Tricia Helfer Biography
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Tricia Helfer was born in Donalda,
Canada (Alberta) [on a grain farm] in 1974.
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It was not until 1991 when the
beautiful Tricia was discovered by modeling agency scout Kelly
Streit while waiting to get into a movie theater. He entered her
into Ford’s Supermodel of the World Contest the following year – and
she won. She was then picked up by the Elite Modeling agency.
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Over the next few years she was highly
in demand and appeared on covers and in magazines such as Elle
(8/93), Vogue and Cosmopolitan (7/98). She also
did runway modeling in the US, Canada and abroad. In addition, this
sexy model also worked on ads for Chanels Cristalle perfume,
Victoria Secrets lingerie and clothing for top designers (e.g.,
Christian Dior, Claud Montana, Emanuel Ungaro and Givenchy).
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In 1994, she tried her hand at being a
correspondent on a Canadian fashion television show called Ooh La
La. She loved being on the small screen and moved to Los
Angeles to further pursue her passion as an actress. Over the next
few years she had a few small roles in various television shows,
such as Unzipped in 1995 and Catwalk in 1996.
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It was not until 2000, in the comedy,
Eventual Wife, that she had her first starring role. Two
years later, she landed the lead role in Showtime’s Jermiah,
but it was cancelled after the first show. Other television
appearances, such as an episode on CSI followed over the next
two years.
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In 2002, she married her boyfriend
Johnathen Marshall, a prominent entertainment lawyer.
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Her movie debut came in 2003 in the
independent film White Rush, playing Eva, the lead female
role.
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Her big break in television came in
December 2003, when she took on the role of Number six, a Cylon (its
like a cyborg) on the sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica.
This led to being featured in Maxim magazine in 2000– and
appearing on Maxim’s 2005 calendar.
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In 2004 she was featured in Maxim
magazine and was the cover girl for Maxim’s sexy wall
calendar a year later. During 2004, she also portrayed Farrah
Fawcett in the made for TV movie Behind the Camera: The
Unauthorized Story of “Charlie's Angels.”
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The Battlestar Galactica series was so
popular that it was picked up for another round of episodes, so you
will be able to see her in the near future on television and on the
big screen in the upcoming movie Mem-o-re.
Biography by Ian Ripley,
PopStarsPlus.com, Sr. Staff Writer
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