Ainsley Seiger
Born
Ainsley Cameron Seiger

1998 (age 25–26)
Cary, North Carolina
EducationUniversity of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active2018–present

Ainsley Cameron Seiger (born 1998) is an American actress who currently appears as a series regular on Law & Order: Organized Crime as Jet Slootmaekers.[1][2]

Early life

Seiger is from Cary, North Carolina.[2][3] Seiger's mother is an opera singer and voice coach, and her father is a jeweler and goldsmith.[2]

Seiger attended Apex High School.[4] While there, she played Wednesday in the school's production of The Addams Family, Cosette in Les Misérables, and Nikki in Curtains the Musical.[4] In July 2016, she was selected as a Triangle Rising Stars by the Durham Performing Arts Center.[4] In addition to being a qualifying event for the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, winners of the Triangle Rising Stars received a $1,000 scholarship and spent a week in New York City performing at Minskoff Theatre, working with Broadway professionals, and representing the Triangle at the Jimmy Awards.[4][5]

Seiger then attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, graduating in 2020.[3][6][2]

Career

On stage

While still in college, Seiger played Wendla in a production of Spring Awakening.[7][8]

In 2018, Seiger performed in Virginia Theater Festival productions of A Chorus Line and The Cocoanuts.[9] She began working with the creative team of the festival when she was fourteen.[10]

Seiger played the lead role in Violet at the PlayMakers Summer Youth Conservatory in July 2021.[4][11][12]

In 2023, during the SAG-AFTRA strike, Seiger played Sally Bowles in a Virginia Theatre Festival production of Cabaret.[9][13]

On screen

Seiger's first screen role was in 2019 for the short film American Waste.[14] She was also in the short film Bernstein’s MASS: An Artist’s Call for Peace.[15]

In February 2021, Seiger landed her first big Hollywood gig when she became a regular on NBC's Law & Order: Organized Crime, playing the role of hacker Jet Slootmaekers.[15][3] Because of COVID, she was cast for the role by submitting a recording.[16] A week later, she was cast and had two days to move to New York for shooting.[16] This was her first television credit.[17][15]

Personal life

Seiger uses any pronouns (she/they/he),[18] and is bisexual.[19]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2018 Bernstein's MASS: An Artist's Call for Peace Themself
2019 American Waste Joan

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2021–present Law & Order: Organized Crime Det. Jet Slootmaekers Main role
2021–2023 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 3 episodes
2022 Law & Order Episode: "Gimme Shelter – Part Three"

References

  1. ^ Aguilar, Matthew (May 13, 2021). "Law And Order: Organized Crime's Ainsley Seiger Talks TV Debut, Working with Christopher Meloni & Mariska Hargitay, and More". Comicbook.com. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "NC native settles into the cast of new 'Law & Order' show". Carolina Coast Online. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Paulson, Michael (7 July 2021). "These Drama Students Trained for Years. Then Theater Vanished". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Triangle Rising Stars sends teens to Broadway". ABC11 Raleigh-Durham. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  5. ^ Kare, Jeffrey (7 June 2016). "BWW Review: 2016 Triangle Rising Star Awards". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  6. ^ "New York Times features Drama Class of 2020, which graduated amidst the COVID-19 shutdown". www.uncsa.edu. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Ainsley Seiger on the 'whirlwind' of joining Law & Order: Organized Crime". One Chicago Center. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  8. ^ Felder, Lynn (16 November 2019). "Rock and Youth: Local presentations of two rock musicals about repression shock and entertain". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  9. ^ a b Wild, Stephi. "LAW & ORDER's Ainsley Seiger Will Lead the Cast of Virginia Theatre Festival's CABARET". Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  10. ^ "Scene of the crime". Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  11. ^ McDowell, Robert W. (20 July 2016). "Teen Phenom Ainsley Seiger Tackles the Title Role in the PlayMakers SYC Production of Violet | Triangle Arts and Entertainment". Triangle Arts & Entertainment. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  12. ^ Michaels, Will; Stasio, Frank (21 July 2016). "Youth Cast Presents 'Violet:' Exploring Inner Beauty And Race In The South". WUNC. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Virginia Theatre Festival explores modern issues with a story set nearly 100 years ago". 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  14. ^ Sledge, Philip (2 April 2021). "Law And Order Organized Crime Cast: Where You've Seen The TV Show's Stars Before". Cinemablend. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  15. ^ a b c Petski, Denise (19 February 2021). "'Law & Order: Organized Crime': Ainsley Seiger Joins As Series Regular, Charlotte Sullivan & Nick Creegan Among 4 Set To Recur In NBC's 'SVU' Spinoff". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  16. ^ a b Ross, Alex (2022-02-24). "Meet Ainsley Seiger, Law & Order: Organized Crime's Rising Star". E! Online. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  17. ^ Levine, Daniel S. (20 February 2011). "'Law & Order: Organized Crime': Newcomer Ainsley Seiger Joins Christopher Meloni 'SVU' Spinoff". popculture.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  18. ^ "@ainsleyseiger". Instagram. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  19. ^ Seiger, Ainsley [@ainsleyseigers] (September 23, 2021). "happy bi visibility day 🖤 here's a photo of a visible bi https://t.co/9c8aLBRdDd" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021 – via Twitter.

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