Music To Movies: Country Stars Who Act
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Jason Aldean
Jason Aldean's first dabble in the movie industry comes out this month at the Sundance Film Festival. The movie is called "Sweetwater" and there's no word on what part he portrays but the movie is set in 1880s Mexico.
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Reba McEntire
Reba is the owner of a highly successful self-titled TV show that has over 120 episodes under its belt. Did you know she also appeared in the remake of "The Little Rascals"?
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Loretta Lynn
Loretta voiced a few roles including Rachel and Andrew Jackson: A Love Story and the three little pigs adaptation in Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child.
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Le Ann Womack
In 2008, Le Ann appeared in country film "Noble Things" as well as the early 2000s TV show "The District".
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Wynonna Judd
Lifetime TV's hit series "Army Wives" welcomed Wynonna as a guest star as well as a three-episode stint on "Touched By An Angel".
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Trisha Yearwood
Though Trisha's first TV role was so minor she didn't even get a talking role, it only grew from there giving her a seven-episode run on Navy-favorite "JAG".
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Sheryl Crow
Sheryl made her first on screen appearance in 1990 but most notably appeared on "Cougar Town" in 2010.
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Hank Williams Jr.
Voicing a 'Canyonero' Singer in "The Simpsons", Hank has also spent a few times on our screens in movies like 1978's "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".
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Clint Black
Clint Black had a minor role in Adam Sandler's "Anger Management" but spent some time in smaller TV movies like "Going Home" and "The Legend of Cadillac Jack".
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Jessica Simpson
Though Jess only spent a minor time as a country singer, she did get a coveted role in "Dukes of Hazard" as well as a few appearances on "That 70s Show".
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Vince Gill
In the early 90s, Vince appeared in a few small films called "Voyage Into Fear" and "Maverick".
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Martina McBride
In 1994, Martina made a quick appearance in the ever famous "Baywatch".
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Darius Rucker
Did you know Darius played the Maitre'd in "Shallow Hal"? We'll give you a second to look it up...
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Kid Rock
Kid Rock played alongside David Spade in "Joe Dirt" back in 2001 and more recently gave Pam Anderson's short show "Stacked" a shot in 2005.
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Alison Krauss
Alison has a beautiful voice and obviously people notice since her only brush with movie stardom was the singing voices in "Eight Crazy Nights" and "Annabelle's Wish".
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Julianne Hough
Though she started off on TV with "Dancing With The Stars" she made the big-screen jump alongside Christina Aguilera and Cher in "Burlesque."
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Faith Hill
Though hubby Tim has recently had great movie success, Faith got to spend time with Keith Urban's wife Nicole in the latest adaptation of "Stepford Wives".
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George Strait
The hit show "King of the Hill" recruited George to voice an episode that also featured Trace Adkins, Brad Paisley and other country artists.
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Carrie Underwood
Carrie can be seen on the big screen in April in the Bethany Hamilton autobiography "Soul Surfer".
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Toby Keith
Most notably, Toby was in "Broken Bridges" alongside Kelly Preston and Lindsay Haun. He also appeared in "Beer for My Horses" in 2008.
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Dwight Yoakam
Dwight has appeared in a slew of onscreen hits including "Crank: High Voltage", "Four Christmases", "Panic Room" and "Dirty Girl"
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Willie Nelson
This jack of all trades not only has a successful singing career but over 35 movies to his resume including "Dukes of Hazzard", "Beer For My Horses" and "Half Baked".
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Dolly Parton
If you've never seen "Steel Magnolias" please go to Netflix and get it now.
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Naomi Judd
Naomi has been in a run of small TV movies and series like "3rd Rock From The Sun" and "Touched By An Angel".
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Brad Paisley
Playing Chad on "According To Jim" and appearing on a country filled "King Of The Hill" episode, Brad has quite a few small TV roles under his belt.
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Randy Travis
Randy has played in the kids movie "Baby Geniuses" and a bunch of other TV series and films including "Matlock" and even voices for "Hey Arnold".
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Taylor Swift
This country beauty voiced a character in "The Lorax" animated film by Dr. Seuss and also appeared in "Valentine's Day" opposite Twilight star Taylor Lautner.
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LeAnn Rimes
LeAnn got her TV start on the soap opera "Days Of Our Lives" and went on to appear in the TV series "American Dreams" and "Northern Lights".
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Billy Ray Cyrus
Who DOESN'T know Billy Ray as the co-star and father of Disney's "Hannah Montana" but he also was most notable as playing Doc in the early 2000 series "Doc".
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Jo Dee Messina
Jo Dee played a few short roles on "Touched By An Angel" in 1999 and 2002. She also guest starred on Nash Bridges in 1999!
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Trace Adkins
You can see Trace's newest creation by watching "Lincoln Lawyer".
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