Ariana Madixis on a mission to help a desperate mother find her child inBuying Back My Daughter.
PEOPLE can exclusively debut the trailer for the upcoming Lifetime movie, which shows Madix in uniform as Officer Karen, who is working to track down missing teen Alicia (Faith Wright). In the ripped-from-the-headlines story, Madix’s character helps a mom named Dana (Meagan Good) whose 16-year-old daughter snuck out to go to a party and never returned home.
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The trailer opens with a woman offering Alicia a ride: “Get in. I just don’t want some shady guy throwing you into his van.”
But it turns out, the woman is no kind stranger, and the Alicia ends up being abducted as part of a sex-trafficking operation.
In the search for her daughter, Dana finds herself caught up in “the salacious world of online escort ads where, to her horror, she finds Alicia listed for sale," according to a description from Lifetime.
Madix’s character “helps investigate the case and has a personal connection to the story.”
Lifetime announced in March that Madix, 38, had beencastin the film just weeks after theVanderpump Rulesstar verypublicly splitfrom her longtime boyfriendTom Sandovalafter discovering he had been conducting amonths-long affairwith their friend and costarRachel “Raquel” Leviss.
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It’s just one of many new career opportunities that have come Madix’s way in the wake of theScandoval. In July, she was revealed as one of the celebrities who will take part inseason 32ofDancing with the Stars.
“That’s right, I’mVanderpump Rules' Ariana Madix, and I will be joining the cast ofDancing with the Starsthis season,” Madix said, before she and Hough, 38, offered a preview of her dancing movies.
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Madix is also preparing toreleaseSingle AF Cocktails, in which she promises to tell all about her messy breakup with Sandoval, 41.
“Now is the time that I’m fully telling my side of the story. Bartending will always be my thing and my new book, SINGLE AF COCKTAILS, is my breakup album, the story of our relationship and the betrayal that ended it all, told through drinks,” she shared onInstagramwhile unveiling the project.
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Buying Back My Daughterpremieres Oct. 7 on Lifetime.
source: people.com
