Number Six (Battlestar Galactica)

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Number Six
Battlestar Galactica character
Promotional image of Number Six in season four
First appearance	Miniseries
Last appearance	Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
Portrayed by	Tricia Helfer
In-universe information
Species	Humanoid Cylon
Gender	Female
Colony	Cylon Homeworld
Affiliation	Cylon

Number Six is a family of fictional characters from the reimagined science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica. She is portrayed by Canadian actress and model Tricia Helfer. Of the twelve known Cylon models, she is the sixth of the "Significant Seven". Like the others of the "Significant Seven", there are several versions of her, including Caprica-Six, Shelly Godfrey, Gina Inviere, Natalie Faust, Lida, and Sonja. She is the only model that does not use one particular human alias for all copies.^[1]

The character was named after Number Six, Patrick McGoohan's character from the show The Prisoner.^[2][3]