Over the years, we’ve seen Real Housewives from all over the franchise celebrate the holidays. This festive time of year gave us many iconic Housewives moments, from sprinkle cookies to Blue Stone Manor. For many fans, watching the holiday-set episodes became something of an annual tradition. But that’s not all the holiday Housewives programming available.
This franchise, and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in particular, is full of actresses. Naturally, quite a few have some Christmas movies included in their filmographies. We all love the standards like Elf, Christmas Vacation, and It’s A Wonderful Life, but why not mix things up this year? If you’re a Real Housewives superfan planning a holiday movie marathon, we’ve got some recommendations for you below.
Kyle Richards – Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Her sister Kathy Hilton is one of Bravo’s queens of Christmas. Kyle Richards stars in Halloween, one of the most famous spooky season movies ever. So, why not act in other holiday movies as well? After her time as a child star, and a recurring role on ER, her acting career got a boost from the Halloween legacy sequels.
Kyle’s first Christmas movie was 2021’s Real Housewives of the North Pole, a Peacock original. She was one of the leads alongside Betsy Brandt of Breaking Bad fame. While Kyle is the one with the biggest role, the movie also features Real Housewives from other cities, including Lisa Barlow, Cynthia Bailey, Sonja Morgan, and Karen Huger. Kyle’s youngest daughter, Portia Umansky, has a small part as well.
This year, Kyle acts in an LGBTQ+ romcom called The Holiday Exchange. The movie is streaming on Amazon Prime. There may be more Christmas movies in her future, as Kyle’s film and tv career isn’t slowing down.
Britani Bateman – Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
Real Housewives of Salt Lake City newbie “friend of” Britani Bateman got viewers’ attention with her singing voice on the show. And, in case her dramatic “You guys, what about me?!” moment didn’t make it obvious, she’s a theater kid. As of late, she’s been showing off her pipes by belting Wicked’s Defying Gravity on TikTok.
In fact, Britani has a pretty accomplished acting and singing career. And one of her biggest roles to date was in the ABC Family (since renamed FreeForm) original Christmas tv movie Mistle Tones. Britani starred as Staci alongside Tori Spelling and Tia Mowery. The movie was part of the channel’s annual 25 Days of Christmas lineup. It was filmed on location right in Salt Lake City.
Eileen Davidson – Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Former RHOBH star Eileen Davidson, whom Kyle wants to return as a Real Housewife, is a soap opera legend. She won two Daytime Emmys, one for Days of Our Lives and the other for Young and the Restless. In 2021, she reprised her role as Kristen DiMera for a festive special, Days of Our Lives: A Very Salem Christmas.
While she’s best known for her parts on these legendary soaps, Eileen has many other credits as well. Over the past few years, she’s starred in two other Christmas movies, Middleton Christmas and Holiday in the Vineyards. Holiday in the Vineyards was a Netflix original movie that premiered on the streaming service in December 2023. The romantic comedy made the coveted Netflix Top 10 chart and received positive reviews.
Garcelle Beauvais – RHOBH
In 2019, Garcelle Beauvais was cast as Dennis Quaid’s love interest in the Christmas-themed TV show Merry Happy Whatever. The sitcom aired for one season on Netflix and is still available to stream. As of late, Garcelle is on fire as an executive producer with Lifetime. So, whether she’s in front of or behind the camera, or both, we wouldn’t rule out a Christmas movie with the channel in her future.
As for her existing Christmas-themed credit, check out these six degrees of separation. Dennis Quaid is the ex-husband of Meg Ryan, who dated John Mellencamp, aka the father of Garcelle’s former (and possibly future) co-star Teddi Mellencamp. Beverly Hills is a small world after all!
Denise Richards – RHOBH
Of the many Real Housewives of Beverly Hills actresses, Denise Richards has some of the most famous titles in her filmography. Including a small role in one of the most iconic modern Christmas movies, Love Actually. In case you need a reminder, Denise shows up as Carla (“she’s real friendly”), one of the American girls along with Shannon Elizabeth in the airport-set finale.
Denise has also starred in various other Christmas movies over her acting career. Including A Christmas Frequency, My Christmas Fiance, Christmas Break-In, and Christmas Trade. In 2019, she co-starred with Barbara Eden (as in I Dream of Jeannie) and Patrick Muldoon (the actor who dated both Denise and Lisa Rinna at the same time) in My Adventures with Santa.
Also, when she was a Bond girl in The World is Not Enough, her character’s name was Christmas Jones. Yes, Christmas Jones the nuclear physicist, a part she joked about on 30 Rock. And that’s why she’s “F*cking Denise Richards, Kyle!”
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is available to stream on Peacock.
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