The 10 Actors You Always See in Hallmark Channel Movies

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    The 10 Actors You Always See in Hallmark Channel Movies

  • <p><strong>Movie count:</strong> 7</p> <p>For a Hallmark leading lady, Lowndes is midtier, with "only" seven movies under her belt. Several of her films have been big hits for the network, including <strong>A December Bride</strong> and <strong>Merry Matrimony</strong>. All but one of her movies have been Christmas-oriented, and the latest, <strong>High Flying Romance</strong>, premiered this past summer. </p>
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    Jessica Lowndes

    Movie count: 7

    For a Hallmark leading lady, Lowndes is midtier, with "only" seven movies under her belt. Several of her films have been big hits for the network, including A December Bride and Merry Matrimony. All but one of her movies have been Christmas-oriented, and the latest, High Flying Romance, premiered this past summer.

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  • <p><strong>Movie count:</strong> 9</p> <p>Witt is one of the longest-lasting leading ladies of the Hallmark movie club. Her first movie with the network came 11 years ago, with 2010's <strong>Backyard <span class="nofilter">Wedding</span></strong>. Although she hasn't churned out quite as many movies as some of the others - only nine so far - most of them have become fan favorites, especially 2013's <strong>A Very Merry Mix-Up</strong>. Her latest film is <strong>Christmas Tree Lane</strong>, in which she plays a music-store owner.</p>
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    Alicia Witt

    Movie count: 9

    Witt is one of the longest-lasting leading ladies of the Hallmark movie club. Her first movie with the network came 11 years ago, with 2010's Backyard Wedding. Although she hasn't churned out quite as many movies as some of the others - only nine so far - most of them have become fan favorites, especially 2013's A Very Merry Mix-Up. Her latest film is Christmas Tree Lane, in which she plays a music-store owner.

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  • <p><strong>Movie count:</strong> 12</p> <p>Following a stage career and a series regular role on the ABC drama <strong>Brothers and Sisters</strong>, Macfarlane joined the Hallmark family. He's appeared in 12 movies so far for the network. Macfarlane seems to specialize in Christmas movies: all but three (<strong>A Birthday Wish</strong>, <strong>Just Add Romance</strong>, and <strong> The Memory Book</strong>) of his films have been holiday-centric! His 2021 feature is <strong>Christmas in My Heart</strong>, where he is paired with Heather Hemmens.</p>
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    Luke Macfarlane

    Movie count: 12

    Following a stage career and a series regular role on the ABC drama Brothers and Sisters, Macfarlane joined the Hallmark family. He's appeared in 12 movies so far for the network. Macfarlane seems to specialize in Christmas movies: all but three (A Birthday Wish, Just Add Romance, and The Memory Book) of his films have been holiday-centric! His 2021 feature is Christmas in My Heart, where he is paired with Heather Hemmens.

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  • <p><strong>Movie count:</strong> 12</p> <p>Fans of mid-2000s teen soaps will remember Reeser as <strong>The O.C.</strong>'s Taylor, but Hallmark fans know her as one of the channel's more prolific actresses. Reeser made her first Hallmark movie in 2012 with <strong>Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade</strong> and has starred in 11 since then. She's had the distinction of starring in movies for nearly every event the channel celebrates: her Hallmark filmography includes movies based around Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, summer <a class="link " href="https://www.popsugar.com/latest/Wedding" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:wedding;elm:context_link;itc:0">wedding</a> season, and Christmas! You can catch her this year in <strong>27-Hour Day</strong>.</p>
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    Autumn Reeser

    Movie count: 12

    Fans of mid-2000s teen soaps will remember Reeser as The O.C.'s Taylor, but Hallmark fans know her as one of the channel's more prolific actresses. Reeser made her first Hallmark movie in 2012 with Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade and has starred in 11 since then. She's had the distinction of starring in movies for nearly every event the channel celebrates: her Hallmark filmography includes movies based around Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, summer wedding season, and Christmas! You can catch her this year in 27-Hour Day.

