‘THE WEDDING MARCH 2: RESORTING TO LOVE’ Cast Bios JACK WAGNER (Mick) – Acclaimed actor Jack Wagner majored in theater at the University of Missouri and graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drama. His theatrical background of singing, dancing and acting would prove to be a true cornerstone in a diversified career. In 1983, Wagner landed the starring role on the hit daytime series, “General Hospital,” playing the rocker Frisco Jones. After recording several songs for the show, Wagner signed a recording deal on Quincy Jones’ label, Qwest, and within six months, his first single, “All I Need,” was number two on the pop charts and number one on adult contemporary charts. In addition, he was the host of the Time Life Collection, “Early ’80s” nationwide. In 1987, Wagner returned to his theatrical roots touring nationally as Tony in West Side Story, and in 1988 as Danny Zuko in Grease. In 1993, Wagner moved to nighttime television, joining the hit series “Melrose Place,” where he spent five seasons both acting as Dr. Peter Burns and directing. Then, in 2000, he took the role of a lifetime on Broadway, starring in the title role of Jekyll and Hyde. Wagner has starred in more than 15 made-for-TV movies and appeared in more than 40 theatrical productions around the country. In 2003, Wagner joined the cast of “The Bold and the Beautiful,” the most successful dramatic serial in the world, viewed in 130 countries. Wagner is also a scratch golfer and has won six club championships at his home course in Los Angeles, the Bel Air Country Club. In 1990, Wagner won the ProAm with John Cook at Pebble Beach’s ATT Tournament. He also hosted the ESPN golf show, “Off Course with Jack Wagner,” where he interviewed celebrities Alex Rodriquez, Heather Locklear, John Elway and James Woods, to name a few. Wagner is the 2006 and 2011 Champion of the American Century Celebrity Golf Tournament at Lake Tahoe, Nevada, which is broadcasted annually on NBC. In 2009, he was named #1 Celebrity Golfer by Golf Digest. Wagner is the National Celebrity Ambassador of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, a beneficiary from the annual charity golf tournament, The Jack Wagner Celebrity Golf Classic. He has spent many tireless hours working for this charity, as his father died in 1990 as a result of blood cancer, and his brother was diagnosed in 1999 with leukemia. (more) HALLMARK CHANNEL – ‘THE WEDDING MARCH 2’ – CAST BIOS/Page 2 In addition to starring in Hallmark Channel’s highly successful 2016 June Wedding film, “The Wedding March,” and reprising his role of Mick Turner in the 2017 sequel, Wagner is known for his starring role in Hallmark Channel’s popular original series “When Calls the Heart,” which has been renewed for a fourth season. He also enjoyed making a guest appearance on “Ray Donovan,” starred in Hallmark Movie Channel’s “My Gal Sunday,” “Castle,” “Hot in Cleveland,” “Celebrity Apprentice” and “See Dad Run.” Most recently he was a contestant on Season 14 of “Dancing with the Stars.” # # # TARA WILSON (Corinne) – Tara Wilson first fell in love with performing on the stage, where she has always felt the excitement of sharing the connection with the other performers and the audience. She is best known for her feature film “The Butterfly Effect,” starring Ashton Kutcher, “Everything’s Gone Green,” “Whisper,” “That One Night,” “Dress to Kill” and most recently the comedy “Thirty-Seventeen.” On the small screen, Wilson has appeared in several TV series, including “Once Upon a Time,” “Cedar Cove,” “Girlfriends Guide To Divorce,” “Smallville,” “V,” “Motive,” “Lost Girl,” “Almost Human,” “Cold Squad” and “The L Word,” and in a TV miniseries “Tin Man” as well as made-for-TV-movies “The Goodbye Girl,” “Centre Stage: Turn it Up, “Centre Stage on Pointe,” and Hallmark’s “Once Upon a Holiday” and “Lucky In Love.” A triple threat, Wilson has been on stage acting, dancing and singing in shows such as: “TINA: A Rock n’ Roll Journey,” “The Reinvention of Disco,” “The Dancing Doll Decides,” “Snakebit,” “Missing Marrisa,” and her ongoing performance as a member of the trio singing group The Agency, in which she sings classics from the 1920s, 30s and 40s. In recent years, Wison has been exploring comedy, performing in the sitcom style play, “Slacks,” onstage in Vancouver, BC. # # # JOSIE BISSET (Olivia) – Josie Bissett is recognized internationally for her popular role as Jane Mancini on FOX-TV's “Melrose Place,” which ended its successful seven-year run in May 1999. To date, she has graced over 50 magazine covers, including such publications as TV Guide, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, New Women and the Fit Pregnancy issue of Shape. She appeared for five seasons on ABC Family Channel’s hit breakout teen-pregnancy drama series “The Secret Life of the American Teenager.” Created and