In 2007, Helen was nominated for an ALFS Award for her role in the movie The Queen, in the category British Supporting Actress of the Year. She was also nominated in 2005, for a Golden Satellite Award for her role in the mini-series Charles II: The Power & the Passion, in the category Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.
Helen: If you're willing to have the same expectations of yourself that many male actors have and many women actors deny themselves by wanting to look sexy or pretty. Then there are a lot of parts that are open to you. If there's one interesting thing about acting, it's trying to lose your ego in the character.
(On what her daughter, Manon is like)Helen: She's very easy and very beautiful. So far she's also very calm, so Damian (her husband) should definitely be getting a DNA test for that one.
Helen: I was lucky to learn early in life that you need money for food and shelter, but there's no ambition in having money in the bank for the sake of it!