TRICIA HELFER (BATTLESTAR GALACTICA) WILL STAR IN NEW SYFY ORIGINAL EVENT SERIES ASCENSION
NEW YORK – April 30, 2014 – Syfy today announced that Tricia Helfer, who played the humanoid Cylon “Number Six” in the iconic award-winning series Battlestar Galactica, will star in the channel’s new original, six hour event series Ascension.
Helfer will play the beautiful, manipulative and dangerous “Viondra Denniger.” Viondra regards herself as a not-so-secret power broker aboard the Ascension. As the Captain’s wife, Viondra is afforded a position of power and privilege, which she leverages as the Ship’s Chief Steward.
In 1963, the U.S. government launched a covert space mission sending hundreds of men, women and children on a century-long voyage aboard the starship Ascension to populate a new world. Nearly 50 years into the journey, as they approach the point of no return, the mysterious murder of a young woman causes the ship’s population to question the true nature of their mission.
Ascension is an ambitious original drama created and written by Philip Levens (Smallville) who will serve as Executive Producer and Showrunner. The series will be produced in Montreal, QC by Sea To Sky Studios in association with Blumhouse Productions. Jason Blum (Stranded, The River, film franchises Paranormal Activity and The Purge) and Mark Stern are Executive Producers on the project along with Ivan Fecan, Tim Gamble and Brett Burlock on behalf of Sea To Sky Studios. The event series will be co-financed and distributed by Universal Cable Productions and Lionsgate Television.
Ascension is slated to launch in November 2014 and air through December.
Best known to TV audiences for her Leo Award-winning performance in Syfy’s Battlestar Galactica, Helfer recently toplined ABC’s drama Killer Women from Executive Producer Sofia Vergara. Previously, Helfer starred in Jerry Bruckheimer’s Dark Blue for TNT and guest starred on the hit series Burn Notice and Two and a Half Men. Her other guest starring roles include Chuck, Lie To Me, Franklin and Bash, Human Target and Warehouse 13.
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I recognize her from ABC's flop, Killer Women...
ReplyDeleteWell, this can't be worse than Killer Women. I might check it out.
ReplyDeleteYes! Love Tricia Helfer.
ReplyDeleteTricia seems best fit into scifi or as a villain or better villain in scifi
ReplyDeleteYour probably right, but, i'm surprised to hear 'it couldn't be worse' coming from you,lol...
ReplyDeleteSounds interesting
ReplyDeleteHeh. Fair enough. Let me qualify it then - In terms of Tricia Helfer's TV work, it can't be worse than Killer Women.
ReplyDeleteOoh, the cast is great so far!
ReplyDeleteIt actually sounds alright. I would love to see in a semi-successful sci-fi series again!
ReplyDeleteShe was on BSG and guested on Chuck.
ReplyDeleteAw, poor her. She is so so pretty.
ReplyDelete"I would love to see in a semi-successful sci-fi series again!"
ReplyDeleteThat was mean and nice at the same time. Hee hee.
Never seen neither ^^
ReplyDeleteAw, Chuck was nice. specially seasons 1 and 2. I really loved the show.
ReplyDeleteShe was also in Burn Notice, and was the voice of Black Cat in The Spectacular Spider-Man, The Grid in Tron: Uprising, and Boodikka in Green Lantern: First Flight.
ReplyDeleteAlso Kerrigan in Starcraft 2 and Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm.
ReplyDeleteOnly for information to all the Ascension will START to be made soon.
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