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Chelah Horsdal

Canadian actress (born 1973)

Summary

Canadian actress (born 1973)

FieldValue
nameChelah Horsdal
imageChelah_Horsdal.jpg
captionHorsdal in December 2009
birth_date
birth_placeVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
occupationActress, model
years_active1993
2002–present
fatherPaul Valdemar Horsdal
website

2002–present

Chelah Horsdal (born June 19, 1973) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her regular roles in the television series Hell on Wheels, When Calls the Heart, and The Man in the High Castle, recurring roles on Stargate SG-1, Level Up, Arrow, and Star Trek: Discovery, and for her roles in the films Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem and Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

Early life

Horsdal was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.

She is the daughter of mother Lindsay and folksinger father Valdy. She grew up with her mother in Kitsilano and attended Bayview Elementary followed by Lord Byng Secondary. She began modelling in locally shot TV shows and commercials at 18, and then lived in the Caribbean for a year.

Career

Horsdal began her acting career in 2002. She has since appeared in more than 75 commercials as well as in films and on television. She has played lead and supporting roles on Hell on Wheels, The Man In the High Castle, When Calls the Heart, Candiland, Patterson's Wager, Three Weeks, Three Kids, On Strike For Christmas, Marley & Me: The Puppy Years, and Lifetime's The Client List. She had lead roles in Lying To Be Perfect and Mrs. Miracle.

Additional credits include leads on the feature Burning Mussolini, Nickelodeon's Gym Teacher: The Movie, co-starring Christopher Meloni and Amy Sedaris, Flirting with Forty with Heather Locklear and the FOX TV pilot The Virgin of Akron, Ohio. Supporting leads include Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem for 20th Century Fox and Possession alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar, as well as Elegy with Ben Kingsley and Penélope Cruz and Rise of the Planet of the Apes with John Lithgow and James Franco.

Her performances in the short films Dark Room (2006) and The Hostage (2010) both earned Leo nominations for Best Performance. Recurring roles include Battlestar Galactica, Exes & Ohs, The L Word, Stargate: SG1, Saved, DaVinci's Inquest, Whistler, Blackstone, Clue and Cartoon Network's Level Up.

The Hostage, for which Horsdal was nominated for Best Actress at the 2011 Leos, co-starred and was produced by Tahmoh Penikett and Aleks Paunovic. Horsdal was nominated for four more Leo Awards for her guest starring turn on Arctic Air (2013), for Hell on Wheels and When Calls the Heart, and for Patterson's Wager.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004**Jan
2004PursuedSharon
2005Dark RoomAliceShort
Nominated Leo Award for Best Performance by a Female in a Short Drama
2006The Pink PantherSecurity Guard
2006X-Men: The Last StandMinivan Mother
2006Hollow Man 2Blind Secretary
2007Ashes FallJoannaShort
2007Aliens vs. Predator: RequiemDarcy Benson
2008ElegySusan Reese
2008PassengersJanice
2009Alien TrespassBetsy's Mother
2009PossessionMiranda
2009Burning MussoliniCheryll Witherspoon
2009HelenKara
2010AltitudeMrs. Taylor
2010**The LoverShort
Nominated Leo Award for Best Performance by a Female in a Short Drama
2010Birth DayPatriciaShort
2011The Cabin in the WoodsDemo Girl
2011Marley & Me: The Puppy YearsCarol GroganVideo
2011Rise of the Planet of the ApesIrena
2011Something Old, Something NewBridesmaidShort
2011Everything and EveryoneAmanda
2013Kill for MeMaria KleinVideo
2013Midnight StallionRita Shepard
2013Hunting SeasonNancy
2013No ClueAlice
2014**Livi Vasquez
2014If I StayLiddy
2015Patterson's WagerAudreyNominated Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture
2015Even Lambs Have TeethAbby
2015**EmmaShort
2015Gord's BrotherAmandaShort
2016CandilandTess / The QueenWon Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Award for Best Actress
2018BoundariesTherapist
2019NoelleDr. Shelley Sussman
2019AshGail
2019Last Stand to NowhereWylona EarpShort
2020SpontaneousDenise Hovemeyer

