Andie MacDowell: Episcopalian, Mother and Actress<\\/h3>\\n MacDowell was indeed raised Episcopalian, and in various articles, she\\u2019s talked about attending Episocopalian<\\/a> and Methodist<\\/a> congregations. Born in Gaffney, South Carolina, she grew up a child of divorce<\\/a>, with a mother that suffered with mental-health issues and alcoholism.<\\/p>\\n Divorced twice herself, she raised her three children, now grown, away from the spotlight in Asheville, North Carolina \\u2014 where she wasn\\u2019t known as Andie MacDowell, but as Rose Qualley (her first husband was rancher and former model Paul Qualley<\\/a>), as her birth name is Rosalie Anderson MacDowell.<\\/p>\\n Her daughters, Margaret and Rainey Qualley, are in showbiz, while son Justin has led a life away from the entertainment industry.<\\/p>\\n After a stint in Los Angeles, starting in the mid-2010s, after her children were adults, MacDowell has recently moved back to South Carolina, and has famously let her dark locks turn silver.<\\/p>\\n Along with being a longtime spokesperson for L\\u2019Oreal hair care, MacDowell has had an admirable film career, including St. Elmo\\u2019s Fire<\\/em> (1985), Sex, Lies and Videotape<\\/em> (1989), Groundhog Day<\\/em> (1993), Four Weddings and a Funeral<\\/em> (1994), Footlose<\\/em> (2011), Love After Life<\\/em> (2017), Only the Brave<\\/em> (2017), Ready or Not<\\/em> (2019) and No Man\\u2019s Land<\\/em> (2021).<\\/p>\\n She also starred opposite daughter Margaret in the 2021 Netflix miniseries Maid<\\/em>.<\\/p>\\n Coming to Hallmark Channel for Cedar Cove<\\/em> and The Way Home<\\/em><\\/h3>\\n Then, as it has for many actresses<\\/a>, Hallmark Channel called \\u2014 and it wasn\\u2019t even for a Christmas movie<\\/a>. From 2013-\\u201915, MacDowell starred in the Hallmark series Debbie Macomber\\u2019s Cedar Cove<\\/em>.<\\/p>\\n In January 2023, The Way Home<\\/em><\\/a> premiered on Hallmark Channel, starring MacDowell as the matriarch of the Landry family, three generations of willful, independent women, who wind up living together at the family farm in Canada.<\\/p>\\n MacDowell plays grandmother Del, who welcomes back her estranged daughter, Kat (Chyler Leigh), after the younger woman\\u2019s marriage and career fails, and 15-year-old Alice (Sadie LaFlamme-Snow), the granddaughter she\\u2019s never meet.<\\/p>\\n When Alice falls into a pond on the property, she discovers that it\\u2019s a portal to travel through time and perhaps unravel some family mysteries.<\\/p>\\n The series\\u2019 second season recently ended on Hallmark Channel, and a third has been ordered<\\/a>, to come in 2025. It\\u2019s also available on Hallmark Movies Now, Philo, Peacock, Prime Video, Hulu, The Roku Channel, Apple TV, YouTube TV, Fandango at Home (formerly Vudu) and Sling TV.<\\/p>\\n

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Earlier this year, Andie MacDowell, then 65, joined the cast and producers of Hallmark Channel\u2019s time-traveling family drama The Way Home<\/em> for a press conference at the biannual TV Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena, California.<\/p>\n

Afterward, during a sumptuous, Jane Austen-themed lunch, I ask her what faith means to her at this point in her life and career.<\/p>\n

\u201cOK,\u201d she says, \u201cyeah, that\u2019s an interesting question. My mother played the organ at church. My great-grandfather was an Episcopalian minister. And for me, there was a sense of peace I found.<\/p>\n

\u201cI liked the church I went to because it was non-judgmental, it was very loving and kind, and we [would] stand up and share the peace with each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it was comforting. It was like a meditation and a family. Soothing. My grandmother prayed every night on her knees.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always said blessing over the food. But it wasn\u2019t fake. It wasn\u2019t like someone might imagine some corny \u2026 It\u2019s a great way to start a meal, to take that time, instead of just digging in, and be grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andie MacDowell: Episcopalian, Mother and Actress<\/h3>\n MacDowell was indeed raised Episcopalian, and in various articles, she\u2019s talked about attending Episocopalian<\/a> and Methodist<\/a> congregations. Born in Gaffney, South Carolina, she grew up a child of divorce<\/a>, with a mother that suffered with mental-health issues and alcoholism.<\/p>\n Divorced twice herself, she raised her three children, now grown, away from the spotlight in Asheville, North Carolina \u2014 where she wasn\u2019t known as Andie MacDowell, but as Rose Qualley (her first husband was rancher and former model Paul Qualley<\/a>), as her birth name is Rosalie Anderson MacDowell.<\/p>\n Her daughters, Margaret and Rainey Qualley, are in showbiz, while son Justin has led a life away from the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n After a stint in Los Angeles, starting in the mid-2010s, after her children were adults, MacDowell has recently moved back to South Carolina, and has famously let her dark locks turn silver.<\/p>\n Along with being a longtime spokesperson for L\u2019Oreal hair care, MacDowell has had an admirable film career, including St. Elmo\u2019s Fire<\/em> (1985), Sex, Lies and Videotape<\/em> (1989), Groundhog Day<\/em> (1993), Four Weddings and a Funeral<\/em> (1994), Footlose<\/em> (2011), Love After Life<\/em> (2017), Only the Brave<\/em> (2017), Ready or Not<\/em> (2019) and No Man\u2019s Land<\/em> (2021).<\/p>\n She also starred opposite daughter Margaret in the 2021 Netflix miniseries Maid<\/em>.<\/p>\n Coming to Hallmark Channel for Cedar Cove<\/em> and The Way Home<\/em><\/h3>\n Then, as it has for many actresses<\/a>, Hallmark Channel called \u2014 and it wasn\u2019t even for a Christmas movie<\/a>. From 2013-\u201915, MacDowell starred in the Hallmark series Debbie Macomber\u2019s Cedar Cove<\/em>.<\/p>\n In January 2023, The Way Home<\/em><\/a> premiered on Hallmark Channel, starring MacDowell as the matriarch of the Landry family, three generations of willful, independent women, who wind up living together at the family farm in Canada.<\/p>\n MacDowell plays grandmother Del, who welcomes back her estranged daughter, Kat (Chyler Leigh), after the younger woman\u2019s marriage and career fails, and 15-year-old Alice (Sadie LaFlamme-Snow), the granddaughter she\u2019s never meet.<\/p>\n When Alice falls into a pond on the property, she discovers that it\u2019s a portal to travel through time and perhaps unravel some family mysteries.<\/p>\n The series\u2019 second season recently ended on Hallmark Channel, and a third has been ordered<\/a>, to come in 2025. It\u2019s also available on Hallmark Movies Now, Philo, Peacock, Prime Video, Hulu, The Roku Channel, Apple TV, YouTube TV, Fandango at Home (formerly Vudu) and Sling TV.<\/p>\n