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  • <p><strong>Movie count:</strong> 15</p> <p>Cole is probably one of the least recognizable names on this list. Unlike several other Hallmark stars, she didn't come to the network with a ready-made résumé but became one of the network's go-to actresses nonetheless. Cole has racked up 15 credits, starting with 2016's <strong>Appetite For Love</strong>. Her most recent credit is <strong>South Beach Love</strong>, a romantic comedy that follows a story of former lovers (played by William Levy) and rival quinceañeras. </p>
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    Taylor Cole

    Movie count: 15

    Cole is probably one of the least recognizable names on this list. Unlike several other Hallmark stars, she didn't come to the network with a ready-made résumé but became one of the network's go-to actresses nonetheless. Cole has racked up 15 credits, starting with 2016's Appetite For Love. Her most recent credit is South Beach Love, a romantic comedy that follows a story of former lovers (played by William Levy) and rival quinceañeras.

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  • <p><strong>Movie count:</strong> 16</p> <p>McKellar has shifted from "former child star" to full-fledged Hallmark leading lady. Her résumé includes 16 Hallmark films, ranging from 2015 to today. <strong>MatchMaker Mysteries: The Art of the Kill</strong> is her latest movie, in which she plays a matchmaker who gets entangled in a murder investigation with Detective Carter (played by Victor Webster).</p>
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    Danica McKellar

    Movie count: 16

    McKellar has shifted from "former child star" to full-fledged Hallmark leading lady. Her résumé includes 16 Hallmark films, ranging from 2015 to today. MatchMaker Mysteries: The Art of the Kill is her latest movie, in which she plays a matchmaker who gets entangled in a murder investigation with Detective Carter (played by Victor Webster).

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  • <p><strong>Movie count:</strong> 18</p> <p>Elliott has become one of Hallmark's most reliable leading men, with 18 films (including three on the "mysteries" subchannel) and a TV series on his résumé. He's best known for the All of My Heart trilogy, about a couple who inherit a house and turn it into an inn. This year in April, he and Lacey Chabert starred in <strong>Crossword Mysteries: Riddle Me Dead</strong>, in which the pair dive into an investigation to discover who is behind the unexpected murder of a popular game-show host.</p>
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    Brennan Elliott

    Movie count: 18

    Elliott has become one of Hallmark's most reliable leading men, with 18 films (including three on the "mysteries" subchannel) and a TV series on his résumé. He's best known for the All of My Heart trilogy, about a couple who inherit a house and turn it into an inn. This year in April, he and Lacey Chabert starred in Crossword Mysteries: Riddle Me Dead, in which the pair dive into an investigation to discover who is behind the unexpected murder of a popular game-show host.

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  • <p><strong>Movie count:</strong> 21</p> <p>Among the men of Hallmark Channel's movies, Walker just might be the king of them all. He's been in a grand total of 21 so far, ranging from holiday films to just-because midyear rom-coms, and 2017 was his most productive year since joining the channel's roster. In that year alone, he released four movies: <strong>Love on Ice, The Perfect Catch, Love Struck Cafe, </strong>and<strong> Snowed-Inn Christmas.</strong> He's paired with Autumn Reeser this year in <strong>The 27-Hour Day</strong>!</p>
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    Andrew Walker

    Movie count: 21

    Among the men of Hallmark Channel's movies, Walker just might be the king of them all. He's been in a grand total of 21 so far, ranging from holiday films to just-because midyear rom-coms, and 2017 was his most productive year since joining the channel's roster. In that year alone, he released four movies: Love on Ice, The Perfect Catch, Love Struck Cafe, and Snowed-Inn Christmas. He's paired with Autumn Reeser this year in The 27-Hour Day!

