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Helen Carey

Helen Carey

Birthday: 1944-01-13 | Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
The Oresteia

as    Nurse/Chorus F

2010
The Next Three Days

as    Grace Brennan

2009
Julie & Julia

as    Louisette Bertholle

2007
Little Children

as    Jean

2002
The Emperor's Club

as    Miss Johnston