Summary
Tricia Helfercontinued her acting career long after the end of her iconic role inBattlestar Galactica. Before joining the 2005 reboot of the legendary 1978 science fiction series, she began her career as a fashion model in the early 1990s, winning the Ford Models' Supermodel of the World contest in 1992. She retired from the industry in 2002, moving on to a career in acting with early roles that included episodes ofCSI: Crime Scene InvestigationandJeremiah, as well as the Judd Nelson crime thrillerWhite Rush.
Helfer was part of theBattlestar Galacticacastin the 2005 series and continued playing one of the show’s main characters for all four seasons through its finale. On the show, she playedNumber Six, a group of identical Cylons designed to look like an icy blonde human woman. Overall, she starred in 67 of the show’s 74 episodes as well as appearing in the 2003 miniseries that preceded the show and the TV moviesRazorandThe Plan. She has not reprised the role since 2009, though she has appeared in a number of other titles since then.
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Tricia Helfer’s Movies & TV Shows Since Battlestar Galactica Ended
The Number Six Star Has Continued To Appear In Genre Projects
After theBattlestar Galacticaending, Tricia Helfercontinued to hold roles both on the big and small screens. This includes a variety of genre projects, with her most notable and longest-running television role in the meantime being onLucifer, where she played a variety of roles embodying Goddess, the mother of Lucifer who was for some time inhabiting the body of deceased lawyer Charlotte Richards. Other science fiction and fantasy roles she has taken on include playing Dracula in 2016’sVan Helsing, Angela Lange inPowers, and The Grid inTron: Uprising.
However, since the end of the show, she has not been limited to genre works. Helfer has expanded her range withroles including DA Erin Baxter inStep Up: High Waterand former Fox News host Alisyn Camerota inBombshell. She has also appeared in single episodes or short arcs in the showsS.W.A.T.,The Rookie,Creepshow,Suits,Community,Criminal Minds, andTwo and a Half Men. Below, see Tricia Helfer’s other notable post-Battlestarmovie and TV roles that have not yet been mentioned:
What Tricia Helfer Will Appear In Next
The Battlestar Galactica Actor Has Several Roles Lined Up
Tricia Helferwill not be stopping with the dozens of roles that she has already played since the end ofBattlestar Galactica. Even with the 2023 strike preventing actors from taking on new roles for quite some time throughout last year while fighting for fair pay, she has several projects lined up. This includesleading the upcoming indie dramaHello Beautifuland starring opposite Ryan Kwanten and Jeremy Piven in the upcomingPrimitive War, which pits Vietnam War soldiers against dinosaurs.
Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica is a science fiction television series that premiered in 2004. The plot follows the crew of the aging Battlestar Galactica as they protect a small fleet of human survivors from the renewed threat of the Cylons, in a quest to find the mythical 13th colony, Earth.
