Christiane Seidel

Christiane Seidel is an American-born, German/Danish actor, and producer.Upcoming, Christiane will be seen starring in the independent features, Paradise Highway (2022) (Lionsgate), written and directed by Anna Gutto, opposite Juliette Binoche, Frank Grillo, and Morgan Freeman and Boon (2022) alongside Neal McDonough.Christiane can be seen in Netflix's global hit, award-winning limited series, The Queen's Gambit (2020), playing 'Helen Deardorff' alongside Anya Taylor-Joy from executive producer, Scott Frank.Seidel is known to audiences worldwide for her role of 'Sigrid Mueller' opposite Michael Shannon for four seasons on HBO's hit drama, Boardwalk Empire (2010) from executive producer Marin Scorsese and Terrence Winter.Other recent television work includes FX's limited series Fosse/Verdon (2019) opposite Sam Rockwell as 'Hannah', Bob Fosse's mistress who is the catalyst for Gwen and Bob's divorce, and starring as 'Martha' a mysterious free-spirited woman, in Netflix's critically acclaimed series Godless (2017) from Scott Frank, executive produced by Steven Soderbergh. Godless earned 12 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Limited Series. Her other credits include the independent film Human Capital (2019), The Hollow (2016) from executive producer Lisa Bruce, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).Christiane is a partner and producer at Red Rope Productions and has produced several short films that have screened at Academy Qualifying and international film festivals with numerous wins and nominations in multiple categories. She served as the Producing Director for the Scandinavian American Theater Company that presents award-winning Scandinavian plays in the US. In theatre, Christiane starred in the American Off-Broadway premiere of Then Silence by acclaimed Norwegian playwright Arne Lygre.Christiane is a native English, German and Danish speaker who resides in New York with her family.