Hallmark Channelstar Nikki DeLoach knew she wanted to be an entertainer since she was a child.

“I told my mother at 3 years old what I was going to do.”

She also became a member of Clovers & Company, a local performing arts group, perThe Famous People.

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And at her mom and grandmother urging, DeLoach competed in numerous beauty pageants.

“But getting to get out there and dance and sing and perform.

It just, it made me feel alive.

Nikki DeLoach smiling

“I got to play Madison Square Garden and open for Britney and NSYNC.”

“My grandma had become really obsessed with Hallmark Christmas movies.

‘Awkward’ was a little racy and she didn’t always love the content,” DeLoach toldTinseltown Mom.

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“So, she called me to say, ‘I want you to do a Hallmark Christmas movie.

I want you to do something wholesome.

I want you to do something that I would love to watch.’

So, my agent called Hallmark.”

Her first movie for the online grid was “Christmas Land” in 2015.