Chelah Horsdal 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. Horsdal was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She says she "was born to hippie parents while surrounded by friends and family on the 'farm' Headacres."
Chelah Horsdal 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. Horsdal was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She says she "was born to hippie parents while surrounded by friends and family on the 'farm' Headacres."
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.
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.
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1069031
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Filmography (Movies)
Backrooms
Character:
Release Date:03/09/2026
Prom Pact
Character:Mrs. Lansing
Release Date:30/03/2023
Spontaneous
Character:Denise
Release Date:02/10/2020
Noelle
Character:Shelley Sussman
Release Date:12/11/2019
Ash
Character:Gail Hurst
Release Date:30/09/2019
Last Stand to Nowhere
Character:Wylona Earp
Release Date:17/04/2019
Boundaries
Character:Therapist
Release Date:22/06/2018
The Show
Character:Elliot's Mom
Release Date:21/09/2017
Pretty Little Addict
Character:Donna Phillips
Release Date:01/05/2016
Candiland
Character:Tess/The Queen
Release Date:23/04/2016
Even Lambs Have Teeth
Character:Abby
Release Date:03/10/2015
Patterson's Wager
Character:Audrey
Release Date:20/02/2015
Gord's Brother
Character:Amanda
Release Date:14/02/2015
When Calls the Heart: The Dance
Character:Cat Montgomery
Release Date:07/10/2014
When Calls the Heart: A Telling Silence
Character:Cat Montgomery
Release Date:07/10/2014
If I Stay
Character:Liddy
Release Date:21/08/2014
Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure
Character:Headmistress Kroger
Release Date:15/07/2014
The Grim Sleeper
Character:Livi Vazquez
Release Date:15/03/2014
Sole Custody
Character:Ann
Release Date:08/01/2014
Hunting Season
Character:Nancy
Release Date:28/09/2013
Midnight Stallion
Character:Rita Shephard
Release Date:04/05/2013
Kill for Me
Character:Maria Klein
Release Date:12/02/2013
It's Christmas, Carol!
Character:Tanya
Release Date:18/11/2012
The Cabin in the Woods
Character:Demo Girl
Release Date:12/04/2012
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Character:Irena - Charles' Nurse
Release Date:03/08/2011
Marley & Me: The Puppy Years
Character:Carol Grogan
Release Date:01/06/2011
Three Weeks, Three Kids
Character:Mandy Norton
Release Date:07/05/2011
Altitude
Character:Mrs. Taylor
Release Date:10/10/2010
The Client List
Character:Doreen
Release Date:19/07/2010
The Tortured
Character:Liane Strader
Release Date:15/06/2010
Lying to Be Perfect
Character:Nancy
Release Date:07/06/2010
Betwixt
Character:Vanessa
Release Date:02/05/2010
Mrs. Miracle
Character:Kate Preston
Release Date:05/12/2009
Helen
Character:Kara
Release Date:26/11/2009
Possession
Character:Miranda
Release Date:16/07/2009
Come Dance at My Wedding
Character:Nancy Reed
Release Date:06/06/2009
Alien Trespass
Character:Betsy's Mother
Release Date:03/04/2009
Burning Mussolini
Character:Cheryll Witherspoon
Release Date:01/01/2009
Flirting with Forty
Character:Anne
Release Date:06/12/2008
Passengers
Character:Janice
Release Date:26/09/2008
Gym Teacher: The Movie
Character:Winnie
Release Date:12/09/2008
Elegy
Character:Susan Reese
Release Date:08/08/2008
Vice
Character:Woman in Elevator
Release Date:09/05/2008
Past Lies
Character:Danielle
Release Date:24/03/2008
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
Character:Darcy
Release Date:25/12/2007
Perfect Child
Character:Jen
Release Date:06/08/2007
Crossroads - A Story of Forgiveness
Character:Cindy
Release Date:22/04/2007
Ashes Fall
Character:Joanna
Release Date:23/03/2007
A Decent Proposal
Character:Cynthia Lewis
Release Date:26/02/2007
Fallen
Character:Lori Corbett
Release Date:23/07/2006
X-Men: The Last Stand
Character:Minivan Mother
Release Date:24/05/2006
Hollow Man II
Character:Blind Secretary
Release Date:23/05/2006
The Pink Panther
Character:Security Guard
Release Date:10/02/2006
Dreams in the Witch House
Character:Frances Elwood
Release Date:04/11/2005
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Character:Asst. DA #3
Release Date:09/09/2005
Pursued
Character:Sharon
Release Date:21/12/2004
Paycheck
Character:Young Mother
Release Date:25/12/2003
Television Appearances
Firefly Lane
Character:Margie
The Good Doctor
Character:Tessa
Star Trek: Discovery
Character:UFP President Laira Rillak
UnREAL
Character:Louise
The Returned
Character:Kris
The Man in the High Castle
Character:Helen Smith
The 100
Character:Simone Lightbourne
When Calls the Heart
Character:Cat Montgomery
Motive
Character:Deana Mitchell
Emily Owens, M.D.
Character:Marian Kramden
Arrow
Character:Kate Spencer
Level Up
Character:Barbara
Hell on Wheels
Character:Margaret Palmer
Fairly Legal
Character:Brooke Keller
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Character:Chris' Mom
Life Unexpected
Character:Prosecutor
The Guard
Character:
Exes & Ohs
Character:Lauren Brooks
Bionic Woman
Character:Suicidal Woman
Men in Trees
Character:Pretty Redhead
Eureka
Character:Mary-Beth Curtis
Psych
Character:Beth
Whistler
Character:
The Evidence
Character:
Masters of Horror
Character:Frances Elwood
Criminal Minds
Character:Heather Woodland
Supernatural
Character:Cute Librarian
Supernatural
Character:Bobby's Mother
Reunion
Character:
Robson Arms
Character:
Battlestar Galactica
Character:Didi Cassidy
Stargate Atlantis
Character:Erran
The 4400
Character:Jeanine
Tru Calling
Character:Admissions Officer
The Dead Zone
Character:Janet Miller
Smallville
Character:Dr. McCann
Andromeda
Character:Misabo Ahm
Stargate SG-1
Character:Lt. Catherine Womack
Stargate SG-1
Character:Lt. Womack
The Hat Squad
Character:Young Woman
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Cindy
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