
Chelah Horsdal
Born June 19, 1973 · 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

The Cabin in the Woods

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem

The Pink Panther

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Prom Pact

Paycheck

Hollow Man II

If I Stay

Passengers

The Client List

Spontaneous

Noelle

Even Lambs Have Teeth

Elegy

The Show

Lying to Be Perfect

Marley & Me: The Puppy Years

It's Christmas, Carol!

Fallen

Flirting with Forty

Altitude

Possession

Crossroads - A Story of Forgiveness

Come Dance at My Wedding

Boundaries

Three Weeks, Three Kids

Gym Teacher: The Movie

Dreams in the Witch House

Kill for Me

Midnight Stallion

The Tortured

Pursued

Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure

Betwixt

Alien Trespass

Helen
TV Shows

Stargate SG-1

The Good Doctor

Psych

Star Trek: Discovery

The 100

Stargate Atlantis

Battlestar Galactica

Off Campus

The Dead Zone

Eureka

Andromeda

When Calls the Heart

The 4400

The Man in the High Castle

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour

Hell on Wheels

Motive

Masters of Horror

Tru Calling

Sheriff Country

UnREAL

Fairly Legal

Firefly Lane

Emily Owens, M.D.

Men in Trees

Life Unexpected

Robson Arms

Level Up

Bionic Woman

The Returned

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Whistler

The Hat Squad

The Guard

Reunion

The Evidence

Exes & Ohs
More Movies

Ashes Fall

Vice

Mrs. Miracle

Hunting Season

The Grim Sleeper

Last Stand to Nowhere

Candiland

Sole Custody

Burning Mussolini

Never Use Alone

Perfect Child

When Calls the Heart: The Dance

Every Second Counts

When Calls the Heart: A Telling Silence

Ash

Gord's Brother

Past Lies

Pretty Little Addict

A Decent Proposal




