''Au Pair'' is a 1999 American made-for-television

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typic ...

film starring

Gregory Harrison Gregory Neale Harrison (born May 31, 1950) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Chandler in the 1987 film '' North Shore'', as Dr. George Alonzo "Gonzo" Gates, the young surgeon assistant of Dr. Trapper John McIntyre (played by Per ...

and

Heidi Noelle Lenhart Heidi Lenhart is an American actress best known for her lead role in the ''Au Pair'' film series and the sitcom ''California Dreams''. Family She is the daughter of Cheryl Saban and Ray Lenhart, a disc jockey. She has an older sister, Tifanie ...

. The film is the first in the ''Au Pair'' trilogy.

Plot

Jennifer "Jenny" Morgan (

) is a young and intelligent working-class woman who just graduated from

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California ...

with an

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. She is engaged to Charlie, a feckless man who intends to spend his summer traveling around Europe. After a job offer falls through, she finds herself searching and responds to a promising job ad for Oliver Caldwell's (

) company, Caldwell Corporation International (CCI). She gets an interview and is led to believe that it is a copy room position, which she decides to move forward with, thinking it would be a foot into the company. Jenny gets the job and is surprised and overwhelmed when a car and its chauffeur show up at her door, telling her to pack and that she is to leave for Paris in a couple of hours. Through a series of errors, Jenny is baffled to discover that she was hired to be the ''

au pair An au pair (; plural: au pairs) is a helper from a foreign country working for, and living as part of, a host family. Typically, au pairs take on a share of the family's responsibility for childcare as well as some housework, and receive a mon ...

'' for Oliver's two children, Katie (

Katie Volding Katie Louise Volding (born February 13, 1989) is a former American actress. In 2000, she was nominated for a Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot" for her performance in the Disney Channel Original Movie ...

) and Alex (Jake Dinwiddie).

Cast

Heidi Lenhart Heidi Lenhart is an American actress best known for her lead role in the ''Au Pair'' film series and the sitcom ''California Dreams''. Family She is the daughter of Cheryl Saban and Ray Lenhart, a disc jockey. She has an older sister, Tifani ...

as Jennifer 'Jenny' Morgan *

as Oliver Caldwell *

Jane Sibbett Jane Moore Sibbett is an American actress. Her most notable roles include Heddy Newman on the Fox television series ''Herman's Head'' and Carol Willick on the television series ''Friends''. Early life Sibbett was born in Berkeley, California, the ...

as Vivian Berger *

as Katie Caldwell * Jake Dinwiddie as Alex Caldwell *

John Rhys-Davies John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor best known for portraying Sallah in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise and Gimli in ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy. His other roles include Michael Malone in the 1993 series ''The Untouch ...

as Nigel Kent *

Richard Riehle Richard Riehle (born May 12, 1948) is an American character actor. He portrayed Walt Finnerty on '' Grounded for Life'' (2001–2005) and The Warden on ''The Young and the Restless'' (2007). He also appeared in over 200 films, including '' Glory' ...

as Sam Morgan *

Michael Woolson Michael Woolson is an American acting coach, author, director, and founder of the Michael Woolson Studio in Los Angeles, California. Coaching career Michael Woolson began his career as an acting coach teaching at the Larry Moss Studio in 1999 ...

as Charlie Cruikshank * Larry Robbins as Ernie * Pat Elliott as Sutton Parks Employee * Dávid Ungvári as Receptionist * Kristin Hansen as Matronly Woman * Éva Gyetvai as Secretary * Peter Linka as L.A. Chauffeur * Caitlin Griffiths as Girl on Plane

Release

The film was originally released in 1999. It has had the most viewers in the network's TV Movie history.Fox Family Channel's 'Au Pair' Movie Delivers Largest Audience In Family Channel's 22-Year History. - PR Newswire - HighBeam Research
/ref> The film has been released on Region 4 DVD.

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Au Pair (Film) 1999 romantic comedy films ABC Family original films 1999 television films 1999 films Films scored by Inon Zur Saban Entertainment films Au pairs in films American romantic comedy films 1990s English-language films Films directed by Mark Griffiths (director) 1990s American films