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Tricia Helfer (born April 11, 1974), is a Canadian film and television actress and a former Victoria's Secret model.

Helfer was born in the rural community of Donalda in Stettler County, Alberta, Canada. She was raised on her family's grain farm. At the age of 17, while standing in line at a local movie theatre, she was "discovered" by modelling agency scout Kelly Streit. In 1992, she won Ford's Supermodel of the World Contest and was subsequently signed to the Elite modeling agency. She modelled clothes for Givenchy, Christian Dior, Claude Montana and Emanuel Ungaro, among others. Helfer has also appeared on the covers of fashion magazines in Canada, before moving to New York City to learn acting. She relocated to Los Angeles in 1996 to pursue a full-time film career. Apart from starring in a number of fashion documentaries, Helfer appeared on the comedy short and played the role of a model, Ashleigh James, in the May 16, 2002 episode "The Hunger Artist" on . She also became a noted beauty pageant judge for Miss Teen USA and Miss USA.

Helfer's most visible acting role to date has been as gynoid Cylon agent, Number Six, in the 2003 Sci Fi channel miniseries , was a huge ratings success, due in part to the visually attractive mind games between Number Six and scientist Dr. Gaius Baltar; it has now become a television series in which Helfer is a main cast member; the series has been renewed for a third season.

Early in 2004, Helfer was offered the role depicting Farrah Fawcett in the NBC telemovie magazine and was the magazine's wall calendar girl for 2005.

In November of 2005, Helfer was named as the host of , which is scheduled to debut in 2006.

Helfer has been married to lawyer Jonathen Marshall since 2002.