Lindsay Hartley Previews Her New Lifetime Movie, 'Dying to be Loved'

Lindsay Hartley

Lindsay Hartley shot to daytime fame as Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald on Passions, a role she played from 1999-2008. In 2000, she was not only nominated for the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Female Newcomer, she wrote the song "Kiss Me" for her character, which she performed that year on the show.

In 2009, Hartley joined the cast of another NBC soap opera, Days of our Lives, in the role of Arianna Hernandez. The following year, Hartley signed on to play the new character of Cara Castillo on ABC's All My Children. After landing her first lead in a movie entitled, Perfect on Paper, for Hallmark Channel, Hartley joined the cast of Pop TV's Queens of Drama. Most recently, Hartley starred in Nightmare Nurse, for Lifetime.

Her latest project is another Lifetime Movie, Dying to be Loved, which premieres Saturday, April 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. She plays Jill Yates, a successful lawyer, engaged to Connor (Dan Payne), a self-made business man. Jill’s 18-year-old daughter, Emily (Paloma Kwiatkowsk), is a freshman in college. Extremely introverted and suffering from bouts of depression, Jill is thrilled when Emily asks if she can invite a young man to dinner. But Gary proves to be more dangerous than anyone thought when he is involved in a road rage incident while out with Emily and he ends up killing a man. Emily is also charged with the crime because she handled the gun – even though she was trying to keep Gary from using it.

Gary is convicted of manslaughter but released into the custody of his brother, a policeman, before going to prison. He convinces Emily to run away with him. She leaves a note for her mother saying life is not worth living if they can’t be together.

Lindsay Hartley as Jill in Dying to be loved

When a video camera appears to show the two jumping to their deaths in a “double suicide,” Jill is devastated and guilty. However, she believes Gary killed her daughter and faked his own death. She uses all her resources to discover the truth – her daughter is indeed alive. Now both mother and daughter must find a way to save themselves.

Serial Scoop recently spoke with Hartley about her time on Passions, Days of our Lives and Queens of Drama, and got a preview of Dying to be Loved. Read our exclusive interview below.

Lindsay Hartley Stars in 'Dying to be Loved' April 16 on Lifetime

Lindsay Hartley

Fans of the daytime dramas All My Children, Days of our Lives, and Passions, will not want to miss Dying to be Loved, starring Lindsay Hartley. The thriller will premiere on Saturday, April 16 at 8pm ET/PT on Lifetime. Also starring are Dan Payne (All Yours), Paloma Kwiatkowski (Bates Motel) and Jedidiah Goodacre (Tomorrowland).

Hartley plays Jill Yates, a successful lawyer, engaged to Connor (Payne), a self-made business man. They are busy planning their wedding. Jill’s daughter, Emily, 18, (Kwiatkowski) is a freshman in college. Extremely introverted and suffering from bouts of depression, Jill is thrilled when Emily asks if she can invite a young man to dinner.

Lifetime Movie 'Nightmare Nurse' Premieres Saturday, March 5, Stars Sarah Butler, Steven Good, Lindsay Hartley, and Traci Lords.

Lifetime movie Nightmare Nurse premieres Saturday, March 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The film stars Sarah Butler, Steven Good, Lindsay Hartley, and Traci Lords.

After Brooke and her boyfriend Lance have a car accident, Lance’s leg injury requires him to be bedridden with at-home care. When an attractive nurse, Chloe, is recommended to them, she seems perfect for the task. However, when her troubled past comes to light, it becomes apparent to the happy couple that someone is out to destroy their lives.

Watch a sneak peek below:

Review: 'Queens of Drama' Is Must-Watch Soapy Goodness

Left to Right: Vanessa Marcil, Donna Mills, Hunter Tylo, Chrystee Pharris, Joan Collins, Lindsay Hartley and Crystal Hunt star in Queens of Drama. Photo Credit: Pop

Queens of Drama premieres Sunday, April 26, at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on Pop, immediately following the network's exclusive live broadcast of the 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. Queens of Drama is a 10 episode series that features six former daytime and primetime soap stars taking control of their careers to produce and star in a new serialized drama.

