'Debbie Macomber's Mr. Miracle'
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‘DEBBIE MACOMBER’S MR. MIRACLE’ CAST BIOS ROB MORROW (Harry Mills) – As an Emmy® and Golden Globe® nominee, Rob Morrow is a critically acclaimed actor, writer and director with an established career in television, film and theater spanning over three decades. Morrow can currently be seen in John Carney’s “Begin Again” opposite Mark Ruffalo and Keira Knightley. He will next be seen on television on The History Channel in the hotly anticipated miniseries “Texas Rising,” directed by Roland Joffé. Additionally, Morrow is currently developing two television series, an adaptation of Robert Charles Wilson’s Hugo Award-winning novel Spin with Universal Cable Productions and a to-be-announced project with The Weinstein Company. Morrow shot to stardom with his portrayal of a New York doctor gone to Alaska, Joel Fleischman, on the hit television series “Northern Exposure,” which garnered him three Golden Globe® and two Emmy® Award nominations. He played the iconic role of Don Eppes on the hit CBS drama “Numb3rs,” which ran for six seasons. He also starred on the critically acclaimed Showtime original television series “Street Time,” as well as ABC’s “The Whole Truth” opposite Maura Tierney. His many memorable recurring roles include playing Ari Gold’s attorney Jim Lefkowitz on the hit HBO series “Entourage” and an unassuming arsonist on CBS’s “CSI: NY.” His other television credits include the TNT movie “The Day Lincoln was Shot” as John Wilkes Booth, Lifetime's “Custody” opposite James Denton, the CBS Hallmark Entertainment miniseries “Only Love” opposite Marisa Tomei, the Showtime movie “The Thin Blue Lie” opposite Randy Quaid and Paul Sorvino and the CBS movie “Jenifer” opposite Laura San Giacomo, Annabella Sciorra, Jane Kaczmarek and Marisa Tomei. On the feature side, Morrow's credits include “The Good Doctor” opposite Orlando Bloom, Rob Reiner's “The Bucket List” opposite Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, Michael Hoffman's “The Emperor's Club” opposite Kevin Kline, Robert Redford's Oscar® nominated film “Quiz Show” opposite Ralph Fiennes and John Turturro, Daisy von Scherler Mayer's “The Guru” opposite Heather Graham, Albert Brooks' comedy “Mother,” Bruce Beresford's “Last Dance” opposite Sharon Stone and Sean Smith and Anthony Stark's “Into My Heart” opposite Claire Forlani and Jake Weber. He will next be seen as Hank Rearden in the film adaptation of Ayn Rand’s masterpiece “Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?” and in the film “Loopers,” directed by Jim Valdez. As a director, Morrow’s credits include multiple episodes of USA’s “Necessary Roughness,” CBS’s “Numb3rs,” Showtime's “Street Time,” CBS's “Joan of Arcadia” and an episode of HBO's crime drama “Oz.” Morrow produced, directed and starred in the pilot “The Grean Teem” with Fisher Stevens. He will next direct an episode of ABC Family’s drama series “The Fosters.” Morrow made his feature directorial debut with “The Silent Alarm,” which premiered at the 1993 Seattle Film Festival and went on to screen at the Hamptons, Boston, Edinburgh and Sundance Film Festivals, with its television debut on Bravo. He also directed “Maze,” an independent feature, which he wrote, produced and co-starred in with Laura Linney in November 2001. (more) HALLMARK CHANNEL / ‘DEBBIE MACOMBER’S MR. MIRACLE’ – Cast Bios – Page 2 A native New Yorker, Morrow began his theater career working for Tom O'Horgan and Norman Mailer. On stage, Morrow starred in the hit Broadway show The Exonerated, a drama based on the true tales of six innocent death-row inmates, opposite Penn Jillette and Mia Farrow. Morrow also appeared in Third Street at the Circle Repertory Theatre and London's West End production of Birdy. He has also been committed to the theater as a founding member of the nonprofit ensemble Naked Angels, along with Marisa Tomei, Fisher Stevens, Ron Rifkin and Nancy Travis, among others. Morrow is an accomplished singer and guitarist who performs live with his musical partner Carlos Calvo. The duo frequently appears at WitZend and The Mint in Los Angeles among other venues and toured this past summer in New York and Maine. Morrow is on the Board of Directors of Project ALS. Co‐founded by Jennifer Estess, who was diagnosed with ALS in 1997, Project ALS is committed to funding the research necessary for finding effective treatments and a cure for people living with ALS, a fatal neuromuscular disease. ### MICHELLE HARRISON (Celeste) — Known for her role as Kate Henry in CBC's cowboy drama “Wild Roses,” Michelle Harrison has remained one of the more sought after actresses in Canada. After attending Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York City, Harrison came to Canada and began her work in film, television and theatre. She has shared the screen with a list of talented actors including: Sir Ben Kingsley, Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Carol Burnett. She has also appeared in more than 60 movies and television shows in the US and Canada. Audiences may remember Harrison from hit shows such as: “House,” “Cold Case,” “NCIS,” “Supernatural,” “The L Word,” “Stargate Universe,” “Eureka” and “Fringe.” Popular movies include: “Paycheck,” “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” “Love Happens,” “Good Luck Chuck,” “The Invisible” and “40 Days and 40 Nights.” Most recently, Harrison had a recurring role on “Continuum” for the Syfy series and on “Emily Owens, M.D.” on the CW Network. She also starred in the Hallmark Movie Channel Original film’s “Tom Dick & Harriett” opposite Steven Weber and “The Mystery Cruise” co-starring Gail O’Grady. On her time off, Harrison is the lead singer of a band called Ginger 66 and spends time with her family on a little island in the Pacific Northwest. ### BRITT IRVIN (Addie) – Born in Vancouver B.C., Britt Irvin is probably best known for her recurring role as the popular comic book superhero Stargirl in CW's hit series "Smallville." Irvin started performing at the age of 10 and from that moment on she was successfully booking roles in a broad spectrum of film and TV. At the age of 13 she booked her first series regular (more) HALLMARK CHANNEL / ‘DEBBIE MACOMBER’S MR. MIRACLE’ – Cast Bios – Page 3 on the American classic "Little Men," based on the famous Louisa May Alcott book series Little Women. She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for best supporting actress and best ensemble cast. Her career steadily progressed and soon she was working with the likes of Nick Stahl and Aaron Paul in MTV's “Wasted,” Dakota Fanning in Steven Spielberg's mini-series "Taken," Bryan Cranston's daughter in "National Lampoons: Thanksgiving Family Reunion" and the Showtime hit "Jack" staring Stockard Channing and Anton Yelchin, just to name a few. As her career continued she began to show off her comedic chops in such projects as Lorne Michaels’ feature "Hot Rod" with Andy Sandberg and Isla Fisher, a starring role in MTV/the N's teen comedy "The Assistants," Lifetime's "Write and Wrong" with Kirstie Alley and a recurring role on CW's "Aliens In America." In 2008 Irvin was nominated for a Leo Award for best supporting actress in Carl Bessai's critically acclaimed "Normal" starring Carrie Ann Moss. That film also won best Canadian Feature at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival. Irvin has appeared in several Hallmark Channel Original Movies including “Nearlyweds” with Naomi Judd and “Garage Sale Mystery” opposite Lori Loughlin. She is also the voice of Amanda in the animated series “Packages from Planet X.” --HALLMARK CHANNEL-- .