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

• Below — Director
• Matlock — Director
• The New Look — Director, Producer
• The Penguin — Director
• Quantum Leap — Director
• Maid — Director
• Station Eleven — Director
• 2020Happy Place — Director
• Snowpiercer — Director
• Impulse — Director
• 2018Souls of Totality
• 13 Reasons Why — Director
• Anne with an E — Director
• Travelers — Director
• Westworld — Director
• Sneaky Pete — Director
• 2013Birthday Cake — Judith Ferguson
• 2013Down River — Pearl
• Orphan Black — Director
• Reign — Director
• Vikings — Director
• Elementary — Director
• Revolution — Director
• The Firm — Director
• Combat Hospital — Director
• Person of Interest — Director
• Castle — Director
• Make It or Break It — Director
• Stargate Universe — Director
• 2008A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride — Rose
• Crusoe — Director
• Journeyman — Director
• 2007Numb — Audrey Milbank
• Private Practice — Director
• Jericho — Director
• The Unit — Director
• 2006Ultra — Director
• Vanished — Director
• Close to Home — Director
• Medium — Director
• 2005The Man Who Lost Himself — Director
• The 4400 — Barbara Yates, Director
• 2004The Keeper — Ruthie
• The L Word — Faye Buckley
• 2003D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear — Sandy Moose
• Dead Like Me — Director
• Joan of Arcadia — Director
• The O.C. — Director
• 2003The Risen — Lynn Todd
• 2002Due East — Producer, Director
• Just Cause — Director
• The Education of Max Bickford — Erica Bettis
• 2000Bear with Me — Sara Bradley
• 2000Common Ground — Janet
• The District — Director
• Beggars and Choosers — Director
• Judging Amy — Director
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Director
• 1999Summer's End — Director
• 1999The Wishing Tree — Wallis
• 1999We All Fall Down — Sherry
• The Net — Director
• 1998The Sweetest Gift — Mrs. Martin
• Dead Man's Gun — Director
• 1996Egg Salad — Gladys
• Poltergeist: The Legacy — Rachel Corrigan, MD, Director
• 1996Rowing Through — Slim
• 1996The Craft — Grace
• 1996Tremors 2: Aftershocks — Kate 'White' Reilly
• 1995Born to Be Wild — Margaret Heller
• 1995Falling For You — Mary
• 1995Open Season — Rachel Rowen
• The Outer Limits — Cathy Kress, Director
• 1994Janek: The Silent Betrayal — Monique Dessier
• 1994Ride with the Wind — Katherine Barnes
• 1994The Forget-Me-Not Murders — Monique
• 1994Without Consent — Nora Fields
• 1993Bethune: The Making of a Hero — Mrs. Dowd
• 1993Morning Glory — Lula Peak
• 1993Murder So Sweet — Edie Ballew
• 1993Survive The Night — Stacy
• 1993Trial & Error — Katherine Woodfield
• 1993Trial and Error — Katherine Woodfield
• 1992Fatal Memories — Elaine Tipton
• 1992That Night — Ann O'Connor
• 1992Zebrahead — Diane
• 1990Pair of Aces — Rose
• WIOU — Kelby Robinson
• B.L. Stryker — Diane Decker
• 1989Mothers, Daughters and Lovers — Claire Nichols
• 1989Tree of Hands — Benet Archdale
• 1988No Blame — Amy Donaldson
• 1988The Land Before Time — Littlefoot's Mother (voice)
• 1987The Believers — Jessica Halliday
• 1986Lost!
• 1986Many Happy Returns — Sally Robinson
• 1986The Color of Money — Janelle
• 1986The Men's Club — Sarah (uncredited)
• 1986The Park Is Mine — Valery
• Amazing Stories — Karen
• 1985Desert Hearts — Vivian Bell
• The Ray Bradbury Theater — Miss Haight
• 1985The War Boy — Maria
• 1984Best Defense — Claire
• 1984Body Double — Gloria Revelle (voice) (uncredited)
• 1984Countdown to Looking Glass — Dorian Waldorf
• Philip Marlowe, Private Eye — Belle Delaguerra
• 1983The Osterman Weekend — Virginia Tremayne
• 1982Between Two Brothers — Susan Frazer
• 1982Harry Tracy, Desperado — Catherine Tuttle
• Nature — Director
• 1982Off Your Rocker — Miss Beecher
• T. J. Hooker — Lisa Jericho
• 1981Gas — Rhonda
• Hill Street Blues — Teresa Hyler
• Jessica Novak
• 1980Coming Out Alive — Isobel
• United States — Libby Chapin
• 1979The Amityville Horror — Carolyn
• 1978High-Ballin' — Pickup
• 1978In Praise of Older Women — Ann MacDonald
• 1978Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II — Patty
• 1977Outrageous! — Jo
• Search and Rescue — Dr. Liz Warren
• 1977Starship Invasions — Betty Duncan
• 1977Who Has Seen the Wind — Ruth Thompson
• 1976Shoot — Paula
• 1976The Naked Man
• 1976The Supreme Kid — Girl hitch-hiker
• 1974The Overlanders — Mrs. O'Mara
• Columbo — Vivian Dimitri

Appearances as themselves (6)

• 2017Women in Love: Desert Hearts — Self
• 2004Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' — Self
• 1988Calling the Shots — Self
• 1988Walking After Midnight — Self
• 1987The Grand Knockout Tournament — Self
• Film '72 — Self