The all-star cast includes Lindsay Hartley (All My Children, Days Of Our Lives), Crystal Hunt (Guiding Light, One Life To Live), Vanessa Marcil (Las Vegas, General Hospital), Chrystee Pharris (Passions, General Hospital) and Hunter Tylo (The Bold and The Beautiful), with special appearances by Donna Mills (Knots Landing, Melrose Place). Joan Collins (Dynasty, Guiding Light) guest stars.

Based on the first three episodes, Queens of Drama is entertaining, absorbing, and offers plenty of drama to live up to the show's title. Each member of the cast is playing a version of themselves so perfectly drawn in this soft-scripted reality series that it's easy to follow the story, invest in the "characters" and instantly care about whether or not these women will be able to put together a show of their own. And who will lead them.

'Queens of Drama' Premieres Sunday, April 26 After Daytime Emmys on Pop

Chrystee Pharris, Donna Mills, Crystal Hunt and Lindsay Hartley. Photo Credit: Pop

Girl power reigns supreme as six former daytime and primetime soap stars take control of their careers to produce and star in a new serialized drama, in the series premiere of Queens of Drama on Pop, Sunday, April 26, at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT, immediately following the network’s exclusive live broadcast of the 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.

Following its premiere, Queens of Drama will begin airing in its regularly scheduled time slot on Wednesdays, (8:00-8:30 p.m. ET/PT) starting April 29.

“Queens of Drama features a powerful, all-star cast of soap’s leading ladies, while tapping into the sensibility of female empowerment, taking charge and having it all,” said Paul Adler, Senior Vice President, Programming, Pop. “We’re excited to give fans a new perspective of these women with a reality series that debuts immediately following Pop’s exclusive live broadcast of the Daytime Emmys.”

'Queens of Drama' Coming to POP in 2015, Starring Lindsay Hartley, Crystal Hunt, Vanessa Marcil, Chrystee Pharris & Hunter Tylo

POP, a new network which announced its rebranding last month from TVGN as a place to celebrate the fun of being a fan, will premiere more than 400 hours of fan-fueled original programming next year, including six new original series, an exclusive after-show, live red carpet specials during the awards season, and a curated lineup of television fan-favorites.

From the producers of Hatfields & McCoys and Gene Simmons Family Jewels comes new docu-series Queens of Drama follows a group of former daytime and primetime soap stars as they attempt to produce a new primetime serial drama to star in. The cast will need to work in front of and behind the cameras as they develop, pitch, and produce this new steamy series hoping to land a pilot deal by the end of the season.

Hallmark Movie 'Perfect on Paper' Premieres Tonight, Stars Morgan Fairchild and Lindsay Hartley

Lindsay Hartley, Morgan Fairchild. Photo Credit: Copyright 2014
Crown Media United States, LLC/ Photographer: Carin Baer

Lindsay Hartley (Passions, All My Children) and Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Morgan Fairchild (Paper Dolls, Search for Tomorrow) star in the Hallmark Channel Original Movie World Premiere of Perfect on Paper on Saturday, September 20 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. An idealistic, young book editor reluctantly relocates to Los Angeles to edit a bestselling author's romance novel and learns about true love along the way in the heartwarming romantic dramedy, which also stars Drew Fuller (Charmed), Haley Strode (Gangster Squad), Kieren Hutchison (One Tree Hill) and Bryce Clyde Jenkins (The To Do List).

Morgan Fairchild and Lindsay Hartley to Star in Hallmark Channel Movie 'Perfect on Paper'

Lindsay Hartley, Morgan Fairchild. Photo Credit: Copyright 2014
Crown Media United States, LLC/ Photographer: Carin Baer

An idealistic, young book editor reluctantly relocates to Los Angeles to edit a bestselling author's romance novel and learns about true love along the way in Perfect on Paper, a Hallmark Channel Original Movie World Premiere Saturday, September 20 (9 p.m. ET/PT, 8C). Lindsay Hartley (Passions, All My Children) and Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Morgan Fairchild (The Seduction, The Bold and the Beautiful) star with Drew Fuller (Charmed), Haley Strode (Gangster Squad), Kieren Hutchison (One Tree Hill) and Bryce Clyde Jenkins (The To Do List) in this heartwarming romantic dramedy.