Kimberly Williams-Paisley to Star in Lifetime Movie Network's 'Amish Grace'

Lifetime Movie Network is set to air an original movie based on the 2006 shootings at an Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania that left six people dead.

The Hollywood Reporter confirms that the movie, titled 'Amish Grace,' will star Kimberly Williams-Paisley, along side Matt Letscher ('Eli Stone') and Emmy winner Tammy Blanchard ('Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows). The film will be based on real-life accounts and the book 'Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy.'

Williams-Paisley will play Ida Graber, a fictional representation of a mother whose daughter is killed by the gunman. Gregg Champion ('Miracle Run') will direct the project, with a script from Micky Levy ('Rails and Ties') and Teena Booth ('Natalie Holloway').Lifetime Movie Network is set to air an original movie based on the 2006 shootings at an Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania that left six people dead.

The Hollywood Reporter confirms that the movie, titled 'Amish Grace,' will star Kimberly Williams-Paisley, along side Matt Letscher ('Eli Stone') and Emmy winner Tammy Blanchard ('Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows). The film will be based on real-life accounts and the book 'Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy.'

Williams-Paisley will play Ida Graber, a fictional representation of a mother whose daughter is killed by the gunman. Gregg Champion ('Miracle Run') will direct the project, with a script from Micky Levy ('Rails and Ties') and Teena Booth ('Natalie Holloway').

The Oct. 2006 events are particularly remembered for the parish's willingness to forgive both the suicidal gunman and his widow. The book's authors, who teach at small Pennsylvania colleges and are considered to be experts on Amish culture, were persuaded to write up the account after being repeatedly contacted by the media and urged to help interpret these themes of forgiveness to a baffled American public.

Williams-Paisley's past work includes seven seasons on the recently canceled ABC comedy 'According to Jim,' as well as roles in the '90s comedies 'Father of the Bride' and 'Father of the Bride II,' opposite Steve Martin and Diane Keaton. She's married to country superstar Brad Paisley.

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