Helena Englert

Helena Englert
Englert in 2024.
Born (2000-06-14) 14 June 2000 (age 25)
Warsaw, Poland
EducationAleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active2010 – present
Relatives

Helena Englert (born 14 June 2000) is a Polish film, television, stage, and voice actress. She had leading role as Alicja Stec in the HBO Max crime drama series BringBackAlice (2023), and was part of the main cast in the Canal+ comedy drama Love Algorithm (2024), and had recurring roles of Angela Kowalska in TVP2 drama series Barwy szczęścia (2016–2018), Patrycja Krynicka in the TVN thriller medical drama series Diagnosis (2018–2019), and TVP2 sitcom series Family.pl (2025). Englert also portrayed Inez in the romance film Pokusa (2023), and Dominika in the comedy film Sex for Dummies (2025).

Biography

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Helena Englert was born on 14 June 2000 in Warsaw, Poland. She is a daughter of actors Jan Englert and Beata Ścibakówna.[1][2] At the age of two, she appeared in the 2002 comedy film Superproduction.[3] In 2010, she voiced Edith in the Polish-language dubbing version of the Illumination animated comedy film Despicable Me, and in its sequals, Despicable Me 2 in 2013, and Despicable Me 3 in 2017.[4][5] In 2013, she acted in an action film titled The Closed Circuit. She portrayed Angela Kowalska in TVP2 drama series Barwy szczęścia from 2016 to 2018, and Patrycja Krynicka in the TVN thriller medical drama series Diagnosis from 2018 to 2019. She also appeared in series such as I'll Be Fine (2017), W rytmie serca (2017), Wartime Girls (2018), Signs (2018–2019), The Better Half (2019), and The Elements of Sasza – Fire (2020).[1][6]

In 2023, Englert portrayed leading roles of Alicja Stec in the HBO Max crime drama series BringBackAlice, and Inez in romance film Pokusa.[1][7] She also had main roles of Dagmara in the Canal+ comedy drama Love Algorithm (2024), and Dominika in comedy film Sex for Dummies (2025), and a recurring role of Sonia in the TVP2 comedy series Family.pl (2025).[8][9][10]

In 2024, Englert graduated from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw.[6] Previously, she also studied at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts in New York City, United States, however she did not graduate.[11]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 Superproduction Herself Feature film; cameo
2013 The Closed Circuit Kasia Feature film
2019 All for My Mother Ewka Feature film
Imperium Krystyna Wańkowiczówna Television play
2023 Pokusa Inez Feature film; leading role
2024 The Green Dinosaur Publisher Feature film
Additional voices Feature film; voice
2025 Sex for Dummies Dominika Main role

Television series

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Year Title Role Notes
2016–2018 Barwy szczęścia Angela Kowalska Recurring role; 103 episodes
2017 I'll Be Fine Olka Episode no. 86
W rytmie serca Natalia Episode: "Na krawędzi"
2018 Wartime Girls Kasia 5 episodes
2018–2019 Diagnosis Patrycja Krynicka Recurring role; 10 episodes
Signs Agata Paszke Recurring role; 14 episodes
2019 The Better Half Anita Episode no. 9
2020 The Elements of Sasza – Fire Renia 3 episodes
2023 BringBackAlice Alicja Stec Leading role; 6 episodes
2024 Love Algorithm Dagmara Main role; 6 episodes
Śleboda Majka Śleboda 4 episodes
2025 Family.pl Sonia Recurring role; 8 episodes
Pokusa Inez Leading role; 3 episodes

Radio dramas

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Year Title Role
2025 Tatry. #CoSięStałoZAnnąKos Karolina

Polish-language dubbing

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 Despicable Me Edith Feature film
Home Makeover Edith Short film
2013 Despicable Me 2 Edith Feature film
2017 Despicable Me 3 Edith Feature film
The Secret Life of Kyle Edith Short film
2023 The Flash Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) Television series
2024 Damsel Elodie Feature film
2025 The Electric State Michelle Greene Feature film

References

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  1. ^ a b c Karolina Kopeć (28 June 2024). "Helena Englert: Córka znanych aktorów podbija ekrany! Sprawdź, gdzie ją zobaczyć". swiatseriali.interia.pl (in Polish).
  2. ^ Aleksandra Głowacka (21 August 2025). "Helena Englert - córka Jana Englerta i Beaty Ścibakówny. 24-latka tak jak rodzice jest aktorką". gloswielkopolski.pl.
  3. ^ "Helena Englert debiutowała jako dwulatka. Teraz czas na kino". rozrywka.wprost.pl (in Polish). 19 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Animacja Jak ukraść Księżyc w trójwymiarze". poranny.pl (in Polish). 19 August 2010.
  5. ^ "Helena Englert". filmweb.pl (in Polish).
  6. ^ a b "Helena Englert". filmpolski.pl (in Polish).
  7. ^ "Helena Englert: '#BringBackAlice' to nowy gatunek w polskim serialu". polskieradio.pl (in Polish). 21 April 2023.
  8. ^ "'Algorytm miłości': Wiktoria Gąsiewska i Helena Englert w parodii randkowych reality show". filmweb.pl (in Polish). 9 January 2024.
  9. ^ Magdalena Drozdek (15 October 2025). "Helena Englert o pracy na planie filmu 'Seks dla opornych'. Czy seks wciąż jest tematem tabu?". film.wp.pl (in Polish).
  10. ^ "Helena Englert wystąpi w jednym z najpopularniejszych seriali Telewizji Polskiej". kultura.onet pl (in Polish). 25 July 2025.
  11. ^ Katarzyna Piątkowska (25 January 2023). "Helena Englert studiowała aktorstwo w Nowym Jorku. Dlaczego wróciła? Co teraz robi?". viva.pl.