Helen Carey
Born: 1944-01-13 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Helen Carey – American actress, born 13 January 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. A distinguished stage actress who has toured internationally (Ontario, Dublin, Washington, Broadway), she earned a Theatre World Award and a Tony Award nomination for London Assurance (1997), and has also appeared in Pygmalion, Anthony and Cleopatra, Macbeth, and Hedda Gabler (2009, as Juliane Tesman). She holds three Helen Hayes Awards for her Washington appearances. Her most notable film roles include a Federal Clerk in The Pelican Brief (1993), The Queen in Black Knight (2001), Miss Johnston in The Emperor's Club (2002), Jean in Little Children (2006, opposite Kate Winslet), Ellen Campbell in 21 (2008), Louisette Bertholle in Julie & Julia (2009), and Grace Brennan in The Next Three Days (2010, opposite Russell Crowe). On television she is best known for A.S.A. Maggie Conroy in Homicide: Life on the Street (1995–1997, 7 episodes), Charlotte Swan in Law & Order (1999–2005, 4 episodes), Peggy Fitzgerald in Brotherhood (2006–2007, 6 episodes), Judge Helen Davis in House (2007), and guest appearances in Seinfeld (1998), Without a Trace (2004), The Good Wife (2013), and Political Animals (2012).
Filmography
2021
- The Oresteia as Nurse/Chorus F
2012
- Political Animals as French President
2010
- The Next Three Days as Grace Brennan
2009
- The Good Wife as Francesca
- Julie & Julia as Louisette Bertholle
- American Primitive as Mrs. Yates
2008
- 21 as Ellen Campbell
2006
- Brotherhood as Peggy Fitzgerald
- Little Children as Jean
2004
- House as Judge Helen Davis
2002
- Without a Trace as Andrea Wilson
- The Emperor's Club as Miss Johnston
2001
- Black Knight as The Queen
1998
- Just the Ticket as Mrs. Bennett, N.Y. Times Food Critic
1997
- The Practice as Dr. Kobatch
1993
- Homicide: Life on the Street as Maggie Conroy
- The Pelican Brief as Federal Clerk
1990
- Law & Order as Charlotte Swan
1988
- Hothouse as Mrs. Austen