Candace Cameron Bure

ActressBorn 1976Active 2008–2022

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Career at a glance

30Hallmark films

10 at Christmas

Audience rating6.7 / 10

across 30 rated films

Weirdness3.9 / 10

Mostly standard issue

Best reviewed

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted by Murder7.1

Candace Cameron Bure does not just appear in Hallmark movies, she runs them. She top-bills 29 of her 30 films across a stretch from 2008 to 2022, and most of that work orbits one franchise: the Aurora Teagarden mysteries, cozy small-town whodunits that account for her three best-reviewed titles, all sitting at 7.1, from A Game of Cat and Mouse in 2019 to Haunted by Murder in 2022. That spine also explains her unusually loyal supporting bench. Marilu Henner and Peter Benson turn up beside her in well over a dozen films apiece, which makes her the rare Hallmark lead who travels with a real ensemble. Her weirdness score of 3.7 says she keeps it grounded, small town, ten Christmas titles, no winking at the camera. If you like your mystery solved by a familiar face, she has built a whole world for you.

Follow & about Candace

From: Panorama City
Height: 5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
Married to: Valeri Bure

Awards & honours

1994 Kids' Choice Awards · 1994
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress Comedy · 2016

Candace Helaine Cameron Bure is an American actress, author and former talk show panelist best known as D.J. Tanner in Full House and Fuller House, Summer van Horne in Make It or Break It, and many Hallmark Channel original films—including the title character in their adaptations of the Aurora Teagarden novel series.

From Wikipedia

Candace’s signature

Across 30 films, Candace often leans into Christmas, usually plays a librarian and is almost always set in small towns.

Christmas10 films
small towns24 films
a librarian17 films
a hidden secret21 films

14 hours

14 hours of Hallmark Christmas movies, and counting.

Adds up across 10 festive titles.

Known for

Christmas Under Wraps6.2

as Lauren Brunell · 2014

Weirdness 7/10

Switched for Christmas6.6

as Kate · 2017

Weirdness 5/10

A Christmas Detour6.2

as Paige Summerlind · 2015

Weirdness 3/10

Certified weird

Journey Back to Christmas7.0

as Hanna · 2016

Weirdness 10/10

Let It Snow6.7

as Stephanie Beck · 2013

Weirdness 5/10

Certified weird

A Shoe Addict's Christmas6.5

as Noelle · 2018

Weirdness 10/10

On-screen partners

On-screen couple

Candace’s most frequent on-screen partner is Niall Matter, with 10 films together — top-billed alongside each other in 9 of them.

Recurring roles

Candace is a recurring face in Aurora Teagarden Mysteries.

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries10 films

Where Candace fits in

The corners of the Hallmark universe Candace keeps turning up in. Each one is a full ranked guide.

All 30 movies

Newest first

2020s

8 films

2010s

21 films

2000s

1 film

2008Moonlight & MistletoeActress as Holly · Christmas6.1Weird 4/10

Candace’s standouts

In pictures

A quick look at Candace’s Hallmark run — headshot and the posters fans know best.

Candace Cameron Bure

Candace’s creative circle

Most directed by

Most written by

Charlaine Harris18 films
Teena Booth17 films
Jim Head9 films
Harvey Frost2 films

Who Candace works with

The cast and crew Candace keeps ending up on set with — the regular faces you’ll recognise from one film to the next. Bigger circle, more films together.

Movies by year

Ratings profile

Average 6.7 across 30 rated movies — each dot is one film.

Candace Cameron Bure

Career at a glance