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003AndromedaMisabo Ahm"Pieces of Eight"
2004Still LifeTammi"Not Fade Away"
2004Five Days to MidnightStefaniTV miniseries; 5 episodes
2004**Janet Miller"Collision"
2004Cold SquadDr. Walker"Voices Over Water"
2004–06Stargate SG-1Lt. WomackRecurring role; 5 episodes
2005Renegadepress.comMrs. Annie Tropek"The Power of Love"
2005**Jeanine"Wake-Up Call"
2005Criminal MindsHeather Woodland"Extreme Aggressor"
2005ReunionJane Kelsey"1988"
2005Masters of HorrorFrances Elwood"Dreams in the Witch-House"
2005SmallvilleDr. McCann"Lexmas"
2005SupernaturalLibrarian"Hook Man"
2006**Ivy Beckman"Five Little Indians"
2006FallenLori CorbettTV movie
2006WhistlerJanet"The Burden of Truth", "Will the Real Beck...?", "Meltdown"
2006SavedGail Esterbrook"A Shock to the System", "Tango"
2006–08**SallyRecurring role; 5 episodes
2007**Juliet"Pilot"
2007PsychBeth"Game, Set... Muuurder?"
2007**Cynthia LewisTV film
2007Battlestar GalacticaDidi Cassidy"Crossroads: Parts 1 & 2"
2007Crossroads: A Story of ForgivenessCindyTV film
2007Perfect ChildJenTV film
2007Bionic WomanSuicidal WomanEpisode: "Paradise Lost"
2007–11Exes and OhsLauren BrooksRecurring role; 3 episodes
2008Robson ArmsShania"Cherchez la Femme"
2008Every Second CountsMrs. AlcottTV film
2008Gym Teacher: The MovieWinnie BleekerTV film
2008Stargate: AtlantisErran"Tracker"
2008Flirting with FortyAnneTV film
2008Past LiesDanielleTV film
2008InseparableSaraTV film
2009Come Dance at My WeddingNancy ReedTV film
2009**Kathy"Out of the Woods"
2009EurekaMary-Beth Curtis"Insane in the P-Brane"
2009Defying GravityDr. Tina Winkler"Bacon"
2009Stargate UniverseInman"Variety"
2009Mrs. MiracleKate PrestonTV film
2010Lying to Be PerfectNancyTV film
2010**DoreenTV film
2010On Strike for ChristmasSharonTV film
2010Life UnexpectedProsecutorEpisode: "Stand Taken"
2010BetwixtVanessaTV film
2011IdentityLisa CurtisTV film
2011Fairly LegalBrooke Keller"Priceless"
2011Iron GolemDeputy JennyTV film
2011EndgameOlivia Davis"Fearful Symmetry"
2011Three Weeks, Three KidsMandy NortonTV film
2011ClueHeadmistress KrogerEnter the Order of Black, School for Conspiracy
2011Wishing WellKara TurnerTV film
Nominated UBCP/ACTRA Award for Best Actress
2011–13BlackstoneAngie GoldRecurring role; 4 episodes
2012**Kellie Hopkins"Openings"
2012Emily Owens, M.D.Marian Kramden"Pilot"
2012It's Christmas, Carol!TanyaTV film
2012**Magda SingerUnsold TV pilot
2012–13Level UpBarbaraRecurring role; 11 episodes
2012–14ArrowKate SpencerRecurring role; 5 episodes
2013RitaAliciaTV film
2013I Am VictorSamanthaTV film
2013Arctic AirTara"Dangerous Cargo"
Nominated Leo Award for Best Guest Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series (2013)
2013MotiveDeana Mitchell"Against All Odds"
2013Package DealMegan"Kangaroo Court"
2013–16Hell on WheelsMaggie Palmertitle=2015 nomineesurl=http://www.leoawards.com/past_winners/pdf/2015.pdfwebsite=leoawards.comaccessdate=May 7, 2017}}
Nominated Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series (2016)
2014Sole CustodyAnnTV film
2014When Calls the HeartCat MontgomeryMain role; (10 episodes)
Nominated Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series (2015)
2014Cedar CoveDr. Carmen"Letting Go: Parts 1 & 2"
2015**KrisRecurring role; 5 episodes
2015ProofColleen Seavers"Pilot"
2015UnrealLouise"Fly", "Savior"
2015Falling SkiesAlicia"Respite"
2015–2019**Helen SmithMain role; (35 episodes)
Won Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series (2017)
2016Girlfriends' Guide to DivorceMarianne Gallagher"Let Her Eat Cake"
2016Pretty Little AddictDonna PhillipsTV film
2016-2017You Me HerLori MatherfieldRecurring role; 15 episodes
2017RogueKathryn Farese"Pool Boy"
2017When We RiseEmily"1.3"
2018The Good DoctorTessa"Seven Reasons"
2019The 100Simone Lightbourne"Red Sun Rising"
20212023Firefly LaneMargie MularkeyRecurring role; 17 episodes
20212024Star Trek: DiscoveryPresident Laira RillakRecurring role, 12 episodes
2023Prom PactMrs. LansingTV Movie

References

References

  1. "Chelah Horsdal". TVGuide.com.
  2. "Biodata". Chelha Horsdal.
  3. (May 2, 2007). "Jill Latiano Is The Virgin of Akron, Ohio". Movieweb.com.
  4. "Commercial". Chelha Horsdal official site.
  5. "Television". Chelha Horsdal official site.
  6. "2006 nominees".
  7. "2011 nominees".
  8. "May 2016 Winner: Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Award".
  9. (September 18, 2013). "UBCP/ACTRA Announces the Nominees for the 2013 UBCP/ACTRA Awards".
  10. "2013 nominees".
  11. "2015 nominees".
  12. "2016 nominees".
  13. "Leo Awards, 2017 Winners by Name".
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