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Donna Kelce stars in Hallmark’s Christmas movie “Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story”

Donna Kelce stars in Hallmark’s Christmas movie “Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story”

Donna Kelce makes her screen debut!

In a joint Instagram post with Hallmark Channel on Saturday, July 13, Donna, 71, announced that she will appear alongside Tyler Hynes and Hunter King in the upcoming Christmas film. Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs love story.

According to the official announcement, Donna will play the manager of the Kansas City BBQ restaurant Norma & Nic’s in the love story.

As announced in June, King, 30, will play Alana in the film, a Chiefs superfan who is a finalist in the team’s Fan of the Year contest. Hynes, 38, will play Derrick, the Chiefs’ director of fan engagement, who is tasked with judging Alana’s family’s devotion to the Super Bowl-winning team against two other finalists – and unexpectedly falls in love with Alana in the process.

In the sweet announcement of Donna’s involvement in the film, King and Hynes introduce themselves before splitting up and revealing Jason and Travis Kelce’s mother.

Jason Kelce, Donna Kelce and Travis Kelce.

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She wears a jersey with the number 87 in honor of Travis and explains: “Hi, I’m Donna Kelce and I’m Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story…”

King chimes in: “On this countdown to Christmas,” before Hynes concludes: “Only on the Hallmark Channel.”

“See who’s joining @hunterking and @tyler_hynes in #HolidayTouchdown: A @Chiefs Love Story!” the network captioned the post. “Please welcome America’s football mom @donnakelce to the cast. Don’t miss the world premiere later this year during #CountdownToChristmas. 🏈🎄.”

NFL.com announced on Friday, July 12, that Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and players Trey Smith, Mecole Hardman, Clyde Edwards-Helaire and George Karlaftis will also appear in the film.

In November 2023, Donna spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about her family’s increased fame since Travis, 34, began publicly dating Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift and Bradley Cooper.

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“It’s been a journey. That’s for sure,” she said. “Sometimes I feel like I’m on another planet. I ask myself, ‘What has happened to my life?'”

“It’s fun to get recognition. Most of them are very respectful and positive,” added the mother of two.

This isn’t Donna’s only Hallmark moment. In January, she appeared in a promo video for the NFL playoffs with Hynes and Janel Parrish. The clip was full of references to Travis and Taylor Swift’s romance.

“My acting debut!” she announced on Instagram as she shared the clip.

Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story will air later this year as part of the Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas.