Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Helene's family moved to Montreal, Canada when she was a child. One of two daughters, Helene began her acting career as a child in shows for the CBC, CTV, and Global Canadian television networks. Helene studied at Montreal's Dome Theater school and pursued a degree in film communications at Montreal's Dawson College while continuing her acting career in Canadian movies (Pick Up Summer, My Bloody Valentine, Pin, Dead Zone, Hog Wild among them) before moving to New York for her soap series gig on As the World Turns. In Los Angeles, among the plays Helene has produced and directed, "Out in America" by Canadian writer Katie Ford won several prestigious Backstage West Awards for Production and Direction. While working as a series regular on the American CBS television series "Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman", Helene formed Fatty Pictures (later to be known as 5k-Films) and began to produce and direct Feature films. She has 3 independent movies to her credit to date (The Last Blue Day, If Tomorrow Comes, Employee of the Month). 5k-Films is presently slated to produce a Comedic Romantic Thriller "Zero Principal", a Horror film (tbd) and a documentary feature film (on malaria) with Dr. D. Rutledge Taylor which will take Helene to Africa and Colombia in 2005.
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