‘A ROYAL WINTER’ Cast Bios MERRITT PATTERSON (Maggie Marks) – Merritt Patterson starred as Ophelia Pryce in the first season of E!’s hit series “The Royals,” and as Olivia Matheson in ABC Family’s “Ravenswood.” She has guest-starred in episodes of numerous series, including “Life Unexpected,” “Motive,” “The Art of More,” “Supernatural” and “Kyle XY,” among others. Patterson has appeared in a number of made-for-television movies as well, including “The Pregnancy Project,” “Radio Rebel” and “Iron Golem.” She appeared on the bigscreen in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Lightning Thief, as well as in the independent features Wolves, Primary, Rufus and The Hole. # # # JACK DONNELLY (Prince Adrian) – Jack Donnelly trained at Central School of Speech and Drama in London. He is best known for his leading role as Jason in the BBC America series “Atlantis,” in which he plays a young man washed up on the shores of the ancient and mysterious city in search of his missing father. Donnelly began his television career appearing as Jason Winkler in Nickelodeon’s “House of Anubis.” His other TV credits include “Death in Paradise,” (BBC), “Dancing on the Edge” (Starz!), “Misfits” (Logo), and “Threesome” (Comedy Central). Jack has just finished performing as “Max” in “27: Rise of a Falling Star” at London’s Cockpit Theatre. # # # SAMANTHA BOND (Queen Beatrice) – Viewers the world over know Samantha Bond for her immense body of stage, film and television work, starring as Lady Rosamund in the international television hit “Downton Abbey,” or from her memorable turns as Miss Moneypenny in four of the “James Bond” films: Die Another Day, The World Is Not Enough, Tomorrow Never Dies and GoldenEye. Most recently, Bond starred as Frances Barden in the PBS series “Home Fires,” just one of her long list of series roles, that include BBC’s “Outnumbered,” ITV’s “Distant Shores,” and the sketch comedy series “Brand Spanking New Show.” A selection of series in which she has guest-starred include BBC’s “The Preston Passion,” “Larkrise to Candleford,” “Fanny Hill,” “Consenting Adults” and “Murder Rooms”; ITV’s “Miss Marple: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?,” “Hotel Babylon,” “Midsomer Murders” and “Mobile.” Bond has starred in a long list of prestigious stage productions, including director Kenneth Branagh’s “Romeo & Juliet,” as Juliet, director Alan Ayckbourn’s “Man of the Moment” and director Judi Dench’s “Much Ado About Nothing.” Most recently, she appeared in British productions of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” “What The Butler Saw,” “An Ideal Husband” and “Arcadia.” -- HALLMARK CHANNEL – .