LACEY CHABERT: Still Riding An Elevator to the Top

Having turned 27 on Sept. 30, LACEY CHABERT knows all about the perils of peaking too early. A working actress since the tender age of eight and going through puberty before the entire nation as one of the regulars on the hit series “Party of Five,” Chabert (pronounced “shah-BEHR”) understood all too well that she was expected to become another casualty of Hollywood’s child stardom machine.  But that isn’t how things have turned out.  She has instead transitioned to adulthood with roles in everything from the 2004 feature “Mean Girls” to voicing the cartoon series “The Wild Thornberrys.”  And she continues along that same versatile path in the Hallmark Channel HD Original Movie “Elevator Girl,” which premieres on Saturday, February 13 (9p.m. ET/PT, 8C).  The following profile is available for all press uses, with photos, from Crown Features Syndicate™.

LACEY CHABERT: STILL RIDING AN ELEVATOR TO THE TOP

Crown Features Syndicate™

Lacey Chabert knows all about what it’s like to take the career elevator to the upper floors at a very young age, having landed roles on Broadway (Les Miserables) and network television (“Party of Five”) before hitting adolescence.

But Chabert, who turned 27 on September 30, finally has a more literal encounter with the pulley-driven box when she stars opposite Ryan Merriman in the Hallmark Channel HD Original Movie “Elevator Girl,” a romantic comedy that premieres on Saturday, February 13 (9p.m. ET/PT, 8C).

“Oh my God, I had so much fun making this movie!” Chabert gushes.  “They even let me bring along my three Chihuahuas during the shoot.  They’re my kids.  But I swear I’m not one of those actresses who has to take her dogs everywhere!”

The Mississippi-born actress did suffer one very anxious moment during her very first day on the “Elevator Girl” shoot.  It happened during a scene that had her walking by a pool -- and consumed by the fear that she had better not trip.

“So of course, during the last take, I’m walking along and the next thing I know my face is planted on the ground,” she remembers.  “Not only did I slip, but I flew through the air and then slid like 20 feet.  Everyone was just like deadly silent.  I stayed down for a full minute because I was so mortified.  I bruised my knee up pretty bad.  But I have to say, it really broke the ice on the set.”

Fortunately, that’s all it broke.

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