The Wrong Housemaid Cast: Who Stars in the Lifetime Thriller?

The Wrong Housemaid puts a mother, her teenage daughter and a dangerous stranger at the center of another entry in Lifetime’s long-running line of domestic thrillers. Mona escaped an abusive marriage ten years earlier and has spent the years since protecting Denise while living under a new identity. Their carefully controlled life is disrupted when a woman posing as a housemaid gains access to the family home. The movie brings together April Hale, Demetris Owens Jr., Grace Field, Michael Paré and Vivica A. Fox under director David DeCoteau.

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Who plays Mona in The Wrong Housemaid?

April Hale is one of the movie’s principal stars and is connected to the central mother in the story. There is an unusual wrinkle in the published credits, however. Pre-release plot material refers to the character as Mona, while several current cast databases credit Hale as Gertrude. Since Mona has supposedly been living under a different identity for years, the two names could be connected, but the film itself will need to settle that point.

Hale has already built up a sizeable list of television and TV-movie appearances. Her credits include “The Upshaws,” “General Hospital,” “Family Time,” “Crazy Neighborhood Moms,” “Couples Retreat Murder,” “Queen Rising” and “Lust, Lies, and Polygamy.” She is a natural fit for the kind of character Lifetime thrillers regularly demand, someone who has to move quickly between family drama and outright danger.

Who plays Denise?

Demetris Owens Jr. plays Denise, Mona’s teenage daughter, and this is one of the character names that remains consistent across the available credits. Denise matters because Mona’s entire new life has been built around keeping her child safe. Once the housemaid gains access to their home and Mona’s past resurfaces, Denise becomes part of the danger rather than simply a witness to it. That gives the mother-daughter relationship much of the story’s urgency.

Owens has also appeared in short-film work including “The Landing” and “The Concert.” Another credit is the Clark Winegar project “Renaissance Kid.” “The Wrong Housemaid” gives Owens a substantially more visible role alongside several performers familiar to television audiences.

Who plays the mysterious housemaid?

Grace Field is another major member of the cast and appears opposite April Hale in promotional imagery. As with Hale’s character, the pre-release names are slightly confusing. Story material identifies the woman who enters Mona’s life as Renee, while current databases credit Field as Olga. Whether those are aliases, an intentional plot detail or simply conflicting early listings has not yet been officially clarified.

Field has worked across film, television and stage, and her own professional site confirms her appearance in the Lifetime project. The housemaid is particularly important because she is not presented as an obvious threat at first. Her access to the family home gives the film its central source of suspense.

Who else is in The Wrong Housemaid cast?

Vivica A. Fox appears in the movie and also serves as a producer, continuing her long association with Lifetime’s “Wrong” movies. Michael Paré is part of the principal cast as well, although publicly available pre-release sources do not consistently identify his character. Matthew Pohlkamp is credited as Herbert, while Jihad Brent appears as Godfrey. The supporting lineup also includes Amaris Davidson as Agatha Louise.

Jon Briddell is credited as Bertram, Shane Dorriz as Cornelius and Savoy Bailey as Trixie Jean. Public cast lists also include Fox without a confirmed character name. With several identities apparently involved in the story, it is sensible to wait for the movie itself before assuming every credited name directly matches the characters described in the synopsis.

That slight mystery actually suits “The Wrong Housemaid.” Mona has survived by becoming somebody else, while the new woman inside her home may not be who she claims to be either. The cast list therefore tells us who is appearing, but some of the most interesting character connections may only become clear when the thriller airs.