Write Before Christmas’ original title is Five Cards for Christmas and is a Hallmark Channel original movie that was aired on November 17, 2019, as part of the channel’s tenth annual Countdown to Christmas event. Write Before Christmas is directed by Pat Williams and written by Neal & Tippi Dobrofsky. Its running time is one hour and twenty four minutes. The movie spins around Jessica who is betrayed by her boyfriend just before Christmas. She sends Christmas cards to people who have influenced her life — the aunt who raised her, her younger brother in the military, a pop star who was the music teacher who inspired her, and the best friend who always tells the truth. This movie stars Torrey DeVitto and Chad Michael Murray as main leads. Let’s get into the real life of the cast of Write Before Christmas through pictures.
Torrey DeVitto
Torrey Joël DeVitto is an American actress, musician, philanthropist, producer and former fashion model. She was born on born June 8, 1984 in Huntington on Long Island. She is of Italian descent. She has craved the title of Us Weekly’s Most Stylish New Yorkers of 2018. She is best known for her supportive roles as Melissa Hastings in the Freeform mystery drama series Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017), Dr. Meredith Fell in The CW fantasy drama series The Vampire Diaries (2012–2013) and as Carrie in The CW drama series One Tree Hill (2008–2009). In 2013, she got lead roles as Maggie Hall in the final season of Lifetime’s drama series Army Wives and as Dr. Natalie Manning in the NBC medical drama series Chicago Med (2015–present). Being a philanthropist she is involved in a number of philanthropic organizations and is a Hospice Ambassador. DeVitto and Paul Wesley started dating each other in 2007, and they married in a private ceremony in April 2011. DeVitto and Wesley called off their marriage in July 2013. DeVitto relationship with actor Rick Glassman lasted for two years. She dated Artem Chigvintsev from 2016 to 2017, and Jesse Lee Soffer from August 2018 to May 2019. She confessed her relationship with Will Estes in October 2020.
Chad Michael Murray
Chad Michael Murray was born on August 24, 198. Buffalo, New York is his birth place. At a very young age, he was abandoned by her mother. He is an American actor and former fashion model. He got immense praise for playing Lucas Scott in The WB/CW drama series One Tree Hill (2003–09, 2012), a supportive role as Tristan Dugray on The WB/CW series Gilmore Girls (2000–01), Charlie Todd in the fifth season of The WB series Dawson’s Creek (2001–02). In 1999, Murray landed to Hollywood where he initially worked as a model for different brands like, Skechers, Tommy Hilfiger and Gucci. Then he got a role of rich kid Tristin DuGray on Gilmore Girls; which was one of the main characters in the first season of the series and then became a recurring.
Andrew Seeley
Andrew Michael Edgar Seeley is an amazing American actor, singer and dancer. He was born on April 30, 1982. Seeley was raised in Toronto. He has recorded many songs for the Walt Disney Company. He danced as a child in Ontario until he was about preteen age and then moved to Florida. He began performing at age 11, when he joined the ensemble of Harold Prince’s Showboat revival in Toronto. After twenty years, he closed Jersey Boys on Broadway as the final ‘Bob Gaudio.’ His other prominent works include Broadway’s The Little Mermaid as ‘Prince Eric,’ the North & South American tours of High School Musical: The Concert as ‘Troy Bolton,’ and Another Cinderella Story, starring as ‘Joey Parker’ opposite Selena Gomez. As a songwriter, Drew has written and performed on more than ten Disney soundtracks. He got nominated for an Emmy Award for co-writing 6X platinum High School Musical’s ‘Getcha Head in the Game.’ As a songwriter, Drew has written and performed on more than ten Disney soundtracks. He got nominated for an Emmy Award for co-writing 6X platinum High School Musical’s ‘Getcha Head in the Game.’ Seeley got married to actress/comedian Amy Paffrath. The duo is blessed with one child, a daughter, who was born in 2019.
Lanie McAuley
Lanie McAuley is an actress and singer. She is from Los Angeles. She is famous for her role as musician Emma Rogers on Hallmark’s Chesapeake Shores, and as Liza in the Netflix apocalypse drama How It Ends. She started her career in entertainment when she booked a Mattel commercial at the age of one. She appeared in over 100 commercials as a child and teenager, namely for Barbie and Bratz dolls. After attaining her Bachelor of Commerce, she started pursuing her film & tv career. She wrote and recorded music for her pop project, MCAULEY. She released her first single in 2019, titled “Animal.”
Nikki Chohan
Nikki Chohan is an actress; she has played her roles tremendously in Valley of the Boom (2019), Write Before Christmas (2019) and Time for You to Come Home for Christmas (2019). She started her career from modeling and then landed into showbiz industry. She is famous for her role in Valley of Boom.
Lolita Davidovich
Lolita Davidovich was born on July 15, 1961. She is a Canadian actress. She gave mesmerizing performance in her film Blaze Star 1989. She received Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination for her performance in Blaze Star. Initially Davidovich played small parts on television and films. She later had starring roles in films including Leap of Faith (1992), Raising Cain (1992), Intersection (1994), Cobb (1994), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), Gods and Monsters (1998), Mystery, Alaska (1999), and Play It to the Bone (1999). Davidovich married Ron Shelton. Her husband is a renowned screenwriter and director. They live in California with their two children.
Ben Afful
Ben Afful is a Canadian actor. He belongs to Ghana, West Africa. Before getting settled on the west coast of BC in Vancouver, he lived-in England for a brief period of time. In the beginning of his career he worked as extra and stand -in work in X-File series. He gave some time to modeling and then returned back to film and television. He works independently in- between film, television and commercial work on the west coast.
Grant Show
Grant Show was born on February 27, 1962. He was raised in San Jose, California. He first appeared as “Rick Hyde” in Ryan’s Hope (1975) from 1984 to 1987. During his performances in the occasional television show he worked in the theater. In the television hit, Melrose Place, he was casted as Jack Hanson. Since then, he started playing in numerous shows, including Swingtown (2008), Private Practice (2007) and HBO’s Big Love (2006). Born in Detroit, Show’s family struck out on a quest for a better life, moving to Northern California when he was two-years-old. A lover of nature and fascinated by science, Show loves fishing, golfing and watching the Discovery Channel, endlessly. He raced cars professionally for a time. He became a father for the first time on 25 March, 2014 when his daughter was born.
Max Archibald
Max Archibald is an actor. He appeared as Joshua in Write Before Christmas. He portrayed Young Rchardo Diaz Jr. in the sixth season of Arrow episode ‘The Dragon’. He is known for his roles in When Calls the Heart, Arrow and The 100.
Sei Campbell
Sei Campbell is one of the actors of Write Before Christmas. He also appeared in A Million Little Things, portrayed the role of host.
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