Helen Masters

• Name — Helen Masters • Born — 10 April 1963 • Birthplace — Coventry, West Midlands, England • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1985 – present

Helen Masters grew up in Warwickshire. She attended Kings High School, Warwick, and Solihull School. She went on to study at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

Masters lives in London and is married to John McRoberts with whom she has two children.

• Illustration — Helen Masters as Lady Magdalene Danvers in Jonathan Holmes's play "Into Thy Hands" After graduating, Masters made her first stage appearance at the Edinburgh Festival in East and A Clockwork Orange. She went on to play Laurie in The Traveller at the Leicester Haymarket (1987), which transferred to the Almeida Theatre (1988); Emilie, and later on the role of Madame de Tourvel, in the West End production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Ambassadors Theatre (1989); Yelena in Marya at the Old Vic directed by Roger Michell (1990); Ellen in Acid Hearts at the Finborough Theatre (1992); amd Emma in Betrayal at the Chester Gateway Theatre (1994). In July 2011, Masters returned to the stage to play the role of Lady Magdalene Danvers in Into Thy Hands, a new play written and directed by Jonathan Holmes at Wiltons Music Hall, London. In March 2011, Masters played Molly in Revolution Square, again written and directed by Jonathan Holmes, at the Bush Theatre, London.

Masters' work in television increased during the early 1990s, culminating in her portrayal of DI Lucy Lane in the HTV television series Wycliffe from 1994 to 1998.

Film and television • Year — Film — Role — Notes • 1985 — A Wreath of Roses — Margie — TV movie • 1985 — Made in Heaven — TV • 1991 — Drop the Dead Donkey — Director — TV • 1993 — Minder — Janice — TV • 1993 — Diana: Her True Story — Sarah Spencer — TV film • 1993 — Paul Merton: The Series — Various — TV • 1994 — Wycliffe (Series I) — DI Lucy Lane — TV • 1995 — Wycliffe (Series II) — DI Lucy Lane — TV • 1996 — Wycliffe (Series III) — DI Lucy Lane — TV • 1997 — Wycliffe (Series IV) — DI Lucy Lane — TV • 1997 — Wycliffe (Dance of the Scorpions) — DI Lucy Lane — TV film • 1998 — Wycliffe (Series V) — DI Lucy Lane — TV • 2001 — The Savages — Barbara — TV • 2001 — The Affair of the Necklace — Madame Campan — Film • 2003 — A Touch of Frost — Eileen Cleary — TV • 2003 — Holby City — Jodie Lewis — TV • 2003 — The Magdalene Sisters — Sister Bridget • 2004 — Belonging — Hazel — TV movie • 2006 — Super Sleuths — TV documentary • 2007 — Midsomer Murders — Jane Benbow — TV • 2009 — Top of the Cops — TV documentary • 2010 — The People's Detective — TV documentary • 2011 — Doctors — Susan Watts — TV