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Ainsley Seiger
Born
Ainsley Cameron Seiger

1998
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)