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Cast Bios

MAGGIE LAWSON (Tess Harper) ¨C Born and raised in Louisville, KY, Maggie Lawson started

appearing in local community and dinner theater when she was eight years old. She became a

youth journalist for the local FOX station before moving to Los Angeles.

Lawson recently completed recurring arcs on the Netflix series ¡°The Ranch¡± as well as CBS¡¯s ¡°The

Great Indoors,¡± and in 2016 she starred opposite Jane Lynch in the CBS series ¡°Angel From Hell.¡±

Also that year she filmed the Netflix feature Spivak, starring alongside Michael Bacall & Rob

Kazinsky. Prior to that she had a season long arc on Chuck Lorre¡¯s ¡°Two and a Half Men,¡± playing

the love interest to both Jon Cryer and Ashton Kutcher.

Lawson is well known for her role as Juliet O¡¯Hara on the hit USA series ¡°Psych.¡± Other television

credits include ¡°Back In The Game,¡± ¡°Justified,¡± ¡°Crumbs,¡± ¡°It¡¯s All Relative,¡± ¡°Inside Schwartz,¡±

¡°E.R.¡± ¡°Party of Five¡± and ¡°Felicity.¡± Television movie credits include ¡°Killer Hair,¡± ¡°Hostile

Makeover,¡± ¡°Model Behavior¡± and ¡°Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman.¡± Her film credits include

Cheats, Pleasantville, Nice Guys Sleep Alone and Cleaner.

Lawson is an animal-lover and the co-founder of The Tiger Frances Foundation, a non-profit

organization to end animal abuse and place animals in loving homes. She is especially proud of

Love On Paws, a program created by TTFF to bring rescue animals into the classroom, sharing

their stories with kids to help foster empathy and compassion, important components in the quest

to end abuse. The program is currently partnered with Communities in Schools and School on

Wheels. She currently resides in Los Angeles.

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PAUL GREENE (Michael) ¨C In 2005, Paul Greene¡¯s passion for acting brought him to Los

Angeles. After studying in New York at Stella Adler, Uta Hagen¡¯s HB Studios, and Susan Batson¡¯s

Black Nexxus, Greene¡¯s commitment to developing his craft continued in Los Angeles at Improv

Olympic West and the Actor¡¯s Circle Theater and in work with Nicoli Guzov, Sandy Marshal and

Margie Haber.

In addition to Greene¡¯s appearance in Sofia Copola¡¯s feature film Somewhere, he has an extensive

television resume that includes a broad range of characters. He has been seen in the Hallmark

Channel Original Movies ¡°A Wish for Christmas,¡± ¡°Anything for Love¡± and ¡°A Perfect Wedding.¡±

He had a recurring role in the fourth season of the network¡¯s popular series ¡°When Calls the

Heart,¡± and will be returning for the show¡¯s fifth season, which was recently announced. He

played Tatum O¡¯Neal¡¯s love interest in 42 episodes of Fox¡¯s ¡°Wicked Wicked Games,¡± and

appeared in episodes of ¡°Freddie,¡± ¡°CSI: NY,¡± ¡°Shark,¡± ¡°My Own Worst Enemy,¡± David E. Kelley¡¯s

¡°The Wedding Bells,¡± ¡°Eastwick,¡± Jerry Bruckheimer¡¯s ¡°The Whole Truth, ¡°NCIS,¡± ¡°Harry¡¯s Law,¡±

¡°The Client List,¡± ¡°The Newsroom,¡± ¡°NTSF:SD:SUV,¡± the hit syfy series ¡°Bitten,¡± ¡°CSI¡± and, most

recently, ¡°Girlfriends¡¯ Guide to Divorce¡± on Bravo. Additionally, Greene has starred in more than

100 television commercials. Recent feature film roles include Screwed, Beautiful Girl and Deadly

Sanctuary.

From the small family farm in Alberta, Canada, Greene was discovered by renowned talent agent

Kelly Streit.

Greene is an avid pilot, accomplished musician, singer and photographer. He was recently

featured in, and helped film a documentary, following five riders on motorcycles through the

Himalayas from north India to the Tibetan plateau called the ¡°Highest Pass.¡±

He lives in Los Angeles with his son, Oliver.

