Christiane Seidel

Christiane Seidel
Christiane Seidel during the making of the film "Schmidts cat" in 2014
Born Wichita Falls, Texas, United States [1]
Occupation Actor
Years active 2007–present

Christiane Seidel is an American-born German-Danish actress, living in New York City, noted for her acting roles as Martha in the Netflix mini-series western, Godless, and as the Norwegian Sigrid Mueller in the HBO TV drama series Boardwalk Empire.

Early life

Seidel was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, to a Danish mother and a German father, who was serving in the navy.[2] She was raised in Europe, both in Denmark and in Germany. Seidel gained a degree in Media Management in Europe[3] before returning to the US to study at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and the Susan Batson Studio, both in New York, to pursue her acting career. Seidel is also fluent in English, German, French and Danish and enjoys tennis, volleyball, skiing and swimming.[1]

Career

Seidel's US television debut was as a Guest Star on NBC Universal's police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's[4] season 12 premiere episode in 2010.[5] She starred as FBI Agent Sarah DeSoto in the noir-feature film, The Hollow in 2015,[6][7] and as Sybille Ranisch in Schmidts Katze in 2014,[8] and has appeared in many other short films. She also starred as Sigrid Mueller, the Norwegian wife to rogue FBI Agent Nelson Van Alden (Michael Shannon) in the HBO TV drama series Boardwalk Empire[9] from season 2 to season 5 (2012 – 2015). As of 2015, Seidel is a member of the Scandinavian American Theater Company,[3] a theater company which has introduced several Scandinavian plays to the United States.[10] In 2017, Seidel played Martha, a mysterious, free-spirited German stranger, in the Netflix mini-series Godless, starring alongside Michelle Dockery and Jeff Daniels.[11][12]

Filmography

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[6][7] Sarah Desoto
2017 Yellow Fever (Supporting)
2017 Hard (short film) Ellie
2017 16mins (Short film) (post-production) Lizzie

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Profile- Christiane Seidel". e-talenta.eu. 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Christiane Seidel". theimagista.com. 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Scandinavian American Theater Company". satcnyc.org. 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Quinn, Dave (2013-08-13). "7 Tips on Staying in the Moment from Christiane Seidel". Backstage.com. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  5. ↑ "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 12 - Episode 1". tv.com. 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  6. 1 2 "'The Hollow': Film Review". Hollywood Reporter. 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Facets Cinémathèque The Hollow". facets.org. 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  8. ↑ MM (2017-11-07). "Godless • Knallharte Western-Serie mit Starbesetzung". TV Digital (in German). Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  9. ↑ Segal, Lindy (2013-11-03). "Boardwalk Empire Star Christiane Seidel on Love Scenes, Costumes, and Josh Bowman". Glamour. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  10. ↑ Reilly, Darryl (2016-06-09). "Then Silence - The Lion Theatre - Scandinavian American Theater". TheaterScene.net. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  11. ↑ Petski, Denise (2016-09-06). "'Godless' Adds Sam Waterston, Kim Coates, More; Scoot McNairy Confirmed". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  12. ↑ Sepinwall, Alan (2017-11-21). "Netflix Heads West To A Town Without Men In 'Godless'". UPROXX. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
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