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