Biography
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...
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Complete Filmography

Prom Pact
2023
as Mrs. Lansing
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 ...

Spontaneous
2020
as Denise
When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment m...

Noelle
2019
as Shelley Sussman
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 ...

Ash
2019
as Gail Hurst
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 h...

Last Stand to Nowhere
2019
as Wylona Earp
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...

Boundaries
2018
as Therapist
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...

The Show
2017
as Elliot's Mom
An unsettling look at reality television, where a disturbing game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment.

Pretty Little Addict
2016
as Donna Phillips
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...

Candiland
2016
as Tess/The Queen
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...

Even Lambs Have Teeth
2015
as Abby
Two young women terrorized by a group of small town psychos seek revenge on their tormentors.
Patterson's Wager
2015
as Audrey
A man discovers that he has the unpredictable ability to see two minutes into the future.

Gord's Brother
2015
as Amanda
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 ...

When Calls the Heart: The Dance
2014
as Cat Montgomery
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 ...

When Calls the Heart: A Telling Silence
2014
as Cat Montgomery
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...

If I Stay
2014
as Liddy
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...

Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure
2014
as Headmistress Kroger
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...

The Grim Sleeper
2014
as Livi Vazquez
Journalist Christine Pelisek helps law enforcement investigate the alleged serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper.

Sole Custody
2014
as Ann
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...

Hunting Season
2013
as Nancy
Samantha visits an old family house and comes face-to-face with a buried and potentially fatal past.

Midnight Stallion
2013
as Rita Shephard
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 ...

Kill for Me
2013
as Maria Klein
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 c...

It's Christmas, Carol!
2012
as Tanya
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...

The Cabin in the Woods
2012
as Demo Girl
A group of teens journey to a remote cabin in the woods where their fate is unknowingly controlled by technicians as part of a worldwide conspiracy wh...

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
as Irena - Charles' Nurse
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...

Three Weeks, Three Kids
2011
as Mandy Norton
While taking care of her sister's children, a free-spirited woman discovers the hardships of raising a family.

Marley & Me: The Puppy Years
2011
as Carol Grogan
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 years, a...

Altitude
2010
as Mrs. Taylor
After a mysterious malfunction sends their small plane climbing out of control, a rookie pilot and her four teenage friends find themselves trapped in...

The Client List
2010
as Doreen
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 ...

The Tortured
2010
as Liane Strader
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...

Lying to Be Perfect
2010
as Nancy
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 ...
Betwixt
2010
as Vanessa

Mrs. Miracle
2009
as Kate Preston
Overwhelmed widower Seth Webster is searching for a housekeeper to help him with his unruly six year old twin sons. "Mrs. Miracle" mysteriously appear...

Helen
2009
as Kara
On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles aro...

Possession
2009
as Miranda
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...

Come Dance at My Wedding
2009
as Nancy Reed
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...

Alien Trespass
2009
as Betsy's Mother
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...

Burning Mussolini
2009
as Cheryll Witherspoon
Ex-boxer Paul Choquino decides to finance his upcoming wedding by robbing reputed drug lord Benito Mussolini Bonacci. But everything that can go wrong...

Flirting with Forty
2008
as Anne
A divorcee has a passionate affair with a much younger surfing instructor in Hawaii.

Passengers
2008
as Janice
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 ...

Gym Teacher: The Movie
2008
as Winnie
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...

Elegy
2008
as Susan Reese
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Casti...

Vice
2008
as Woman in Elevator
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...

Past Lies
2008
as Danielle
An ordinary mom lives a perfect life until a visit from an FBI agent threatens to drag her back into a criminal past.

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
2007
as Darcy
After a horrifying PredAlien crash-lands near a small Colorado town, killing everyone it encounters and producing countless Alien offspring, a lone Pr...

Perfect Child
2007
as Jen
Brilliant software entrepreneur Paul Jacobs meets PR agent Sarah Daniels at his spoiled rotten daughter Lily's tennis club. First Sara seduces Paul to...

Crossroads - A Story of Forgiveness
2007
as Cindy
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...

Ashes Fall
2007
as Joanna
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...

A Decent Proposal
2007
as Cynthia Lewis
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...

Fallen
2006
as Lori Corbett
For high schooler Aaron Corbett, turning 18 means becoming not just a man but a nephilim, too -- half human, half angel, with supernatural abilities.

X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
as Minivan Mother
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 mut...

Hollow Man II
2006
as Blind Secretary
After the mysterious death of scientist Dr. Devin Villiers, Det. Frank Turner and his partner are assigned to protect Villiers' colleague, who reveale...

The Pink Panther
2006
as Security Guard
When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the di...

Dreams in the Witch House
2005
as Frances Elwood
A college student renting an old room in a boarding house discovers a plot by sinister, otherworldly forces to sacrifice his neighbor's infant.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
as Asst. DA #3
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...

Pursued
2004
as Sharon
A fast rising hi-tech executive must protect his career and family from the ruthless tactics of a homicidal corporate headhunter.

Paycheck
2003
as Young Mother
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-term m...