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: Req ... uiem 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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The Man in the High Castle
as Helen Smith
Episodes: 36
First Aired: Jan 15, 2015
Level Up
as Barbara
Episodes: 35
First Aired: Jan 24, 2012
Firefly Lane
as Margie
Episodes: 17
First Aired: Feb 03, 2021
Exes & Ohs
as Lauren Brooks
Episodes: 14
First Aired: Oct 08, 2007
Star Trek: Discovery
as UFP President Laira Rillak
Episodes: 12
First Aired: Sep 24, 2017
Hell on Wheels
as Margaret Palmer
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Nov 06, 2011
Arrow
as Kate Spencer
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Oct 10, 2012
The Returned
as Kris
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Mar 09, 2015
Stargate SG-1
as Lt. Womack
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jul 27, 1997
Battlestar Galactica
as Didi Cassidy
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 18, 2004
UnREAL
as Louise
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jun 01, 2015
The Dead Zone
as Janet Miller
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 16, 2002
Masters of Horror
as Frances Elwood
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 28, 2005
Andromeda
as Misabo Ahm
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 2000
Criminal Minds
as Heather Woodland
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 2005
Smallville
as Dr. McCann
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 16, 2001
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Cindy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 24, 1951
The 100
as Dr. Simone Lightbourne
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 19, 2014
Arrow
as Kate Spencer (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 2012
The 4400
as Jeanine
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 11, 2004
Psych
as Beth
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 07, 2006
Life Unexpected
as Prosecutor
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 18, 2010
Tru Calling
as Admissions Officer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 30, 2003
Motive
as Deana Mitchell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 03, 2013
Stargate SG-1
as Lt. Catherine Womack
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 27, 1997
Eureka
as Mary-Beth Curtis
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 18, 2006
Supernatural
as Cute Librarian
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 2005
Supernatural
as Bobby's Mother
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 2005
Stargate Atlantis
as Erran
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 15, 2004
Fairly Legal
as Brooke Keller
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 2011
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
as Chris' Mom
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 29, 2010
The Good Doctor
as Tessa
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 2017
Emily Owens, M.D
as Marian Kramden
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 16, 2012
Whistler
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jun 25, 2006
The Evidence
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 22, 2006
Reunion
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 2005
Robson Arms
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 17, 2005
The Guard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 22, 2008
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