As you will have noticed, things continue to be quiet with Tricia Helfer for the time being. We hope things will pick up soon, though. Meanwhile, have a look at this interesting and insightful article from Pet News and Views, about Tricia’s animal activism and work in support of the Los Angeles-based animal shelter, Kitten Rescue:

Tricia Helfer has always loved cats. When she is away from home, her husband, Jonathan Marshall, sends her updates and photos of each one of their cats. “He knows how important they are to me,” she says. “And in my line of work, it’s nice to know that while I’m away, they are in excellent hands.” Jonathan, who works as an attorney, “is a big animal supporter,” she says. “When we met, he quickly fell in love with my two cats.”

Their family has since grown; there are a few tabbies, a couple of Maine Coons, and a few fosters from Kitten Rescue Sanctuary, a no-kill shelter in Los Angeles. The Sanctuary has a full-time staff as well as numerous volunteers who provide care, love, and socialization for the cats housed there. Since its inception in 1997, Kitten Rescue has grown to become one of the largest animal welfare groups in Los Angeles. Kitten Rescue places approximately 1,000 cats and kittens into new homes every year.

Tricia, who played Number 6 in Battlestar Galactica, found out about Kitten Rescue three years ago while shopping at a local pet store. “One of the employees asked all of the customers to make donations to Kitten Rescue,” she says. “When I handed her a check, she hugged me, and when I was ready to adopt another cat, I adopted from Kitten Rescue. I was so impressed with the Kitten Rescue that I became a volunteer there.”

[...] “Tricia has really been a blessing for Kitten Rescue,” says Ben Lehrer of Kitten Rescue. “Not only has she been incredibly generous in both her personal contributions and in helping with our fundraising efforts, but she has been more than willing to delve into the trenches of street rescue and take on litters of abandoned kittens herself. Her selflessness and enthusiasm are remarkable and we are very fortunate to have her as a member of our team.”

Be sure to read the full article at PetNewsandViews.com.

As promised, we’ve updated the media archive with new clips today. Check out 11 new site-exclusive video clips of Tricia Helfer reprising the role of humanoid Cylon Number Six in Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, the Edward James Olmos-directed second BSG TV movie that was released on Region 1/North American DVD and Blu-Ray last October and premiered on TV January 10 2010 (via Syfy, of course). Among other Six copies, Shelly Godfrey and a new “Tough Six” make prominent appearances in The Plan.

Personally, although I’m never one to say no to new Battlestar Galactica, The Plan just didn’t live up to my expectations. To me, the mystery that revolved certain characters, events and phenomena was such a pivotal part of the entire series that I thought the entire approach to the BSG universe in The Plan, to explain all the previously unexplained, wasn’t really what I would’ve liked to see. Although Tricia as Six was an enormous pleasure to watch as always, her contribution to The Plan as a whole isn’t considerable (though she does have a truly great scene as Six copy Gina, with Grace Park’s Boomer).

All clips are in .MOV format, which is playable in e.g. VLC and QuickTime. Please remember you must be a registered and logged in media archive user to access our collection of video clips; unlogged users will not be able to view said material. Registration at our media archive is free and only takes a moment. Thank you.

Spoiler Warning: Please note that some of the following clips contain major spoilers as to the outcome of this film and Battlestar Galactica in general.

New Media Albums:

• Television Work > ‘Battlestar Galactica: The Plan’ (2009) Video Clips

“Funny, my phone has the same ring… Strange, don’t you think that we both have the same… Wait a second. That is my phone. You stole my phone.”
- Stephanie

Despite last night’s exciting Golden Globes, we hope you were nevertheless able to tune in to the Human Target series premiere, as aired yesterday on FOX. As most of you will know, Tricia Helfer guest starred in the episode as Stephanie, the client. Here’s our recap of the episode; as always, please highlight to read as it contains spoilers:

Four weeks after an explosive case, “human target” Christopher Chance is approached with a new assignment by Stephanie, a bullet train engineer whose life has come under threat for unknown reason. Chance is immediately on board, and infiltrates Stephanie’s entourage as her new translator, fluent in Japanese. On the train’s maiden voyage, Chance plans to lure out the killer by exposing Stephanie to him, and when he finally strikes, Chance is able to take him out. But with the train’s brakes being sabotaged and suffering critical damage, it now becomes uncertain whether any of them will make it off the train alive, all the while Chance and his friends try to figure out who’s really trying to get Stephanie killed…

What did you think of the new pilot? Personally, I was expecting it to be a lot more like USA Network’s Burn Notice, and was pleased to see the pilot instead held its own. Tricia Helfer was also great in her role, even though she didn’t get a lot of meaningful things to say; most of the punchlines were given to Mark Valley’s Christopher Chance.

Media coverage-wise, we’ve updated the gallery with 783 medium-res screen captures of Tricia on the show. We’ll be replacing these caps with HD ones as soon as possible, and will also upload video clips from this episode soon, so do check back with us for those. In the mean time, enjoy the first caps!

New Photo Albums:

• Television Work > ‘Human Target’ Episode 1.01 Screen Captures

Surprise! Yesterday, January 16 Tricia Helfer made her first appearance of the year by showing up to support best friend and Battlestar Galactica co-star Katee Sackhoff as she hosted the ‘24′ New Season Celebration in Las Vegas, NV. Tricia and Katee both looked nothing short of gorgeous at the event in their sparkly, sequined cocktail dresses. The gallery has been updated with our first 19 30 medium-res photos of Tricia (and Katee) at the event. As always, we’ll be adding more photos as we find them. Enjoy!

