Lyndsy Fonseca
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7Hallmark films
2 at Christmas
across 3 rated films
Noticeably offbeat
Best reviewed
Most recent
Lyndsy Fonseca top-bills six of her seven Hallmark films, which tells you the network hands her the lead and lets her run the show. She has been at this since 2005, with her most recent title landing in 2025, and across that stretch she favors small towns over big cities. What sets her apart is a taste for the slightly stranger, higher-concept premise rather than the by-the-numbers comfort plot. Christmas is not really her lane, with only two holiday outings on the list. Her best-reviewed is North to Home from 2022, sitting at 7.2, with Next Stop, Christmas just behind at a flat 7. She also has no fixed co-star, rotating partners and carrying each picture herself. If you like a Hallmark lead who leans into the odd and offbeat, she is worth a look.
Follow & about Lyndsy
- From
- Oakland
- Height
- 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
- Married to
- Matthew Smiley
Lyndsy Marie Fonseca is an American actress. She began her career by appearing as Colleen Carlton on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless, on which she starred between 2001 and 2005. Thereafter, she had a series of other recurring roles, including Penny Mosby on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, Donna on HBO's Big Love, and Dylan Mayfair on the fourth season of the ABC television series Desperate Housewives.
Lyndsy’s signature
Across 7 films, Lyndsy frequently leans into Christmas and is usually set in small towns.
- Christmas2 films
- small towns4 films
- a supernatural twist4 films
- a return home3 films
- second-chance romance2 films
- a scene-stealing pet3 films
10/10
Lyndsy's wildest Hallmark outing scores 10 out of 10 on the weirdness scale.
Where Are You, Christmas?, proof the formula can get strange.
Known for
Where Lyndsy fits in
The corners of the Hallmark universe Lyndsy keeps turning up in. Each one is a full ranked guide.
All 7 movies
Newest first2020s
6 films- 2025
Single on the 25thActress as Nell Duke · Big CityNot ratedWeird 3/10 - 2024
Holiday CrashersActress as Toni · Coastal TownNot ratedWeird 4/10 - 2024
The Magic of Lemon DropsActress as Lolly · Small TownNot ratedWeird 9/10 - 2023
Where Are You, Christmas?Actress as Addy · ChristmasNot ratedWeird 10/10 - 2022
North to HomeActress as Posy · Small Town7.2Weird 2/10 - 2021
Next Stop, ChristmasActress as Angie Reynolds · Christmas7.0Weird 10/10
Lyndsy’s standouts
In pictures
A quick look at Lyndsy’s Hallmark run — headshot and the posters fans know best.
- Lyndsy Fonseca
Beyond Hallmark
Where else you might recognise Lyndsy from — notable roles outside the Hallmark catalogue.
- Kick-Ass 2as Katie Deauxma2013
- Kick-Assas Katie Deauxma2010
- Hot Tub Time Machineas Jennie2010
- Heroesas April2006 · TV
- How I Met Your Motheras Daughter2005 · TV
- American Dad!as Skater (voice)2005 · TV
- Houseas Addie2004 · TV
- Malcolm in the Middleas Olivia2000 · TV
Lyndsy’s creative circle
Most directed by
- Dustin Rikert2 films
- Tracy Andreen2 films
