Christiane Seidel

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Christiane Seidel
File:Christiane Seidel head shot.jpg
Born (1988-04-03) April 3, 1988 (age 36)
Wichita Falls, Texas, United States[1]
Occupation Actress
Years active 2007–present

Christiane Seidel (born April 3, 1988) is a German-Danish-American actress, known for her 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 also grew up in Denmark and Germany. Seidel earned a degree in Media Management in Europe [3] before returning to the US to study at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute 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,[3] 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]

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

Filmography

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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

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

References

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