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Sasha Alexander. Actress: Shameless. Sasha Alexander began acting by the time she was in the seventh grade when she found herself cast as the lead female in her school's production of "Baby." What she didn't know was that her male co-star would chicken out on her only a few hours before opening night. Determined to let the show go on, Sasha ...
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In 2015, Alexander began a recurring role on Showtime's Shameless portraying Helene Runyon, one of Lip Gallagher's college professors. Her character Helene maintains an open relationship with her husband Theo (played by Michael Reilly Burke) which allows her to have sex with Lip. The relationship between Helene and Lip is both romantic and one ...
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Helene Runyon is first introduced in Season 5 of Shameless. She was a professor at Lip's college and becomes his sexual partner after meeting him.
When Lip enters late to her class, due to financial aid issues. Helené is not amused especially when he doesn't know anything of her class. Soon, Lip visits Helené in her office and thinks he is being kicked out of school, but after a conversation with her, he comes onto her. At first, she is not amused but ends up giving in and the two have sex with her telling those outside she's with a student. The two start a casual sexual relationship that evolves into something deeper.
Helené is married, but her husband allows her to sleep with other men; he even watches Lip and Helené have sex. She is more confident, sensual, and worldly than Lip's previous girlfriends, and he is enticed by the power balance in their relationship. Helené fits the typical profile of the type of woman Lip truly desires: aloof and unavailable (similar to Karen, his first girlfriend).
In Season 6, Lip's last ex-girlfriend, Amanda, exacts revenge on Lip for his breaking up with her by leaking a nude photo of Helené. The fallout from the leaked photo results in the end of Helené's relationship with Lip and her career at Chicago Polytechnic University.
In Season 7, Lip receives news from Professor Youens who tells him that the local university granted his request to appeal his case over with what happened with Helene.
Jun 3, 2015 · Updated June 3, 2015. Sasha Alexander, a mainstay of TNT’s Rizzoli & Isles, has temporarily tossed aside Dr. Isles’ lab coat to pursue the role of Helene Runyon in Shameless. As the boundary ...
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Sasha Alexander is an American actress and television director. She portrayed Helene Runyon in the fifth, sixth and seventh seasons of the US version of Shameless. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. Sasha Alexander is an American actress and television director.
Sasha Alexander Shameless. In 2015, she began a recurring role on Showtime’s Shameless portraying Helene Runyon, one of Lip Gallagher’s college professors. Alexander’s character Helene maintains an open relationship with her husband Theo (played by Michael Reilly Burke) which allows her to sleep with Lip.
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