The Mary Kay Letourneau Story: All-American Girl is a 2000

2000 in television

The year 2000 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2000.For the American TV schedule, see: 2000-01 United States network television schedule.-Event:-Debuts:-1940s:...

 television movie

Television movie

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 based on the real-life story of high school teacher Mary Kay Letourneau

Mary Kay Letourneau

Mary Kay Fualaau , formerly known as Mary Kay Letourneau, is an American schoolteacher who was imprisoned from 1997 to 2004 for having sexual intercourse with her 13-year-old student, Vili Fualaau. She gave birth to two of Fualaau's children while incarcerated...

, played by Penelope Ann Miller

Penelope Ann Miller

Penelope Ann Miller , sometimes credited as Penelope Miller, is an American actress...

.

Plot

The story follows the saga of a 35-year old teacher who falls in love with a 13-year old student she comes to believe is her soul mate. The 13-year old student is a troubled artist Vili (Omar Anguiano). The teacher is a married woman with four children, and when the relationship becomes serious with Vili, they begin to have inappropriate intercourse over a period of a few months. This affair results in Mary Kay's pregnancy. Mary Kay is sent to prison for the rape of a minor, but is eventually released after pleading her case. Shortly after that, she and Vili are found in the back of a car seat together with a passport, a large sum of money and baby clothes, presumably for the baby girl Vili had fathered with Mary Kay. Mary Kay was given a prison sentence, and was released in August 2004. In October 1998, she bore Vili's second child in prison.

Cast

• Penelope Ann Miller
  Penelope Ann Miller
  Penelope Ann Miller , sometimes credited as Penelope Miller, is an American actress...
  
   as Mary Kay Letourneau
• Omar Anguiano as Vili Fualaau
• Mercedes Ruehl
  Mercedes Ruehl
  Mercedes J. Ruehl is an American theater, television and film actor.-Personal life:Ruehl was born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, the daughter of Mercedes J., a school teacher, and Vincent Ruehl, an FBI agent. She was raised Catholic. Her father was of German and Irish descent and her...
  
   as Jane Newhall
• Rena Owen
  Rena Owen
  Rena Owen is a New Zealand actress in film, theatre and television. She is of Maori, Torres Strait Islander and Pakeha descent. Owen is most well known in the lead role of Beth in the cult classic movie Once Were Warriors directed by Lee Tamahori...
  
   as Soona Fualaau
• Greg Spottiswood as Steve Letourneau
• Christopher Bondy as John Schmitz
• Janet-Laine Green
  Janet-Laine Green
  Janet-Laine Green) is a Canadian actress, director, producer and teacher, active for over 25 years. Best known for her roles in She's the Mayor, Seeing Things and This is Wonderland, this Toronto-based film and television personality has also been a voice actor for animated series such as Jacob...
  
   as Mrs. Schmitz
• Gary Hudson
  Gary Hudson
  Gary Hudson has been involved in private spaceflight development for over 25 years.Hudson is best known as the founder of Rotary Rocket Company, which in spending ~$30 Million attempted to build a unique single stage to orbit launch vehicle known as the Roton...
  
   as Charles Dunphy
• Robert Clark
  Robert Clark (actor)
  Robert Clark is an Americanactor. After building up years of experience in singing, stage and limited television work in the 1990s, he has gone on to receive critical and public recognition for his roles in various small screen productions, most notably The Zack Files and Strange Days at Blake...
  
   as Steven, Jr.
• Lori Hallier as Jan Griffin
• Julie Khaner
  Julie Khaner
  Julie Khaner is a Canadian television and film actress, best known for her roles in as Alana Robinovitch in Street Legal, Sidney Dernhoff in The Newsroom, Gen in Deepwater Black and Bridey Jones in Videodrome. She also appeared in the 1995 Susan Dey vampire flick Deadly Love.-External links:...
  
   as Det. Coughlin
• Philip Akin
  Philip Akin
  Philip Akin is a Canadian actor who has been active for over thirty years in stage, film, and television. He has had featured roles in major American films such as The Sum of All Fears, S.W.A.T., and Get Rich or Die Tryin’...
  
   as Det. Albany
• Chloe Brown as Girl Student
• Nadia Capone as Susan Trenton