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‘HEALING HANDS’ CAST BIOS EDDIE CIBRIAN (Buddy Hoyt) – A versatile actor who continues to expand his career in television and film, Eddie Cibrian is fast becoming one of the leading young actors in the business today. Born and raised in California, Cibrian began his acting career at the age of 12, landing a Coca-Cola commercial on his very first audition. Following the success of that spot, Cibrian appeared in numerous other national commercials. Upon entering high school, Cibrian decided to put his acting career on hold to pursue his other passion: Sports. He excelled in every sport he competed in – football, baseball, soccer and volleyball – and graduated high school with several All-State honors. Cibrian continued his successful athletic career when he entered UCLA’s football program in the fall of 1991. Unfortunately, an injury during his first year on the team left Cibrian sidelined, so he decided to return to acting. Cibrian immediately landed several national commercials and soon after, starred in Malcolm- Jamal Warner’s Emmy® Award winning television special “Kids Killing Kids.” The attention Cibrian garnered for his appearance on Warner’s special led to several soap opera auditions, including one for “The Young and the Restless.” The show’s producers were impressed with Cibrian’s acting abilities and created a character for him on the show, that of the conniving Matt Clark. Within three months, Cibrian had received so much fan mail that CBS signed him to a three-year contract. After appearing on “The Young and the Restless” for two years, Cibrian starred in several television shows including “The Bold and the Beautiful,” “Baywatch Nights,” “Beverly Hills, 90210,” “Sabrina The Teenage Witch” and “Saved by the Bell: The College Years.” It was not long before Aaron Spelling offered Cibrian the starring role of Cole Deschanel on the NBC daytime drama, “Sunset Beach.” Just five months after his debut, TV Guide named Cibrian one of Daytime’s 12 Hottest Stars. Coinciding with “Sunset Beach,” Cibrian found time in his schedule to star in a the TV movie “Logan’s War: Bound by Honor.” He also made his motion picture debut as Holly Hunter’s masseur in “Living Out Loud.” His other television and film credits include the Lifetime movie “Jackie’s Back,” the NBC miniseries “In the Beginning,” with Martin Landau, Jacqueline Bisset and Billy Campbell, the sci-fi/horror film “The Cave,” 20th Century Fox’s “Say It Isn’t So” starring Heather Graham and Chris Klein and Fine Line’s “But I’m a Cheerleader,” starring Natasha Lyonne and Clea DuVall. In 2008, while on a holding deal with ABC, Cibrian accepted recurring roles on three series: the role of Coach Diaz on the ABC series “Ugly Betty,” the role of Eddie LaRoche on “The (more) HALLMARK CHANNEL IN HD/ ‘HEALING HANDS’ – Cast Bios – Page 2 Starter Wife” for USA and the role of Kevin in ABC’s “Samantha Who.” This past March, he starred in the Lifetime movie “Northern Lights.” Cibrian starred for five seasons in the popular NBC series “Third Watch,” and also starred in the ESPN series “Tilt,” followed by “Invasion” for ABC and the Fox series “Vanished.” Currently, Cibrian can be seen as Jesse Cardoza on the hit CBS procedural, “CSI: Miami.” Cibrian is married and the proud father of two sons, ages two and six. In his spare time, he enjoys playing golf, football, tennis and basketball, and he stays involved with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, as well as several other charitable organizations. ### LISA SHERIDAN (Alice) – Born and raised in Georgia, Lisa Sheridan spent most of her childhood running around in the woods – until she did her first play at the age of 11. She studied drama in the Conservatory Program at Carnegie Mellon University, where she graduated with honors and won the Thomas Auclair Memorial Scholarship Award for most promising student actor. Sheridan studied in Moscow and performed in fringe theatre in London before relocating to Los Angeles and scoring a series regular role in UPN’s “Legacy.” Sheridan starred as Larkin Groves in the ABC series “Invasion,” and was a regular on the FOX series “Freaky Links” and had recurring roles in “Journeyman” and “CSI: Miami.” She also made guest appearances on “The Mentalist,” “Shark,” “Saving Grace,” “CSI,” “Monk,” “Las Vegas,” “The Practice,” “Diagnosis Murder” and “Any Day Now.” Sheridan starred in the independent feature “McCartney’s Genes,” in addition to other feature work, including “Caroline,” “Beat,” “Two Women Named Nina,” and the short film “Pirates,” directed by Eric McCormack. She also starred in the off-Broadway production of Yard Bird. Sheridan