Ashley Williams stars in Hallmark Channel’s ‘Falling Together,’ which highlights Alzheimer’s and the walk to end the disease

Star and executive producer Ashley Williams honored her mother, Linda, who died in 2016 after struggling with the disease for more than a decade, with the film, including countless winks to her personality, as well as the naming of the character who worked for Alzheimer's Association Linda Payne.

In her new Hallmark movie, Ashley Williams shines a light on the Alzheimer's Association and tells a story that is deeply personal. She lost her mother to the disease and has become a champion for awareness and finding a cure.

Ashley Williams' newest Hallmark project, Falling Together, is "directly" from her "heart" - and serves as a love letter to her late mother, Linda. Williams, 45, exclusively told Us Weekly on Wednesday,

Falling Together,' also starring Paul Campbell, premieres on Hallmark Channel on Sept. 21, which is also World Alzheimer's Day