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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Never Use Alone
as Ramona
Sheriff Country
as Judge Merry MacRae
Prom Pact
as Mrs. Lansing
Firefly Lane
as Margie
Spontaneous
as Denise
Noelle
as Shelley Sussman
Ash
as Gail Hurst
Last Stand to Nowhere
as Wylona Earp
Boundaries
as Therapist
The Good Doctor
as Tessa
Star Trek: Discovery
as UFP President Laira Rillak
The Show
as Elliot's Mom
Pretty Little Addict
as Donna Phillips
Candiland
as Tess/The Queen
Even Lambs Have Teeth
as Abby
UnREAL
as Louise
The Returned
as Kris
Gord's Brother
as Amanda
The Man in the High Castle
as Helen Smith
When Calls the Heart: The Dance
as Cat Montgomery
When Calls the Heart: A Telling Silence
as Cat Montgomery
If I Stay
as Liddy
Sole Custody
as Anne
Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure
as Headmistress Kroger
The Grim Sleeper
as Livi Vazquez
When Calls the Heart
as Cat Montgomery
Hunting Season
as Nancy
Midnight Stallion
as Rita Shephard
Kill for Me
as Maria Klein
Motive
as Deana Mitchell
It's Christmas, Carol!
as Tanya
Emily Owens, M.D.
as Marian Kramden
The Cabin in the Woods
as Demo Girl
Level Up
as Barbara
Hell on Wheels
as Margaret Palmer
Marley & Me: The Puppy Years
as Carol Grogan
Three Weeks, Three Kids
as Mandy Norton
Fairly Legal
as Brooke Keller
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
as Chris' Mom
Altitude
as Mrs. Taylor
The Client List
as Doreen
The Tortured
as Liane Strader
Lying to Be Perfect
as Nancy
Betwixt
as Vanessa
Life Unexpected
as Prosecutor
Mrs. Miracle
as Kate Preston
Helen
as Kara
Possession
as Miranda
Come Dance at My Wedding
as Nancy Reed
Alien Trespass
as Betsy's Mother
Burning Mussolini
as Cheryll Witherspoon
Flirting with Forty
as Anne
Passengers
as Janice
Gym Teacher: The Movie
as Winnie
Elegy
as Susan Reese
Every Second Counts
as Mrs. Alcott
Vice
as Woman in Elevator
Past Lies
as Danielle
The Guard
as Unknown
Exes & Ohs
as Lauren Brooks
Bionic Woman
as Suicidal Woman
Perfect Child
as Jen
Crossroads - A Story of Forgiveness
as Cindy
Ashes Fall
as Joanna
A Decent Proposal
as Cynthia Lewis
Men in Trees
as Pretty Redhead
Fallen
as Lori Corbett
Eureka
as Mary-Beth Curtis
Psych
as Beth
Whistler
as Unknown
Hollow Man II
as Blind Secretary
The Evidence
as Unknown
The Pink Panther
as Security Guard
Dreams in the Witch House
as Frances Elwood
Masters of Horror
as Frances Elwood
Criminal Minds
as Heather Woodland
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
as Asst. DA #3
Reunion
as Unknown
Robson Arms
as Unknown
Pursued
as Sharon
Battlestar Galactica
as Didi Cassidy
Stargate Atlantis
as Erran
The 4400
as Jeanine
Paycheck
as Young Mother
Tru Calling
as Admissions Officer
The Dead Zone
as Janet Miller
Smallville
as Dr. McCann
Andromeda
as Misabo Ahm
Stargate SG-1
as Lt. Catherine Womack
Stargate SG-1
as Lt. Womack
The Hat Squad
as Young Woman
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Cindy