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Chelah Horsdal Biography

Birth Name:Chelah P. Horsdal

Birth Place:Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Profession Actress

Fast Facts

  • Has sold paintings and still photographs to raise money for a variety of charitable organizations
  • Worked as a model when she was eighteen, but after a year spent in the Caribbean, she returned to Canada to try such professions as restaurant management, interior design, creative direction of a magazine, event production and being a voice agent
  • Began the development of a production company with a small group of peers in 2013
  • Stated that some of the highlights of her career happened while working with Sir Ben Kingsley, Mary Walsh, Mandy Patinkin, Laurie Metcalf, Jean Reno and Pau Dinello
  • During the first three years of her life, she and her mother travelled the country with her father, the Canadian fold singer Valdy
  • Avoids drinking bottled water, preferring to use reusable containers
  • Stated that she enjoys eating dark chocolate salted caramels

Awards

  • 2013Leo-Best Guest Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series: nominated
  • 2013UBCP Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2015Leo-Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series: nominated
  • 2015Leo-Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2015Leo-Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series: nominated
  • 2015UBCP Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2016Best World Premiere-Best World Premiere: winner
  • 2016LAIFF May Award-Best Actress: winner
  • 2017Leo-Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series: winner
  • 2017UBCP Award-Best Actress: nominated
  • 2019Leo-Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series: nominated
  • 2019VFCC Award-Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film: nominated
  • 2020Leo-Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series: winner
  • 2020Leo-Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2020Short Film Award-Best Actress: winner
  • 2021Leo-Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series: nominated
  • 2024Leo-Best Guest Performance Dramatic Series: nominated