Follow the Stars Home
Follow the Stars Home is a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie that quietly sneaks up on you—and then completely levels you. Starring Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Campbell Scott, and Eric Close, the film follows Diane, a young woman whose life takes a devastating turn when she’s left to raise her medically fragile daughter on her own after her husband walks away. What begins as a story that looks like a familiar love triangle quickly reveals itself as something far deeper: a moving portrait of motherhood, sacrifice, and the people who choose to stay when life gets impossibly hard.
Follow the Stars Home originally aired on May 6, 2001, on CBS, as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame anthology. It is currently available to stream on Hallmark+.
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About Follow the Stars Home
- Original air date: May 6, 2001, on CBS, as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame anthology.
- Directed by Dick Lowry. Lowry is best known for made-for-TV dramas, with more than 60 directing credits. Notable projects include A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story and its sequel, Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter.
- Written by Luanne Rice and Sally Robinson. Rice wrote the original novel Follow the Stars Home, and she and Robinson collaborated on the screenplay adaptation.
- Kimberly Williams-Paisley stars as Diane. With more than 60 acting credits, she’s best known for Father of the Bride from 1991 and has an extensive Hallmark resume. She’s currently part of the series 9-1-1: Nashville.
- Campbell Scott plays David. Scott brings a deep film and TV resume with nearly 100 credits. Many viewers remember him opposite Julia Roberts in Dying Young from 1991. More recently, he’s voiced The Food That Built America and appeared in Elsbeth.
- Eric Close appears as Mark. Close is known for long-running TV roles on Without a Trace and Nashville. Most recently, Hallmark audiences saw him in To Have and to Holiday from 2024.
- Alexa PenaVega plays tween Amy. The same year this film aired, she starred in the first Spy Kids movie. She now has over 100 acting credits and last appeared on Hallmark in Never Too Late to Celebrate in 2023.
- Blair Brown plays Hannah. A five-time Emmy nominee for The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Brown has an extensive career with major roles in Fringe and Orange Is the New Black.
- Roxanne Hart plays Tess. With a long television resume, she’s appeared in Chicago Hope, Medium, and How to Get Away with Murder.
- Tim Ransom plays Buddy. He has more than 60 credits, including appearances on Law & Order: SVU, Without a Trace, and Bones.
- Amanda Fein and Caitlin Fein appear as Julia. Amanda later transitioned into writing, with credits including The Loud House. Caitlin’s most recent acting credit dates to 2012.
- Octavia Spencer appears as Hildy. She won the Academy Award in 2012 for The Help. If that name doesn’t ring a bell… honestly, we can’t help you.
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