Chelah Horsdal

Known For: Acting
Born: June 19, 1973
Place of Birth: Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

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 o…

Filmography

Off Campus

2026 · Carrie Wells

Sheriff Country

2025 · Judge Merry MacRae

Prom Pact

2023 · Mrs. Lansing

Firefly Lane

2021 · Margie

Spontaneous

2020 · Denise

Noelle

2019 · Shelley Sussman

Ash

2019 · Gail Hurst

Last Stand to Nowhere

2019 · Wylona Earp

Boundaries

2018 · Therapist

The Good Doctor

2017 · Tessa

Star Trek: Discovery

2017 · UFP President Laira Rillak

The Show

2017 · Elliot's Mom

Pretty Little Addict

2016 · Donna Phillips

Candiland

2016 · Tess/The Queen

Even Lambs Have Teeth

2015 · Abby

UnREAL

2015 · Louise

The Returned

2015 · Kris

Patterson's Wager

Patterson's Wager

2015 · Audrey

Gord's Brother

2015 · Amanda

The Man in the High Castle

2015 · Helen Smith

When Calls the Heart: The Dance

2014 · Cat Montgomery

When Calls the Heart: A Telling Silence

2014 · Cat Montgomery

If I Stay

2014 · Liddy

Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure

2014 · Headmistress Kroger

The 100

2014 · Simone Lightbourne

The Grim Sleeper

2014 · Livi Vazquez

When Calls the Heart

2014 · Cat Montgomery

Sole Custody

2014 · Ann

Hunting Season

2013 · Nancy

Midnight Stallion

2013 · Rita Shephard

Kill for Me

2013 · Maria Klein

Motive

2013 · Deana Mitchell

It's Christmas, Carol!

2012 · Tanya

Emily Owens, M.D.

2012 · Marian Kramden

Arrow

2012 · Kate Spencer

The Cabin in the Woods

2012 · Demo Girl

Level Up

2012 · Barbara

Hell on Wheels

2011 · Margaret Palmer

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

2011 · Irena - Charles' Nurse

Marley & Me: The Puppy Years

2011 · Carol Grogan

Three Weeks, Three Kids

2011 · Mandy Norton

Fairly Legal

2011 · Brooke Keller

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour

2010 · Chris' Mom

Altitude

2010 · Mrs. Taylor

The Client List

2010 · Doreen

The Tortured

2010 · Liane Strader

Lying to Be Perfect

2010 · Nancy

Betwixt

2010 · Vanessa

Life Unexpected

2010 · Prosecutor

Mrs. Miracle

2009 · Kate Preston

Helen

2009 · Kara

Possession

2009 · Miranda

Come Dance at My Wedding

2009 · Nancy Reed

Alien Trespass

2009 · Betsy's Mother

Burning Mussolini

2009 · Cheryll Witherspoon

Flirting with Forty

2008 · Anne

Passengers

2008 · Janice

Gym Teacher: The Movie

2008 · Winnie

Elegy

2008 · Susan Reese

Vice

2008 · Woman in Elevator

Past Lies

2008 · Danielle

The Guard

2008

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem

2007 · Darcy

Exes & Ohs

2007 · Lauren Brooks

Bionic Woman

2007 · Suicidal Woman

Perfect Child

2007 · Jen

Crossroads - A Story of Forgiveness

2007 · Cindy

Ashes Fall

2007 · Joanna

A Decent Proposal

2007 · Cynthia Lewis

Men in Trees

2006 · Pretty Redhead

Fallen

2006 · Lori Corbett

Eureka

2006 · Mary-Beth Curtis

Psych

2006 · Beth

Whistler

2006

X-Men: The Last Stand

2006 · Minivan Mother

Hollow Man II

2006 · Blind Secretary

The Evidence

2006

The Pink Panther

2006 · Security Guard

Dreams in the Witch House

2005 · Frances Elwood

Masters of Horror

2005 · Frances Elwood

Criminal Minds

2005 · Heather Woodland

Supernatural

2005 · Cute Librarian, Bobby's Mother

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

2005 · Asst. DA #3

Reunion

2005

Robson Arms

2005

Pursued

2004 · Sharon

Battlestar Galactica

2004 · Didi Cassidy

Stargate Atlantis

2004 · Erran

The 4400

2004 · Jeanine

Paycheck

2003 · Young Mother

Tru Calling

2003 · Admissions Officer

The Dead Zone

2002 · Janet Miller

Smallville

2001 · Dr. McCann

Andromeda

2000 · Misabo Ahm

Stargate SG-1

1997 · Lt. Catherine Womack, Lt. Womack

The Hat Squad

1992 · Young Woman

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Cindy

The Ambassador

— · Mrs. Spencer

Never Use Alone

— · Ramona

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