Helen Grace

Helen Grace (born 20 August 1971, in Hertfordshire) is an English actress perhaps best known for her controversial role as the incestuous Georgia Simpson on the Channel 4 soap Brookside.

Biography and Career

Born Helen Victoria Scragg, she grew up as an only child in Northwood, attended St. Helen's School and obtained a psychology degree from Durham University. She later trained to be an actress at the Drama Centre London, now part of the University of the Arts, London.

Her career began in 1996 with her role on Brookside as Georgia Simpson, who was in an incestuous relationship with her younger brother. The storyline attracted considerable press attention at the time. 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.

Helen Grace (director)

Helen M. Grace is a Welsh film director (Are You Ready for Love?).

Background

She graduated in Law at Cambridge University before training in film directing and screenwriting.

Awards

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