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Helfer was born in the rural
community of Donalda in Stettler County, Alberta. She was raised on her
family's grain farm and at the age of 17, while standing in line at a
local movie theatre, was discovered by modelling agency scout Kelly
Streit.
In 1992, she won Ford Models' Supermodel of the World Contest and was
subsequently signed to the Elite Model Management and is currently signed
with Trump Model Management. She has appeared in ad campaigns, including
Ralph Lauren, Chanel, and Giorgio Armani. Helfer has walked for top
fashion shows such as Carolina Herrera, Christian Dior, Claude Montana,
Givenchy, John Galliano, and Dolce & Gabbana. Helfer has graced the covers
of Flare, Amica, ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and Vogue, among
others. She has also posed topless, but not entirely nude, for the
February 2007 issue of Playboy.
While working in New York as a model, Helfer hosted a Canadian television
fashion program Ooh La La. She relocated to Los Angeles in 2002 to pursue
a full-time film career. Her first acting assignment was a co-starring
role as Sarah on the television series Jeremiah. Thereafter she played the
role of a model, Ashleigh James, in the May 16, 2002 episode "The Hunger
Artist" on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In 2002, Helfer played the
female lead, Eva, in the independent film White Rush. In 2003, Helfer was
chosen to play Number Six, the Cylon agent in the Sci Fi channel
miniseries Battlestar Galactica (2003). The miniseries, which was a remake
of the 1970s series Battlestar Galactica, was a huge ratings success, due
in part to the visually attractive mind games between Number Six and
scientist Dr. Gaius Baltar. It has now become a television series in which
Helfer is a main cast member; as of early 2007 the series had completed
its third season.
In the fall of 2003, Helfer was offered the role depicting Farrah Fawcett
in the NBC telemovie Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of
'Charlie's Angels'. She also regularly appeared in photo shoots by Maxim
magazine and was the magazine's wall calendar girl for 2005. She was
ranked #57 on the Maxim's Hot 100 Women of 2007. Concurrent with her role
in Battlestar Galactica, Helfer began producing and hosting Canada's Next
Top Model on May 31, 2006. In 2006, Helfer appeared in the motion pictures
Spiral and The Green Chain. She appeared in Maxim Magazine in the fall of
2006.
In October 2006, it was announced that Helfer would not return to host the
second season of Canada's Next Top Model in order to concentrate on her
work on Battlestar Galactica. Helfer also played a major role in
Electronic Arts Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, as a character named
Kilian Qatar, along with her Battlestar Galactica co-star, Grace Park. She
also starred in the episode "Roadkill" on the second season of the
American paranormal drama TV series Supernatural.
In 2003, the television series Battlestar Galactica was used as the basis
for a new three hour miniseries. The project was written and produced by
Ronald D. Moore and directed by Michael Rymer. Tricia Helfer is a regular
cast member in the two-part 2004 miniseries and the ongoing series. She
plays the role of Number Six, a humanoid Cylon operative. |
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"Battlestar Galactica" ....
Number Six / ... (54 episodes, 2004-2008)
- Episode #4.1 (2008) TV episode .... Number Six
- Crossroads: Part 2 (2007) TV episode .... Number Six
- Crossroads: Part 1 (2007) TV episode .... Number Six
- The Son Also Rises (2007) TV episode .... Number Six
- Maelstrom (2007) TV episode (credit only) .... Number Six
(49 more)
Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007) (TV) .... Number Six / Gina
... aka Razor (USA: short title)
Walk All Over Me (2007) .... Celene
The Green Chain (2007) .... Leila Cole
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (2007) (VG) .... Kilian Qatar -
Nod General
"Supernatural" .... Molly McNamara (1 episode, 2007)
- Roadkill (2007) TV episode .... Molly McNamara
Spiral (2007) .... Sasha
Them (2007) (TV) .... Naomi Tyler Moore
Memory (2006/II) .... Stephanie Jacobs
The Genius Club (2006) .... Ally Simon
"The Collector" .... Janis Eisner (1 episode, 2006)
- The V.J. (2006) TV episode .... Janis Eisner
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Charlie's Angels'
(2004) (TV) .... Farrah Fawcett-Majors
Battlestar Galactica (2003) (TV) .... Number Six
White Rush (2003) .... Eva
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" .... Ashleigh James (1 episode,
2002)
... aka C.S.I. (USA: short title)
... aka CSI: Las Vegas (USA: syndication title)
... aka CSI: Weekends (USA: promotional title)
... aka Experts, Les (Canada: French title)
- The Hunger Artist (2002) TV episode .... Ashleigh James
"Jeremiah" .... Sarah (2 episodes, 2002)
- The Long Road: Part 1 (2002) TV episode .... Sarah
- The Long Road: Part 2 (2002) TV episode .... Sarah
Eventual Wife (2000) .... Inga |
