Canadian actress and former model Tricia Helfer is one of Hollywood's rising acting talents, best known for her portrayal of humanoid Cylon Number Six on Syfy's critically acclaimed Battlestar Galactica. More recently, Helfer has starred in e.g. Andrew Paquin’s Open House and can currently be seen as Alex Clark on NBC's The Firm. Helfer is also an active benefactor of animal and environmental causes.
Tricia and best friend Katee Sackhoff's charity initiative, The Acting Outlaws.
Check out these photos of Tricia Helfer attending the TRON: Uprising Press Junket in Glendale, California yesterday. Tricia provides the voice of The Grid in the series opposite Elijah Wood, Bruce Boxleitner, Mandy Moore, Nate Corddry, Lance Henriksen, Reginald VelJohnson and Paul Reubens. The show is set to premiere June 7 on Disney XD following the May release of the 30-minute TRON: Uprising: Beck’s Beginning prelude on the internet and on Disney XD.
Check out these first two photos of Tricia Helfer sporting a whole new look for her mysterious role as Izzy Rogers in the upcoming Season 7 finale of CBS’ Criminal Minds. The photos were taken on the set of the show earlier this week (and the hair is a wig). Looks terrific!
The two-hour season finale of Criminal Minds airs May 16 on CBS.
As previously reported, Tricia Helfer attended the Humane Society 26th Annual Genesis Awards in Beverly Hills last night. Tricia looked absolutely lovely at the event in a sleek, black cocktail dress. Check out the first 19 medium-and hi-res photos we’ve found so far in our gallery — more material from this event as it comes in!
The Genesis Awards are awarded annually by The Humane Society of the United States to individuals in the major news and entertainment media for producing outstanding works which raise public awareness of animal issues. The awards will air Saturday, May 5 on Animal Planet.
Update: No clips of Tricia at the event have surfaced online yet, but we are continuously adding new photos to the gallery. Tricia presented the TV Documentary-award at the event with The Mentalist star Owain Yeoman — many thanks to Tricia for kindly responding to our tweet with the info!
Update Mar 28: Preview of the show and a quote from the event from Tricia via Examiner.com.
Tricia Helfer was also a presenter and passionately spoke about how what The Genesis Awards shines the spotlight on can have a positive impact on the planet and its creatures. “It’s about the message of bringing animal protection issues to the forefront. Not just dogs and cats and the cute pets we have at home, it’s also about farm animals and wild life. And that’s what’s important about it. Not everyone knows about the plight of the tigers that are going on India or the shark fishing for shark fin soup, and so it’s important to educate so that people can then make up their mind and be pro-active and try and help. It really is about awareness. Most people do care about animals. And so if they’re aware of what’s going on, then it will motivate people to take action. The more people you can get to do things for animals, the better. This is a way to honor those who have spent an ordinate amount of time being available helping animals.”
Tricia Helfer appeared on the red carpet at the War Horse Opening Night in Toronto, Canada yesterday. So far we’ve only managed to find two pictures of her at the event, but we’ll keep our eyes peeled for more.
Tricia is currently in Toronto to film new episodes for The Firm.
Update Mar 3: Two new clips from the event! The first clip cannot be embedded here, so please head over to www.theglobeandmail.com to watch it – Tricia comes in at about 1:17 – but here’s another courtesy of Mirvish Productions (Tricia appears briefly at about 0:51):
First event appearance of 2012! :) Check out these 17 new medium- and hi-res images of Tricia Helfer at the Dog News Daily 1st Annual Golden Collar Awards in Century City, California last night, rewarding dog actors in Hollywood. Tricia presented the Golden Collar Humanitarian Award at the event to Silva Batista of BFAS, who accepted the award on the behalf of actress Charlize Theron. Video of the full ceremony below (Tricia comes in at about 44:30):
Couple of new things on Scent of the Missing today. To begin with we have two new behind-the-scenes images from the pilot, for which filming wrapped in Hammond, Louisiana some two weeks ago. Now all that remains is for us to hope TNT has the good sense to pick the show up. Fingers crossed!
Meanwhile, Summer Glau Wiki has landed an exclusive interview with the author of the Scent of the Missing book and the show’s consulting producer, Susannah Charleson. An excerpt from the interview:
3) Are the characters and her dog already a working pair on the pilot or do we see the training to become an SAR dog as in your book?
Susannah Charleson: All the characters in the pilot are already certified, working teams.
4) Tricia’s Helfer character name as well as her dog’s name has been changed, respectively from Susannah to Ally/Allison and from Puzzle to Rocket. Could you tell us more?
Susannah Charleson: Changes were always likely due to legal reasons. Puzzle and I are still a working team in reality, and it’s wise to make sure viewers know the difference between the fictional situations in the drama and the real team working current events in the field, as well as the real flight instructor! As to names, Rocket is, coincidentally, a fun variation on a nickname I had for Puzzle when she was little. She was my “pocket rocket” when she was first training — she will even come to that, when called, so it doesn’t feel like so huge a change to me when I hear it said on the set. I like the name Allison very much. I always thought Susannah would change from the moment we discussed “Sedona” back in June. Sedona and Susannah are just too similar for audiences! And Ally is a great choice — feminine, but strong and confident at the same time.
5) As a member of a canine search-and-rescue team and Consulting Producer on set, does the pilot fulfill your expectations so far? What’s your opinion about the cast and their work so far?
