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Tricia Helfer was born in Donalda, Alberta, Canada where she was raisedon the family grain farm. She fell into modeling in high school when anagent discovered her in the line up of the local movie theatre and sent herto New York. There she won the “Ford Supermodel of the World Contest”and began her career working for magazines such as “Elle,” “Vogue,” and“Cosmopolitan.”Her campaigns include the likes of Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Giorgio Armaniand she has graced the catwalks of designers such as Versace, DolceGabbana, and Christian Dior to name a few.While modeling, Helfer also worked as a correspondent reporter forCanada’s “Ooh La La” Fashion Television where she realized a passion foracting during an on-camera class. This prompted her move to Los Angelesin 2002 where she quickly landed the role of ‘Sarah,’ in the two-hourpremiere of the Showtime series, “Jeremiah.” Helfer memorably gueststarred as a model who tries to cut off her own face on the hit series“C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation,” and the lead role of ‘Eva’ in theindependent feature “White Rush.”Helfer started 2003 off by starring in the Scifi miniseries “BattlestarGalactica” where she played the humanoid Cylon ‘Number Six’ and alsofilmed the lead role of ‘Farrah Fawcett’ in the “Behind the Camera: TheUnauthorized Story of Charlie’s Angels” on NBC. In 2004, Helfer reprisedher role of ‘Number Six’ in the first season of “Battlestar Galactica.”2005 was busy for Helfer as she filmed the lead role of ‘Stephanie Jacobs’in the independent feature “Mem(o)re” opposite Dennis Hopper, gueststarred on “The Collector” as ‘Janis’, filmed the mockumentary, “The GreenChain” as ‘Leila Cole’, filmed the independent feature “Spiral” as ‘Sasha’with David Joel Moore and reprised ‘Number Six’ for the second season ofthe critically acclaimed series Battlestar Galactica.Starting off 2006, Helfer filmed the lead role of ‘Ally’ in the independentfeature “The Genius Club” and then headed into new territory, hosting andproducing “Canada’s Next Top Model.” Currently, Helfer is in productionfilming the third season of the award winning show “Battlestar Galactica,”where she again brings back the chilling ‘Number Six.’