Battlestar Galactica's Tricia Helfer To Star In Ascension

Tricia Helfer, best known for her role as the Cylon "Number Six" in Battlestar Galactica, will star in the six-hour SyFy event series Ascension. Helfer will play Viondra Denniger. Viondra regards herself as a not-so-secret power broker aboard the Ascension. As the Captain's wife, Viondra is afforded a position of power and privilege, which she leverages as the Ship's Chief Steward. In Ascension, in 1963, the U.S. government launched a covert space mission sending hundreds of men, women and children on a century-long voyage aboard the starship Ascension to populate a new world. Nearly 50 years into the journey, as they approach the point of no return, the mysterious murder of a young woman causes the ship's population to question the true nature of their mission. Ascension is scheduled to debut in November 2014 and air through December.