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 SG1 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 Pattersons Wager Three Weeks Three Kids On Strike For Christmas Marley Me The Puppy Years and Lifetimes The Client List She had lead roles in Lying To Be Perfect and Mrs Miracle Additional credits include leads on the feature Burning Mussolini Nickelodeons Gym Teacher The Movie costarring 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 DaVincis Inquest Whistler Blackstone Clue and Cartoon Networks Level Up The Hostage for which Horsdal was nominated for Best Actress at the 2011 Leos costarred 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 Pattersons Wager