Biography

Helena Mattsson was born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden, with her two sisters. In her early teens she was discovered by one of the biggest modeling agencies in Sweden. After graduating from her Performing Arts High School in Stockholm, Helena traveled to London and New York to continue to study acting. Her big break came at the age of 19 when she left London for Los Angeles and was cast as the lead in the Warner Bros. comedy Sweden, Ohio (2004).

Mattsson recently had recurring roles on ABC's Desperate Housewives (2004) and CW's Nikita (2010). In 2012 she was cast as Alexis Blume in 666 Park Avenue (2012) for ABC.

Her feature film credits include: Seven Psychopaths (2012) with Colin Farrell, Guns, Girls and Gambling (2012) with Gary Oldman, Surrogates (2009) with Bruce Willis and Iron Man 2 (2010) with Robert Downey Jr..
- IMDb mini biography by: Renee Missel

Helena Mattsson was born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden, with her two sisters Sofia and Cecilia. After graduating from Performing Arts School in Stockholm, Helena traveled to London and New York to continue to study acting. Her big break came at the age of 19 when she left London for Los Angeles and was cast as the lead in the Warner Bros. comedy Sweden, Ohio (2004).

Mattsson has played many major recurring and series regular roles on TV shows such as ABC's 666 Park Avenue (2012), FX's American Horror Story (2016), ABC's Desperate Housewives (2011), CW's Nikita (2010). Most recently she can be seen in a recurring role on ABC's The Rookie (2022). And she is currently filming the series Paper Empire, where she portrays one of the series main characters, Agent Andersson.

Her feature film credits include: Seven Psychopaths (2012) with Colin Farrell, Guns, Girls and Gambling (2012) with Gary Oldman, Surrogates (2009) with Bruce Willis and Iron Man 2 (2010) with Robert Downey Jr.
- IMDb mini biography by: Renee Missel

Helena is trained in Martial Arts and is also a trained dancer.

Helena Mattsson played the lead character in Species - The Awakening, as the young woman Miranda who finds out and has to deal with turning into an alien.

Sister of Sofia Mattsson and Mia Mattsson.

Earned the respect of actor Steven Seagal on the set of Code of Honor due to her admiration of martial arts and the fact she trains in Judo since her childhood - she is a brown belt (2020). She is also interesting in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has said she intends to start soon in BJJ.

I'm sort of like a jeans and boots kind of girl. Casual comfortable. I like soft colors and solid colors.

I just love to bake chocolate cakes and anything unhealthy. It makes me very popular.