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Chelah Horsdal
Born: 19th Jun 1973 Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Dept: Acting
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.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 97
Film: 57 (59%)
Television: 40 (41%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure, Western
Filmography
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Hex, a narcoleptic psychic ex-cop, is out to prove that a young boy is innocent of his parents murder. ... view
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Mrs. Spencer
Oct 2025 (first aired)
Mickey Fox investigates criminal activity and patrols the streets of small-town Edgewater while contending with her ex-con father and a mysterious inc ... view
Character:
Judge Merry MacRae (1 ep.)
2023
It's prom season, and high school senior Mandy and her best friend and fellow outsider Ben are surrounded by over-the-top "promposals." Mandy is only ... view
Character:
Mrs. Lansing
Feb 2021 (first aired)
For decades, childhood best friends Kate and Tully have weathered life's storms together -- until a betrayal threatens to break them apart for good. ... view
Character:
Margie (17 ep.)
2020
When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment m ... view
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Denise
2019
Kris Kringle's daughter, Noelle, sets off on a mission to find and bring back her brother, after he gets cold feet when it's his turn to take over as ... view
Character:
Shelley Sussman
2019
Reporting from the frontlines of the Okanagan wildfires, Stan documents uncommon heroism on his blog while hoping for a big break that’ll make him a ... view
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Gail Hurst
2019
The Earp sisters and Doc Holliday resolve to eliminate the Clanton Gang problem in the only way they know how at the OK Corral, in this female re-imag ... view
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Wylona Earp
2018
Single mom Laura, along with her awkward 14 year-old son Henry is forced to drive Jack, her estranged, care-free pot dealing father across country aft ... view
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Therapist
Sep 2017 (first aired)
Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital's surgical unit. Una ... view
Character:
Tessa (1 ep.)
Sep 2017 (first aired)
Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly un ... view
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UFP President Laira Rillak (12 ep.)
2017
An unsettling look at reality television, where a disturbing game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment. ... view
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Elliot's Mom
2016
Teenager Jennifer Phillips loses her father in a long battle with cancer. She's devastated and one night, after heavy drinking, she crashes her car in ... view
Character:
Donna Phillips
2016
Struggling to rebuild their lives, a former tennis star and a recent divorcee decide to isolate themselves from the world in a quest for true "oneness ... view
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Tess/The Queen
2015
Two young women terrorized by a group of small town psychos seek revenge on their tormentors. ... view
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Abby
Jun 2015 (first aired)
Set against the backdrop of a hit dating competition show, Rachel is a young staffer whose sole job is to manipulate her relationships with and among ... view
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Louise (2 ep.)
Mar 2015 (first aired)
A small town that is turned upside down when several local people, who have long been presumed dead, suddenly reappear; their presence creates both po ... view
Character:
Kris (5 ep.)
2015
A man discovers that he has the unpredictable ability to see two minutes into the future. ... view
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Audrey
2015
Gord's Brother is set in a world where monsters and humans co-exist, and follows the story of Gord and his monster brother as they run away to find a ... view
Character:
Amanda
Jan 2015 (first aired)
Explore what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States. Based on Philip K. Dick's award-winni ... view
Character:
Helen Smith (36 ep.)
2014
Based on the book series by Janette Oke comes When Calls the Heart: A Telling Silence. Elizabeth and Jack help the Coal Valley residents cope with the ... view
Character:
Cat Montgomery
2014
Based on the book series by Janette Oke comes the third in the When Calls the Heart series, The Dance. When a group of miners comes to Coal Valley to ... view
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Cat Montgomery
2014
Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at p ... view
Character:
Liddy
2014
In a new take on the classic 1985 film of the same name, six teens accidentally witness a horrible crime and must work to piece together clues they fi ... view
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Headmistress Kroger
Mar 2014 (first aired)
100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity, the last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but ... view
Character:
Simone Lightbourne (1 ep.)
2014
Journalist Christine Pelisek helps law enforcement investigate the alleged serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper. ... view
Character:
Livi Vazquez
Jan 2014 (first aired)
Elizabeth Thatcher, a young school teacher from a wealthy Eastern family, migrates from the big city to teach school in a small coal mining town in th ... view
Character:
Cat Montgomery (9 ep.)
2014
Zoey, a cyber crime cop, and Barry, a detective, raise their son, Timmy, in a quiet suburban neighborhood. When Zoey confides in her best friend about ... view
Character:
Ann
2013
Samantha visits an old family house and comes face-to-face with a buried and potentially fatal past. ... view
Character:
Nancy
2013
Fifteen year old Megan Shephard and her parents will do anything to save their struggling farm. When they discover a wild stallion in a nearby forest ... view
Character:
Rita Shephard
2013
Rent’s a bitch. And that is why, six months after her best friend went missing, Amanda finally gives in to getting another roommate, Hailey. The two ... view
Character:
Maria Klein
Feb 2013 (first aired)
A team of Vancouver investigators, led by homicide detective Angie Flynn, sets out to uncover the motive of each puzzling murder by discovering the ki ... view
Character:
Deana Mitchell (1 ep.)
