Biography

Helen Grace was born in Hertfordshire, England. Her career began with her 1996 portrayal of "Georgia Simpson" in the controversial Channel 4 television soap opera, Brookside (1982). She appeared in two series (1998 and 1999) of Roger Roger (1998), a BBC1 sitcom penned by Only Fools and Horses (1981) creator, John Sullivan. She has also made numerous TV guest appearances, including Hercule Poirot (1989), Les condamnées (1999), Cold feet: Amours et petits bonheurs (1997), Inspecteur Barnaby (1997) and Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story (2008).

On stage, she appeared as the wife of "Gregor Antonsecu" (played by David Suchet) in the acclaimed revival of Terence Rattigan's "Man and Boy" at the Duchess Theatre, London. She has also appeared in Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" at the Theatre Royal York (November 1999), alongside Honor Blackman and in Don Taylor's "The Road to the Sea" at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond (2003). She recently spent eighteen months in the role of "Marjorie Houseman" (Baby's mum) in the stage version of "Dirty Dancing" at the Aldwych Theatre in London's West End.

Her film work includes Hello, Friend (2003), in which she plays the wife of a man whose life is blighted by a piece of demonic computer software. The film was written by "IT Crowd" creator, Graham Linehan.

In Lord Edgware Dies (2000), she played "Jane Wilkinson".

- IMDb mini biography by: soapfan