The English actress Helena Michell, who was born in Australia in 1963, made her movie debut alongside her father Keith Michell, her mother Jeanette Sterke, and her brother Paul Michell in the 1974 film Moments (1974). Paul did not follow in his parents' footsteps, but Helena did. After three years of training with the Bristol Old Vic, she made her proper debut in the B.B.C. Brush Strokes (1986) in 1986. Over the next 21 years, she appeared in numerous TV and movie roles.