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Ainsley Seiger

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Ainsley Seiger
Born
Ainsley Cameron Seiger

(1998-09-04) 4 September 1998 (age 23)
Cary, North Carolina
Education
OccupationActor
Years active2018–present

Ainsley Seiger (born September 4, 1998) is an actress who currently appears as a series regular on Law & Order: Organized Crime as Jet Slootmaekers.[1][2]

Seiger began their acting career on stage with PlayMakers Summer Youth Conservatory and received a Triangle Rising Star award for best actress (2016) for their portrayal of Wednesday Addams,[3][4][5] has performed as Wendla in a UNC production of Spring Awakening and has appeared in a number of short films, including American Waste.[6][7][8][9][10]

Personal life

Seiger, from Cary, North Carolina, studied at Apex High School and was a 2020 graduate from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.[4][11][12] Their mother is an opera singer and voice coach, and their father is a jeweler and goldsmith.[13] Seiger uses any pronouns (she/they/he), and they are bisexual.[14][15]

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 Law & Order: Organized Crime Jet Slootmaekers Main Role
2021 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Jet Slootmaekers Episode: "Fast Times @TheWheelhouse"

References

  1. ^ Aguilar, Matthew (May 13, 2021). "Law And Order: Organized Crime's Ainsley Seiger Talks TV Debut, Working with Christopher Meloni & Mariska Hargitay, and More". Comicbook.com. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  2. ^ 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". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. ^ Kare, Jeffrey (7 June 2016). "BWW Review: 2016 Triangle Rising Star Awards". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Triangle Rising Stars sends teens to Broadway". ABC11 Raleigh-Durham. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  5. ^ 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. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  6. ^ Felder, Lynn (16 November 2019). "Rock and Youth: Local presentations of two rock musicals about repression shock and entertain". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  7. ^ Michaels, Will; Stasio, Frank (21 July 2016). "Youth Cast Presents 'Violet:' Exploring Inner Beauty And Race In The South". WUNC. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  8. ^ Sledge, Philip (2 April 2021). "Law And Order Organized Crime Cast: Where You've Seen The TV Show's Stars Before". Cinemablend. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  9. ^ Levine, Daniel S. (20 February 2011). "'Law & Order: Organized Crime': Newcomer Ainsley Seiger Joins Christopher Meloni 'SVU' Spinoff". popculture.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Ainsley Seiger on the 'whirlwind' of joining Law & Order: Organized Crime". One Chicago Center. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  11. ^ Paulson, Michael (7 July 2021). "These Drama Students Trained for Years. Then Theater Vanished". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  12. ^ "New York Times features Drama Class of 2020, which graduated amidst the COVID-19 shutdown". www.uncsa.edu. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  13. ^ "NC native settles into the cast of new 'Law & Order' show". Carolina Coast Online. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  14. ^ Seiger, Ainsley [@ainsleyseigers] (23 September 2021). "happy bi visibility day