Chelah Horsdal

53 years old 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.

Recent movies

# Name Character Rating
1 Prom Pact (2023) Mrs. Lansing 7.5
2 Spontaneous (2020) Denise 6.4
3 Noelle (2019) Shelley Sussman 7
4 Ash (2019) Gail Hurst 6
5 Boundaries (2018) Therapist -
6 The Show (2017) Elliot's Mom 7
7 Even Lambs Have Teeth (2015) Abby 8.5
8 If I Stay (2014) Liddy 6.8
9 Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure (2014) Headmistress Kroger -
10 Sole Custody (2014) Ann -
11 The Grim Sleeper (2014) Livi Vazquez -
12 Kill for Me (2013) Maria Klein 6.2
13 It's Christmas, Carol! (2012) Tanya 7.5
14 The Cabin in the Woods (2012) Demo Girl 7.2
15 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Oscars 2012 		Irena - Charles' Nurse 7.5
16 Three Weeks, Three Kids (2011) Mandy Norton -
17 Marley & Me: The Puppy Years (2011) Carol Grogan 4
18 The Client List (2010) Doreen 6.4
19 The Tortured (2010) Liane Strader 5.1
20 Altitude (2010) Mrs. Taylor 5
21 Lying to Be Perfect (2010) Nancy 6
22 Helen (2009) Kara -
23 Possession (2009) Miranda 5.8
24 Alien Trespass (2009) Betsy's Mother 5
25 Mrs. Miracle (2009) Kate Preston 4
26 Flirting with Forty (2008) Anne 6
27 Passengers (2008) Janice 6
28 Gym Teacher: The Movie (2008) Winnie 8
29 Vice (2008) Woman in Elevator -
30 Elegy (2008) Susan Reese 6.5
31 Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007) Darcy 4.9
32 The Pink Panther (2006) Security Guard 5.5
33 X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) Minivan Mother 6.7
34 Fallen (2006) Lori Corbett 6
35 Hollow Man II (2006) Blind Secretary 4.5
36 Dreams in the Witch House (2005) Frances Elwood 8
37 The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) Asst. DA #3 6.6
38 Pursued (2004) Sharon -
39 Paycheck (2003) Young Mother 6.1