Vanessa Marcil Stars In The Hallmark Channel's "The Nanny Express"

December 29, 2008 9:58 a.m. EST

Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - Vanessa Marcil is one sexy nanny who will help Hallmark Channel fans ring in the New Year. The former star of "General Hospital" and "Las Vegas" is starring in the Hallmark Channel's Original Movie "The Nanny Express," which will premiere Saturday, January 3.

Celebrity News Service is always up for a good Hallmark Original Movie and this one certainly looks liked it will be fun. While Marcil plays a nanny in the movie, she said in real life her mom helped take care of her son Kassius when she went back to work, so no nanny for her.

In "The Nanny Express," Marcil stars as Kate Hewitt, the nanny for a desperate widower named David Chandler played by Brennan Elliott. His two children, nine-year-old Ben (Uriah Shelton) and teenager Emily (Natalie Dreyfuss), have already succeeded in chasing a string of six terrorized nannies out of the very same entryway. But Kate, who is caring for an ailing father (Dean Stockwell) and finishing up a teaching degree, needs this job and she resolves to stand up to whatever tricks and pranks the Chandler kids can dish out-and to help them cope with the death of their mother.

As Kate slowly wins over young Ben, dad David finds himself falling for the spunky nanny as well. The feeling is mutual, but a bitter Emily is determined not to let Kate into her life-or her father's. Emily doesn't realize that Kate understands exactly what she's going through because Kate lost her own mother as a teenager. Somehow, Kate must find a way to reach the angry and isolated teen since Emily's happiness-and Kate's as well-depends on it.