- Best friends with Helen Hunt
- Her real family name is Schlacter.
- NOT related to Christian Slater
- She had to train three hours a day for three months to do the outdoor flying sequences where she was suspended by wires from a 200ft tower crane (SUPERGIRL - 1984).
- The scene where Supergirl flies out of the lake was actually a photograph of her pasted on a wooden cut-out.
- Contrary to popular belief, Helen Slater is not the sister of Christian Slater with whom she starred in Billie Jean.
- She did a great role in the film THE LEGEND OF BILLIE JEAN.
- Filming a new movie SEEING OTHER PEOPLE (2004), thus making a come-back to the movies. (April 2003)
- Performed some of her own stunts in SUPERGIRL (1984).
- Was the first girl of all to audition for SUPERGIRL (1984). The producers thought she was the strongest of all the actresses auditioning, and after months of callbacks and screen tests, she was cast.
- Gained over twenty pounds for the role of SUPERGIRL (1984)
- Actor Barry Friedman was one of her acting coaches at the New York High School for Performing Arts.
- Her real hair color is Brown. After dying it once for SUPERGIRL (1984), she kept it blonde for her future roles until she became a spokeswoman for Preferance by L'oreal. She can be seen with her natural hair in her first feature, AMY AND THE ANGEL (1981).
- Enjoys singing and playing the piano
- Attended the premiere of SUPERGIRL (1984) with SUPERMAN (1978) star Christopher Reeve. Reeve was originally ordered for a cameo in the film, playing cousin to Slater as Superman but bowed out later.
- Co-founded the New York based Theater group, The Naked Angels with Gina Gershon.
- A classically trained singer. She released her first album, titled One of these Days, in 2003.
- Filming a new movie SEEING OTHER PEOPLE (2004), thus making a come-back to the movies (April 2003)
Quotes- On facing mid-life crisis: "I can't speak for all women, but I do think that... I mean, me and my girlfriends, we definitely...we're in crisis on a continuous basis...or at least monthly, for sure, I don't know. It's funny because we just bust ourselves! We go to therapy, we eat right, we stay away from caffeine, we try to have loving relationships with our mothers and more communication with our fathers, and still the black abyss will open up!"
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