Happy Holidays From Cherry Lane on Hallmark+: Full list of cast 

Hallmark's Happy Holidays From Cherry Lane, the second movie in the Cherry Lane trilogy, is scheduled to premiere on December 12, 2024, on the Hallmark channel. The movie stars Julie Gonzalo, Erica Durance and Catherine Bell in the leading roles.

Happy Holidays From Cherry Lane brings back some of the beloved characters from Cherry Lane to dive into another new heartwarming Christmas adventure. The story is told across different timelines, set in 1960, 1988 and 2015. In 1960, Eli and Penny are forced to contend with some messy family affairs while also working on a Christmas-themed time capsule for their son's school project.

In 1998, Regina and Nelson meet and end up stranded in Regina's home on Christmas Eve. The story then shifts to 2015, where Jessie faces a significant challenge: planning her sister's last-minute wedding on Christmas Eve. To complicate matters further, the officiant for the ceremony is Tim, her high school sweetheart, whom she hasn't seen in 20 years.

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Cast list of Happy Holidays From Cherry Lane explored

1. Benjamin Ayres as Eli

Benjamin Ayers stars as Eli (Image via benjaminayres/Instagram)

Born in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, Benjamin Ayres is an actor and writer best known for his role as Dr. Zach Miller in the CTV series Saving Hope (2012). He also had a recurring role on the Gemini Award-winning HBO Canada series Less Than Kind and appeared as a series regular, Casper Jesperson in the critically acclaimed cult hit series jPod, which is based on the Douglas Coupland novel by the same name.

Ayres plays Eli on Hallmark's Happy Holidays From Cherry Lane.

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2. Erica Durance as Penny

Erica Durance is a Canadian actor known for her roles as Lois Lane in the superhero television series Smallville (2004–2011) and as Dr. Alex Reid in the medical drama series Saving Hope (2012–2017). Durance has also appeared in The Untold (2002), The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006), Final Verdict (2009) and Painkillers (2015).

She stars as Penny, Eli's wife in the Hallmark movie.

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3. Catherine Bell as Regina

Catherine Bell stars as Regina (Image via therealcatherinebell/Instagram)

British-American actor and model Catherine Lisa Bell is best known for her roles as Lieutenant Colonel Sarah MacKenzie in the television series JAG (1997 to 2005), Denise Sherwood in Army Wives (2007 to 2013), and Cassandra "Cassie" Nightingale in the Hallmark franchise, The Good Witch.

She joins the cast of Happy Holidays From Cherry Lane as the character Regina.

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4. James Denton as Nelson

James Denton is an American actor known for playing Mike Delfino on the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives (2004–2012) and Dr. Sam Radford on Hallmark's fantasy series Good Witch (2015–2021).

Denton plays Nelson in Hallmark's upcoming Christmas movie.

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5. Julie Gonzalo as Jessie

Julie Gonzalo stars as Jessie (Image via julie_gonzalo/Instagram)

Julie Gonzalo is an American-Argentine actor on television who is familiar to viewers for her roles as Parker Lee on Veronica Mars (2006–2007; 2019), Maggie Dekker on Eli Stone (2008–2009), Pamela Rebecca Barnes on Dallas (2012–2014) and Andrea Rojas on Supergirl (2019–2021).

She is also a regular on the Hallmark channel and joins the cast list of the upcoming Cherry Lane movie as Jessie.

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Others starring in Happy Holidays From Cherry Lane

The list of supporting cast members and the roles they play are as follows:

• Ryan Rottman as Tim
• Erin Boyes as a young Barbara
• Serge Houde as Walter
• Noah Bromley as Alex
• Simon Farrell as Hector
• Tim Carlson as Max
• Dani Alvarado as Beth
• Eva Tavares as Ivy

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Catch Happy Holidays From Cherry Lane on Hallmark today.