom dancing on
dancing with the stars but in 2019 life
took a dramatic turn matheson who's a
health and fitness enthusiast was
diagnosed with renal cancer he later
told us weekly in a 2020 interview i
didn't know if it was a death sentence i
didn't know anything i'm a pretty
optimistic and sort of glass-half-full
guy but it was tough in that moment
interestingly it was a hallmark film the
christmas club that prompted him to get
an mri after he was experiencing some
concerning symptoms describing the movie
to entertainment tonight he said it's
really about paying attention and being
mindful it saved my life see these
hallmark christmas movies are more
powerful than you know what hasn't dean
kane done he's been a tv host a producer
a writer an actor a director and not too
many people can say they've been
superman and a hallmark hunk he's most
recognized for his role as clark kent
superman in the early 90s hit show lois
and clark the new adventures of superman
however he's also carved out a nice
career for himself on the hallmark
channel starring in christmas flicks
like broadcasting christmas the case for
christmas a wish come true and winter's
dream
viewing not too far from the hallmark
brand he segued into producing and
acting in a number of faith-based
productions an outspoken christian
family man and conservative kane came to
hallmark's defense in 2019 when a salon
article claimed that hallmark movies are
quote fascist propaganda speaking to
hosts at fox and friends he said
hallmark movies are about love they're
about bringing people together they're
the farthest thing from fascism that
exists out there
from playing the wily sammy brady on
days of our lives to the girl next door
on hallmark alison sweeney has
demonstrated her acting shops since
joining hallmark in 2010 she has become
a dominating force she starred in
several projects including time for you
to come home for christmas the murder
she baked series and the wedding veil
trilogy aside from acting she's also
worked on scripts and produced for the
network michelle vickery before she
stepped down as crown media's executive
vice president of programming and
network publicity said in a statement
via paste we pride ourselves on how our
programming is created written developed
and produced by women that connect with
all of our viewers
sweeney echoed this sentiment saying i
absolutely think it's important right
now to make sure that women are being
equally hired and given that opportunity
in this industry that has been so
predominantly male a report from the
center for the study of women in
television and film proves her right the
study found that of those working behind
the scenes on the top 250 grossing films
in 2021 25 were women that's up from 23
in 2020 that sounds awesome
let's hope with the help of enterprising
women like sweeney that number will
continue to grow
jessie metcalf shot to fame in the early
2000s he starred as the womanizing
basketball star in the 2016 romantic
comedy john tucker must die and was the
sexy and tanned gardener who wooed eva
longoria's character on desperate
housewives metcalf is also a sag
award-winning actor he starred in beyond
a reasonable doubt the other end of the
line and the tortured in 2015 he joined
the hallmark fold starring in a country
wedding where he got to show off his
musical side as a country singer and
guitar player now with projects like
christmas next door christmas under the
stars and chesapeake shores he's become
a hallmark regular he even produced
several episodes of martha's vineyard
mysteries and it doesn't look like he's
slowing down anytime soon metcalf told
entertainment tonight i've been on quite
a journey to say the least i've worked
consistently for the last 20 years not
many people can say that but of course i
want more i feel like i've really only
scratched the surface in the last 20
years of what i can do
unlucky for you i happen to be an expert
she made her claim to fame as the
dark-haired dark-eyed girl who stole
kevin arnold's heart on the wonder years
still danica mckellar's road from winnie
cooper to hollywood star has been
anything but conventional she graduated
summa laude from ucla with a degree
in mathematics published new york times
best-selling math books for children and
even co-authored a new math theorem
after the wonder years she starred in
several popular shows such as the west
wing nypd blue and the big bang theory
she then found a permanent home on the
hallmark channel executive producing and
playing the lead in several christmas
movies and the miniseries matchmaker
mysteries in 2021 however she shocked
fans when she made a very public exit
from hallmark to work at one of its
competitor networks gac family
it was founded by former crown media
family network ceo bill abbott one of
the reasons mckellar said she went to
gac was because of her close working
relationship with abbott though she's
been hush-hush about some of her
upcoming projects she said that her
contract with gac involves her only
doing rom-coms and holiday films as with
hallmark she wanted to star in and
produce her own films and that's exactly
what she did for the winter palace her
inaugural project with gac
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