Cindy Busby Cast in Great American Christmas Movie
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- Cindy Busby is set to star in "Christmas Wrapped in Love," a Great American Media holiday film based on Jennifer Snow's bestselling novel "The Christmas Gift List," with production now underway.
- Great American Media will premiere the film across Great American Pure Flix, Great American Family, and GFAM+ during its top-rated Great American Christmas event returning in October.
- In the film, Busby's Natasha Lloyd runs a gift-locating business and poses as an overworked surgeon's girlfriend to help him shop for his family, with the professional arrangement turning romantic.
- Bill Abbott, President & CEO of Great American Media, praised Busby as embodying "authenticity, heart, and performances that feel both timeless and deeply personal," noting the network has built a "family of talent" over five years.
- Busby is best known for her series-regular role on the long-running Canadian drama "Heartland" and currently leads Great American's "When Hope Calls," which just wrapped Season 3 and was renewed for Season 4.
- Busby is represented by Play Management and Gilbertson Entertainment; her prior credits include Hallmark's "Cedar Cove" and films "Unleashing Mr. Darcy," "Royal Hearts," and "Honey Girls."
Why it matters: Great American Media is doubling down on its October holiday-movie programming franchise — now spanning three distribution platforms — by casting a performer it already has under contract through "When Hope Calls." For Busby, the role extends her standing as a recurring Great American holiday lead rather than a one-off hire.
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