Acting
Chelah Horsdal
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.
Filmography
Off Campus
Series · 2026
Sheriff Country
Series · 2025
Prom Pact
Film · 2023
Firefly Lane
Series · 2021
Spontaneous
Film · 2020
Last Stand to Nowhere
Film · 2019
Noelle
Film · 2019
Ash
Film · 2019
Boundaries
Film · 2018
The Show
Film · 2017
Star Trek: Discovery
Series · 2017
The Good Doctor
Series · 2017
Pretty Little Addict
Film · 2016
Candiland
Film · 2016
Patterson's Wager
Film · 2015
Gord's Brother
Film · 2015
Even Lambs Have Teeth
Film · 2015
UnREAL
Series · 2015
The Returned
Series · 2015
The Man in the High Castle
Series · 2015
If I Stay
Film · 2014
Sole Custody
Film · 2014
Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure
Film · 2014
The Grim Sleeper
Film · 2014
When Calls the Heart: The Dance
Film · 2014
When Calls the Heart: A Telling Silence
Film · 2014
The 100
Series · 2014
When Calls the Heart
Series · 2014
Kill for Me
Film · 2013
Midnight Stallion
Film · 2013
Hunting Season
Film · 2013
Motive
Series · 2013
The Cabin in the Woods
Film · 2012
It's Christmas, Carol!
Film · 2012
Level Up
Series · 2012
Arrow
Series · 2012
Emily Owens, M.D.
Series · 2012
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Film · 2011
Three Weeks, Three Kids
Film · 2011
Marley & Me: The Puppy Years
Film · 2011
Hell on Wheels
Series · 2011
Fairly Legal
Series · 2011
Altitude
Film · 2010
The Tortured
Film · 2010
Lying to Be Perfect
Film · 2010
The Client List
Film · 2010
Betwixt
Film · 2010
Life Unexpected
Series · 2010
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Series · 2010
Possession
Film · 2009
Burning Mussolini
Film · 2009
Helen
Film · 2009
Mrs. Miracle
Film · 2009
Come Dance at My Wedding
Film · 2009
Alien Trespass
Film · 2009
Elegy
Film · 2008
Gym Teacher: The Movie
Film · 2008
Flirting with Forty
Film · 2008
Passengers
Film · 2008
Past Lies
Film · 2008
Vice
Film · 2008
Every Second Counts
Film · 2008
The Guard
Series · 2008
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
Film · 2007
Perfect Child
Film · 2007
A Decent Proposal
Film · 2007
Crossroads - A Story of Forgiveness
Film · 2007
Ashes Fall
Film · 2007
Exes & Ohs
Series · 2007
Bionic Woman
Series · 2007
Hollow Man II
Film · 2006
Fallen
Film · 2006
X-Men: The Last Stand
Film · 2006
The Pink Panther
Film · 2006
The Evidence
Series · 2006
Whistler
Series · 2006
Psych
Series · 2006
Eureka
Series · 2006
Men in Trees
Series · 2006
Dreams in the Witch House
Film · 2005
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Film · 2005
Reunion
Series · 2005
Masters of Horror
Series · 2005
Criminal Minds
Series · 2005
Robson Arms
Series · 2005
Supernatural
Series · 2005
Supernatural
Series · 2005
Pursued
Film · 2004
Battlestar Galactica
Series · 2004
The 4400
Series · 2004
Stargate Atlantis
Series · 2004
Paycheck
Film · 2003
Tru Calling
Series · 2003
The Dead Zone
Series · 2002
Smallville
Series · 2001
Andromeda
Series · 2000
Stargate SG-1
Series · 1997
Stargate SG-1
Series · 1997
The Hat Squad
Series · 1992
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
The Ambassador
Film
Never Use Alone
Film
Sundowning
Film