---
name: "Helen Behan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/helen-behan"
fi1m_id: "helen-behan"
imdb_id: "nm4813523"
tmdb_id: 1520018
wikidata_id: "Q96059513"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-07T18:41:23.662429+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Helen Behan

## Identity

Helen Behan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/helen-behan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** helen-behan
- **IMDb ID:** nm4813523
- **TMDB ID:** 1520018
- **Wikidata ID:** Q96059513
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Behan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96059513, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4813523/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1520018

Actor. Born in Laytown, Co Meath, Republic of Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 83 (4), 2020s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 79 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $13m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Behan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96059513, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4813523/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1520018

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Elizabeth Is Missing*](https://film.one/film/elizabeth-is-missing.md) (82)
- **Hulu:** [*Small Things Like These*](https://film.one/film/small-things-like-these.md) (79)
- **Disney+:** [*Say Nothing*](https://film.one/tv/say-nothing.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Helen Behan is an Irish actress. She grew up in Laytown, County Meath, and attended part-time acting courses at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, while working as a nurse.

Behan began her screen career in 2011 after a chance meeting with director Shane Meadows led to a role in the Channel 4 series *This Is England '88*. She is known for her performance as Anna in the 2019 series *The Virtues*, for which she received a BAFTA Television Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Other credits include *This Is England '90* (2015), *Elizabeth Is Missing* (2019), *Wolf* (2021) and *Say Nothing* (2024). In 2024 she played Mrs. Kehoe in the film *Small Things Like These*.

Behan was named one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow in 2020.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Say Nothing* (2024), Fi1m 77, as Older Marian Price — [page](https://film.one/tv/say-nothing.md)
- *Small Things Like These* (2024), Fi1m 79, as Mrs. Kehoe — [page](https://film.one/film/small-things-like-these.md)
- *Elizabeth Is Missing* (2019), Fi1m 82, as Helen — [page](https://film.one/film/elizabeth-is-missing.md)
- *The Virtues* (2019), Fi1m 82, as Anna — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-virtues.md)
- *This Is England '90* (2015), Fi1m 81, as Helen — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-90.md)
- *This Is England '88* (2011), Fi1m 86, as Helen — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-88.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sub5* (2026), as Zoe
- *Leonard and Hungry Paul* (2025), series, as Helen
- *Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough* (2025), as Narrator
- *Christy* (2025), as Pauline
- *Mix Tape* (2025), series, as Marian
- *Amongst the Wolves* (2025), as Mediator, Meditator
- *Say Nothing* (2024), series, as Older Marian Price — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/say-nothing.md)
- *Small Things Like These* (2024), as Mrs. Kehoe — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/small-things-like-these.md)
- *Barber* (2023), as Monica Nolan
- *Malpractice* (2023), series, as Dr. Norma Callahan
- *Suzie* (2023), as Suzie
- *Mud Queen* (2023), as Helen
- *Holding* (2022), series, as as  Abigail Ross
- *Wolf* (2021), as Jacob's Mother
- *The Box* (2021), series, as Tory Snow
- *Wildfire* (2021), as Joanne
- *Intruder* (2021), series, as Angela Pitt
- *Elizabeth Is Missing* (2019), as Helen — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/elizabeth-is-missing.md)
- *The Virtues* (2019), series, as Anna — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-virtues.md)
- *This Is England '90* (2015), series, as Helen — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-90.md)
- *This Is England '88* (2011), series, as Helen — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-88.md)
- *One Sweet Hour*, as Eileen

## Gallery

- ![Helen Behan](https://film.one/media/person/10627/gallery-50e5c2089e1c.jpg) Helen Behan — Image via TMDB
- ![Helen Behan](https://film.one/media/person/10627/gallery-f6d24008763a.jpg) Helen Behan — Image via TMDB

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