New Photo Albums:

• Appearances in 2010 > ‘24′ New Season Celebration Hosted by Katee Sackhoff on Jan 16

Don’t forget to check out Tricia Helfer guest starring as California bullet train engineer Stephanie in the pilot episode of Human Target, the brand new FOX action series starring Mark Valley and Chi McBride. The new series premieres today, January 17 @ 8 PM on FOX. As always, we’ll be sure to cover her appearance on the show, so don’t forget to check back with us soon for coverage!

Happy New Year, y’all! Hope you had a good one.

Since we don’t have a lot to report right now, here’s another batch of rare movie clips for you. The media archive has today been updated with 13 site-exclusive video clips of Tricia Helfer as Eva in the 2003 low-budget crime thriller White Rush, starring Judd Nelson, Louis Mandylor, Deborah Zoe and Charlie Schlatter. Not our favorite of Tricia’s films, but definitely a rare, interesting look at Tricia in her earlier acting days. Be sure check them all out!

All movie clips are in .MOV format, which is playable in e.g. VLC and QuickTime. Please remember you must be a registered and logged in media archive user to access our collection of video clips; unlogged users will not be able to view said material. Registration at our media archive is free and only takes a moment. Thank you.

New Video Albums:

• Film Work > ‘White Rush’ (2003) Movie Clips

We’re back! And we come bringing some new goodies as well. Today (and throughout this Fall), we’ve updated the gallery with 250+ new medium- and hi-res photos of Tricia Helfer at various public events 2005-2009 + replaced some 50-60 small images with better quality ones. Since this is quite a mix of new and updated photos/albums, we’ve listed all updated albums below using the following labeling:

(N) – new additions; (R) – better quality replacements; (NA) – new album

If I could make a suggestion or two three, I’d particularly advise you to check out the fantastic hi-res additions we made to our 2009 Monte Carlo Television Festival Day 5-album, which now features some absolutely adorable(!) photos of Tricia and hubby Jonathan Marshall at the event. Also, the ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Mid-Season Finale Celebration-album from June 2008, featuring some really awesome footage of Tricia and BSG co-stars Katee Sackhoff and Mary McDonnell, has been updated with a ton of better quality replacements to those earlier minimal pics — highly recommend you have a look. Finally, there’s this, this and many other great new photos of the BSG team at last year’s Sci Fi Channel Upfront Party.

But really, those are just the highlights. There are a lot more gems among the rest of the new photos as well. Anyway, without further ado, enjoy!

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Update Dec 27: The photo gallery and media archive are once again open for public access and user registration! Please note, however, that private sections such as our collection of video clips continue to be available to registered users only. Thank you.

Well, folks, it’s that time of the year again. I will be out of town and out of reach 19.-26.12.2009, throughout which Tricia Helfer Fan will not be updated. We’ll furthermore be unable to read or respond to email sent to us in this time. We’ll be sure update the site with all the news and media we’ve missed during this period of time once we return + some very special extra goodies we have in store for you guys. Stay with us!

ATTENTION: Please note that the gallery & media archive will be closed for unregistered users throughout this time. Registration is also not available in this time. Only previously registered gallery/media archive users will be able to access the aforementioned sections, by logging in. Please do not email us with questions regarding registration or access in this time, as such emails will be ignored. The gallery and media archive will be reopened again on December 27 2009 — no sooner, no later. Thanks for understanding, and apologies for the inconvenience.

In the mean time, Happy Holidays, y’all! Catch you on the flipside.

Since we didn’t want to crowd our original Video Game Awards update with videos, here’s a separate update of online video clips of Tricia Helfer at last Saturday’s 2009 Spike TV Video Game Awards, from which we’ve also been uploading new pictures throughout the weekend. We’ll be updating this post with more clips from this event if and when we find them.

As most of you will know, Tricia was not only nominated for the VG award for Best Performance by a Human Female for her portrayal of Dare in the Halo 3: ODST video game, she also presented at the event a teaser trailer for the upcoming Halo: Reach VG. Unfortunately, Tricia lost the VG award to actress Megan Fox for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

First up, we have a red carpet video interview with Tricia from MaximoTV.com:

Here’s a video clip of Tricia onstage presenting the Halo: Reach preview from InsomniacGamerZ.net:

As reported earlier, Tricia Helfer appeared as planned at yesterday’s 2009 Spike TV Video Game Awards, held in Los Angeles, CA. As promised, here’s our coverage of her appearance at the event.

As per usual, Tricia looked absolutely stunning(!!) at the event, this time in a peach strapless mini and updo. As most of you will know, Tricia was up for the VG Award for Best Performance by a Human Female for her portrayal of Dare in the Halo 3: ODST video game. She furthermore presented on her own a Halo: Reach teaser trailer at the event. Unfortunately, the winning act in the Human Female category turned out to be Megan Fox in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Bummer.

Onto our gallery update. We’ve just uploaded to our gallery our first 57 medium- and hi-res photos of a lovely Tricia at the event. As always, we’ll be sure to add more medium- and hi-res pictures as well as video footage from the event as we find them. Be sure to check back with us for updates!

New Photo Albums:

• Appearances in 2009 > 2009 Spike TV Video Game Awards on Dec 12