Ggeneral information on Tricia Helfer accompanied by Tricia-related trivia.

• General Information
• Trivia

Full Name: Tricia Janine Helfer
Stage Name: Tricia Helfer
Date of Birth: April 11 1974
Place of Birth: Donalda, Alberta, Canada
Height: 5′ 10” (or 178 cm)
Eye Color: Grey-tinted blue
Hair Color: Her natural hair color is light brown
Starsign: Aries

Parents: Farmer parents Dennis and Elaine Helfer
Siblings: Two older sisters, Trena and Tara, and a younger sister, Tammy
Spouse: The L.A.-based entertainment lawyer Jonathan Marshall; married since 2003
Children: None
Pets: Tricia has adopted several of her 10 cats from the L.A. based animal shelter Kitten Rescue. (More information on Tricia’s charity work and advocacy for Kitten Rescue on our Supported Causes-page.)
Current Residence: Tricia currently lives with her husband Jonathan in Santa Monica, California, US. Tricia and Jonathan are also currently building and off-the-grid summer house in Alberta, Canada.

Profession: Actress; former model
Claim to Fame in Acting: The Battlestar Galactica miniseries (2003)
Claim to Fame in Modeling: Winning the 1992 Ford Supermodel of the World Contest

• Tricia is reportedly severely allergic to certain make-up.

• Tricia portrays General Kilian Qatar in the Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars video game. She is also credited for appearing the follow-up game, Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath, but appears in it only in archived footage from Tiberium Wars.

• Before modeling and acting, Tricia originally planned to study university animal psychology.

• Tricia grew up almost entirely without television, because her parents didn’t own one.

• Tricia takes care of her physique by doing yoga.

• Tricia was ranked #83 on men’s magazine Maxim‘s “Hot 100 of 2005″ list. On the 2006 list she was #95. On FHM‘s “100 Sexiest Women in the World of 2007″, she was ranked #63, while in 2008 she was ranked as high as #8.

• For the role of the battered Number Six copy Gina in Season 2 of Battlestar Galactica, Tricia had three hours worth of make-up applied to her. It took an hour to take off.

• Tricia was very conscious of her body in her teens and feared she was underweight.

• Tricia’s measurements are reportedly 34-24-34.

• Tricia has modeled for Victoria’s Secret.

• Tricia posed nude for an exclusive pictorial in the February 2007 issue of the (in)famous men’s mag Playboy. She had complete creative control throughout, and handpicked photographer Sante D’Orazio for the Acapulco shoot.

• Considering Tricia’s modeling background, it is ironic that one of her first ever acting gigs should’ve been to portray a self-destructive and severely bulimic top model, in an episode of the popular forensics drama CSI in 2002.

• Tricia’s parents are both farmers and continue to run their grain-and-chicken farm in Alberta, Canada. Although Tricia was too sensitive to kill chickens in her youth, she did have to “clean” them (i.e. “chop [them] up and pull the guts out”).

• Tricia’s former Battlestar Galactica co-star Katee Sackhoff (aka. Kara “Starbuck” Thrace) is one of her best friends.

• Tricia, her husband Jonathan Marshall and her best friend Katee Sackhoff are all motorcycling enthusiasts. Tricia herself owns a Harley-Davidson 2009 Rocker C with a lavender custom paint, as well as the 105th Anniversary Edition of the Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200, in the traditional Harley orange and black.

• Tricia and Jonathan house a whopping 10 cats, named Bella, Delilah, Bug, Lilly, Caesar, Mr. Nix, Frankie, Lebron, Rigby and Fiona.

• Tricia is a vegetarian but eats some fish, which is why she often calls herself a “pescatarian”.

• Tricia doesn’t smoke.

• Tricia once dated actor Nathan Fillion.