Call us cheesy, but we love a good Hallmark movie especially a heartwarming holiday-themed one.
Enter our Christmas queen, Ashley Newbrough.
The actress has been lighting up our screens with festive cheer and fun year-round flicks for years.
Her resume includes commercials, multiple television shows, and even a horror movie.
Let’s start at the beginning.
While her father is American, her mother is Canadian.
At age three, her parents moved her and her siblings to Ontario, Canada.
FBI agents, high schoolers, and witches, oh my!
The one thing these varied shows all have in common?
Brenda Song appears in some absolutely iconic looks throughout the movie, too.
And as for Lucy Hale?
Newbrough co-starred in a CW show with her, and the pair still exchange happy birthdays on social media.
(More on that later!)
You’ve got to respect an actress who hones her talents across genres.
Newbrough played the character of Doris alongside stars Sean Patrick Flannery and Rod Taylor.
Fun fact: Taylor starred in the original 1963 “The Birds” film.
The horror film was created for the Sci-Fi Channel (whichrebranded to “Syfy” in 2009).
The online grid also gave Ashley Newbrough her first starring role in a television series.
Hale shared in a Buzzfeedvideothat they even lived together in her first LA apartment.
“Lots of bad decisions made in that apartment,” Hale joked, “but it was good.
An IMDb user called it “one of the best TV movies I’ve seen.”
That’s high praise, if you ask us.
Ashley Newbrough has shown she isn’t afraid to put herself out there for the sake of movie magic.
For “Love on the Right Course,” she picked up some clubs and hit the driving range.
“What an incredible challenge,” she shared in an Instagrampostcompilation of her practicing her drive.
That’s not the only challenge the Hallmark star has fearlessly faced.
She got to film with bees for “Flowers and Honey” one Instagrampostfeatures her in full-body beekeeper attire.
“Only got stung once,” she wrote.
And “Love in Glacier National: A National Park Romance” had her donning skis.
Seriously, what other job lets you try your hand at so many activities?
“She looked so cool.
While big-budget films are shot over months or even years, many made-for-TV movies go much faster.
Ashley Newbrough proved that when she started dating actor Matt Shively in 2017.
She even revealed that they quarantined together during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
I love you!”
she wrote in a 2021Instagram post.
And not just any romances: she’s specifically slaying in holiday-themed movies.
How’d she end up in this snowy niche?
According to the Hallmark star, there’s a lot to love about these heartwarming flicks.
Add in an ancestral ghost determined to play matchmaker, and we’re beyond hooked!
Catch us cozying up for this sweet movie with some hot chocolate and a fuzzy blanket.
