‘YOU’RE BACON ME CRAZY’ Cast Bios

NATALIE HALL (Cleo Morelli) – Best known to Hallmark Channel viewers for her starring role in the 2019 Winterfest movie “A Winter Princess,” Natalie Hall was also featured the critically acclaimed Lifetime television series “UnREAL” and in a recurring role on The CW series “Charmed.” She is also currently starring in the Hulu anthology “Into the Dark: A Nasty Piece of Work.” In 2017, she played opposite Miles Teller in the Sony/Lionsgate feature Only the Brave, and she filmed the untitled Marc Cherry/Reba McEntire pilot for ABC. Previously, Hall was one of the leads of “Star-Crossed” for The CW. She has also been seen in memorable arcs on HBO’s “True Blood” as well as USA’s “Royal Pains.”

Hall got her start starring in the popular, long-running series “All My Children” and has appeared on hit shows such as “NCIS: New Orleans,” “Shades of Blue,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “The Good Wife,” “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and “Pretty Little Liars.”

A very talented vocalist, Hall has performed on the stage in Cruel Intentions: The Musical as well as A Chorus Line, for which she received an Ovation Nomination for Best Supporting Actress. On the feature film side, she has starred in the independent films Loserville, The Curse of Sleeping Beauty, Simple Little Lives, +1, Still Life and Rising Stars. She’s also starred in “The Seven Year Hitch” and Hallmark Channel’s original movie, “Love’s Christmas Journey.”

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MICHAEL RADY (Sam Taylor) – Michael Rady had a recurring role on NBC’s Sci-Fi drama “Timeless” and a stand-out series regular role in the second season of “UnREAL,” in which he portrayed the cunning love interest to Shiri Appleby’s character. He also continues to recur in the Netflix series “Atypical.” Other recent credits include playing the rival of Justin Baldoni’s character on The CW series “Jane the Virgin” and appearing in the CBS dramas “Instinct” and “Intelligence,” as well as “The Resident” for Fox.

After attending the theater program at Temple University in Philadelphia, Rady got his big break when he was cast as Alexis Bledel’s love interest in the sequel to The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. He followed that up with recurring roles in Showtime’s critically acclaimed series “Sleeper Cell” and as Stanley Tucci’s son in “ER.”

Other notable television roles include ABC Family’s “Greek” and The CW’s reboot of “Melrose Place.” More recently, he starred as a resident doctor opposite intern Mamie Gummer in The CW’s “Emily Owens, MD” and romanced Kristen Bell in Showtime’s “House of Lies.” Rady has starred in several Hallmark Channel original movies, including “Love to the Rescue,” “Christmas in Homestead” and “Christmas at Pemberley Manor,” as well as “Two Turtle Doves” and “A Joyous Christmas” on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

Additional film roles include The Guardian with Kevin Costner, and J. Edgar, directed by Clint Eastwood.

A native of Philadelphia, Rady currently resides in New York.

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