Chelah Horsdal

Known for ActingBorn 1973-06-19 (age 52) Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Whistler

Off Campus

The Evidence

The Good Doctor

Supernatural

Criminal Minds

Sole Custody

When Calls the Heart

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Battlestar Galactica

Stargate SG-1

Smallville

Stargate Atlantis

The 100

Firefly Lane

Pretty Little Addict

Psych

Eureka

The Guard

Hell on Wheels

The Man in the High Castle

Life Unexpected

Sheriff Country

If I Stay

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Prom Pact

Tru Calling

The Dead Zone

The 4400

Masters of Horror

Crossroads - A Story of Forgiveness

Gord's Brother

Star Trek: Discovery

Andromeda

Gym Teacher: The Movie

Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure

Spontaneous

Fallen

Arrow

The Returned

Noelle

The Cabin in the Woods

Reunion

The Hat Squad

UnREAL

Fairly Legal

Men in Trees