She sold tickets at a movie theater before film pioneer Risto Orko
discovered her.
Made several movies together with husband Hannu Leminen.
On 1927 she changed her last name to Kara with her two brothers and a sister.
When she was young, Helena wrote letters to movie stars whom she admired. She cried when Rudolph Valentino died.
According to her, she quit acting after the dog of producer/director T.J. Särkkä bit her face, leaving a visible and permanent scar. After 1953 she declined from all publicity.