Chelah Horsdal

Chelah Horsdal

Birthday: 1973-06-19

Place of birth: Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Also known as: Chelah Horsdale

imdb_id: nm1319098

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.

Played in movies:

Sole Custody

Score: 8.0

If I Stay

Score: 7.4

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Score: 7.3

Prom Pact

Score: 7.2

Gym Teacher: The Movie

Score: 7.1

Gord's Brother

Score: 7.0

Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure

Score: 6.9

Fallen

Score: 6.9

Spontaneous

Score: 6.8

Crossroads - A Story of Forgiveness

Score: 6.7

The Cabin in the Woods

Score: 6.6

Noelle

Score: 6.6

Helen

Score: 6.6

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Score: 6.6

Dreams in the Witch House

Score: 6.5

X-Men: The Last Stand

Score: 6.4

Come Dance at My Wedding

Score: 6.4

Burning Mussolini

Score: 6.4

Elegy

Score: 6.3

Paycheck

Score: 6.2

Three Weeks, Three Kids

Score: 6.2

Passengers

Score: 6.1

Lying to Be Perfect

Score: 6.1

Patterson's Wager

Score: 6.0

Pretty Little Addict

Score: 6.0

Mrs. Miracle

Score: 6.0

The Client List

Score: 5.9

The Pink Panther

Score: 5.8

Marley & Me: The Puppy Years

Score: 5.7

Hunting Season

Score: 5.7

Kill for Me

Score: 5.7

The Show

Score: 5.7

Even Lambs Have Teeth

Score: 5.6

It's Christmas, Carol!

Score: 5.6

Boundaries

Score: 5.6

Possession

Score: 5.5

Candiland

Score: 5.4

The Tortured

Score: 5.3

Perfect Child

Score: 5.3

Flirting with Forty

Score: 5.2

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem

Score: 5.2

Alien Trespass

Score: 5.1

Pursued

Score: 5.0

Midnight Stallion

Score: 4.9

Hollow Man II

Score: 4.9

The Grim Sleeper

Score: 4.9

Altitude

Score: 4.7

Vice

Score: 4.6

Past Lies

Score: 3.0

A Decent Proposal

Score: 2.0

Ash

Score: 1.0

The Ambassador

Score: 0.0

When Calls the Heart: A Telling Silence

Score: 0.0

When Calls the Heart: The Dance

Score: 0.0

Betwixt

Score: 0.0

Ashes Fall

Score: 0.0

Last Stand to Nowhere

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

The Evidence

Score: 8.5

The Good Doctor

Score: 8.5

Supernatural

Score: 8.3

Supernatural

Score: 8.3

Criminal Minds

Score: 8.3

Stargate SG-1

Score: 8.3

Stargate SG-1

Score: 8.3

When Calls the Heart

Score: 8.2

Battlestar Galactica

Score: 8.2

Smallville

Score: 8.2

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour

Score: 8.2

Stargate Atlantis

Score: 8.0

Psych

Score: 7.9

The 100

Score: 7.9

Eureka

Score: 7.8

Firefly Lane

Score: 7.7

The Guard

Score: 7.7

Hell on Wheels

Score: 7.6

Life Unexpected

Score: 7.6

The Man in the High Castle

Score: 7.5

Tru Calling

Score: 7.3

The Dead Zone

Score: 7.3

The 4400

Score: 7.2

Andromeda

Score: 7.1

Masters of Horror

Score: 7.1

Star Trek: Discovery

Score: 7.0

Arrow

Score: 6.8

Reunion

Score: 6.7

The Returned

Score: 6.7

Fairly Legal

Score: 6.6

UnREAL

Score: 6.6

Emily Owens, M.D.

Score: 6.4

Motive

Score: 6.4

Exes & Ohs

Score: 4.6

Robson Arms

Score: 4.6

Level Up

Score: 2.3

Whistler

Score: 0.0