Sarah Drew may have found fame in her 30s as Dr April Kepner in Grey's Anatomy but it's now, at the age of 45, that her creative life is flourishing in ways she never expected. "For me, once I hit 40, my creative life took off in a new way," she tells HELLO! "It was then that I started writing my own stuff – and I've now written and produced three movies ( Bir thright Outlaw, A Cowboy Christmas Romance, and A Carpenter Christmas Romance ), one of which I starred in."

"I'm no longer shy about asking to dive in as an executive producer, and participate and use my voice, and I have so much more confidence than I ever did in my twenties or 30s," she says.

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Sarah leads the Hallmark series Mistletoe Murders, playing Christmas shop owner Emily

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