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Ainsley Seiger
Born
Ainsley Cameron Seiger

1998
Cary, North Carolina
Education
OccupationActor
Years active2018–present
Agent(s)Gersh and Authentic Management

Ainsley Cameron Seiger (born 1998) is an American actor 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 their father is a jeweler and goldsmith.[2]

Seiger attended Apex High School.[4] While there, they played Wednesday in the school's production of The Addam's Family.[4] In July 2016, she was selected as a Triangle Rising Stars by the Durham Performing Arts Center.[4] In addition to being a qualify 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] While there, she played Wendla in a production of Spring Awakening.[7][8]

Career

Seiger played the lead role in Violet at the PlayMakers Summer Youth Conservatory in July 2021.[4][9][10] Her first screen role was in 2012 for the short film American Waste.[11] She was also in the short film Bernstein’s MASS: An Artist’s Call for Peace.[12]

In February 2021, Seiger became a regular on NBC's Law & Order: Organized Crime, playing the role of hacker Jet Slootmakers.[12][3] Because of COVID, she was cast for the role by submitting a recording.[13] A week later, she was cast and had two days to move to New York for shooting.[13] This was her first television credit.[14][12]

Seiger uses any pronouns (she/they/he), and they are bisexual.[15][16]

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. ^ a b c d "NC native settles into the cast of new 'Law & Order' show". Carolina Coast Online. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Paulson, Michael (7 July 2021). "These Drama Students Trained for Years. Then Theater Vanished". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Triangle Rising Stars sends teens to Broadway". ABC11 Raleigh-Durham. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  5. ^ Kare, Jeffrey (7 June 2016). "BWW Review: 2016 Triangle Rising Star Awards". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Ainsley Seiger on the 'whirlwind' of joining Law & Order: Organized Crime". One Chicago Center. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Michaels, Will; Stasio, Frank (21 July 2016). "Youth Cast Presents 'Violet:' Exploring Inner Beauty And Race In The South". WUNC. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ a b c 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.
  13. ^ a b Ross, Alex (2022-02-24). "Meet Ainsley Seiger, Law & Order: Organized Crime's Rising Star". E! Online. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  14. ^ Levine, Daniel S. (20 February 2011). "'Law & Order: Organized Crime': Newcomer Ainsley Seiger Joins Christopher Meloni 'SVU' Spinoff". popculture.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  15. ^ Seiger, Ainsley [@ainsleyseigers] (23 September 2021). "happy bi visibility day 🖤 here's a photo of a visible bi https://t.co/9c8aLBRdDd" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ "@ainsleyseiger". Instagram. Retrieved 21 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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