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AUTUMN REESER (Julia) – Autumn Reeser has established herself as a highly sought after young actress in film and television. Most recently, she wrapped in the Clint Eastwood feature “Sully” opposite Tom Hanks, Laura Linney and Aaron Eckart. She also starred in ABC’s drama series "Last Resort" opposite Andre Braugher and Scott Speedman and was seen on ABC’s drama series “The Whispers.”

Reeser was seen as the ambitious junior agent Lizzie Grant on the seventh season of HBO’s hit series, "Entourage." She also starred in ABC’s action-packed superhero drama, "No Ordinary Family" opposite Michael Chiklis and Julie Benz. Reeser rose to fame through her starring role as Taylor Townsend in the FOX hit series "The O.C." Critics buzzed about her work as the determined go-getter in the show’s final two seasons. She also starred as a young goddess in The CW’s "Valentine," a romantic dramedy about a family of modern Greek Gods. Reeser’s additional television credits include the ABC Family film "Nature of the Beast," as well as guest roles in "Royal Pains," "Jane by Design," "Pushing Daisies," "Ghost Whisperer," "It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia," "Star Trek: Voyager," "CSI" and "Cold Case." Her recurring roles include “Hawaii Five-0,” “Necessary Roughness,” "Human Target," "Raising the Bar," "The George Lopez Show" and ABC’s Mel Gibson-directed sitcom "Complete Savages."

On the film side, Reeser appeared in "So Undercover," starring Miley Cyrus. She also appeared in "The Big Bang," a neo-noir thriller directed by Tony Krantz, where she played Fay Neman, a physics groupie and love interest for Antonio Banderas, who stars. Continuing on a path to explore diverse characters, she portrayed AK-47, a violent member of the Tremor family in "Smokin Aces 2: Assassins Ball" and a reluctant teenage vampire in the horror film "Lost Boys 2: The Tribe." Her portrayal of a small-town Southern dreamer in the indie "Our Very Own," helped lead the cast (including Allison Janney, Keith Carradine, and Jason Ritter) to a Best Ensemble Acting award at the 2006 Saratoga Film Festival. Reeser also spent years training in dance and singing and was able to put her considerable skills to work as the villainess in the MTV musical, "The American Mall," from the producers of Disney’s "High School Musical."

Raised in Carlsbad, CA, Reeser spent her childhood developing a solid foundation for her acting career by playing a wide variety of characters in local musical theater productions starting at age 7. After high school, she enrolled in UCLA’s competitive theater program. She spent the next three years totally immersed in the acting world, studying theater history, acting technique, dance, voice and movement. Reeser’s love for the stage continues today. Reeser resides in Los Angeles, and has two sons – Finn and Dashiell. This is her third project for Hallmark Channel, she also starred in the Hallmark Channel Original Movies “I Do, I Do, I Do,” “Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade,” and “A Country Wedding.”

ERIC JOHNSON Currently starring alongside Clive Owen in Steven Soderbergh’s, “The Knick”, for HBO/Cinemax as Dr. Everett Gallinger, Eric Johnson has appeared in over 50 television and film productions. He is most familiar to audiences for his starring roles in ABC’s “Rookie Blue”, CW’s “Smallville” and the Syfy series “Flash Gordon.” Making his professional debut at the age of 12, it was his featured role in the Academy Award winning film “Legends of the Fall” at 14 that solidified Eric’s passion for world of film – one that has evolved to include roles both in front and behind the camera. Eric has enjoyed a robust career and has starred in many films and guest starred in dozens of television productions. Recent credits include “Orphan Black” (BBC US) and “Criminal Minds” (CBS) as well as voice and motion capture work as Sam Fisher, the title character in Ubisoft’s, “Splintercell: Blacklist.”

VANESSA MATSUI Vanessa Matsui is an actor and a writer. Selected acting credits include recurring roles on the hit show “Shadowhunters” (ABCFamily aka Freeform) and “Lost Girl” (Syfy), a series regular on the sitcom “Seed” (CW, CityTV), a supporting role in “Charming Christmas” (Hallmark) and “The F-Word” (CBS Films). She is co-creator of the Gemini nominated Crankytown.ca, (’11) (National Film Board of Canada, Ithentic) and Crankyfest.com which have been featured on CBC’s Q, The Globe and Mail, CBS’s The Doctors, BUST, Cosmopolitan, Rookie, The Toronto Star and Jezebel to name a few. A winner of the Telefilm Golden Quill award (’12) for emerging screenwriters, her TV pilot, “Simulation”, earned a finalist spot at Pilot Week (’13)(Insight/Comedy Bar). She is currently the creator and star of the independent series Ghost BFF (Telus, Babe Nation) a dark comedy that follows two best friends, one alive, one dead, across space and time as they struggle to find themselves and right past wrongs following a suicide.

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