Lisa Whelchel is an American actress, singer, songwriter, author, and public speaker. She played Blair Warner in The Facts of Life and appeared in the reboot The New Mickey Mouse Club. Whelchel also guest-spotted on the ABC drama Family and made her film debut in The Double McGuffin. She has since appeared in Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas alongside Tyler Perry and Chad Michael Murray, Where the Red Fern Grows - Part 2, Falling for Christmas, and Roswell Delirium.