Helen Sheals is a British actress who played Lilly Richardson, the mother of teenager Ben, on Coronation Street in July 2009 and she returned to the programme in September 2019 as Sheila, a nurse at The Oakhill Hospice.
Her other TV and film credits include roles in The Hello Girls, Metrosexuality, Family Affairs, Where the Heart Is, Dalziel and Pascoe, Brookside, The Courtroom, The Bill, Casualty, Downton Abbey, Holby City, Silent Witness and Doctors.