Helen Slater

Helen Rachel Slater is an American actress and singer, and songwriter. She appeared as the Kryptonian superheroine in TriStars 1984 film Supergirl. In the following years, she starred in several successful comedydrama films such as Ruthless People , The Secret of My Success , and City Slickers . She additionally found work as an actress in television, and stage projects, including three guest appearances on the series Smallville . She was a series regular for the twoseason run on the ABC Family series The Lying Game.

Slater was born in Bethpage, New York, the daughter of Alice Joan , a lawyer and nuclear disarmament peace activist based in New York City, and Gerald Slater, a television executive they divorced in 1974. She has a brother, David, who is a lawyer in New York City. Her family is Jewish. Slater attended Great Neck South High School and then transferred to the High School of Performing Arts from which she was graduated in 1982. Despite common misconception, she is not related to actor Christian Slater, who played her brother in The Legend of Billie Jean.

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