Helene Macaulay (born January 21, 1961) is a celebrity

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. She grew up in the

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, a suburb of

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, and moved to

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in 1979. She is related to the essayist, poet and British MP

Thomas Babington Macaulay Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, (; 25 October 1800 – 28 December 1859) was a British historian and Whig politician, who served as the Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841, and as the Paymaster-General between 1846 and 184 ...

Zachary Macaulay Zachary Macaulay ( gd, Sgàire MacAmhlaoibh; 2 May 1768 – 13 May 1838) was a Scottish statistician and abolitionist who was a founder of London University and of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, and a Governor of British Sierra Leone. ...

, the historian

G.M. Trevelyan George Macaulay Trevelyan (16 February 1876 – 21 July 1962) was a British historian and academic. He was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1898 to 1903. He then spent more than twenty years as a full-time author. He returned to the ...

and the British novelist

Rose Macaulay Dame Emilie Rose Macaulay, (1 August 1881 – 30 October 1958) was an English writer, most noted for her award-winning novel ''The Towers of Trebizond'', about a small Anglo-Catholic group crossing Turkey by camel. The story is seen as a spiritua ...

. She is of Scottish and Italian ancestry.

Career

As a teenager Macaulay studied dance with

Karel Shook Karel Shook (August 8, 1920 – July 25, 1985) was an American ballet master, choreographer and writer. He was co-founder of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. He was born in Renton, Washington. Shook was a child actor in the Seattle Repertory Theat ...

and Arthur Mitchell of the

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Judith Jamison Judith Ann Jamison (pronounced JAM-ih-son) (born May 10, 1943) is an American dancer and choreographer. She is the artistic director emerita of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Early training Judith Jamison was born in 1943 to Tessie Brown Ja ...

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, and

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of the

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. She is an alumnus of the New York State Summer School for the Arts. In 1985, she moved to

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to work on her portfolio, returned to New York City two years later. She occasionally does editorial work for '' Vanity Fair'', '' Allure'', and ''

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''. In addition to her work in the beauty industry, Helene is an actor, radio talk show co-host, writer, director and producer of film and theater. She and her brother Gavin Macaulay co-directed and produced the documentaries ''Frankie's Mambo: El Ritmo Diablo'', and ''Chema's House'' both of which premiered on

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in September 2005. Also in 2005, Helene and Gavin began working on their third documentary, ''Hauling Trash''. Helene is featured in an interview about the film in ''MORE'' magazine's "Firsts at 40" piece in the December 2006 issue. Macaulay can be heard on Rosie Radio with

Rosie O'Donnell Roseann O'Donnell (born March 21, 1962) is an American comedian, television producer, actress, author, and television personality. She began her comedy career as a teenager and received her breakthrough on the television series ''Star Search'' ...

. She has a blog named The DailyGloss.

The blog

In March 2007, Rosie O'Donnell began creating video

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s for her

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. She made the video blogs while getting her hair and makeup done by Helene in preparation for going on-air for the television show '' The View''. As readers began submitting questions directed towards or about Helene, she became a regular contributor to Rosie's video blog. Several weeks later, the duo was joined by Rosie's producer

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, and the trio are collectively referred to as

Jahero ''JaHeRo'' is the video blog (vlog) started by Rosie O'Donnell on her website Rosie.com answering fans questions, giving behind the scenes information and serving as a video diary. Originally featuring only O'Donnell and her hair and make-up artis ...

References

External links

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Yahoo! TV entry

Bio and resume

JaHeRo Video Blogs on Rosie.com
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