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Helen Grace (born Helen Scragg, August 20th 1971 in Hertfordshire, England) is a British actress who trained at the Drama Centre London.

Her career began with her 1996 portrayal of the incestuous Georgia Simpson in the controversial Channel 4 television soap opera Brookside, for which she is probably still best known. She undertook this role "for the experience" and as a springboard for her career more than for celebrity, and was less than pleased with some of the early attention she received. However, she won her share of praise from respectable quarters for her handling of this difficult role, and at the beginning of 1997, appeared alongside fellow soap stars of the day Patsy Palmer and Tracy Shaw in a Vogue magazine issue celebrating the British woman. Upon leaving Brookside, she appeared in two series' (1998 and 1999) of Roger Roger, a BBC1 sitcom penned by Only Fools and Horses creator John Sullivan, set in a London minicab firm. Although much of her television work since has fallen somewhat short of her potential, roles in popular dramas such as ITV1s Bad Girls have won her new fans, and she has a well-kept website. She recently appeared as the wife of Gregor Antonsecu (played by David Suchet) in an acclaimed revival of Terence Rattigan's Man and Boy at the Duchess Theatre, London. She has also appeared alongside Honor Blackman in Tennesse Williams' The Glass Menagerie at the Theatre Royal York (November 1999).

She is married, with one daughter, and currently lives in Sussex.

Trivia

Grew up in Northwood, Hillingdon
Is an only child
Has a Psychology degree from Durham University, (1992) and A Levels in Maths and Sciences
Plays the piano
Is a talented skier
Applied to RADA but messed up by mixing up playwrights John Osbourne and Joe Orton during her pre-audition interview
Has lived in the North London area much of her professional life
Dream theatre role would be Beatrice Joanna in The Changeling

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