It's a bit of a homecoming for Timmins-born and raised actress, Natalie Brown, as she travels north to attend the world premiere of her new film, 'Home Free,' being screened at Sudbury's international film festival, Cinéfest. Brown has had lead roles in TV productions like Sophie and The Strain, as well as dozens of other appearances in well known TV series, including the popular, Schitt's Creek . She's also done dozens of films, including a couple of Hallmark movies shot in Sudbury, like 2013's Be My Valentine with Billy Baldwin, and 2016's For Love and Honor , co-starring James Denton from "Desperate Housewives.
" "The Hallmark movies are fun.They are endearing stories and people gravitate to them because it's a complicated world and sometimes we just want something that touches the heart," said Brown. She describes it as a different acting challenge from working on thrillers or horror.
"I've worked a lot in the horror space, having been on Guillermo del Toro's The Strain , and those films can be difficult, you know, with the subject matter and so on. You have to go to some sort of deep dark places. With a Hallmark film, you might have to shed a tear, but for the most part it's light and sweet and really fun to work on.
" Canadian actress, Natalie Brown, originally from Timmins, stars in the new film Home Free, screening at Cinéfest in Sudbury (Sandro Altamirano) Brown says she has loved filming in northern Ontario, and still has family and friends in the area. Her last v.