executive produced by Brenda Hampton (“7th Heaven”), the show featured Bissett as Kathleen Bowman, mother to good girl Grace (Megan Park). (more) HALLMARK CHANNEL – ‘THE WEDDING MARCH 2’ – CAST BIOS/Page 3 In addition to starring in Hallmark Channel’s highly successful 2016 June Wedding film, “The Wedding March,” and reprising her role of Olivia Parsons in the 2017 sequel, Bissett most recently took on the role of AJ Foster in Hallmark Channel’s popular original series “When Calls the Heart,” which has been renewed for a fourth season. She also starred in “Pregnant at 17,” an original telefilm which debuted on Lifetime on February 20, 2016. She stars as Sonia Clifton, a veterinarian who discovers her husband is having an affair. Becoming obsessed with finding out more about her husband’s mistress, Sonia learns that the girl is only 17 and pregnant. She empathizes with the soon-to-be teen mother and becomes her unlikely champion. Bissett previously starred opposite James Brolin in Hallmark Movie Channel’s first-ever original holiday movie, “Christmas with Tucker,” which premiered in late 2013 as part of the network’s “Most Wonderful Movies of Christmas” holiday initiative. At the time, “Christmas with Tucker” was the most watched Hallmark Movie Channel Original premiere in households and among women 25-54 in network history. She also starred opposite Matthew Settle in the original Christmas film “Paper Angels,” which premiered on UP TV in November 2014, as well as the thriller “A Mother’s Instinct,” for Lifetime. Bissett’s first children’s book, Tickle Monster, became a national sensation that got kids and parents to laugh, laugh, laugh! An inspiring and beautifully illustrated storybook, Tickle Monster is based on a treasured family tradition that Bissett has continued with her own kids. Fuzzy “Tickle Monster” mitts, an interactive companion piece to the book, are available and packaged in an adorable gift set. Parents can wear the gloves to tickle their children while reading along to the clever text. Tickle Monster and publisher Compendium, Inc. were awarded the PTPA (Parent Tested Parent Approved) Media Inc.’s Seal of Approval for excellence in parenting products and the book earned the Publisher's Choice Award from the Family Magazine Group. Bissett was named “Celebrity Mom of the Year” by the Mom’s Choice Awards (MCA), an annual awards program that recognizes authors, inventors, companies and parents for their efforts in creating quality family-friendly media, products and services. Bissett and her children were also featured on the cover of MCA’s Entro magazine. As a follow-up, Bissett wrote her second children’s book, Boogie Monster. With a lovable new character from Planet Boogie whose only mission is to inspire kids to dance, dance, dance, Boogie Monster teaches kids that there’s no right or wrong way to dance. In the process, kids build confidence and have fun exercising. Also available is the complete dance kit, which includes a Boogie Monster book, a pair of Boogie Monster fuzzy Legs and a full-length Boogie Monster music CD by Recess Monkey. The package received the prestigious Mom’s Choice Award as well as the Moonbeam Gold Medal at the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. (more) HALLMARK CHANNEL – ‘THE WEDDING MARCH 2’ – CAST BIOS/Page 4 Bissett’s first book for adults, Little Bits Of Wisdom, was inspired by the birth of her first child in 2001 and is now in its third printing. It is a heart-warming collection of parenting wisdom and childrearing “tricks of the trade” gathered from more than 1,000 parents and grandparents throughout the world. In 2003, she completed a second book, Making Memories, which featured over 200 ways for parents to create rich family memories with their children that last a lifetime. A native of Seattle native, Bissett began her career in front of the camera at the age of 12 as a model in print advertisements and television commercials. At 16, she moved to Japan to further her career and at 17 headed to Hollywood to make her mark. Bissett soon landed the role of Cara on “The Hogan Family,” where she spent two seasons. Within two years arriving in Los Angeles, she was cast in “Melrose Place” and quickly became one of television’s most recognizable actors. Other projects in recent years include the ABC movies “The Fire Above” and “Dare to Love,” the FOX telefilm “Deadly Vows” and the USA cable film “Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear.” In addition, she starred in the ABC Family Channel original film “I Do, They Don't,” a romantic comedy about two widowed parents whose spontaneous marriage thrusts them into the position of having to blend two families. In addition, Bissett starred in the Lifetime Television original film “The Other Woman,” based on the best-selling novel by Joy Fielding and directed by Jason Priestley.