Helen Shaver is a Canadian actress and film and television director.
11 Facts About Helen Shaver
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Helen Shaver has been nominated for Emmy and Saturn Awards.
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Helen Shaver was one of the stars of director Sam Peckinpah's final film, 1983's The Osterman Weekend.
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In 1985, Helen Shaver starred in Desert Hearts as a 1950s university professor who falls in love with another woman.
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In 1980, Helen Shaver starred with Beau Bridges in the short-lived NBC TV series United States developed by Larry Gelbart.
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Helen Shaver was in the 1984 Canadian-made Countdown to Looking Glass.
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Helen Shaver subsequently appeared on such television shows as Hill Street Blues and T J Hooker.
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Helen Shaver made her feature-length directorial debut in 1999 with the television film Summer's End, which won an Emmy and earned her a directorial nomination.
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In 2004, Helen Shaver was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.
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In 2021, Helen Shaver picked up The Living Legend Tribute at the 23rd Women's Image Network Awards with fellow honoree JoJo Siwa its Rising Musical Star recipient.
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In 2023, Helen Shaver won the DGA award for directing episode 8 of Station Eleven.