Tricia Helfer is a Canadian model-turned-actress who has developed her resume beyond the catwalk to include a diverse array of roles highlighting her versatile and natural screen presence. Best known for her Leo award-winning lead performance as the humanoid Cylon ‘Number Six’ in the critically acclaimed SyFy series, Battlestar Galactica (written and produced by Ronald D. Moore), Helfer has gone on to book leading roles on a wide variety of networks.

Currently, Tricia can be seen on the Netflix series Lucifer as Charlotte Richards, goddess of all creation and the mother to the title character, Lucifer, played by Tom Ellis. The show is on its sixth season. She also portrays a female version of the classic character Dracula on the SyFy Channel series Van Helsing, currently filming its fifth season.

Born in Donalda, Alberta, Canada, Helfer launched her modeling career at age 17 and erupted into an international superstar after winning the Ford Models’ ‘Supermodel of the World Contest’ in 1992. Her modeling credits include appearances in high-end ad campaigns for Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Versace, Givenchy, and Dolce & Gabbana as well as covers for national publications such as ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Flare, and Vogue.

In 2002 Helfer turned her focus to acting, moving to Los Angeles and quickly earning a guest star spot on the second season finale of C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation. The following year she earned her break with Battlestar Galactica, achieving a remarkably fast and successful transition into acting. During her hiatus from Battlestar Galactica Helfer portrayed the legendary Farrah Fawcett in NBC’s film Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie’s Angels. She furthered expanded her portfolio by starring as Stephanie Jacobs opposite Dennis Hopper and Billy Zane in the independent feature, Memory, and later starred alongside Leelee Sobieski in another independent film, Walk All Over Me - which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2007. 

Helfer returned to the small-screen in 2008 joining the cast of the USA Network’s hit series Burn Notice for a multi-episode arc. The next year she filmed recurring guest spots on the award-winning CBS comedy Two and a Half Men while appearing on Fox’s crime shows Chuck and Lie to Me. In 2010 Helfer booked a series regular role on a ten-episode arc of Jerry Bruckheimer’s Dark Blue starring opposite Dylan McDermott and appeared again at the Toronto International Film Festival in the film A Beginner’s Guide to Endings starring Harvey Keitel, Scott Caan, and JK Simmons. Tricia also starred in Authors Anonymous with Kaley Cuoco and as a recurring character in USA Network’s fan favorite show, Suits.

In early 2014 Helfer was the lead of the ABC series Killer Women. The series followed beautiful badass Molly Parker (Helfer) in the notorious Texas Rangers Frontier Patrol as she pursued justice, despite being embroiled in a continuous fight for her peers’ respect. That same year Helfer was again the lead in the Syfy channel’s original miniseries, Ascension, from Blumhouse Productions in conjunction with Lionsgate. Helfer portrayed Viondra Denniger, a manipulative and dangerous power broker aboard the Ascension. Helfer also recently was seen in Sony and Playstations’ Powers playing Agent Lange opposite Sharlto Copely.

Most recently Tricia has appeared on the Shudder series Creepshow, a reboot of the 80s horror film produced by Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead), as well as a guest role on the CBS series S.W.A.T.. Other projects have included two Hallmark Channel movies, Operation Christmas (2016) and It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (2019), a guest spot on Comedy Central’s Key & Peele, as well as an appearance in the 2019 film Bombshell starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Margot Robbie.

Adding to her impressive resume, Helfer has done prolific voice-over work in mega-hit video game franchises including playing the roles of Commander Veronica Dare in Halo: ODST, EDI in Mass Effect 2 and 3, Sarah Kerrigan in Blizzard Entertainment’s StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, for which she won the 2010 VGA for ‘Best Performance by a Human Female,’ as well as in StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. She also showcased her voice talent in animated productions such as Cartoon Network’s TV movie Green Lantern: First Flight, Disney XD’s The Spectacular Spiderman and TRON: Uprising, and Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty.

In addition to acting, Helfer continues to support as many causes as she can, as she strongly believes in giving back. Currently, she is working with the Humane Society of United States, Best Friends Animal Society, AmFAR, PETA, Kitten Rescue, and Richmond Animal Protection Society.

Tricia, who has dual citizenship in the US and Canada, currently resides in Los Angeles.