Ainsley Cameron Seiger (born September 4, 1998) is an American actress who appeared as a series regular on '' Law & Order: Organized Crime'' as Jet Slootmaekers.

Early life

Seiger is from

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. Seiger's mother is an opera singer and voice coach, and her father is a jeweler and goldsmith. Seiger attended

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. While there, she played

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in the school's production of ''The Addams Family'',

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in ''

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'', and Nikki in ''Curtains the Musical''. In July 2016, she was selected as a Triangle Rising Stars by the

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. In addition to being a qualifying event for the

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, winners of the Triangle Rising Stars received a $1,000 scholarship and spent a week in

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performing at

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, working with

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professionals, and representing the Triangle at the

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. Seiger then attended the

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, graduating in 2020.

Career

On stage

While still in college, Seiger played Wendla in a production of '' Spring Awakening.'' 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. Seiger played the lead role in ''

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'' at the

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Summer Youth Conservatory in July 2021. In 2023, during the

SAG-AFTRA strike The Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

, Seiger played

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in a Virginia Theatre Festival production of ''

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''.

On screen

Seiger's first screen role was in 2019 for the short film ''American Waste.'' She was also in the short film ''Bernstein’s MASS: An Artist’s Call for Peace.'' In February 2021, Seiger landed her first big Hollywood gig when she became a regular on

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's '' Law & Order: Organized Crime,'' playing the role of hacker Jet Slootmaekers.'''' Because of

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, she was cast for the role by submitting a recording. A week later, she was cast and had two days to move to New York for shooting. This was her first television credit.''''

Personal life

Seiger uses any pronouns (she/they/he), and is

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seiger, Ainsley 1998 births Living people People from Cary, North Carolina University of North Carolina School of the Arts alumni 21st-century American actresses Actresses from North Carolina American television actresses American bisexual actresses