Born and raised in Victoria, on the southern tip of Canada's Vancouver Island, Ocean Hellman began her acting career as a three year old, on the suggestion of a local TV newscaster and family friend, Pamela Martin. Hellman first stepped before a camera for a dairy commercial, and eventually grew into larger roles. Her movie debut came in a small role opposite Jane Seymour in The Haunting Passion (1983) (TV), filmed in nearby Vancouver. However, it wasn't until a year or so later that Hellman first became known to most of her fans when she was cast as Nicole, the bright, wholesome daughter of
… More Dr. Grant Roberts (Donnelly Rhodes) on the Vancouver-based family series "Danger Bay" (1985) . Since the end of that show's run in 1989, Hellman has continued working on television, including a number of guest appearances on other series being shot in or near British Columbia. In 1996, she managed to put her squeaky-clean "Danger Bay" (1985) image behind her, when she played the beautiful, mysterious Alexa in that year's "Timeless" episode of the Vancouver series "Highlander" (1992).