Name
Chelah Horsdal
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1973-06-19 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Biography
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.
Known For
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- 2012 The Cabin in the Woods as Demo Girl
- 2008 Elegy as Susan Reese
- 2009 Possession as Miranda
- 2008 Gym Teacher: The Movie as Winnie
- 2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Irena - Charles' Nurse
- 2010 Altitude as Mrs. Taylor
- 2009 Burning Mussolini as Cheryll Witherspoon
- 2010 The Tortured as Liane Strader
- 2004 Pursued as Sharon
- 2023 Prom Pact as Mrs. Lansing
- 2019 Last Stand to Nowhere as Wylona Earp
- 2011 Three Weeks, Three Kids as Mandy Norton
- 2013 Kill for Me as Maria Klein
- 2013 Midnight Stallion as Rita Shephard
- 2013 Hunting Season as Nancy
- 2008 Flirting with Forty as Anne
- 2008 Passengers as Janice
- 2007 Aliens vs Predator: Requiem as Darcy
- 2006 Hollow Man II as Blind Secretary
- 2014 If I Stay as Liddy
- 2008 Past Lies as Danielle
- 2007 Perfect Child as Jen
- 2010 Lying to Be Perfect as Nancy
- 2014 Sole Custody as Ann
- 2005 Dreams in the Witch House as Frances Elwood
- 2009 Helen as Kara
- 2009 Mrs. Miracle as Kate Preston
- 2009 Come Dance at My Wedding as Nancy Reed
- 2010 The Client List as Doreen
- 2003 Paycheck as Young Mother
- 2016 Pretty Little Addict as Donna Phillips
- 2014 Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure as Headmistress Kroger
- 2015 Patterson's Wager as Audrey
- 2016 Candiland as Tess/The Queen
- 2015 Gord's Brother as Amanda
- 2006 Fallen as Lori Corbett
- 2009 Alien Trespass as Betsy's Mother
- 2014 The Grim Sleeper as Livi Vazquez
- 2017 The Show as Elliot's Mom
- 2007 A Decent Proposal as Cynthia Lewis
- 2007 Crossroads - A Story of Forgiveness as Cindy
- 2018 Boundaries as Therapist
- 2006 X-Men: The Last Stand as Minivan Mother
- 2011 Marley & Me: The Puppy Years as Carol Grogan
- 2019 Noelle as Shelley Sussman
- 2019 Ash as Gail Hurst
- 2020 Spontaneous as Denise
- 2012 It's Christmas, Carol! as Tanya
- 2015 Even Lambs Have Teeth as Abby
- 2005 The Exorcism of Emily Rose as Asst. DA #3
- 2006 The Pink Panther as Security Guard
- 2008 Vice as Woman in Elevator
- 2007 Ashes Fall as Joanna
- 2010 Betwixt as Vanessa
- 2014 When Calls the Heart: The Dance as Cat Montgomery
- 2014 When Calls the Heart: A Telling Silence as Cat Montgomery
- Soon The Ambassador as Mrs. Spencer
- Soon Never Use Alone as Ramona
- 2006 The Evidence ( 1 episode )
- 2002 The Dead Zone ( 1 episode ) as Janet Miller
- 2005 Reunion ( 1 episode )
- 2004 Battlestar Galactica ( 2 episodes ) as Didi Cassidy
- 2006 Whistler ( 2 episodes )
- 2005 Masters of Horror ( 1 episode ) as Frances Elwood
- 2000 Andromeda ( 1 episode ) as Misabo Ahm
- 2005 Robson Arms ( 1 episode )
- 2005 Criminal Minds ( 1 episode ) as Heather Woodland
- 2001 Smallville ( 1 episode ) as Dr. McCann
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Cindy
- 2014 The 100 ( 1 episode ) as Simone Lightbourne
- 2007 Exes & Ohs ( 14 episodes ) as Lauren Brooks
- 2008 The Guard ( 1 episode )
- 2012 Level Up ( 11 episodes ) as Barbara
- 2004 The 4400 ( 1 episode ) as Jeanine
- 2021 Firefly Lane ( 17 episodes ) as Margie
- 2011 Hell on Wheels ( 8 episodes ) as Margaret Palmer
- 2006 Psych ( 1 episode ) as Beth
- 2010 Life Unexpected ( 1 episode ) as Prosecutor
- 2003 Tru Calling ( 1 episode ) as Admissions Officer
- 2013 Motive ( 1 episode ) as Deana Mitchell
- 2012 Arrow ( 5 episodes ) as Kate Spencer
- 1997 Stargate SG-1 ( 1 episode ) as Lt. Catherine Womack
- 2006 Eureka ( 1 episode ) as Mary-Beth Curtis
- 2017 Star Trek: Discovery ( 12 episodes ) as UFP President Laira Rillak
- 2015 UnREAL ( 2 episodes ) as Louise
- 2005 Supernatural ( 1 episode ) as Cute Librarian
- 1997 Stargate SG-1 ( 3 episodes ) as Lt. Womack
- 2005 Supernatural ( 1 episode ) as Bobby's Mother
- 2004 Stargate Atlantis ( 1 episode ) as Erran
- 2011 Fairly Legal ( 1 episode ) as Brooke Keller
- 2015 The Returned ( 5 episodes ) as Kris
- 2010 R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour ( 1 episode ) as Chris' Mom
- 2017 The Good Doctor ( 1 episode ) as Tessa
- 2015 The Man in the High Castle ( 36 episodes ) as Helen Smith
- 2012 Emily Owens, M.D. ( 1 episode ) as Marian Kramden
- 2014 When Calls the Heart ( 9 episodes ) as Cat Montgomery
- 2006 Men in Trees ( 1 episode ) as Pretty Redhead
- 1992 The Hat Squad ( 1 episode ) as Young Woman
- 2007 Bionic Woman ( 1 episode ) as Suicidal Woman
- 2025 Sheriff Country ( 1 episode ) as Judge Merry MacRae
- 2026 Off Campus ( 3 episodes ) as Carrie Wells
