Helen was born in Tallinn, 12.12.1972 as the second child to a family of engineers. Her father emigrated to Russia when she was only a year old. A childhood without a father left a strong impact on the girl’s soul and creativity. Despite this, the little girl entertained her family through her improvisational talent and performances. At the age of four, she effortlessly conjured up amusing verses and her show dance routines were born within seconds. Despite growing up poor, Helen’s childhood was a happy one. The diligent and versatile girl’s school days were spent with her mother and brother in a communal apartment on Kunderi Street, studying for hours at the writing desk, keeping a journal, yearning for love, and dreaming big. Dreams of the film world and acting have been with Helen her whole life. The saddest moments in life were comforted by imagining a compassionate, tearful audience on the other side of the imaginary screen. The skinny and pale schoolgirl gained confidence from leading a small theater group with her classmates from the neighborhood, winning repeated titles of the best declaimer, and coming in second at the national German language debate competition. The small parody acts and sketches evolved over a few years into a serious interest in acting, leading her to spend several years on the school theater stage. At the age of 14, Helen was struck by inspiration, and her creativity turned deep and philosophical. Soon, she felt an irresistible need to share her message with the audience, and thus, her first original solo performance was born. Helen’s writings were considered the best in school; her compositions were characterized by emotionality, intellectual depth, and early maturity in wisdom. Helen develioped her acting skills under Estonian stage directors Priit Hummel and Peeter Jalakas, who advised her to take her acting to a professional level.

1991. was very eventful in many different ways. Graduating high school, marriage, first year of university and the birth of a daughter. Overcoming difficulties and challenges, Helen continued to pursue her dreams. Helen’s second solo performance took her to various stages, not only in Estonia but also before American audiences. The ovations and heartfelt feedback from the audience gave the young woman the idea to release her first original album. Altogether, Helen has independently produced 5 original albums, one DVD, and four CD records, highly praised by several Estonian musicians such as Jaan Sööt and the late Henry Laks, as well as globally renowned 80s star Nick van Eede (Cutting Crew). Helen organized a grand reception and concert tour in Estonia for Nick van Eede in the summer of 2011, in collaboration with Berit Concerts and Peep Veedla, the organizer of Viru Folk festival.

Producing an album has been only one of Helen’s many achievements.

She has been fortunate to achieve success and garner media attention in all her works and endeavors, including her involvement in education, tourism, and international projects since 1998. As a promoter of Erasmus+ and other lifelong learning projects, Helen received national recognition by securing the second place in a nationwide competition. Her diverse activities have been captured in the documentary film “Maximum Program” by theater artist Kristi Leppik, which also characterizes Helen’s perfectionism and life goal – to reach and achieve as much as possible.

Already during university, Helen made a living as an English private teacher and as a voice actress for TV and radio commercials, voicing automated phone greetins and participating in dubbing animated films into Estonian. Her journey into entrepreneurship started in 2001.

Helen’s need for self-realization took a new direction a few decades later. Her dream of filmmaking and film acting made her restless, so she traveled to London to the International School of Screen Acting. Participation in various screen acting workshops, where friendship with British and Hollywood actors Mandana Jones and Mary Roscoe, as well as their encouragingly positive feedback on Helen’s creativity and improvisational skills, inspired her to start organizing film acting workshops in Estonia.

The co-operation between professional filmmakers through various projects, seminars and workshops and the knowledge gained from Baltic Film, Media and Arts School support Helen’s career in audiovisual production. Professional encounters with many Estonian and international film and television industry professionals date back to 2005, when Helen worked as a script supervisor In her role as a script supervisor on the set of the German-Estonian feature film “Kõrini,” Helen’s momentum as a filmmaker was further fueled by her voluntary collaboration with students from the Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School (BFM), including supporting the development of the screenplay for the film “Eva,” portraying the main character, and contributing to the final version of the film. Dirk Hoyer, a professor of audiovisual arts, named the film “Eva” as the best candidate for BFM’s best film. Successful collaborations as an actress with production companies such as Kassikuld, Eetriüksus, Reede, Allfilm, etc., began in 2005, the same year Helen started writing her first screenplay. Active participation in various film-related workshops and seminars has connected Helen with numerous film professionals from around the world. In the summer of 2019, she made her first attempt as a film producer when the international short film “Insomnia” premiered on the screen of Supernova cinema as part of the summer school course “Digital Filmmaking Short Film.”