Christiane Seidel


Christiane Seidel is an American-born German-Danish actress, living in New York City, 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. She was raised in Europe, both in Denmark and in Germany. Seidel gained a degree in Media Management in Europe 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.

Career

Seidel's US television debut was as a Guest Star on NBC Universal's police drama 's 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 in the HBO TV drama series Boardwalk Empire from season 2 to season 5. 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 in FX television series Fosse/Verdon.
Seidel was pregnant during the filming of Godless in 2017 and is mother of twin boys.

Filmography

Television