2012
The story of driven, heartless, publishing executive, Carol Huffman, who on Christmas Eve is visited by the ghost of her former boss, Eve. Eve tells C ... view
Character:
Tanya
Oct 2012 (first aired)
At long last, Emily Owens feels like she is an actual grown-up. She's graduated from medical school and is now a first-year intern at Denver Memorial ... view
Character:
Marian Kramden (1 ep.)
Oct 2012 (first aired)
Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determ ... view
Character:
Kate Spencer (5 ep.)
2012
Five friends set out for a weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, expecting nothing more than fun and relaxation. As night falls, they discover that ... view
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Demo Girl
Jan 2012 (first aired)
Video games play a big part in many teens' lives, but not as big of a part as it plays in the lives of the teens on `Level Up'. Wyatt, Lyle, Dante and ... view
Character:
Barbara (35 ep.)
Nov 2011 (first aired)
The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who k ... view
Character:
Margaret Palmer (8 ep.)
2011
A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primat ... view
Character:
Irena - Charles' Nurse
2011
Fall into puppy love with “the world’s worst dog”, who now has a frisky voice and an attitude to match. Join Marley for his mischievous puppy ye ... view
Character:
Carol Grogan
2011
While taking care of her sister's children, a free-spirited woman discovers the hardships of raising a family. ... view
Character:
Mandy Norton
Jan 2011 (first aired)
Kate Reed is a firm believer that justice can always be found – even if it's not always in the courtroom. Once a lawyer at her family's esteemed San ... view
Character:
Brooke Keller (1 ep.)
Oct 2010 (first aired)
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour is a Canadian/American original anthology horror-fantasy series, with episodes each half an hour long. The series is b ... view
Character:
Chris' Mom (1 ep.)
2010
After a mysterious malfunction sends their small plane climbing out of control, a rookie pilot and her four teenage friends find themselves trapped in ... view
Character:
Mrs. Taylor
2010
After she and her husband lose their jobs, a former Texas homecoming queen inadvertently finds herself in the middle of a prostitution ring after she ... view
Character:
Doreen
2010
An upper-middle-class couple's life is destroyed when their only child is kidnapped and killed. Obsessed with revenge, the couple seizes an opportunit ... view
Character:
Liane Strader
2010
Nola Devlin is an unassuming, frumpy magazine editor who is overlooked and teased by her coworkers. Though, when she is behind the glow and anonymity ... view
Character:
Nancy
2010
Three teenagers learn of their true "changeling" nature and their uncertain, intertwined destinies after attending a secret summer rave in the woods. ... view
Character:
Vanessa
Jan 2010 (first aired)
16-year-old Lux was given up for adoption at birth but never adopted. When she is put back into the custody of her estranged-since-high-school birth p ... view
Character:
Prosecutor (1 ep.)
2009
Overwhelmed widower Seth Webster is searching for a housekeeper to help him with his unruly six year old twin sons. "Mrs. Miracle" mysteriously appear ... view
Character:
Kate Preston
2009
On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles ... view
Character:
Kara
2009
A woman's life is thrown into chaos after a freak car accident sends her husband and brother-in-law into comas. Thrills arrive after the brother-in-la ... view
Character:
Miranda
2009
Just a few weeks before her wedding, dance teacher Cyd Merriman comes face-to-face with the father she never knew. As they deal with the emotional rep ... view
Character:
Nancy Reed
2009
In 1957 a fiery object crashes into a mountaintop in the California desert, bringing the threat of disaster to Earth. Out of the flying saucer escapes ... view
Character:
Betsy's Mother
2009
Ex-boxer Paul Choquino decides to finance his upcoming wedding by robbing reputed drug lord Benito Mussolini Bonacci. But everything that can go wrong ... view
Character:
Cheryll Witherspoon
2008
A divorcee has a passionate affair with a much younger surfing instructor in Hawaii. ... view
Character:
Anne
2008
After a plane crash, a young therapist, Claire, is assigned by her mentor to counsel the flight's five survivors. When they share their recollections ... view
Character:
Janice
2008
Dave Stweie was America's hope for the gold in the 1988 Seoul Games.... until he ran face first into the vault. After Suffering humiliation on a globa ... view
Character:
Winnie
2008
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Casti ... view
Character:
Susan Reese
2008
Max Walker, a down-and-out cop, becomes the target of a bloodthirsty drug cartel after he leads a narcotics bust to intercept a large shipment of hero ... view
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Woman in Elevator
2008
An ordinary mom lives a perfect life until a visit from an FBI agent threatens to drag her back into a criminal past. ... view
Character:
Danielle
Jan 2008 (first aired)
This one hour drama follows the search and rescue (SAR) team of the Canadian Coast Guard. The crew of the MLB Cape Pacific is lead by Captain Miro DaS ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
2007
After a horrifying PredAlien crash-lands near a small Colorado town, killing everyone it encounters and producing countless Alien offspring, a lone Pr ... view
Character:
Darcy
Oct 2007 (first aired)
Meet Jennifer, a documentary filmmaker with a vivid fantasy life and a floundering career. Jennifer wants to find Ms. Right. but first she must naviga ... view
Character:
Lauren Brooks (14 ep.)
