Helen Shaver
Helen Shaver is a Canadian stage, film and television actress and director. She attended the Banff School of Fine Arts and studied Acting at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She started acting at 18, collaborating with industry giants like Scorsese and Spielberg. Her performances earned awards—Theatreworld Award for "Jake’s Woman," Genies for "In Praise of Older Women" (Best Actress) and "Who Has Seen the Wind" (Best Supporting Actress). Transitioning to directing, she helmed episodes for various series and directed Emmy-winning films like "Summer’s End." Despite childhood illness, her resilience led her to study acting and excel in her craft.
Filmography (88)
Souls of Totality
Women in Love: Desert Hearts
Birthday Cake- Down River
A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride
Numb
The L Word
The 4400
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
The Keeper
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
The Risen
The Education of Max Bickford
Bear with Me
Common Ground
The Wishing Tree
We All Fall Down
The Sweetest Gift- Egg Salad
The Craft
Tremors 2: Aftershocks
Poltergeist: The Legacy
Rowing Through
The Outer Limits
Born to Be Wild
Falling For You
Open Season
Ride with the Wind
Without Consent
The Forget-Me-Not Murders- Janek: The Silent Betrayal
Murder So Sweet
Morning Glory
Survive The Night
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
Trial & Error- Trial and Error
That Night
Fatal Memories
Zebrahead
WIOU
Pair of Aces
Mothers, Daughters and Lovers
Tree of Hands
B.L. Stryker
Walking After Midnight
Calling the Shots- No Blame
The Land Before Time
The Grand Knockout Tournament
The Believers
Lost!
The Color of Money
The Park Is Mine
Many Happy Returns
The Men's Club
Amazing Stories
Desert Hearts
The Ray Bradbury Theater
The War Boy
Body Double
Countdown to Looking Glass
Best Defense
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
The Osterman Weekend
Off Your Rocker
Between Two Brothers
T. J. Hooker
Harry Tracy, Desperado
Hill Street Blues
Jessica Novak
Gas- United States
Coming Out Alive
The Amityville Horror
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
High-Ballin'
In Praise of Older Women
Who Has Seen the Wind
Search and Rescue
Outrageous!
Starship Invasions
The Supreme Kid
Shoot
The Naked Man
The Overlanders
Columbo- Film '72
Crew (48)
- The Penguin
- The New Look
- Matlock
- Quantum Leap
- Maid
- Station Eleven
- Snowpiercer
- Happy Place
- Impulse
- Anne with an E
- 13 Reasons Why
- Westworld
- Travelers
- Sneaky Pete
- Vikings
- Reign
- Orphan Black
- Elementary
- Revolution
- The Firm
- Person of Interest
- Combat Hospital
- Castle
- Make It or Break It
- Stargate Universe
- Crusoe
- Private Practice
- Journeyman
- Jericho
- The Unit
- Vanished
- Ultra
- Medium
- Close to Home
- The Man Who Lost Himself
- The O.C.
- Dead Like Me
- Joan of Arcadia
- Just Cause
- Due East
- The District
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Summer's End
- Judging Amy
- Beggars and Choosers
- The Net
- Dead Man's Gun
- Nature