Christiane Seidel | |
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Children | 2 |
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.
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]
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]
Seidel was pregnant during the filming of Godless in 2017 and is mother of twin boys. [14] [4]
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 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 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 |
| 2023 | Magnum P.I. | Doctor Sally Cates | Season 5 episode 6: "Dead Ringer" |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2018 | Brightside Tavern Film Festival | Best Actress in a Horror/Thriller | 16 mins | Nominated | [16] |
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