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  • <p><strong>Movie count:</strong> 27</p> <p>None for Gretchen Wieners, maybe, but plenty for Chabert, who is one of the undisputed queens of Hallmark movies. She's starred in a grand total of 27 of the channel's original movies, starting with 2010's <strong>Elevator Girl</strong>. <strong>All of My Heart</strong> from 2015 was so popular that it launched a series, whose third movie was released earlier in 2018. Chabert's most recent project this year is <strong>Sweet Carolina</strong>!</p>
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    Lacey Chabert

    Movie count: 27

    None for Gretchen Wieners, maybe, but plenty for Chabert, who is one of the undisputed queens of Hallmark movies. She's starred in a grand total of 27 of the channel's original movies, starting with 2010's Elevator Girl. All of My Heart from 2015 was so popular that it launched a series, whose third movie was released earlier in 2018. Chabert's most recent project this year is Sweet Carolina!

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  • <p><strong>Movie count:</strong> 29</p> <p>If you feel like every time you turn on the Hallmark channel, Cameron Bure is on, there's a good reason for that. The <strong>Full House</strong> star has been in a whopping nine stand-alone Hallmark films, as well as the Aurora Teagarden series of mystery movies. She's made at least one per year since 2011 and been especially prolific in the past few years. Cameron Bure's contributions to the channel haven't just been limited to programming: she's also been credited as executive producer on over a dozen of her movies. If you're a Hallmark fan, you undoubtedly caught her 2020 feature <strong>If I Only Had Christmas</strong>, which debuted in November.</p>
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    Candace Cameron Bure

    Movie count: 29

    If you feel like every time you turn on the Hallmark channel, Cameron Bure is on, there's a good reason for that. The Full House star has been in a whopping nine stand-alone Hallmark films, as well as the Aurora Teagarden series of mystery movies. She's made at least one per year since 2011 and been especially prolific in the past few years. Cameron Bure's contributions to the channel haven't just been limited to programming: she's also been credited as executive producer on over a dozen of her movies. If you're a Hallmark fan, you undoubtedly caught her 2020 feature If I Only Had Christmas, which debuted in November.

