Chari Eckmann is a Minneapolis based actor who began her acting career in her 50's, playing the laundress at the James J. Hill House. From there she went on to community theater musicals, commercial and print work, and film. She played Joanne, a mother with cancer, in Blue Balloons (2017). Other films include: Betta Fish (2019), Mirror, Mirror On The Wall (2009), American Beast (2014), Spirits Of St. Paul; The Gangster Era (2012), The Current (2013).