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NIKKI DELOACH
that’s something everyone can relate to. Also, this is one of the sweetest Hallmark movies I’ve done. There’s lots of comedy and Dylan and I truly are great partners. Doing this movie with him was pure joy.” When she originally started performing she was involved in dancing, singing and acting. She started acting in commercials, stage performances and then landed a spot on The Mickey Mouse Club. “It wasn’t until I did The Mickey Mouse Club, that I really took an Imgae Source: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images North America
interest in acting. MMC started to produce a teen drama called Emerald Cove, and I was asked to be a part of it. I absolutely loved
Nikki DeLoach started acting when she was just a kid. She has
it,” DeLoach says. “In terms of being a performer, I knew I wanted
been involved in performing as a whole; producing, acting and
to do that at the age of 3. It seems young, but when you know you
stage productions. She became interested in acting when she
know. I first asked for dance lessons, then voice lessons, then
was in The Mickey Mouse Club. Since then she has had roles in-
acting. I couldn’t get enough. I absolutely love being a storyteller.
cluding Lacey Hamilton on the TV series Awkward, and Natalie on
It is one of the great joys of my life and that feeling has only grown
the Hallmark movie Truly, Madly, Sweetly.
over the years,” DeLoach says.
In her new film, she plays the main character, Natalie who dreams
In addition to acting in this film, DeLoach signed a development
of owning her own bakery one day. In the beginning, she owns
deal with Hallmark to produce a Christmas film, Reunited at Christ-
her own cupcake food truck but is given a chance to see her
mas. She will also be playing the main character, Samantha who
dreams come true.
reconnects with her family for Christmas because of a tragedy.
“Natalie is a dreamer and a baker. We meet her at a time in her
“It’s about a family who hasn’t been together in years over the hol-
life where she is starting over – after her boyfriend not only broke
idays. When the matriarch of the family, Nana Madaline, passes
her heart but stole all of her recipes and told the world they were
away, she leaves behind a dying wish which was that the whole
his. She meets Dylan Neal’s character when they inherit a bakery
family spend one last Christmas together, in her house, doing all
together through her mentor Bea, who just so happens to be his
the traditions they used to,” DeLoach says. “The family is reunited,
aunt. He wants to sell the bakery, while Natalie wants to preserve
but it’s quite the journey for them to get there. It’s a beautiful
her mentor’s memory and also make her dream of owning a bak-
story with so much heart.”
ery come true,” DeLoach says. “It’s a story about not giving up on your dreams. It’s also a story about taking a leap of faith and learning to trust again. I think
DeLoach explained what it was like to produce and act in this film rather than just work one role. She was able to be involved in her Trend Privé Magazine
