Jeri Ryan Joins Syfy’s ‘Helix’

Jeri Ryan Joins Helix
Jeri Ryan (Photo © Richard Chavez)

Syfy says Jeri Ryan (Star Trek: Voyager, Body of Proof) has signed on for a multi-episode arc in the new series Helix starring Billy Campbell (The Killing) and Hiroyuki Sanada (The Wolverine). Executive produced by Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica), Steven Maeda, and Lynda Obst, Helix is set for a 13 episode season one run with Jeffrey Reiner directing episode one.

The cast also includes Kyra Zagorsky, Mark Ghanimé, Jordan Hayes, Meegwun Fairbrother, Catherine Lemieux, and Neil Napier.

Details on the Helix Plot [Courtesy of Syfy]:

Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to the high-tech research facility Arctic Biosystems, to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that may hold the key to mankind’s salvation or total annihilation. However, the lethal threat is just the tip of the iceberg, and as the virus evolves, the chilling truth begins to unravel.

Campbell stars as Dr. Alan Farragut, leader of the Centers for Disease Control outbreak field team called upon to investigate and control a potential outbreak. Sanada also stars as Dr. Hiroshi Hatake, director of Arctic Biosystems and its mysterious viral research program.

Ryan will portray the beautiful and charismatic Constance Sutton, the Chief Operating Officer of Ilaria Corporation, owner of Arctic Biosystems, the research facility where the series takes place. Charming and savvy, Sutton is used to getting her way at any cost.