Helen, once worth a reported £3.5million, admitted she was struggling financially as a single mother claiming she could not afford taxis to take her son to nursery.
The path to success is rarely without its bumps, however for Thaddea her story starts with a bittersweet beginning after she was given a 'second chance of life'.
Narges Rashidi made an emotional speech after winning Best Actress for her as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Prisoner 951 at the BAFTA TV Awards on Sunday.