'Merry Liddle Christmas Baby': 5 things you didn't know about Kelly Rowland
Lifetime is set to give the audiences some early Christmas season's greetings in the form of 'Merry Liddle Christmas Baby', a sequel to 'Merry Liddle Christmas' and 'Merry Liddle Christmas Wedding'. Both movies released in 2019 and 2020 were received warmly by fans and the third film sees the Liddles, Jacquie and Tyler, prepare for the arrival of their first child.
The official synopsis per Lifetime reads: "This holiday, the Liddles have much to be merry about! Jacquie Liddle (Kelly Rowland) and her husband Tyler (Thomas Cadrot) are preparing for the arrival of their first baby. Meanwhile, Jacquie’s sister Treena (Latonya Williams) and her husband Julian (Jaime M. Callica) are thinking about adopting a baby themselves, and spirited, fashionista sister Kiera’s (Bresha Webb) relationship with Chris (Nathan Witte) is heating up. With their family expanding in ways they could never have expected, the Liddles are headed for a crazy Christmas filled with merry mayhem and lots of love and laughter."
And ahead of the much-anticipated Christmas film, we take a look at who plays whom.
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Kelly Rowland as Jacquie Liddle
Born on February 11, 1981, Kelendria Trene Rowland rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of 'Destiny's Child', one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. She released two solo albums while she was a part of the girl group, 'Simply Deep' (2002), which sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide. It included the number-one single 'Dilemma' with Nelly, as well as the UK top-five hits 'Stole' and 'Can't Nobody'. Later, Rowland ventured into acting where she starred in films like, 'Freddy vs. Jason' (2003) and 'The Seat Filler' (2005).
On the singing front, her fourth solo album 'Talk a Good Game' was inspired by her influences, Whitney Houston, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder. She also credited Janet Jackson as one of her major inspirations.
Thomas Cadrot as Tyler Liddle
Cadrot reprises his role as Jacquie's husband, Tyler in the Christmas flick. He started his professional career in 2012 by appearing in the docuseries ‘Untold Stories of the ER’. Cadrot also made cameo appearances in a string of TV and movies between 2012 and 2016, including ‘Supernatural’, ‘Fringe’, ‘Arrow’, ‘Star Trek Beyond’ and ‘The Flash’.
Jaime M Callica as Julian
Callica returns to play Julian, the husband of Jacquie's sister, Treena (Latonya Williams). His notable work includes films such as 'Secret Millionaire', 'The Bridge' and 'Percy Jackson & Olympians: The Lightning Thief'. He has appeared in the television shows 'Unreal', 'Wayward Pines' and 'Imaginary Mary'.
Other cast
Latonya Williams, Nathan Witte, and Bresha Webb round up the rest of the cast.
'Merry Liddle Christmas Baby' releases November 27 at 8/7c on Lifetime.