Jessy Schram Envisions Hallmark Movie Starring Chicago Med’s Luke Mitchell
Chicago Med enthusiasts recognize Jessy Schram as Dr. Hannah Asher, while Hallmark fans have enjoyed her roles as a musician, designer, and more. But what if those two worlds intertwined?
“We’ve got to pull Luke Mitchell. We gotta pull Ripley,” Schram, 39, shared exclusively with Us Weekly about her ideal Hallmark and Med collaboration.
The actress suggested that introducing Hannah’s former TV boyfriend, Dr. Mitch Ripley, portrayed by Mitchell, 40, since season 9, into the rom-com realm is a no-brainer.
“Let’s bring Luke on board because if we were to bring Ripley over, I feel like he’s had enough time to change,” Schram envisioned for the crossover. “He’s licked his wounds. He’s growing as a man.”
In her dream Hallmark holiday movie featuring both herself and Mitchell, Schram remarked, “I feel like he would still be the kind of grumpy hockey coach or something like that.”
She agreed that she could portray a “hometown schoolteacher” character connecting with Mitchell’s grumpy coach.
Schram reflected, “He’s so good with the kids, dedicates so much attention to them, and his heart had been hurt, but now it’s healing because he realizes he’s safe.”
Though Mitchell hasn’t been officially recruited to team Hallmark, the two continue to collaborate on Chicago Med, returning with new episodes in January. (After Ripley and Hannah’s breakup during season 10, Hannah discovers she’s pregnant with Dr. Dean Archer’s baby, causing a brief strain in her friendship with Ripley.)
Schram will also appear on Hallmark Channel Saturday, December 13, in A Suite Holiday Romance.
In the film, she plays a ghostwriter named Sabrina, who is mistaken for a wealthy hotel guest while staying and working in a lavish establishment. At the hotel, she meets Ian (Dominic Sherwood), whom she believes to be a royal, but who is actually a personal secretary to a lord—an amusing mix-up that will have repercussions, according to Schram.
“It’s a series of white lies that nobody intended to make. It’s just a lot of miscommunication happening,” Schram noted to Us, adding, “It is really sweet” with “a lot of comedy” elements.
Schram is accustomed to balancing Hallmark projects with her role on Chicago Med, where she has starred since 2020, telling Us that A Suite Holiday Romance was exactly what she needed this year for her work-life balance.
“I remember going to set and thinking, ‘Oh my god, I just get to smile all the time,’” she shared. “Getting to juxtapose playing Hannah, who deals with dynamic, life-or-death situations, with just falling in love and exploring that side of life was truly wonderful.”
Schram elaborated, “To operate on someone and hold their hand in a life-or-death situation [on Med], then jump to dreaming about your love is really, really fun.”
However, when asked if she would ever play a doctor in a Hallmark project, Schram revealed she prefers to keep those worlds distinct.
“I get to play a doctor 10 months of the year, so it’s nice to change things up,” she explained. “That said, every set that portrays their hospital is quite different, but I think I’d rather be the patient, honestly.”
Chicago Med returns to NBC on Wednesday, January 7, at 8 p.m. ET.
A Suite Holiday Romance premieres on Hallmark Channel Saturday, December 13, at 8 p.m. ET and streams on Hallmark+ the following day.
