Helen — Troy Character Profile

About Helen

The Queen of Sparta whose elopement with Paris triggers the Trojan War. After the city's fall, she survives by guiding refugees to safety through a secret tunnel alongside Andromache.

Helen appears in 3 titles

• Hercules in the Haunted World (1961) — character page
• The Trojan Women (1971) — character page
• Troy (2004)

Character Facts

Played by

Diane Kruger

Appears in

Troy (2004)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (5)

• Helen — related — Hector (Eric Bana)
• Helen — spouse — Achilles (Brad Pitt)
• Helen — related — Andromache (Saffron Burrows)
• Helen — Romantic Lover — Paris (Orlando Bloom)

  Their elopement becomes the immediate personal cause of the war.

  Paris begins an affair with Helen and smuggles her aboard his vessel bound for Troy.

• Helen — Alliance Refugee Guide — Andromache (Saffron Burrows)

  They cooperate to save survivors while the city is being destroyed.

  During the sack of Troy, Andromache and Helen guide Trojans to safety through the secret tunnel.

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More characters from Troy

• Achilles (Brad Pitt)
• Paris (Orlando Bloom)
• Hector (Eric Bana)
• King Agamemnon (Brian Cox)
• Patroclus (Garrett Hedlund)
• Odysseus (Sean Bean)
• Triopas (Julian Glover)
• Nestor (John Shrapnel)
• Thetis (Julie Christie)
• Menelaos (Brendan Gleeson)
• Glaucus (James Cosmo)
• Andromache (Saffron Burrows)