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Tricia Helfer

Tricia Helfer

Actor · Born April 11, 1974 (52) · Donalda, Alberta, Canada

Tricia Janine Helfer (born April 11, 1974) is a Canadian actress and former model, best known for her role as Number Six in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica miniseries and television series, her role as "Carla" on Burn Notice, Dark Blue as FBI Special Agent Alex Rice,  and for hosting the first season of Canada's Next Top Model. She became actively involved in different charity events, from animal rescue  to the oil spill in the Gulf. She also posed nude in Playboy in 2007.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 11, 1974 (52)
From
Donalda, Alberta, Canada
Works as
Actor
Titles
56 on MovieCove · 79 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 1% in 30 days

What are Tricia Helfer's films like?

Across their 28 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Genres

Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 16th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
25%
Survival
24%
Self
20%
Morality
16%
Society
8%
Power
7%
Ideas
2%
Survival9 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 19 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 12 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 8 · Charged 5 · Intense 6

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 8 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 11 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 14 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

14 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 6 of 14 analyzed roles.

Hero
6 of 14
Shadow
3 of 14
Ally
3 of 14
Mentor
1 of 14
Threshold guardian
1 of 14
Show the 14 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
20
Hopeful
9
Dread
6
Warm
6
Melancholic
8
Other
25

How their films linger

Hopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet17
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Tricia Helfer's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 44 of their 56 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Tricia Helfer's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

79 credits, 56 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Anna Pigeon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 10 episodes · as Molly Pigeon

  • Primitive War(2025)

    as Sofia

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Hello Beautiful (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft(2024)

    Show 6 episodes · as Mila (voice)

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows

  • The Great Salish Heist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Gloria

  • Mama Dearest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Angela

  • Splinter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Captain O'Neill

  • Spin Me Round(2022)

    as Sofia

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Crazy Cat Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Producer · Actor

  • Big Shot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Lillian Gruzinsky

  • It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas(2019)

    as Sarah Reed

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Bombshell(2019)

    as Alisyn Camerota

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Creepshow(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Lydia Layne

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • The Rookie(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Claire Ivey

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Bedtime Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Elizabeth

  • Step Up: High Water(2018)

    Show 10 episodes · as Erin

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • S.W.A.T.(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Elle Trask

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Sun, Sand & Romance(2017)

    as Kate

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Operation Christmas(2016)

    as Olivia Young

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Van Helsing(2016)

    Show 20 episodes · as Dracula

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • Isolation(2015)

    as Lydia Masterson

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Lucifer(2016)

    Show 47 episodes · as Charlotte Richards

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Con Man(2015)

    Show 3 episodes · as Louise

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Powers(2015)

    Show 5 episodes · as Angela Lange

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Ascension(2014)

    Show 3 episodes · as Viondra Denniger

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • The Librarians(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Karen Willis

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • 37 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Christina

  • Authors Anonymous(2014)

    as Sigrid Hagenguth

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Killer Women(2014)

    Show 6 episodes · as Molly Parker

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • Finding Christmas(2013)

    as Ryan Harrison

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Rick and Morty(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Donna Gueterman / Federation Robot (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Dangerous Intuition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Kate Aldrich

  • Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome(2012)

    as Humanoid Cylon (uncredited) (voice)

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Tron: Uprising(2012)

    Show 18 episodes · as The Grid

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Bloodwork(2012)

    as Dr. Wilcox

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • PostHuman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Kali (voice)

  • Key and Peele(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Agent Jackson

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • The Firm(2012)

    Show 12 episodes · as Alex Clark

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • 17th Precinct (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Morgana Kurlansky

  • Mistletoe Over Manhattan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Lucy Martel

  • Suits(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · as Evan Smith

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Franklin & Bash(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Brett Caiman

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Forger(2012)

    as Sasha

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • No Ordinary Family(2010)

    Show 20 episodes · as Sophie Adler

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • The Whole Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Bitsie Katz

  • A Beginner's Guide to Endings(2010)

    as Miranda

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Open House(2010)

    as Lila

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Amanda Smyth · as Aphrodite · as Aphrodite / Amanda Smyth (voice)

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Human Target(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Stephanie Dobbs

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Battlestar Galactica: The Plan(2009)

    as Number Six / Shelly Godfrey

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Community(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Lauren

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • The Super Hero Squad Show(2009)

    Show 52 episodes · as Sif

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows

  • Green Lantern: First Flight(2009)

    as Boodikka (voice)

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Dark Blue(2009)

    Show 10 episodes · as Alex Rice

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Warehouse 13(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · as Agent Bonnie Belski

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Lie to Me(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Naomi Russell

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Hidden Crimes(2009)

    as Julia Carver

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Dealership (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Rachel Carson

  • The Spectacular Spider-Man(2008)

    Show 2 episodes · as Black Cat (voice) · as Felicia Hardy / Black Cat (voice)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Battlestar Galactica: Razor(2007)

    as Number Six / Gina Inviere

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Green Chain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as The Star - Leila Cole

  • Chuck(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Agent Alex Forrest

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Walk All Over Me(2007)

    as Celene

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Burn Notice(2007)

    Show 7 episodes · as Carla Baxter

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Spiral(2007)

    as Sasha

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Them (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Naomi Tyler Moore

  • Memory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Stephanie Jacobs

  • The Genius Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Ally Simon

  • Canada's Next Top Model (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 24 episodes · Actor

  • Criminal Minds(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · as Izzy Rogers

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Supernatural(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Molly McNamara

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Battlestar Galactica(2004)

    Show 73 episodes · as Number Six

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Farrah Fawcett-Majors

  • Battlestar Galactica(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · as Number Six

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Two and a Half Men(2003)

    Show 3 episodes · as Gail

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • White Rush(2003)

    as Eva

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Ashleigh James

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Eventual Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Inga

  • Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 79 titles, 78 of them dated from 2000 to 2026; peak year 2006.

Biggest box office

Primitive War (2025)

$1.3M worldwide

Highest rated

Battlestar Galactica (2004)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Lucifer (2016)

Film career

20002026

Peak 2006 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 8 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting79 of 79: 78 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score70thProducing1 of 79: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

2000s29 · acting2010s39 · acting2020s10 · 10 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 25% of 20 roles
061116

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Tricia Helfer's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 21; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Approval · how many liked their films

32ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Reach · how many have seen their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Midcredits score across 56 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up24
  • 50th to 74th15
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th9

Shape of the crowd

21 of their 56 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved17
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser21
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · actor

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (2024)

79th percentile spread · 33% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Battlestar Galactica (2004)

Midcredits 98th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 57/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 38. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Tricia Helfer's work okay for kids?

Across up to 11 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore8 titles44–72 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity11 titles29–56 · median 46 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity8 titles26–81 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles22–63 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles46–70 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Tricia Helfer work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tricia Helfer's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Edward James Olmos shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Producers

Mixed roles