Sustad’s latest Hallmark movie, ‘Absolutely Devoted to You,’ costarring Jesse Metcalfe, premieres Saturday, Aug. 8
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NEED TO KNOW
- Kimberley Sustad often hosts the Hallmark cast and crew at her Vancouver home, where they bond with her family
- She has starred in and written Hallmark movies since 2012, and her upcoming film Absolutely Devoted to You premieres Aug. 8
- The actress joined her fellow Hallmark Channel actors to celebrate the network’s 25th birthday on Aug. 4
When the Hallmark crew swings by Vancouver for filming, they can count on Kimberley Sustad to open her home.
The actress, 39, had a red carpet conversation with PEOPLE on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at Hallmark Channel’s 25th Birthday Celebration at The 92nd Street Y in New York. She resides in Vancouver with her twin daughters, and when she’s not filming for the network, she shared that her Hallmark family is always welcome.
“I love having them over to my house in real life and forcing them to jump on the trampoline with my children,” Sustad tells PEOPLE. “Anytime they’re filming in Vancouver, which is where I live, I make them come over, and we all hang out.”
Sustad’s most recent project with the network, Absolutely Devoted to You, sees her playing a TV producer determined to reunite an iconic ‘90s boy band while unwillingly falling for the group’s leading man, played by Jesse Metcalfe. The film makes its Hallmark premiere on Saturday, Aug. 8.
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The star attended the network’s anniversary celebration alongside previous costars such as Tyler Hynes, Andrew Walker and Benjamin Ayres. Longtime network staples including Andie MacDowell, Lacey Chabert, Marilu Henner and Alison Sweeney also attended.
Outside of filming, Sustad has spent quality time with her costars while promoting her projects, from the last two years of Christmas Con to joining the network’s cast and crew on a 10-city bus tour earlier this summer as part of the Hallmark Stars Live Tour.
“It was like camp with our friends,” Sustad said of the tour during the panel. “For some reason it felt so safe. It was such a wonderful experience.”
Their friendships, however, aren’t all work. Last December, Sustad shared photos on Instagram of her, Hynes, Walker and Paul Campbell exploring the New York City subway system and enjoying pizza following promotions for their film Three Wisest Men.
The actress made her debut with Hallmark in A Bride for Christmas, a holiday romance that premiered in the winter of 2012. In the years since, she has continued to act and began writing for the network; she took on her first Hallmark starring role in 2014’s The Nine Lives of Christmas and led Christmas By Starlight in 2020, which she also co-wrote. She served as co-writer for Three Wise Men and a Baby for Hallmark in 2022, a success that spawned a trilogy concluding with Three Wisest Men in 2025.
Absolutely Devoted to You debuts on Hallmark Channel on Saturday, Aug. 8, at 8 p.m. ET/PT and is available to stream the next day on Hallmark+. Catch up on all of Sustad’s Hallmark movies streaming now on Hallmark+.
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