
Chelah Horsdal
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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Credits
- 2023 · Prom Pact as Mrs. Lansing
- 2021 · Firefly Lane as Margie
- 2020 · Spontaneous as Denise
- 2019 · Noelle as Shelley Sussman
- 2019 · Ash as Gail Hurst
- 2019 · Last Stand to Nowhere as Wylona Earp
- 2018 · Boundaries as Therapist
- 2017 · The Good Doctor as Tessa
- 2017 · Star Trek: Discovery as UFP President Laira Rillak
- 2017 · The Show as Elliot's Mom
- 2016 · Pretty Little Addict as Donna Phillips
- 2016 · Candiland as Tess/The Queen
- 2015 · Even Lambs Have Teeth as Abby
- 2015 · UnREAL as Louise
- 2015 · The Returned as Kris
- 2015 · Patterson's Wager as Audrey
- 2015 · Gord's Brother as Amanda
- 2015 · The Man in the High Castle as Helen Smith
- 2014 · When Calls the Heart: A Telling Silence as Cat Montgomery
- 2014 · When Calls the Heart: The Dance as Cat Montgomery
- 2014 · If I Stay as Liddy
- 2014 · Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure as Headmistress Kroger
- 2014 · The 100 as Dr. Simone Lightbourne
- 2014 · The Grim Sleeper as Livi Vazquez
- 2014 · When Calls the Heart as Cat Montgomery
- 2014 · Sole Custody as Ann
- 2013 · Hunting Season as Nancy
- 2013 · Midnight Stallion as Rita Shephard
- 2013 · Kill for Me as Maria Klein
- 2013 · Motive as Deana Mitchell
- 2012 · It's Christmas, Carol! as Tanya
- 2012 · Emily Owens, M.D as Marian Kramden
- 2012 · Arrow as Kate Spencer (archive footage)
- 2012 · Arrow as Kate Spencer
- 2012 · The Cabin in the Woods as Demo Girl
- 2012 · Level Up as Barbara
- 2011 · Hell on Wheels as Margaret Palmer
- 2011 · Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Irena - Charles' Nurse
- 2011 · Three Weeks, Three Kids as Mandy Norton
- 2011 · Marley & Me: The Puppy Years as Carol Grogan
- 2011 · Fairly Legal as Brooke Keller
- 2010 · R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour as Chris' Mom
- 2010 · Altitude as Mrs. Taylor
- 2010 · The Client List as Doreen
- 2010 · The Tortured as Liane Strader
- 2010 · Lying to Be Perfect as Nancy
- 2010 · Betwixt as Vanessa
- 2010 · Life Unexpected as Prosecutor
- 2009 · Mrs. Miracle as Kate Preston
- 2009 · Helen as Kara
- 2009 · Possession as Miranda
- 2009 · Come Dance at My Wedding as Nancy Reed
- 2009 · Alien Trespass as Betsy's Mother
- 2009 · Burning Mussolini as Cheryll Witherspoon
- 2008 · Flirting with Forty as Anne
- 2008 · Passengers as Janice
- 2008 · Gym Teacher: The Movie as Winnie
- 2008 · Elegy as Susan Reese
- 2008 · Vice as Woman in Elevator
- 2008 · Past Lies as Danielle
- 2008 · The Guard as
- 2007 · Aliens vs Predator: Requiem as Darcy
- 2007 · Exes & Ohs as Lauren Brooks
- 2007 · Perfect Child as Jen
- 2007 · Crossroads - A Story of Forgiveness as Cindy
- 2007 · Ashes Fall as Joanna
- 2007 · A Decent Proposal as Cynthia Lewis
- 2006 · Fallen as Lori Corbett
- 2006 · Eureka as Mary-Beth Curtis
- 2006 · Psych as Beth
- 2006 · Whistler as
- 2006 · X-Men: The Last Stand as Minivan Mother
- 2006 · Hollow Man II as Blind Secretary
- 2006 · The Evidence as
- 2006 · The Pink Panther as Security Guard
- 2005 · Dreams in the Witch House as Frances Elwood
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as Frances Elwood
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Heather Woodland
- 2005 · Supernatural as Cute Librarian
- 2005 · Supernatural as Bobby's Mother
- 2005 · The Exorcism of Emily Rose as Asst. DA #3
- 2005 · Reunion as
- 2005 · Robson Arms as
- 2004 · Pursued as Sharon
- 2004 · Battlestar Galactica as Didi Cassidy
- 2004 · Stargate Atlantis as Erran
- 2004 · The 4400 as Jeanine
- 2003 · Paycheck as Young Mother
- 2003 · Tru Calling as Admissions Officer
- 2002 · The Dead Zone as Janet Miller
- 2001 · Smallville as Dr. McCann
- 2000 · Andromeda as Misabo Ahm
- 1997 · Stargate SG-1 as Lt. Catherine Womack
- 1997 · Stargate SG-1 as Lt. Womack
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Cindy