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Helen Childress

  • Producer
  • Writer
  • Actress
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Helen Childress was born on 19 October 1969 in Tarrant County, Texas, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Reality Bites (1994), Good Girls (2018) and The Curiosity. She has been married to Carlos Dana Brooks since 26 June 1991. They have two children.
BornOctober 19, 1969
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    • Known for

    Ethan Hawke, Winona Ryder, and Ben Stiller in Reality Bites (1994)
    Reality Bites
    6.6
    • Writer
    • 1994
    Christina Hendricks, Retta, and Mae Whitman in Good Girls (2018)
    Good Girls
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Producer
    The Curiosity
    • Producer
      Elodie Yung in The Cleaning Lady (2022)
      The Cleaning Lady
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Producer

      Credits

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      Producer

      • Matlock
        • co-executive producer
        • Released
        • TV Series
        • 2024
      • Kathy Bates, Jason Ritter, Leah Lewis, David Del Rio, and Skye P. Marshall in Matlock (2024)
        Matlock
        7.5
        TV Series
        • consulting producer
        • 2026
      • Willa Fitzgerald and Colin Woodell in Pulse (2025)
        Pulse
        6.5
        TV Series
        • co-executive producer
        • 2025
      • Elodie Yung in The Cleaning Lady (2022)
        The Cleaning Lady
        6.9
        TV Series
        • co-executive producer
        • 2025
      • Christina Hendricks, Retta, and Mae Whitman in Good Girls (2018)
        Good Girls
        7.7
        TV Series
        • co-executive producer
        • consulting producer
        • 2020–2021
      • The Spanish Princess (2019)
        The Spanish Princess
        7.0
        TV Series
        • consulting producer
        • 2019
      • Model Woman
        TV Series
        • executive producer
        • 2016

      Writer

      • Crenshaw
        • Writer
        • Development Unknown
      • Kathy Bates, Jason Ritter, Leah Lewis, David Del Rio, and Skye P. Marshall in Matlock (2024)
        Matlock
        7.5
        TV Series
        • written by
        • 2026
      • Elodie Yung in The Cleaning Lady (2022)
        The Cleaning Lady
        6.9
        TV Series
        • written by
        • 2025
      • Willa Fitzgerald and Colin Woodell in Pulse (2025)
        Pulse
        6.5
        TV Series
        • written by
        • 2025
      • Christina Hendricks, Retta, and Mae Whitman in Good Girls (2018)
        Good Girls
        7.7
        TV Series
        • written by
        • 2020–2021
      • The Spanish Princess (2019)
        The Spanish Princess
        7.0
        TV Series
        • written for television by
        • 2019
      • Christina Ricci and Judith Light in Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story (2019)
        Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story
        6.4
        TV Movie
        • Writer
        • 2019
      • Model Woman
        TV Series
        • creator
        • 2016
      • Ethan Hawke, Winona Ryder, and Ben Stiller in Reality Bites (1994)
        Reality Bites
        6.6
        • written by
        • 1994

      Actress

      • American Cop (1995)
        American Cop
        3.9
        TV Movie
        • Deborah George
        • 1995
      • Ethan Hawke, Winona Ryder, and Ben Stiller in Reality Bites (1994)
        Reality Bites
        6.6
        • Waitress
        • 1994
      • In-development projects at IMDbPro

      Personal details

      • Born
        • October 19, 1969
        • Tarrant County, Texas, USA
      • Spouse
        • Carlos Dana BrooksJune 26, 1991 - present (2 children)
      • Children
          Cleo Brooks
      • Parents
          Cynthia Anne Denges
      • Relatives
        • Patricia Childress(Sibling)

      Did you know

      • Trivia
        Helen quit the USC Filmic Writing Program before graduation in order to work at Jersey Films and finish writing her "Reality Bites" script.

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