Netflix makes sure to bring a bunch of Christmas content every year, and among its additions for Christmas 2022 is Christmas With You, starring some very familiar actors. Netflix keeps adding new original content every week from a variety of genres, and with the Christmas season getting closer and closer, the Holiday content has now begun. Among its latest additions to its Holiday catalog is Christmas With You, a rom-com directed by Gabriela Tagliavini and with a good dose of music.
Christmas With You follows a pop star who is going through a rough patch in her career. In order to give her career a much-needed boost, she decides to grant a young fan’s wish in small town New York. What she isn’t counting on is that, in addition to finding the inspiration to revitalize her career, she will find a shot at true love with a music teacher. Christmas With You is now available to stream on Netflix, and its main cast will surely be familiar to many viewers. Here’s who plays who in Christmas With You and where you’ve seen them before.
Aimee Garcia as Angelina
Aimee Garcia stars in Christmas With You as Angelina, a pop star who has been at the top of the music charts for years, but she’s now stuck at a creative crossroads. In order to revive her career and stay relevant, Angelina is told to write a new tune for Christmas, but due to some personal issues, she’s unable to find the inspiration and creativity for it. Angelina then decides to surprise a young fan in her small town, where she not only finds the motivation and inspiration she was looking for but also a new chance at love – which is great as she has also been stuck in a bad relationship with a self-centered telenovela actor. Aimee Garcia is best known for playing Gloria in Disney Channel’s Cadet Kelly, Jamie Batista in Dexter, Ella Lopez in Lucifer, and Isabel Santos in Murder at Yellowstone City.
Freddie Prinze Jr. as Miguel
Freddie Prinze Jr. plays Miguel, a widowed father and music teacher. Miguel is also a struggling songwriter, and Angelina’s arrival will not only make way for an interesting duet, but also for him to open up to love again, with the encouragement of his teenage daughter and the rest of their family. Christmas With You is Freddie Prinze Jr.’s big return to rom-coms after rising to fame in the 1990s and early 2000s with movies like She’s All That, Summer Catch, I Know What You Did Last Summer and the sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Scooby-Doo and the sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. Freddie Prinze Jr. has focused on voice acting in recent years, voicing Kanan Jarrus in Star Wars Rebels, Caleb Dume in Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and Lt. James Vega in Mass Effect: Paragon Lost.
Deja Monique Cruz as Cristina
Deja Monique Cruz plays Cristina, Miguel’s teenage daughter who is preparing for her Quinceañera. Cristina is a huge fan of Angelina and shares videos of herself singing on social media. Against all odds, Angelina watches one of Cristina’s covers of her songs and decides to surprise her. However, a snowstorm forces Angelina to stay, with Cristina quickly offering her a place at her home. Along with Miguel, Cristina will be key in Angelina reviving her career and finding the inspiration she desperately needed. Deja Monique Cruz played Lupe Perez in one episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Dawn Franklin in the movie Manifest Evil.
Christmas With You Supporting Cast & Characters
Gabriel Sloyer as Ricardo: a narcissistic telenovela star who Angelina has been dating. Gabriel Sloyer played Manuel de Dios Unane in Narcos, Gabriel Calatrava in Inventing Anna, and Omar Delgado in The Equalizer.
Lawrence J. Hughes as Barry: Angelina’s producer. Lawrence J. Hughes has had minor roles in TV series like Unusual Suspects, Stitchers, Á La Carte, NCIS: Los Angeles, and FBI: International.
Zenzi Williams as Monique: Angelina’s assistant. Zenzi Williams played Bethany in the TV series American Rust and had minor roles in the TV series The Good Fight, The Defenders, Daredevil, Blue Bloods, Chicago Fire, and the movie Black Panther, where she played a Jabari woman.
Socorro Santiago as Frida: Cristina’s grandmother. Socorro Santiago has had minor roles in movies like The Devil’s Advocate, All Good Things, Widows, Vampires vs. the Bronx, the TV series Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and played Isabella Santos in All My Children.
Nicolette Stephanie Templier as Cheri: a singer Angelina’s label wants to pit her against. Nicolette Stephanie Templier has had minor roles in the TV series Deadly Devotion, God Friended Me, Maniac, New Amsterdam, First Wives Club, and FBI.