The movie is based on the real life miracle in which Smith, then 14, drowned and was resuscitated, after nearly an hour without a pulse. Photo by Colter Peterson, cpeterson@post-dispatch.com ...

The actress, 38, tells PEOPLE she was a bit intimidated to take on the role of a real-life person, her first, but that the experience proved to be “really emotional” in all the right ways.

When Chrissy Metz was filming her first scenes for “Breakthrough,” she prayed like she had never prayed before. She cried, she wailed, she pleaded with God. She wept over her onscreen son’s ...

The movie is based on the real life miracle in which Smith, then 14, drowned and was resuscitated, after nearly an hour without a pulse. Photo by Colter Peterson, cpeterson@post-dispatch.com ...

Known for playing Kate Pearson in NBC's This is Us, Chrissy plays the role of praying mom in the upcoming faith-based movie, Breakthrough and she is ready to talk about her own faith.

The This is Us star plays Joyce Smith, whose son was revived after an hour of being dead, in the new movie Breakthrough This is Us star Chrissy Metz felt drawn to play Joyce Smith in the new movie ...

The movie recounts the real-life drama of a Missouri teenager, John Smith, who was messing around on a frozen lake with two friends in 2015 when the ice broke, plunging the boys into the frigid water.

When Chrissy Metz was filming her first scenes for "Breakthrough," she prayed like she had never prayed before. She cried, she wailed, she pleaded with God. She wept over her onscreen son’s ...