Ainsley Seiger

Ainsley Seiger
Born
Ainsley Cameron Seiger

(1998-09-04) September 4, 1998 (age 26)
Cary, North Carolina, US
EducationUniversity of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active2018–present

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

Early life

Seiger is from Cary, North Carolina.[2][3] Seiger's mother is an opera singer and voice coach, and her father is a jeweler and goldsmith.[2]

Seiger attended Apex High School.[4] While there, she played Wednesday in the school's production of The Addams Family, Cosette in Les Misérables, and Nikki in Curtains the Musical.[4] In July 2016, she was selected as a Triangle Rising Stars by the Durham Performing Arts Center.[4] 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][5]

Seiger then attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, graduating in 2020.[3][6][2]

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.[9] She began working with the creative team of the festival when she was fourteen.[10]

Seiger played the lead role in Violet at the PlayMakers Summer Youth Conservatory in July 2021.[4][11][12]

In 2023, during the SAG-AFTRA strike, Seiger played Sally Bowles in a Virginia Theatre Festival production of Cabaret.[9][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 Law & Order: Organized Crime, playing the role of hacker Jet Slootmaekers.[15][3] 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.[16] This was her first television credit.[17][15]

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 Law & Order: Organized Crime Det. Jet Slootmaekers Main role
2021–2023 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 3 episodes
2022 Law & Order Episode: "Gimme Shelter – Part Three"

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. ^ a b c d "NC native settles into the cast of new 'Law & Order' show". Carolina Coast Online. June 7, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Paulson, Michael (July 7, 2021). "These Drama Students Trained for Years. Then Theater Vanished". The New York Times. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Triangle Rising Stars sends teens to Broadway". ABC11 Raleigh-Durham. July 14, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  5. ^ Kare, Jeffrey (June 7, 2016). "BWW Review: 2016 Triangle Rising Star Awards". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  6. ^ "New York Times features Drama Class of 2020, which graduated amidst the COVID-19 shutdown". www.uncsa.edu. July 8, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  7. ^ "Ainsley Seiger on the 'whirlwind' of joining Law & Order: Organized Crime". One Chicago Center. May 13, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  8. ^ Felder, Lynn (November 16, 2019). "Rock and Youth: Local presentations of two rock musicals about repression shock and entertain". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  9. ^ a b Wild, Stephi. "LAW & ORDER's Ainsley Seiger Will Lead the Cast of Virginia Theatre Festival's CABARET". Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  10. ^ "Scene of the crime". Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  11. ^ McDowell, Robert W. (July 20, 2016). "Teen Phenom Ainsley Seiger Tackles the Title Role in the PlayMakers SYC Production of Violet | Triangle Arts and Entertainment". Triangle Arts & Entertainment. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  12. ^ Michaels, Will; Stasio, Frank (July 21, 2016). "Youth Cast Presents 'Violet:' Exploring Inner Beauty And Race In The South". WUNC. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  13. ^ "Virginia Theatre Festival explores modern issues with a story set nearly 100 years ago". July 5, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  14. ^ Sledge, Philip (April 2, 2021). "Law And Order Organized Crime Cast: Where You've Seen The TV Show's Stars Before". Cinemablend. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  15. ^ a b c Petski, Denise (February 19, 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 August 4, 2021.
  16. ^ a b Ross, Alex (February 24, 2022). "Meet Ainsley Seiger, Law & Order: Organized Crime's Rising Star". E! Online. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  17. ^ Levine, Daniel S. (February 20, 2011). "'Law & Order: Organized Crime': Newcomer Ainsley Seiger Joins Christopher Meloni 'SVU' Spinoff". popculture.com. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  18. ^ "@ainsleyseiger". Instagram. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
  19. ^ Seiger, Ainsley [@ainsleyseigers] (September 23, 2021). "happy bi visibility day 🖤 here's a photo of a visible bi https://t.co/9c8aLBRdDd" (Tweet). Archived from the original on September 24, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Twitter.