Helen Carter
Acting
Biography
Liverpool actor Helen Carter has numerous stage credits including The Last Testament of Lilian Bilocca, The Flint Street Nativity, Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi, No Wise Men, The Star, A Christmas Carol and Dead Heavy Fantastic. In 2024, she appeared in Liverpool’s Royal Court in Boys from the Blackstuff which transferred to the National Theatre. In 2025, she played the title role of Shirley Valentine in the Liverpool Everyman's revival of Willy Russell's 1986 play, commemorating sixty years of the Everyman Theatre.
Known For
Maxine Peake's exploration of the true story of Lillian Bilocca, a largely forgotten but formidable figure in the fight for safer trawlers. The programme explores Lillian Bilocca's fight at the time through archive and dramatic reconstructions based on the play The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca, written by Maxine Peake.
The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca
On the cusp of adulthood, Lily is furious that she's still sidelined from the tradition of burying the family Christmas tree at Formby dunes. When Granddad dies, it finally falls on Lily to keep the tradition.