Ainsley Seiger Explained
Ainsley Cameron Seiger (born September 4, 1998) is an American actress who currently appears as a series regular on as Jet Slootmaekers.[1]
Early life
Seiger is from Cary, North Carolina.[2] Seiger's mother is an opera singer and voice coach, and her father is a jeweler and goldsmith.
Seiger attended Apex High School.[3] While there, she played Wednesday in the school's production of The Addams Family, Cosette in Les Misérables, and Nikki in Curtains the Musical. In July 2016, she was selected as a Triangle Rising Stars by the Durham Performing Arts Center. In addition to being a qualifying event for the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, winners of the Triangle Rising Stars received a $1,000 scholarship and spent a week in New York City performing at Minskoff Theatre, working with Broadway professionals, and representing the Triangle at the Jimmy Awards.[4]
Seiger then attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, graduating in 2020.[5] [6]
Career
On stage
While still in college, Seiger played Wendla in a production of Spring Awakening.[7] [8]
In 2018, Seiger performed in Virginia Theater Festival productions of A Chorus Line and The Cocoanuts. She began working with the creative team of the festival when she was fourteen.[9]
Seiger played the lead role in Violet at the PlayMakers Summer Youth Conservatory in July 2021.[10] [11]
In 2023, during the SAG-AFTRA strike, Seiger played Sally Bowles in a Virginia Theatre Festival production of Cabaret.[12] [13]
On screen
Seiger's first screen role was in 2019 for the short film American Waste.[14] She was also in the short film Bernstein’s MASS: An Artist’s Call for Peace.[15]
In February 2021, Seiger landed her first big Hollywood gig when she became a regular on NBC's , playing the role of hacker Jet Slootmaekers. Because of COVID, she was cast for the role by submitting a recording.[16] A week later, she was cast and had two days to move to New York for shooting. This was her first television credit.[17]
Personal life
Seiger uses any pronouns (she/they/he),[18] and is bisexual.[19]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|
| 2018 | Bernstein's MASS: An Artist's Call for Peace | Themself | |
| 2019 | American Waste | Joan | | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|
| 2021–present | | Det. Jet Slootmaekers | Main role |
| 2021–2023 | | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | Law & Order | Episode: "Gimme Shelter – Part Three" | |
Notes and References
- News: Aguilar . Matthew . Law And Order: Organized Crime's Ainsley Seiger Talks TV Debut, Working with Christopher Meloni & Mariska Hargitay, and More . May 13, 2021. August 4, 2021 . Comicbook.com . en.
- News: 7 June 2021 . NC native settles into the cast of new 'Law & Order' show . en . Carolina Coast Online . 4 August 2021.
- News: 14 July 2016 . Triangle Rising Stars sends teens to Broadway . en . ABC11 Raleigh-Durham . 4 August 2021.
- News: Kare . Jeffrey . 7 June 2016 . BWW Review: 2016 Triangle Rising Star Awards . en . BroadwayWorld.com . 4 August 2021.
- News: Paulson . Michael . These Drama Students Trained for Years. Then Theater Vanished. . 4 August 2021 . The New York Times . 7 July 2021.
- News: New York Times features Drama Class of 2020, which graduated amidst the COVID-19 shutdown . 4 August 2021 . www.uncsa.edu . 8 July 2021 . en.
- News: 13 May 2021 . Ainsley Seiger on the 'whirlwind' of joining Law & Order: Organized Crime . One Chicago Center . 4 August 2021.
- News: Felder . Lynn . 16 November 2019 . Rock and Youth: Local presentations of two rock musicals about repression shock and entertain . en . Winston-Salem Journal . 4 August 2021.
- News: Scene of the crime . 2024-01-21.
- News: McDowell . Robert W. . 20 July 2016 . Teen Phenom Ainsley Seiger Tackles the Title Role in the PlayMakers SYC Production of Violet Triangle Arts and Entertainment . Triangle Arts & Entertainment . 4 August 2021.
- News: Michaels . Will . Stasio . Frank . 21 July 2016 . Youth Cast Presents 'Violet:' Exploring Inner Beauty And Race In The South . en . WUNC . 4 August 2021.
- News: Wild . Stephi . LAW & ORDER's Ainsley Seiger Will Lead the Cast of Virginia Theatre Festival's CABARET . 2024-01-21 . en.
- News: 2023-07-05 . Virginia Theatre Festival explores modern issues with a story set nearly 100 years ago . 2024-01-21 . en.
- News: Sledge . Philip . 2 April 2021 . Law And Order Organized Crime Cast: Where You've Seen The TV Show's Stars Before . Cinemablend . 4 August 2021.
- News: Petski . Denise . 19 February 2021 . 'Law & Order: Organized Crime': Ainsley Seiger Joins As Series Regular, Charlotte Sullivan & Nick Creegan Among 4 Set To Recur In NBC's 'SVU' Spinoff . . 4 August 2021.
- Web site: Ross . Alex . 2022-02-24 . Meet Ainsley Seiger, Law & Order: Organized Crime's Rising Star . 2022-07-22 . E! Online.
- News: Levine . Daniel S. . 20 February 2011 . 'Law & Order: Organized Crime': Newcomer Ainsley Seiger Joins Christopher Meloni 'SVU' Spinoff . en . popculture.com . 4 August 2021.
- Web site: @ainsleyseiger. 30 January 2023. Instagram.
- Seiger . Ainsley . Ainsley Seiger . ainsleyseigers . 1441134999122501640 . 23 September 2021 . happy bi visibility day here's a photo of a visible bi https://t.co/9c8aLBRdDd . en . 3 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210924145456/https://twitter.com/ainsleyseigers/status/1441134999122501640 . 24 September 2021 . live.
