Chabert Displays Sisterly Love for A&E, Reeve Pic

The Hollywood Reporter, June 01, 2004

By Chris Gardner

Lacey Chabert, who stars in the hit comedy "Mean Girls" opposite Lindsay Lohan for Paramount Pictures, has signed on to star in "The Brooke Ellison Story" for Christopher Reeve, who is directing.

The A&E telefilm will see Chabert star as the older sister of the title character, who became a quadriplegic at age 11. With determination and the support of her family, Ellison rose above her disability and went on to graduate from Harvard University.

Camille Thomasson adapted the screenplay from the book "Miracles Happen: One Mother, One Daughter, One Journey." The film, to shoot in New Orleans, will likely air in the fourth quarter.

The project is the third in a string of films for the young actress. She recently completed lensing the indie feature "Dirty Deeds" opposite Milo Ventimiglia and Matthew Carey for director David Kendall. In the film, she stars as a strong-willed girl at odds with her brother while he tries to be the first student to complete a series of challenges between dusk and dawn on homecoming weekend.

She next begins work on Jason Carvey's "A New Wave." The indie feature finds Chabert opposite Andrew Keegan and John Waters in the story of three young men who plan to rob a bank, leaving one of them torn between the love of Chabert's character and committing the felony.

She is repped by Paradigm Talent & Literary and Nine Yards Entertainment.

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