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CHRISTINE CHATELAIN (Amber Tilton) ¨C Christine Chatelain recently appeared in three

episodes of the critically-acclaimed series ¡°The Man in The High Castle,¡± and in two episodes of

Hallmark Channel¡¯s hit series ¡°When Calls the Heart,¡± as well as in Hallmark Channel¡¯s original

movies ¡°Dater's Handbook¡± and ¡°Christmas List.¡±

Chatelain co-starred in the Canadian television series ¡°White Collar Poet,¡± starred as the title

character in ¡°Riese,¡± and was a series regular in ¡°The Collector.¡± Feature films in which Chatelain

has appeared include Dr. Doolittle: Tail to the Chief; Stark Raving Mad, 40 Days and 40

Nights, 3000 Miles to Graceland and Final Destination, among others.

She has appeared in the made-for-television movies ¡°Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling

Story,¡± ¡°Time After Time,¡± and ¡°Storm Seekers¡± as well as in episodes of ¡°Supernatural,¡±

¡°Sanctuary,¡± ¡°Fear Iself,¡± ¡°Smallville,¡± ¡°Psych¡± and ¡°The L Word,¡± among others.

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PETER BENSON (Jack) ¨C Canadian actor Peter Benson boasts an extensive resume of work on

both sides of the border. Benson is instantly recognizable to Hallmark Channel viewers, who will

know him from his roles in the Hallmark Channel original movies ¡°Walking The Dog,¡± ¡°Christmas

List,¡± ¡°The Mystery Cruise,¡± "A Bride for Christmas" and ¡°Nobody¡¯s Fool,¡± as well as his recurring

role as Detective Arthur Smith in Hallmark Movies & Mysteries ¡°Aurora Teagarden Mystery¡±

movies.

Benson starred in the Lifetime movies ¡°Britney Ever After,¡± ¡°Perfect High,¡± ¡°The Pregnancy

Project,¡± ¡°Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story,¡± ¡°High Noon,¡± and ¡°Are you My Mother.¡± He

is a recurring Guest Star in the Disney XD series ¡°Mech-X4,¡± and has guest-starred in episodes of

numerous popular primetime series, including ¡°Proof,¡± ¡°Backstrom,¡± ¡°Hell On Wheels,¡±

¡°Supernatural,¡± ¡±R.L. Stine¡¯s The Haunting Hour,¡± ¡°Arrow,¡± ¡°The Killing,¡± ¡°Psych,¡± ¡°The L Word,¡±

¡°Reunion,¡± Stargate-SG-1¡± and ¡°Smallville,¡± to name but a few.

Benson has appeared in nearly 50 feature films, among them District 9, Blonde and Blonder,

Smokin¡¯ Aces 2: Assassin¡¯s Ball, Wingman, The Break-Up Artist, Death Do Us Part, Afterparty and

What An Idiot, in which he starred and directed.

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GILES PANTON (Dex Richmond) ¨C A native of Vancouver, B.C., Panton¡¯s acting studies took

him from his hometown to New York and back again, where early on he landed a recurring role

as Joe Wylee on SyFy¡¯s ¡°Flash Gordon.¡± Since then he has had recurring roles on numerous

series, including The CW¡¯s ¡°Reign¡± and ¡°The Tomorrow People,¡± Hallmark Channel¡¯s ¡°Cedar Cove,¡±

Bravo¡¯s ¡°Girlfriends¡¯ Guide to Divorce,¡± and the web series ¡°Soldiers of the Apocalypse.¡± Panton

has also guest-starred on CBS¡¯ ¡°King & Maxwell,¡± The CW¡¯s ¡°Smallville¡± and ¡°Supernatural.¡± Fox¡¯s

¡°Human Target¡± and Disney¡¯s ¡°Mr.Young.¡± He will also be seen in the upcoming ABC straight-toseries drama ¡°Somewhere Between.¡±

His growing passion for acting pushed him into the field of voice work, where he enjoys a notable

career. He voices Tarzan in the new Netflix original series ¡°Tarzan and Jane,¡± and played

Commander Keith on Nicktoons Network¡¯s ¡°Voltron Force,¡± a reboot of the popular animation

series. He also had a recurring role on Cartoon Network¡¯s ¡°Max Steel,¡± earning him his first action

figure.

On the big screen, Panton can be seen in the 2017 thriller This Is Your Death, alongside Giancarlo

Esposito, Josh Duhamel, Sarah Wayne Callies and Famke Janssen, and he appeared in the 2014

feature If I Stay.

-- HALLMARK CHANNEL ¨C

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