Sep 2007 (first aired)
Jaime Sommers is saved from death after receiving experimental medical implants. While adjusting to her new bionic powers and raising a rebellious you ... view
Character:
Suicidal Woman (1 ep.)
2007
Brilliant software entrepreneur Paul Jacobs meets PR agent Sarah Daniels at his spoiled rotten daughter Lily's tennis club. First Sara seduces Paul to ... view
Character:
Jen
2007
A tragic street racing accident kills a wife and her child leaving her husband to pick up the pieces and pursue justice against the boy that killed th ... view
Character:
Cindy
2007
When a car bomb devastates a Nigerian neighborhood, victims flood a small, unequipped relief shelter. After one of the victims is identified as the bo ... view
Character:
Joanna
2007
Life is going incredibly well for Tia McLealand. Her career is flying and she's fallen in love. But a single phone call changes everything. Her new lo ... view
Character:
Cynthia Lewis
Sep 2006 (first aired)
Relationship coach Marin Frist knows what to look for, what to avoid and what will make her happy. As the many fans of her two bestselling books could ... view
Character:
Pretty Redhead (1 ep.)
2006
For high schooler Aaron Corbett, turning 18 means becoming not just a man but a nephilim, too -- half human, half angel, with supernatural abilities. ... view
Character:
Lori Corbett
Jul 2006 (first aired)
The sleepy Pacific Northwest town of Eureka is hiding a mysterious secret. The government has been relocating the world's geniuses and their families ... view
Character:
Mary-Beth Curtis (1 ep.)
Jul 2006 (first aired)
Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). ... view
Character:
Beth (1 ep.)
Jun 2006 (first aired)
Local snowboarding legend Beck McKaye returns home from the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics with a gold medal, only to be later found dead. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
2006
When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful ... view
Character:
Minivan Mother
2006
After the mysterious death of scientist Dr. Devin Villiers, Det. Frank Turner and his partner are assigned to protect Villiers' colleague, who reveale ... view
Character:
Blind Secretary
Mar 2006 (first aired)
Inspectors Cayman Bishop and Sean Cole investigate crimes in San Francisco Police Department. How does all of the pieces to the puzzle all fit togethe ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
2006
When the coach of the France football team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium at the end of a game, and his huge, expensive ring with the Pin ... view
Character:
Security Guard
2005
A college student renting an old room in a boarding house discovers a plot by sinister, otherworldly forces to sacrifice his neighbor's infant. ... view
Character:
Frances Elwood
Oct 2005 (first aired)
An anthology series written and directed by the most famous names in horror. ... view
Character:
Frances Elwood (1 ep.)
Sep 2005 (first aired)
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavior ... view
Character:
Heather Woodland (1 ep.)
Sep 2005 (first aired)
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them ... view
Character:
Cute Librarian (1 ep.)
Bobby's Mother (1 ep.)
2005
When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The pri ... view
Character:
Asst. DA #3
Sep 2005 (first aired)
Reunion is an American television series that aired on FOX in late 2005. The series was intended to chronicle 20 years in the lives of a group of six ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jun 2005 (first aired)
Robson Arms follows the lives of the tenants in a once-grand low-rise in Vancouver's eclectic West End. The building is home to an unlikely collection ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
2004
A fast rising hi-tech executive must protect his career and family from the ruthless tactics of a homicidal corporate headhunter. ... view
Character:
Sharon
Oct 2004 (first aired)
When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of h ... view
Character:
Didi Cassidy (2 ep.)
Jul 2004 (first aired)
With the Ancients' city of Atlantis discovered in the Pegasus Galaxy by Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Major Sheppard lead a scientific expe ... view
Character:
Erran (1 ep.)
Jul 2004 (first aired)
4400 centers on the return of 4400 people who, previously presumed dead or reported missing, reappear on Earth. Though they have not aged physically, ... view
Character:
Jeanine (1 ep.)
2003
Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-te ... view
Character:
Young Mother
Oct 2003 (first aired)
A university graduate working in the city morgue is able to repeat the same day over again to prevent murders or other disasters. ... view
Character:
Admissions Officer (1 ep.)
Jun 2002 (first aired)
Johnny Smith discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma. ... view
Character:
Janet Miller (1 ep.)
Oct 2001 (first aired)
The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s fina ... view
Character:
Dr. McCann (1 ep.)
Oct 2000 (first aired)
Captain Dylan Hunt and his crew quest to restore a government that once presided over an extended peace and prosperity. ... view
Character:
Misabo Ahm (1 ep.)
Jul 1997 (first aired)
The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien de ... view
Character:
Lt. Catherine Womack (1 ep.)
Lt. Womack (3 ep.)
Sep 1992 (first aired)
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Character:
Young Woman (1 ep.)
Dec 1951 (first aired)
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Character:
Cindy (1 ep.)