Christiane Seidel
Born
Wichita Falls, Texas, United States
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present
Children2

Christiane Seidel is a German-Danish-American actress, having had roles in Boardwalk Empire (2011-2014), Schmidts Katze (2014), The Hollow (2016), Godless (2017), Fosse/Verdon and Human Capital (2019), and Paradise Highway in 2022.

Early life

Seidel was born in Wichita Falls, Texas,[1] to a Danish mother and a German father, who was serving in the navy.[2] She also grew up in Denmark and Germany. Her first experience of acting came in a school nativity play.[3] She followed her interest in acting by attending theatre camps, performing The Rocky Horror Picture Show in German,[3] and attended for a semester at film school in Cape Town, South Africa.[3] Seidel studied Media Management in Europe,[2] before returning to the US to study at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute[1] in New York, to pursue her acting career.[4]

Career

Seidel's US television debut was as a Guest Star on NBC Universal's police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's [5] season 12 premiere episode in 2010.[6] She starred as FBI Agent Sarah DeSoto in the noir-feature film, The Hollow in 2015,[7][8] and as Sybille Ranisch in Schmidts Katze in 2014,.[9]

Seidel starred as Sigrid Mueller, the Norwegian wife to rogue Treasury Agent Nelson Van Alden (Michael Shannon) in the HBO TV drama series Boardwalk Empire[10] from season 2 to season 5 (2012 – 2015).[4] As of 2015, Seidel is a member of the Scandinavian American Theater Company,[2] a theater company which has introduced several Scandinavian plays to the United States.[11] In 2017, Seidel played Martha, a mysterious, free-spirited German stranger, in the Netflix mini-series Godless, starring alongside Michelle Dockery and Jeff Daniels.[12][13]

In 2019, Seidel played the role of Hannah, mistress of Bob Fosse (Sam Rockwell) in FX television series Fosse/Verdon.[14][4]

In 2020, she played Helen Deardorff in the Scott Frank directed The Queen's Gambit alongside Anya Taylor-Joy.[3]

In 2022, Seidel stars in the Anna Gutto directed thriller movie Paradise Highway, in a cast which included Juliette Binoche and Morgan Freeman.[15]

Personal life

Seidel was pregnant during the filming of Godless in 2017 and is mother of twin boys.[14][4]

Filmography

Christiane Seidel at the filming of Schmidts Katze in 2014
Year Title Role
2007 Far Out (short film) Gillian
2008 Around Foreign NYU Director
2009 Bordenia (short film) Nancy O'Neill
2009 The Invisible Life of Thomas Lynch Tina
2011 Tu & Eu (short film) Julia
2011 Folkswagon (short film) Eva
2012 The Left Hook (short film) Nancy / Brenda
2014 Split End (short film) Katha
2014 Schmidts Katze Sybille Ranisch
2016 The Perfect Nothing (Short film) Carrie
2016 The Hollow[7][8] Sarah Desoto
2017 Yellow Fever (Supporting)
2017 Hard (short film) Ellie
2018 16mins (Short film) Lizzie
2019 The Big Shit (Short film) Julie
2019 Human Capital Godeep's Wife
2020 Tether (short film) Delilah Desmond
2020 The Knot (Short film) Eve
2022 Boon Catherine
2022 Over/Under Sheryl West
2022 God's Time Sydney
2022 Paradise Highway Claire


Television

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Darla Pinnington 1 episode
2013 The Sonnet Project Mother 1 episode
2011-2014 Boardwalk Empire Sigrid Mueller Recurring role, 4 seasons
2016 Jay & Pluto Jessica
2016 Dating Alarm Annabelle TV movie
2017 Royally Caroline 1 episode
2017 Godless Martha Bischoff Recurring role, 6 episodes
2019 Fosse/Verdon [4] Hannah 2 episodes
2020 The Queen's Gambit Helen Deardorff 3 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2018 Brightside Tavern Film Festival Best Actress in a Horror/Thriller 16 mins Nominated [16]

References

  1. ^ a b "Profile- Christiane Seidel". e-talenta.eu. 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Christiane Seidel". theimagista.com. 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d Bieber, Boyz (9 April 2021). "Christiane Seidel". photobookmagazine.com.
  4. ^ a b c d e "'Fosse/Verdon's' Christiane Seidel on Being Amy Adams's Look-Alike & Why She Almost Quit Acting". stylecaster.com. 30 April 2019.
  5. ^ Quinn, Dave (13 August 2013). "7 Tips on Staying in the Moment from Christiane Seidel". Backstage.com. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 12 - Episode 1". tv.com. 2012. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  7. ^ a b "'The Hollow': Film Review". Hollywood Reporter. 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Facets Cinémathèque The Hollow". facets.org. 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  9. ^ MM (7 November 2017). "Godless • Knallharte Western-Serie mit Starbesetzung". TV Digital (in German). Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  10. ^ Segal, Lindy (3 November 2013). "Boardwalk Empire Star Christiane Seidel on Love Scenes, Costumes, and Josh Bowman". Glamour. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  11. ^ Reilly, Darryl (9 June 2016). "Then Silence - The Lion Theatre - Scandinavian American Theater". TheaterScene.net. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  12. ^ Petski, Denise (6 September 2016). "'Godless' Adds Sam Waterston, Kim Coates, More; Scoot McNairy Confirmed". Deadline. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  13. ^ Sepinwall, Alan (21 November 2017). "Netflix Heads West To A Town Without Men In 'Godless'". UPROXX. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  14. ^ a b "Christiane Seidel shines in FX's Fosse-Verdon". Lapalme Magazine. 11 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Paradise Highway". rottentomatoes.com. 22 June 2022.
  16. ^ "Brightside Tavern Film Festival March 2018 Awards Winners & Nominees". brightsidetavernfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

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