Tricia Helfer
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"Number Six"/"Shelly Godfrey"/"Gina"
Victoria's Secret model Tricia Helfer was born in Donalda, Alberta, Canada in 1974. The 1992 Ford Supermodel of the World winner and former Elite model has graced the covers of such magazines as Elle, Amica Italia and Cosmopolitan UK, and has walked the runways for Christian Dior, Givenchy, Claude Montana, Emanuel Ungaro and other top fashion designers. Besides Victoria's Secret, she has appeared in advertisements for clients including Giorgio Armani, Oil of Olay and Saks Fifth Avenue.
After doing correspondent work for the Canadian style/fashion TV-magazine series Ooh La La, Helfer gained attention as an actress when she played the lead female role of Sarah, the hero's love interest, in the two-hour premiere of the Showtime series Jeremiah. She later memorably played a teen model who tries to cut off her own face in an episode of the hit series C.S.I. and starred as Farrah Fawcett-Majors in the 2004 telefilm Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels. Helfer, who can be seen in the modeling documentaries Catwalk and Unzipped, also appears in the comedy short Eventual Wife, seen on HBO/Cinemax and on the AtomFilms Web site.
According to an interview in Starburst magazine, Helfer was originally very confused on how to portray a humanoid robot, so Edward James Olmos told her to watch the sci-fi classic "Blade Runner" (which Olmos co-starred in). Helfer said that watching Blade Runner grealy informed her on how to play her role.
Although the character Number Six has platinum blonde hair, Tricia is a natural brunette.