Dying for a Daughter is a dramatic thriller movie that premiered on Lifetime in 2018. The movie was directed by Monika Mitchell and written by Stephen Romano. The film stars Wendy Raquel Robinson as Samantha, an overworked marketing executive and mother who seeks to balance her job, her marriage, and her sick daughter's recovery.
After a car accident that leaves her daughter Cassie severely injured and paralyzed, Samantha hires a live-in nurse, Margaret (played by April Bowlby), to help with Cassie's recovery. However, Margaret is bitter and tormented by her own personal tragedy, the loss of her daughter. Margaret believes that Cassie is her daughter, and she becomes obsessed with taking her back. As Samantha and Tom (played by Leonardo Nam), Cassie's father, try to pick up the pieces of their shattered family, they soon find themselves terrorized by Margaret's chilling schemes.
As the tension builds and Margaret's true motives are uncovered, Samantha must fight to protect her family from Margaret's destructive obsession. The movie is a gripping tale of love, deceit, and betrayal, and it highlights the lengths a distraught mother will go to in order to reclaim what she believes is rightfully hers.