'THE CHRISTMAS BOW' Cast Bios LUCIA MICARELLI (Kate) – Born

‘THE CHRISTMAS BOW’ Cast Bios LUCIA MICARELLI (Kate) – Born in Queens, New York, Lucia Micarelli was immersed in the arts by the age of three, diligently practicing dance, piano and violin. It didn’t take long for Micarelli to discover her passion and greatest talent was the violin, which quickly became her main focus. After moving to Hawaii at the age of five, she continued to refine her skills on the violin with teachers Kathryn Lucktenberg and Sheryl Shohet, and just a year later at the age of six, Micarelli made her debut as a soloist with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. Soon after, she began frequently appearing on local television shows and concertizing throughout the Islands. At 11 years old, Micarelli was accepted into the prestigious Juilliard School of Music’s Pre-College Division. She studied with the renowned violin pedagogue Dorothy DeLay and also took lessons with Itzhak Perlman, Cho-Liang Lin and Won-Bin Yim. Within a year, playing against some of the world’s most gifted prodigies, she won the Pre-College Concerto Competition and settled into a routine that would combine instruction with concert appearances at the Hollywood Bowl, Lincoln Center and other prominent international venues. Micarelli spent her summers at the Aspen Music Festival where she regularly performed with the orchestra. She won the Violin Concerto Competition in 2000, resulting in a performance of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Festival Orchestra. At 17, Micarelli left Juilliard to attend the Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with celebrated international violinist Pinchas Zukerman. It was during this time that she began to develop a growing interest in non-classical music. Micarelli started moonlighting with local jazz and rock bands in New York clubs and by the following year, she had accepted an offer to tour with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra as a featured violinist and concertmaster. Since then, her profile has continued to soar. She’s been a featured soloist in two of Josh Groban’s world tours, toured extensively with Chris Botti and was featured in his “Live From Boston” PBS special (from which the duet they performed together, “Emmanuel,” has received over seven million YouTube views) and was featured in Barbra Streisand’s 2013 international tour. She also released two solo albums, Music From A Farther Room and Interlude. In 2009, Micarelli broadened her career even further when she was cast in the starring role of Annie in HBO’s critically acclaimed series “Treme,” created by David Simon and Eric Overmeyer, which ran for four seasons and won a Peabody Award as well as a Primetime Emmy Award. Recently, Micarelli finished her first PBS concert special which has been airing throughout the U.S. This PBS event is an eclectic journey through her many musical influences – from classical to jazz to traditional fiddle music and Americana – all bound together by her trademark emotional vulnerability and technical wizardry. # # # MICHAEL RADY (Patrick) – Michael Rady had a recurring role on NBC’s Sci-Fi drama “Timeless” and a stand-out series regular role in the second season of “UnREAL,” in which he portrayed the cunning love interest to Shiri Appleby’s character. He also continues to recur in the Netflix series “Atypical.” Other recent credits include playing the rival of Justin Baldoni’s character on The CW series “Jane the Virgin” and appearing in the CBS dramas “Instinct” and “Intelligence,” as well as “The Resident” for Fox. After attending the theater program at Temple University in Philadelphia, Rady got his big break when he was cast as Alexis Bledel’s love interest in the sequel to The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. He followed that up with recurring roles in Showtime’s critically acclaimed series “Sleeper Cell” and as Stanley Tucci’s son in “ER.” Other notable television roles include ABC Family’s “Greek” and The CW’s reboot of “Melrose Place.” More recently, he starred as a resident doctor opposite intern Mamie Gummer in The CW’s “Emily Owens, MD” and romanced Kristen Bell in Showtime’s “House of Lies.” Rady has starred in several Hallmark Channel original movies, including “Love to the Rescue,” “Christmas in Homestead” and “Christmas at Pemberley Manor,” as well as “Two Turtle Doves” and “A Joyous Christmas” on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. Additional film roles include The Guardian with Kevin Costner, and J. Edgar directed by Clint Eastwood. A native of Philadelphia, Rady currently resides in New York. -- HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES -- .

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