lives in Los Angeles with her dog, Little Bert. ### PATRICK DUFFY (Uncle Norman) – Patrick Duffy’s tremendous audience appeal has been gained through three highly successful series. He started with two years of “Man From Atlantis” and followed that with 13 years as Bobby Ewing on “Dallas” and seven seasons of the popular sitcom “Step by Step,” ending in 1998. For 22 continuous years, Duffy has been an audience favorite. Besides all three series being hugely successful in the U.S., they have also become benchmark programs all over the world. “Man from Atlantis” captured a portion of history as the first American television program ever to be aired in China. (more) HALLMARK CHANNEL IN HD/ ‘HEALING HANDS’ – Cast Bios – Page 3 Duffy was raised in a small town in Montana and moved to Seattle as a teenager. It was there he became interested in acting. In 1968, he began studying in the Professional Actors Training Program at the University of Washington under RADA and Old Vic Alumnus William Duncan Ross. Duffy was one of twelve people chosen out of over 1,200 that auditioned for it, the first professional school for actors in a major U.S. university. Upon graduation, Duffy was hired as Artist-in-Residence for the state of Washington, where he performed with symphonies, operas and ballet companies. It was at this time he met and fell in love with his wife, Carlyn, a ballet dancer with the First Chamber Dance Company of New York. Duffy was narrating their performances on a U.S. tour. At his wife’s urging, Duffy left Washington to try his hand at New York theater. After performing in an Off-Broadway production of William Inges’ Natural Affection, he moved to Hollywood. Before landing any film or television roles, he performed a season with the San Diego Old Globe Shakespeare Company. Duffy then returned to Los Angeles and guest-starred with Julie Harris in PBS’s “The Last of Mrs. Lincoln.” In 1976, he was cast as Mark Harris in “Man from Atlantis.” One week after the show was canceled, he was cast in “Dallas.” Between the beginning of “Man from Atlantis” in 1976 and the ending of “Step by Step” in 1998, Duffy was only out of work for a total of three weeks. During these years he starred in more than 13 movies for television and countless specials. While on “Dallas,” Duffy began his directing career by completing 30 episodes of that series and going on to direct episodes of “Step by Step.” He and his good friend Larry Hagman co-produced the final television movie of “Dallas.” In March 2000, Duffy made his debut in London on the West End in Yasmina Reza’s Art. He has most recently recurred on “The Bold and the Beautiful” as Stephan Logan. Duffy and Carlyn have been married for 35 years and have two children, playwright Padraic and actor Conor. They split their time between their home in Los Angeles and their ranch in Oregon. ### MEAGAN FAY (Aunt Beth) – Since starting her career as an entertainer, Meagen Fay has worked in numerous media, including live theater, television and film. Her breakout performance was a supporting role in “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine. Fay soon filled out her resume with appearances in episodes of “Woops!” and “Roseanne,” as well as in the Emmy® and Golden Globe winning series “Mad About You” and “Seinfeld.” She held recurring roles in shows such as “The Drew Carey Show” for ABC, “Family Law” and “Freaks and Geeks” for CBS, and “The Bernie Mac Show” and “Malcolm in the Middle” both for (more) HALLMARK CHANNEL IN HD/ ‘HEALING HANDS’ – Cast Bios – Page 4 FOX. Fay was also been a series regular on “Kingdom Hospital” and “Single with Parents,” both for ABC. She became familiar, at least by ear, to the young fans of “Life with Louie,” as the voice of Principal Halloran in the award-winning cartoon series created by Louie Anderson. Recently, Fay has appeared in such shows as “Big Love” and “Six Feet Under” for HBO, “Desperate Housewives” and “According to Jim” for ABC, and several series for CBS, including “Two and a Half Men,” “CSI” and “How I Met Your Mother.” Fay has appeared in a number of feature films, including “Barton Fink” for the Coen Brothers and “Rising Sun,” starring Sean Connery, for director Philip Kaufman. She also acted in the multiple-award winning “Magnolia,” directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and in “The Country Bears” and “The Ring 2.” Her other film credits include “Catch That Kid,” “Evan Almighty” with Steve Carell and Morgan Freeman, as well as the 2008 comedy “Mad Money,” starring Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah. This year, Fay stars in “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell.” -- HALLMARK CHANNEL -- .