The Cast
Christopher Rich as Brock Hart
Born in Dallas, Texas, Rich began performing in plays while attending high school in the Rio Grande Valley, urged by a teacher to channel his rowdy tendencies into acting rather than protesting the Vietnam War. He continued performing and studying acting at the University of Texas and later at Cornell University, where he received a master's degree in theater arts. Rich moved to New York and began performing on stage, and then in order to raise funds for plays he was producing, he joined the cast of “Another World”, playing Alexander Sandy Cory for the next four years. He has appeared in many television series, most notably joining the lauded ensemble cast on “Murphy Brown”. Rich has appeared in numerous big and small-screen movies. He played a villain in and served as a producer for “The Gambler IV”, which marked his first project with Reba McEntire and solidified their friendship.
Joanna Garcia as Cheyenne Hart
Garcia first started performing at the age of 10 when she auditioned for a local theater production and landed the lead. While she caught the bug immediately, her parents put school first and she continued to feed her passion by acting in local plays. While in high school, Garcia was discovered by Nickelodeon and commuted from Florida to Montreal, Canada to star for two seasons in the television series "Are You Afraid of the Dark?". After graduating from high school, she spent a year attending Florida State University, but Hollywood was calling. She moved to Los Angeles and the day she arrived landed a role in the television movie "Holy Joe". When she's not working, Garcia volunteers teaching English as a second language to pre-school-aged children in Los Angeles.
Melissa Peterman as Barbra Jean
Peterman hails from Minneapolis, Minn. After graduating from Minnesota State University with theater as one of her majors, she was cast as Madeline Monroe in Hey City Theater's production of “Tony & Tina's Wedding”. Peterman made her film debut as Hooker #2 in the Coen brothers' Oscar-winning movie “Fargo”. She recently wrapped the family comedy “Recipe For Disaster” and appeared in the feature comedy “How High” with Fred Willard, Hector Elizondo, Spalding Gray and Method Man. Peterman remains loyal to her comic roots as the host of “15 Minutes of Fem”, a comedy showcase for women presented at the Egyptian Theatre and continues to write her own material with a one-woman show in the works.
Mitch Holleman as Jake Hart
Born in Auburn, Ala., Mitch began begging to be on television at the tender age of 2. The family moved to Naples, Fla. and he signed with a Miami-based talent agency. By 4, he had booked two national commercials for Nickelodeon and Burger King. A trip with his mother to New York resulted in numerous commercials and a guest-starring role on “The Sopranos”. His big break came at age 5 when he landed a series regular role on “Daddio”. Since then, he has guest starred on “Everybody Loves Raymond” and appeared in the feature film comedies “The Animal” starring Rob Schneider and “Bubble Boy”.
Reba McEntire as Reba Hart
Raised on a cattle ranch just outside of Chockie, Oklahoma, McEntire traveled the rodeo circuit during her youth with her champion steer-roper father. Reba herself competed on horseback as a barrel racer. Along with her siblings, Reba was taught to sing by her mother and formed the vocal trio The Singing McEntires, performing at social events and dance halls. After graduating from high school, she studied violin and piano at Southeastern Oklahoma State University while majoring in elementary education. Her life changed dramatically when a songwriter named Red Steagall heard her sing the national anthem at the National Finals Rodeo and convinced her to make a demo recording in Nashville. She was soon signed to a record contract and her star took off from there.
Scarlett Pomers as Kyra Hart
Thirteen-year-old Scarlett Pomers has years of work already under her belt. She appeared for three seasons as Naomi Wildman on “Star Trek: Voyager” and had a recurring role on “That's Life”. Scarlett began her career at the age of 3 appearing in Michael Jackson's video “Heal the World”. Since then, she has appeared in over 40 commercials and guest-starred in several television shows. At age 5 she landed her first feature film role as Suzi Barrett in “The Babysitter's Club”. More films followed with roles in “Happy Texas”, “Mighty Joe Young”, “Slappy and the Stinkers”, “Geppetto” and the Julia Roberts hit “Erin Brockovich”. Scarlett also spent six weeks in Australia filming the television movie “A Ring of Endless Light”.
Steve Howey as Van Montgomery
“Reba” marks Howey's first series starring role. He has previously guest-starred on shows including “ER” and “The Drew Carey Show”. Born in San Antonio, Texas, Howey spent several years of his early childhood living on boats with his parents. They eventually settled in a Los Angeles suburb where he attended junior high and most of high school. After moving to Denver to complete his senior year, Howey earned a basketball scholarship to a junior college in Colorado. When he found his desire to play beginning to wane in his second year, he turned to his father, acting coach Bill Howey, for inspiration. He took his parents' acting classes to find the thrill of competition and instead discovered a love for acting and has been at it ever since.
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