Over a decade after the action-packed film White House Down hit theaters, fans have spotted two A-list stars’ secret cameos: Jeff Bezos’ partner Lauren Sanchez and Real Housewives alum Garcelle Beauvais.
Before Sanchez was jetting off into space and dating one of the richest men in the world, she was a television personality and made small cameos in major motion pictures.
In the 2013 film, White House Down, Sanchez portrayed a reporter and delivered the grim news that the president, played by Jamie Foxx, died in a terrorist attack.
As Sanchez’s character delivered the news, Beauvais, who played the First Lady, watched on in tears with her daughter.
Viewers were shocked to see Sanchez make a surprise cameo with one telling DailyMail.com, ‘Is that Lauren Sanchez? What is she doing there?????’
‘Oh my god Lauren Sanchez?! That’s not a place you would expect to see her pop up,’ another viewer added.
‘Literally what is she doing in a movie,’ a third joked.
‘Wow good for her, I didn’t know she could act,’ a fourth added.
White House Down premiered in 2023 and starred Jamie Foxx as President James Sawyer and Channing Tatum as Capitol Policeman John Cale
The movie features a quick cameo from Jeff Bezos’ partner Lauren Sanchez, who appears as an on-air reporter to deliver the grim news to the nation that their president might be dead
Garcelle Beauvais is featured in two scenes from the film, portraying her longtime colleague Jamie Foxx’s wife
Even though Beauvais snagged the role of the star’s on-screen wife, she was only featured in two scenes of the film.
White House Down stars Foxx as President James Sawyer, who finds himself in a death-defying situation when violent mercenaries siege the White House.
Channing Tatum’s character, Capital Policeman John Cale, happens to be in the White House with his daughter during the attack, interviewing for his dream job in the Secret Service.
Cale gets the chance to prove his abilities in real time when he runs into President Sawyer after he’s separated from his daughter, played by Joey King.
Cale embarks on an action-packed adventure to protect the president and save his daughter while the country erupts into chaos.
Beauvais makes her first appearance at the start of the movie when she calls her president from abroad to discuss the circumstances of an impending treaty.
President Sawyer then reveals to his wife that he’s concerned about his re-election and fears he’ll be a one-term president.
The first lady then reminds President Sawyer of an artifact she gifted him that Mary Todd Lincoln once gave her husband to symbolize the limited time he has to help the American people.
‘I hear you – well, kiss Amber for me, okay? I love you ladies, and I miss you. I gotta go back to being president,’ President Sawyer responds before hanging up the phone.
Shortly after the touching phone call, the country descends into chaos, and there’s a brief moment where Americans fear their president has died in the White House.
Beauvais makes her second appearance watching the tragedy from a hotel room in fear that her husband has been killed.
It’s that moment when none other than Sanchez, portraying Reporter 12 in the film, comes on screen to deliver the news.
Sanchez has a few lines in the film in one of her last major cameos as a newscaster
Sanchez also played herself in the 1999 thriller classic, Fight Club, starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton
Sanchez played a newscaster in two Fantastic Four films before she married billionaire Jeff Bezos
White House Down is an action-packed film about violent mercenaries attacking the White House
‘Vice President Hammond has just been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, confirming, of course, the worst possible scenario – the death of President James Sawyer.
‘People all over the globe have been holding their breath, wondering, “What is happening right here in America?” After all, the United States has the biggest weapons arsenal in the world.’
As Sanchez delivers her lines, the camera pans to Beauvais, who is holding her daughter in tears.
Sanchez’s cameo isn’t her only credit as a news reporter. She also played a newscaster in the 1999 thriller, Fight Club, starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton.
Sanchez was featured as an anchor or on-air reporter in the films, Ted 2, Celeste & Jesse Forever, We Bought a Zoo, Dirt, College Road Trip, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Zoom, Akeelah and the Bee, Fantastic Four, The Longest Yard, Cellular, and The Day After Tomorrow.
She portrayed an on-air reporter in multiple television shows as well, including the sitcom Girlfriends and the Sci-Fi series, Babylon 5.
Garcelle Beauvais started on television in the ’90s hit series, The Jamie Foxx Show (pictured here with Jamie Foxx). She later played his wife in White House Down
Beauvais pictured with the stars of the film, Joey King, Channing Tatum, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jamie Foxx at the premiere in New York City
Before Beauvais became a Bravo star and Sanchez started dating Bezos, the two made cameos in White House Down
Sanchez’s numerous credits as an on-air reporter reflect her early career as a television personality.
She started her broadcast career at a local news station in Arizona before serving as a correspondent for Extra.
Sanchez also worked for Fox Sports Net and Good Day LA. After a failed audition for The View, she hosted the first season of So You Think You Can Dance and contributed to Larry King Live, The Joy Behar Show, and Showbiz Tonight.
Beauvais, on the other hand, had more luck scoring starring roles, catapulting to fame on The Jamie Foxx Show, where she played her White House Down co-star’s love interest.
She was also featured alongside Eddie Murphy in Coming 2 America and had a recurring role on ABC’s NYPD Blue.
Beauvais then took on an executive producer role in 2023 for the movie Black Girl Missing, in which she also starred.
