Lacey Chabert

Lacey Chabert was born in Mississippi and began acting at a young age. After becoming a finalist on Star Search in 1991, Chabert landed her first TV movie with A Little Piece of Heaven. In 1992, she began playing Bianca Montgomery on All My Children.

Chabert’s fame continued to grow thanks to her recurring role on Party of Five. In the hit television show, she played Claudia Salinger from 1994 to 2000 before voicing Eliza Thornberry on Nickelodeon’s animated series The Wild Thornberrys. After starring in 2004’s Mean Girls, Chabert cemented herself as a household name. In 2010, she starred in her first Hallmark Channel movie and has since become one of the faces of the network.

Chabert added executive producer to her list of credits in 2010 with Thirst. Six years later, she worked as an executive producer on her first Hallmark project. Chabert wrote two episodes of Shimmer and Shine (in which she was also a voice actress) in 2020 and wrote the story for 2021’s Sweet Carolina. In 2024, Chabert hosted Hallmark+’s first unscripted series, Celebrations With Lacey Chabert.

The actress married David Nehdar in 2013. The couple welcomed their only child, daughter Julia, in September 2016.