Nebraska native Lindsay Seim is an actress and writer, best known for roles in James Wan's Insidious: Chapter 2, Darren Lynn Bousman's St. Agatha, Patrik-Ian Polk's Blackbird, and two-time Academy Award-winner Janusz Kaminski's Russian mafia thriller American Dream. Seim has also guest starred on Adult Swim's Decker, NBC's The Event, and stars in upcoming horror/sci-fi feature Befall, for which she wrote the screenplay. She has worked extensively both commercially and onstage in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and the Midwest, most notably in her L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Award-nominated performance in Rose Martula's Salsa Saved the Girls, and in the award-winning world premiere production of Spirit Wheel at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Seim has written several Mad Libs books for Penguin Randomhouse, and has been honored as a Distinguished Alumnus of her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Actor, also producer and writer
- 11 on Motif · 16 credits in all
What are Lindsay Seim's films like?
Across their 7 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 5
Light 2 · Serious 4 · Dark 1
Grounded 6 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 2
Steady 3 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Allyas Doris in St. Agatha (2018)
- Heroas Chloe in A Wakefield Project (2019)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Lindsay Seim's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 11 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Lindsay Seim's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
16 credits, 11 with a Motif page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Spin the Bottle(2024)
Motif score: 2nd percentile of all films
Mind Thief(2022)
Motif score: 69th percentile of all films
American Dream(2021)
Motif score: 7th percentile of all films
A Wakefield Project(2019)
Motif score: 8th percentile of all films
Portal(2019)
Motif score: 2nd percentile of all films
Sum of Us (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2018)
St. Agatha(2018)
Motif score: 26th percentile of all films
Zoey to the Max(2015)
Motif score: 48th percentile of all films
Decker(2014)
Motif score: 81st percentile of all shows
Blackbird(2014)
Motif score: 42nd percentile of all films
Insidious: Chapter 2(2013)
Motif score: 64th percentile of all films
Caught on Tape(2013)
Motif score: 13th percentile of all filmsAlphonso Bow (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2010)
For Love of Amy (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2009)
California Dreaming (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2007)
Summerland (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2004)
Career shape
Star power in the 70th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 14 titles from 2004 to 2022; peak year 2013.
Biggest box office
St. Agatha (2018)
Highest rated
Blackbird (2014)
Most popular right now
St. Agatha (2018)
Film career
Peak 2013 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2013Screen debut· Insidious: Chapter 2
How do Lindsay Seim's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 20th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 6th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 11 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Universally Panned2
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 46/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Lindsay Seim work with?
People who share at least 2 of Lindsay Seim's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Christopher Barish shares the most, 2.
Producers
- Christopher BarishShared titles: Spin the Bottle (2024), Zoey to the Max (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher Barish
- Jim ValdezShared titles: Spin the Bottle (2024), Zoey to the Max (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Jim Valdez
- Keith Louis BrownShared titles: Blackbird (2014), Caught on Tape (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Keith Louis Brown