Christiane Julie Louise Seidel (born April 3, 1988) 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, to a Danish mother and a German father, who was serving in the navy. She also grew up in Denmark and Germany. Her first experience of acting came in a school nativity play. She followed her interest in acting by attending theatre camps, performing The Rocky Horror Picture Show in German, and attended for a semester at film school in Cape Town, South Africa. Seidel studied Media Management in Europe, before returning to the US to study at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York, to pursue her acting career.
Career Seidel's US television debut was as a Guest Star on NBC Universal's police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'''s season 12 premiere episode in 2010. She starred as FBI Agent Sarah DeSoto in the noir-feature film, The Hollow in 2015, and as Sybille Ranisch in Schmidts Katze in 2014.
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 from season 2 to season 5 (2012 – 2015). As of 2015, Seidel is a member of the Scandinavian American Theater Company, a theater company which has introduced several Scandinavian plays to the United States. In 2017, Seidel played Martha, a mysterious, free-spirited German stranger, in the Netflix mini-series Godless, starring alongside Michelle Dockery and Jeff Daniels.
In 2019, Seidel played the role of Hannah, mistress of Bob Fosse (Sam Rockwell) in FX television series Fosse/Verdon.
In 2020, she played Helen Deardorff in the Scott Frank directed The Queen's Gambit alongside Anya Taylor-Joy.
In 2022, Seidel stars in the Anna Gutto directed thriller movie Paradise Highway, in a cast which included Juliette Binoche and Morgan Freeman.
Personal life Seidel was pregnant during the filming of Godless'' in 2017 and is mother of twin boys.
Filmography
YearTitleRole 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 KatzeSybille Ranisch 2016 The Perfect Nothing (Short film) Carrie 2016 The HollowSarah Desoto 2017 Yellow Fever (Supporting) 2017 Hard (short film) Ellie 201816mins (Short film) Lizzie 2019The Big Shit (Short film)Julie 2019Human Capital Godeep's Wife 2020 Tether (short film) Delilah Desmond 2020The Knot (Short film) Eve 2022 Boon Catherine2022Over/Under Sheryl West2022Paradise Highway Claire2023 God's Time Sydney
Television Year Title Role Notes2010 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Darla Pinnington 1 episode2013 The Sonnet Project Mother1 episode 2011-2014Boardwalk Empire Sigrid MuellerRecurring role, 4 seasons 2016 Jay & Pluto Jessica 2016 Dating Alarm AnnabelleTV movie 2017 RoyallyCaroline1 episode2017 Godless Martha BischoffRecurring role, 6 episodes 2019Fosse/Verdon Hannah2 episodes2020 The Queen's Gambit Helen Deardorff 3 episodes2023 Magnum P.I. Doctor Sally CatesSeason 5 episode 6: "Dead Ringer"
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2018 Brightside Tavern Film Festival Best Actress in a Horror/Thriller 16 mins
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