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Tricia Janine Helfer (born April 11, 1974), is a Canadian model and actress best known for her role as Number Six in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica miniseries and television series. As the sexy villainess Number 6, an all-too human-looking Cylon robot on the Sci Fi Channel’s remake of “Battlestar: Galactica” (miniseries 2003; series 2005 - ), the statuesque blonde actress Tricia Helfer embodied every fan’s dream and nightmare combined in her breakthrough role. 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 modeling agency scout Kelly Streit. Helfer started her career as a model, beginning at the age of 16. Just two years later, she won the Ford modeling agency’s “Supermodel of the Year” contest. After appearing as herself in “Catwalk” (1996) she has served as a celebrity judge on “Miss USA” and “Miss Teen USA.” 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 also regularly appeared in photo shoots by Maxim magazine, was the magazine's wall calendar girl for 2005, and was was ranked #57 on the Maxim's Hot 100 Women of 2007. She 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 on Battlestar Galactica (see section below). Her modeling career made her a shoe-in for the part of a dead model on “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," after a guest appearance on the series, “Jeremiah” (2002). Her silver screen roles include parts in “The Eventual Wife” (2000) and “White Rush” (2003). Prior to her breakthrough role, her most high-profile turn was playing Farrah Fawcett in the backstage telepic “Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie’s Angels” (2004). 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'. 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. 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. Unlike other castmembers, Helfer didn't inherit an established role when she was cast in "Galactica," and thus had the freedom to create it completely on her own, resulting in a character that was a blisteringly fun high-point in an otherwise gritty space drama. Following in the footsteps of classic evil-but-sultry sci-fi females–from Natasha Henstridge in “Species” to Kristanna Loken in “Terminator 3”--Helfer’s menacing seductress goes even a step further, bluring the line of reality and imagination as she taunts her human mark, the weak-willed, egocentric human computer genius Baltar (James Callis). In 2003, the television series Battlestar Galactica was used as the basis for a new three hour miniseries on the Sci Fi channel. The project was written and produced by Ronald D. Moore and directed by Michael Rymer. Helfer played the role of Number Six, a humanoid Cylon operative. She continued that role as a regular cast member in the subsequent series, which entered its fourth and final season in 2008. |
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