‘LOVE AT FIRST BARK’

Cast Bios

JANA KRAMER (Julia Galvins) – Actress and Country Music Recording Artist of the year Jana Kramer has been very busy. She just wrapped ABC’s hit series “Dancing With the Stars” and moved her way to the top finalist round as she scored perfect tens in the semi-finals. Prior she shot Country Crush and 20th Century Fox’s feature Heart of the Country. Some of Jana's other credits include a series regular role on “One Tree Hill” for The CW and recurred on “Friday Night Lights” for NBC and HBO's “Entourage.” She starred in Warner Brother’s feature Spring Breakdown opposite Amy Poehler & Seth Meyers, appeared in Prom Night for Screen Gems and Frank Coraci's Click opposite Adam Sandler for Sony. She also recurred on CW’s “90210” and ABC’s hit series “Grey’s Anatomy.”

On the music side Kramer was nominated for an ACM award for ‘Best Female Vocalist of the Year’ and won 'New Female Vocalist of the Year' by the Academy of Country Music in 2016. Her debut hit single "Why Ya Wanna" reached No. 3 on the charts and has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (beating previous record holder Taylor Swift). She was formerly the face and voice of Nationwide Insurance.

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KEVIN McGARRY (Owen Michaels) – Kevin McGarry can currently be seen on season 10 of CBC’s hit show “Heartland” having joined the cast in Season 9. Past credits include guest spots on FX’s “Man Seeking Woman” with Jay Baruchel, Paramount Pictures XXX The Return of Xander Cage with Vin Diesel, Global’s “Private Eyes” starring Jason Priestly. This past summer saw him working with Kerry Condon in the movie Brace for Impact by Incendo Prod, and William Shatner on CBC’s Murdoch Mysteries. He stared in the series “Open Heart” (YTV, Teennick, and ABC Spark) as Dr. Timothy "Hud" Hudson, the first-year medical resident and rugged bad boy of Open Heart Memorial. Some of Kevin’s past film and television credits include “Signed, Sealed, and Delivered” (Hallmark) Saw 7, “Being Erica” (CBC), “Turn the Beat Around,” “The Fifth Sun,” “Cigarettes Hurt Babies,” “Pickled,” “Love Bites” (TBS). Kevin also has a strong theatre background with seasons at the renowned Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the- lake as well as a season at the Charlottetown Festival. Other theatre credits include “A Midsummer Night's Dream,” “The Complete Work of William Shakespeare,” and “She Loves Me” to name a few.

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