The series "Secretly from Parents" and the actors who played the main roles in it, were successful with the public from the very beginning of the release on the screens. This teenage movie caught the audience and caught the attention of several million viewers.
Plot description
The main character of the series is a minor girl Amy. In Season 1, “Secretly from Parents,” Amy, 15, finds out she’s pregnant, and she wonders how to tell her parents. Everyone knows her as a good, obedient schoolgirl who plays in the orchestra and does not re-read to adults. But the first to learn about the difficult situation of the girl is not the parents, but friends and the whole school. Peers mock her, and teachers bother with endless life lessons and instructions. Yes, and parents still learn about the daughter’s pregnancy not from her lips ...
Continuation of the series
Season 1 "Secretly from Parents" was not the first and last for this series. The first series was released in 2008, and the last - in June 2013. For the entire existence of the series, 5 seasons consisting of 121 series were filmed.
Throughout the project, the main characters remained Amy Jorgens, her family and environment. Actors "Secretly from parents" perfectly coped with their task and successfully survived along with the characters of the series all the difficulties and problems that they encountered in their way.
The main characters and actors who played them
The main role of Amy Jorgens was played by Shailene Woodley. Work in the series "Secretly from Parents" and in the film "Descendants" made her popular. By the way, in “Descendants”, the actress played with such a celebrity as George Clooney. The role in the series brought the girl 5 nominations for the Teen Choice Awards. Shailene perfectly got used to the image of a pregnant high school student and deservedly received public recognition.
The sister of the main character was played by India Aisley. The two-year difference does not prevent the sisters from being best friends. It was Ashley who became the first in the family who recognized Amy's secret and fully supported her in her decision to leave the child. Later, it was she who chooses the name of the born baby. Ashley herself is a little closed, does not like to make friends, she has a special manner of speech and she is in love with vintage.
Molly Ringwald played the roles of Amy's mother, Anne Jorgens. Molly coped with the role of mother and wife, earlier the actress became famous for her play in comedies for teenagers. She was famous in the 80s, but the series helped the actress stay afloat.
George's father was played by Mark Darwin. The audience saw him in the role of Greg in the series "How I Met Your Mother." Mark's hero, George Jorgens, is the owner of a furniture store . Ashley and Amy are children from his second marriage. In the course of the development of the series, George is forced to live separately from his family due to the fact that he cheated on his wife.
Minor Heroes
The guy of the main character, kind-hearted Ben Boykovich, was played by Kenny Bauman. His hero is ready to raise a child, Amy, although he does not have a biological father. He is completely devoted to the girl and ready for anything for her.
Like all the actors in Secret from Parents, Darren Kagasoff coped with the role of the difficult teenager Ricky Underwood. Ricky is the father of the unborn child. This teenager was very unlucky with his parents, they are drug addicts. Ricky lives with foster parents and throughout the series visits a personal psychologist who helps him cope with life's difficulties.
Ricky maintains a physical relationship with a girl named Endrian Lee. She studies well at school, but her reputation is not so diligent. Everyone perceives Endrian as a licentious and frivolous girl. For the first time she falls in love with her half brother Max, but this feeling quickly passes. The role of such an extraordinary personality was successfully played by Francia Rice.
The diligent Christian and member of the church abstinence group Grace Bowman was performed by Megan Park. At the beginning of the film “Secretly from Parents”, she acts as the right teenager, but the events in the series make the girl make decisions that are not always true.
The role of mother Grace was performed by Josie Bissett, previously known to viewers on the TV series "Merlot Place". Kathleen Bowman is the former wife of George Jorgens and the widow of Marshall. But the death of her second husband did not prevent her from quickly finding a new lover.
The series "Secretly from Parents", whose actors are loved by many, will be interesting to watch for both teens and adults. Participants in the project may not be celebrities that every passer-by recognizes on the street, but for millions of viewers, they have become examples of good acting and experts in their field. After all, without their talent, the series "Secretly from Parents" began and would end in the first season. And with this story and heroes they lived and empathized with them for five whole long years.