Brooke Shields’ highly-anticipated two-part return to When Calls the Coronary heart brings an added sense of household as her daughter Rowan Francis Henchy is ready to make a shock look.
“It was enjoyable,” Shields, 60, solely informed Us Weekly on Thursday, February 26, of her character Charlotte Thornton’s return to Hope Valley.
Whereas followers received to see Charlotte in the course of the Sunday, March 1, episodeit’s the upcoming half two of her keep, airing on Sunday, March 8, that may characteristic Rowan, 22, in a minor half.
“We didn’t anticipate my daughter to be in it,” Shields confessed. “It occurred form of final minute.”
The actress recalled asking Rowan, “’Do you wish to be on this episode? Are you OK delivering traces?’ She was like, ‘Yeah, positive. OK, I’ll do it.’”
Shields, who shares Rowan and Grier Hammond Henchy19, with husband Chris Henchyrevealed, “I had by no means acted with my daughter earlier than.” (Shields married movie director Chris, 61, in April 2001.)
Rowan Henchy, Brooke Shields.
Rowan Henchy/InstagramAs WCTH followers know, Charlotte is the mom of the late Jack Sr. (Daniel Lissing), who died throughout season 5, and the grandmother to Little Jack (Hyland Goodrich), whom Jack Sr. shared with spouse Elizabeth Thornton (Erin Krakow).
In the course of the upcoming episode titled “Blessings,” Charlotte remains to be on the town attributable to her plans in Union Metropolis being delayed.
Brooke Shields’ oldest daughter, Rowan Francis Henchy, turned heads on the 2025 Glamour Ladies of the Yr occasion. Rowan, 22, regarded beautiful in a form-fitting gold studded ankle-length gown, which featured feathered wrist elaborations, at The Plaza Lodge in New York Metropolis on Tuesday, November 4. She paired her look with white heels and a (…)
Whereas the main focus of the episode might be on Elizabeth’s boyfriendMountee Nathan Grant (Kevin McGarry), having a significant dialog with Charlotte at her son’s tombstone, viewers will briefly see Shields’ look-alike daughter as nicely towards the top of the episode. (Keep watch over the automobile that arrives to choose up Charlotte to take her to Union Metropolis and also you’ll see Rowan wearing Nineteen Twenties’ period-piece clothes sitting within the again beside her.)
Jaeda Lily Miller, Kevin McGarry, Hyland Goodrich, Erin Krakow, Brooke Shields.
Jeff Weddell/Hallmark MediaThough Rowan isn’t an actor by commerce, Shields informed Us that she determined to not give her daughter any skilled ideas when she arrived on set. (Rowan graduated from Wake Forest College in 2025 and has been working as a reserving producer for Good Morning America ever since, in accordance with her LinkedIn.)
“Typically one of the best tip is to only get out of their approach,” Shields defined, noting Rowan had “accomplished performs in faculty.”
Shields added, “I simply didn’t wish to micromanage. But when there was one thing and I noticed it in her face, I’d say, like, ‘OK, that’s 10-1, and 10-1 means to go to the toilet.’ These sorts of issues about how the crew works.”
The actress and former mannequin famous that Rowan has additionally “labored on units earlier than” however as her mom, she observed “lots of little issues that (made her) vast eyed.”
Rowan Henchy.
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Pictures for Glamour“I assumed she did so nicely,” Shields mentioned, revealing that the Hallmark writers “saved including traces for her.”
Trying again on her return to WCTH with Rowan by her aspectShields informed Us she had a “nice” expertise.
“I like the loyalty and the followers are simply so pleasant in you already know that they care a lot, and I admire it,” Shields added.
See each Shields and Rowan on When Calls the Coronary heart airs on Hallmark Channel Sunday, March 8, at 8 p.m. ET. New episodes stream the following day on Hallmark+.