Susannah Charleson: Having worked real situations from which the pilot draws its center, I can say that the production does get right at the heart of the search, both in urgency and in peril. The pilot definitely doesn’t make the work look any easier or the solutions to real problems too pat. And I think the actors had to push, push, push through some of it. This wasn’t a comfortable shoot for really any of them.
Merry Christmas from Tricia Helfer Fan! :) Our Christmas gift to you – another batch of very rare photos of Tricia on the runway ca. 1996-1998. Enjoy, and happy holidays!
Another two new pictures from Tricia from the set of Scent of the Missing in Hamilton today, one with co-star Eric Winter (The Mentalist, Brothers & Sisters, Days of Our Lives). See them in our gallery here.
It also looks like some of the characters have gotten new names. Most notably, Tricia’s own character Susannah is now “Ally” and her canine companion, previously called Puzzle, is now “Rocket”. Via Twitter:
Check out this first picture of Tricia Helfer with fellow Sci-Fi siren Summer Glau (Firefly, Serenity, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) on the set of the TNT pilot Scent of the Missing yesterday, as tweeted by Tricia herself. Tricia and Summer are currently filming the pilot in Hammond, Louisiana.
Episode 1.17 - "Chapter Seventeen" Airs Saturday, May 19 at 9/8c on NBC
Mitch (Josh Lucas) represents a young woman charged with solicitation but he soon discovers she has a much more dangerous secret. Abby (Molly Parker) and Claire (Natasha Calis) take a trip to Kentucky to visit Abby's parents, but is reconciliation possible after all these years? Tricia Helfer guest stars.
More in our gallery of more than 40,000site-exclusive Tricia Helfer photos.
Active & Upcoming Projects
Film: A Beginner's Guide to Endings (2010)
Debuted Sep 2010 at the Toronto IFF. Director: Jonathan Sobol Genre: Comedy, Drama Role: Miranda News | Info | IMDb | Official Site | Photos
Film: Bloodwork (2011)
Coming soon to Region 1 DVD. Director: Eric Wostenberg Genre: Thriller Role: Dr. Wilcox News | Info | IMDb | Official Site | Photos
Film: Open House (2010)
Out on Region 1 DVD & Blu-Ray. Director: Andrew Paquin Genre: Horror, Thriller Role: Lila News | Info | IMDb | Official Site | Photos
Film (TV): Mistletoe Over Manhattan (2011)
Premiered Nov 6 on Hallmark. Director: John Bradshaw Genre: Christmas, Romance Role: Lucy Martel News | Info | IMDb | Official Site | Photos
TV (Pilot): Scent of the Missing (2012)
In post-production. Genre: Drama Network: TNT Role: Allison "Ally" News | Info | IMDb | Official Site | Photos
TV: Criminal Minds (2012)
Season 7 finale airs May 16. Genre: Crime, Drama Network: CBS Role: Izzy Rogers (S7 finale guest) News | Info | IMDb | Official Site | Photos
TV: Dark Blue (2010)
S2 complete; canceled. Genre: Crime, Drama Network: TNT Role: FBI Agent Alex Rice News | Info | IMDb | Official Site | Photos
TV: Franklin & Bash (2011)
Episode 1.10 aired Aug 3. Genre: Comedy, Drama, Legal Network: TNT Role: Brett Caiman (S1E10 guest) News | Info | IMDb | Official Site | Photos
TV: No Ordinary Family (2011)
Episode 1.17 aired Mar 1. Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi Network: ABC Role: Sophie (S1E17 guest) News | Info | IMDb | Official Site | Photos
TV: The Firm (2012)
Season 1 Saturdays on NBC. Genre: Drama, Legal, Thriller Network: NBC Role: Alex Clark (S1 recurring guest) News | Info | IMDb | Official Site | Photos
MV: The Black Keys "Howlin' for You" - IMDb
SF: PostHuman - IMDb
TV: Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated - IMDb
TV: The Super Hero Squad Show - IMDb
TV: TRON: Uprising - IMDb
VG: Mass Effect 2 - IMDb
VG: Mass Effect 3 - IMDb
VG: StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm - IMDb
VG: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty - IMDb
Acting Outlaws:
In August 2010, Tricia Helfer and best friend and former Battlestar Galactica co-star Katee Sackhoff founded the charity company The Acting Outlaws. With periodical causes of choice, the purpose of the company is to raise funds and awareness for causes Tricia and Katee find important to them. For details on the company and how to participate in advancing the ladies' causes of choice, please visit www.actingoutlaws.org.
Besides an actress and former model, Tricia is also an avid animal rights supporter and environmentalist. Please visit some of the below websites for more information on Tricia's supported causes and charities.
Tricia Helfer Fan (located at tricia-helfer.org/.net/.com) is an unofficial, non-profit fan-operated website dedicated to actress Tricia Helfer. We are in no way in contact or affiliated with Helfer or her management, nor do we claim such affiliation. This website was created for information and entertainment purposes only. Tricia Helfer Fan is proudly stalkerazzi-free.
Debuted Sep 2010 at the Toronto IFF.
Coming soon to Region 1 DVD.
Out on Region 1 DVD & Blu-Ray.
Premiered Nov 6 on Hallmark.
In post-production.
S2 complete; canceled.
Episode 1.10 aired Aug 3.
Episode 1.17 aired Mar 1.
Season 1 Saturdays on NBC.
Episode 9.01 aired Sep 19.
