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Helen Dallimore (born 31 October 1971) is an Australian actress. Dallimore was born in Melbourne, Australia and grew up in Oxford, England and Sydney, Australia. She trained at National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, graduating in 1995. She is married to actor Abe Forsythe.

Dallimore's stage credits with the Tamarama Rock Surfers include August Strindberg's Miss Julie and credits with the Sydney Theatre Company include: David Edgar's Pentecost, The Unlikely Prospect of Happiness, Andrew Upton and Gale Edwards' The Hanging Man, and "Miss Adelaide" in Guys & Dolls. She also created the role of "Simone" in Up for Grabs, later played by Madonna in the West End. [1]

In addition to her stage career, Dallimore also has film and television credits. These include roles in Yahoo Serious' Mr. Accident, Kangaroo Jack, The Day of the Roses and The Extra. She was also featured alongside Glenn Close and Harry Connick, Jr. in the 2001 television remake of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, South Pacific. She appeared in an episode of the UK television crime drama Midsomer Murders entitled Last Year's Model. [2]

Dallimore also voiced the mischievous Panda in the popular children's TV series Magic Mountain for ABC TV, and has filled in for a sick cast member in the Sydney 2008 Wharf Revue.

Dallimore made her West End debut as Glinda in the Original London Company of Stephen Schwartz's hit Broadway musical, Wicked, originally opposite Broadway's original Elphaba Idina Menzel & Kerry Ellis. Dallimore played her final performance as Glinda in London on 14 July 2007 and she was succeeded by Dianne Pilkington. She the appeared in the comedy Boeing Boeing in Australia. [3]

Dallimore appears in the 2009 sketch comedy television series Double Take (TV series).