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<p><strong>Movie count:</strong> 7</p> <p>For a Hallmark leading lady, Lowndes is midtier, with "only" seven movies under her belt. Several of her films have been big hits for the network, including <strong>A December Bride</strong> and <strong>Merry Matrimony</strong>. All but one of her movies have been Christmas-oriented, and the latest, <strong>High Flying Romance</strong>, premiered this past summer. </p>
<p><strong>Movie count:</strong> 9</p> <p>Witt is one of the longest-lasting leading ladies of the Hallmark movie club. Her first movie with the network came 11 years ago, with 2010's <strong>Backyard <span class="nofilter">Wedding</span></strong>. Although she hasn't churned out quite as many movies as some of the others - only nine so far - most of them have become fan favorites, especially 2013's <strong>A Very Merry Mix-Up</strong>. Her latest film is <strong>Christmas Tree Lane</strong>, in which she plays a music-store owner.</p>
<p><strong>Movie count:</strong> 12</p> <p>Following a stage career and a series regular role on the ABC drama <strong>Brothers and Sisters</strong>, Macfarlane joined the Hallmark family. He's appeared in 12 movies so far for the network. Macfarlane seems to specialize in Christmas movies: all but three (<strong>A Birthday Wish</strong>, <strong>Just Add Romance</strong>, and <strong> The Memory Book</strong>) of his films have been holiday-centric! His 2021 feature is <strong>Christmas in My Heart</strong>, where he is paired with Heather Hemmens.</p>
<p><strong>Movie count:</strong> 12</p> <p>Fans of mid-2000s teen soaps will remember Reeser as <strong>The O.C.</strong>'s Taylor, but Hallmark fans know her as one of the channel's more prolific actresses. Reeser made her first Hallmark movie in 2012 with <strong>Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade</strong> and has starred in 11 since then. She's had the distinction of starring in movies for nearly every event the channel celebrates: her Hallmark filmography includes movies based around Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, summer <a class="link " href="https://www.popsugar.com/latest/Wedding" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:wedding;elm:context_link;itc:0">wedding</a> season, and Christmas! You can catch her this year in <strong>27-Hour Day</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Movie count:</strong> 15</p> <p>Cole is probably one of the least recognizable names on this list. Unlike several other Hallmark stars, she didn't come to the network with a ready-made résumé but became one of the network's go-to actresses nonetheless. Cole has racked up 15 credits, starting with 2016's <strong>Appetite For Love</strong>. Her most recent credit is <strong>South Beach Love</strong>, a romantic comedy that follows a story of former lovers (played by William Levy) and rival quinceañeras. </p>
<p><strong>Movie count:</strong> 16</p> <p>McKellar has shifted from "former child star" to full-fledged Hallmark leading lady. Her résumé includes 16 Hallmark films, ranging from 2015 to today. <strong>MatchMaker Mysteries: The Art of the Kill</strong> is her latest movie, in which she plays a matchmaker who gets entangled in a murder investigation with Detective Carter (played by Victor Webster).</p>
<p><strong>Movie count:</strong> 18</p> <p>Elliott has become one of Hallmark's most reliable leading men, with 18 films (including three on the "mysteries" subchannel) and a TV series on his résumé. He's best known for the All of My Heart trilogy, about a couple who inherit a house and turn it into an inn. This year in April, he and Lacey Chabert starred in <strong>Crossword Mysteries: Riddle Me Dead</strong>, in which the pair dive into an investigation to discover who is behind the unexpected murder of a popular game-show host.</p>
<p><strong>Movie count:</strong> 21</p> <p>Among the men of Hallmark Channel's movies, Walker just might be the king of them all. He's been in a grand total of 21 so far, ranging from holiday films to just-because midyear rom-coms, and 2017 was his most productive year since joining the channel's roster. In that year alone, he released four movies: <strong>Love on Ice, The Perfect Catch, Love Struck Cafe, </strong>and<strong> Snowed-Inn Christmas.</strong> He's paired with Autumn Reeser this year in <strong>The 27-Hour Day</strong>!</p>
<p><strong>Movie count:</strong> 27</p> <p>None for Gretchen Wieners, maybe, but plenty for Chabert, who is one of the undisputed queens of Hallmark movies. She's starred in a grand total of 27 of the channel's original movies, starting with 2010's <strong>Elevator Girl</strong>. <strong>All of My Heart</strong> from 2015 was so popular that it launched a series, whose third movie was released earlier in 2018. Chabert's most recent project this year is <strong>Sweet Carolina</strong>!</p>
<p><strong>Movie count:</strong> 29</p> <p>If you feel like every time you turn on the Hallmark channel, Cameron Bure is on, there's a good reason for that. The <strong>Full House</strong> star has been in a whopping nine stand-alone Hallmark films, as well as the Aurora Teagarden series of mystery movies. She's made at least one per year since 2011 and been especially prolific in the past few years. Cameron Bure's contributions to the channel haven't just been limited to programming: she's also been credited as executive producer on over a dozen of her movies. If you're a Hallmark fan, you undoubtedly caught her 2020 feature <strong>If I Only Had Christmas</strong>, which debuted in November.</p>
Amanda Prahl

It's an honored tradition as old as time (or, at least, as old as cable networks): Hallmark holiday movies. Unlike many other themed producers, though, the network doesn't limit its "holiday" programming to just winter holidays - you can find movies about Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, and each of the four seasons, plus a handful that are just classic cute rom-coms. No one can match Hallmark for sheer output: this holiday season alone welcomed 40 new movies to the lineup!

One thing you probably have noticed, though, is that Hallmark often reuses the same actors in several movies. If you've ever wondered who has the honor of starring in the most original movies, wonder no more! We've rounded up the 10 most prolific Hallmark actors and actresses - have you seen all their films?

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