With acting I am being led by the script, other actors, the director, etc. But with songwriting I feel it is much more self reliant and allows me to be in the creative experience without being as dependent on others.

Film and television work
Slater made her acting debut in the ABC Afterschool Special "Amy & the Angel" aired in 1982 alongside James Earl Jones Meg Ryan and Matthew Modine. and U. More high-profile roles followed when Helen Slater appeared in the cult classic independent comedy Sticky Fingers (1988) with longtime friend Melanie Mayron the steamy A House in the Hills (1993) with Michael Madsen and the action-crime drama No Way Back opposite Russell Crowe (1996).

Helen Rachel Slater (born December 15 1963) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She appeared in the title role in the 1984 film Supergirl.