Lacey Chabert got her big break in the ‘90s on the dark teen drama Party of Five, then charmed audiences with her turn as one of the Plastics in 2004’s Mean Girls. Now, she's the star of the Netflix Christmas hit Hot Frosty.
In between, Chabert established herself as one of the Hallmark Channel's major stars in holiday hits like Family for Christmas and All of My Heart. Ever since her Santa Claus dance routine in Mean Girls, Chabert has truly become the queen of Christmas movies.
Chabert is hardly the only former child star to make a major impact on the Hallmark Channel, whether in Christmas movies or not. Check out the article below for more celebs who now call Hallmark home.
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Lacey Chabert played the youngest Salinger orphan in the 1990s heavy drama, Party of Five. In 2004, she nearly stole the show as Gretchen Wieners (who is still trying to make fetch happen) in the comedy hit, Mean Girls. Then, for whatever reason, Chabert's Hollywood career began to stall. The actress turned to starring in movies for Hallmark, including the popular titles Family For Christmas and All of My Heart.
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Danica McKellar will always be synonymous for her role as Kevin Arnold's dream girl, Winnie Cooper, in the landmark coming-of-age series, The Wonder Years. However, McKellar is not just a pretty face - she graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with a degree in Mathematics. She even proved a new math theorem that laymen will certainly never understand called the Chayes-McKellar-Winn Theorem.
The San Diego native has made appearances in several television shows since her Wonder Years days, including stints on The West Wing, NYPD Blue, and The Big Bang Theory. She has also carved out a niche in made-for-TV movies like Hallmark's Crown For Christmas.
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Teri Polo is probably best known for her role opposite Ben Stiller as Pam Byrnes-Focker in the movie comedy trilogy, Meet the Parents. The former ballet dancer has also appeared in several television series, including a recurring role on The West Wing and a current stint on the ABC Family series, The Fosters.
Polo has starred in several Lifetime and Hallmark Channel movies, including the thriller Taken for Ransom and The Christmas Shepherd.
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Lauren Holly's breakout performance came in the Jim Carrey big screen comedy, Dumb and Dumber, in 1994. Holly's other film credits include roles in Olive Stone's Any Given Sunday and Sabrina, starring opposite Harrison Ford. The actress has also appeared in several television series, including long-running stints on Picket Fences and NCIS.
Holly has six movies for Hallmark under her belt, such as the 2004 romantic comedy, Just Desserts.
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Dean Cain turned to acting after sustaining a career-ending injury. Originally a football player, he signed with the Buffalo Bills straight out of college, but hurt his knee before his NFL career even began. He got the gig as Superman/Clark Kent in the TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and starred as the Man of Steel for four seasons.
More recently, Cain has appeared in several movies for the Hallmark Channel, including starring roles in 15 holiday movies alone.
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Tori Spelling is practically television royalty because her father is the famed TV producer, Aaron Spelling. Tori's career took off in 1990 when she appeared as Donna Martin in the long-running, pop culture smash, Beverly Hills, 90210, which was on the air for the entire decade of the '90s. Martin has gone to become a reality television queen and Hallmark movie staple.
