
Acting
Barbara Pollard
Barbara Pollard is an acclaimed Canadian actress, playwright, director, and comedienne based in Vancouver, British Columbia. With a professional career spanning over four decades, she has worked extensively across theater, film, and television. She is widely recognized for playing the drug-trade mastermind Melissa Montgomery in the Netflix drama series Virgin River.
Acting credits
6.7A stubborn and hotheaded minor league basketball coach is forced to train a Special Olympics team when he is sentenced to community service.
Champions
2023
6.2When her family goes bankrupt, privileged city girl Jen Stone travels to the country to try and fix up a struggling pumpkin farm that her father bought as an investment to get her money back. Not everyone is on board with her changes, least of all Brett, the farm's handsome manager. By working with what she knows best, she discovers the magic of pumpkin skincare and turns the struggling farm around while also falling in love.
Harvest Moon
2015
10.0When Sophie and Sam’s picture-perfect love story is transformed into a Christmas movie, their hometown of Waynesbridge, Washington, becomes a dazzling holiday film set. But as the spotlight grows brighter real-life challenges soon follow. As they navigate the pressures of expectation, will Sophie and Sam’s real-life wedding have to be re-written? Only they can answer the question every great love story faces: what lasts when the cameras stop rolling?
Another Sweet Christmas
2025
6.9Brian and Jenny are preparing for the grand opening of their bed and breakfast, Emily's Country Inn, when a big storm hits Buck County. Brian agrees to go back to Wall Street to boost their funds, while Jenny scrambles to keep the opening on track.
All of My Heart: Inn Love
2017
7.4Brian and Jenny are planning their wedding at the Inn where they fell in love. When a distant relative arrives and stakes their claim to the Inn, Brian and Jenny must find a way to save their beloved Inn or risk having to sell.
All of My Heart: The Wedding
2018
6.3Two competing TV hosts are sent to a festive small town over Christmas. While pretending to get along for the sake of appearances, they discover that there’s more to each other than they thought.
Good Morning Christmas!
2020
6.3Sarah is a children’s book author who returns to her hometown, where she reconnects with her family and Travis, her teenage crush. She soon discovers that a long-held family legend might actually be true.
A Kismet Christmas
2022
7.0When an overworked architect takes an unexpected summer trip, a sandcastle contest and a contractor help her reconnect with her daughter, rediscover joy, and find love she never saw coming.
A Castle of Our Own
2026
6.0A woman expecting to get engaged on her all-important 30th birthday gets a different surprise after she makes her birthday wish: a glimpse into her future – which doesn’t resemble anything she’s ever imagined for herself.
The Birthday Wish
2017
6.9A young caterer’s life suddenly changes course when she inherits a country home and learns she must share it with a career obsessed Wall Street trader. At first, these opposites do not attract, but feelings begin to change when they find themselves having to work side-by-side to restore their newly acquired home.
All of My Heart
2015
5.6Settie Rose, an eccentric matriarch, hires struggling novelist Juan to write her holiday contest entry. A mixup sparks gossip of Juan's engagement to Settie's daughter Lily, leading the family to play along humorously.
Confessions of a Christmas Letter
2024
After the death of her husband, Jody and her daughter Samantha return to her home town. Sometimes she leaves Samantha with her old friend Winn. Only after an accident a doctor discovers that she has been abused - apparently by Winn! Jody reports immediately to the police and tries everything to avoid complications. But when it turns out that Winn still might win the case by some procedural tricks, she commits an act of desperation.
While Justice Sleeps
1994
6.0A lawyer must defend his sister in the court of law who's accused of murdering her seemingly perfect, but in fact very abusive husband.
Final Appeal
1993
5.3Upon the death of his estranged uncle, an embittered writer returns to his home town.
Far from Home
2014
7.3A Christmas-loving weatherman has had a tough year; upon returning to his hometown, he bumps into a former teacher who always cheered him on, and his former crush — and things start to look up.
Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper!
2025