Helena Skoglund was raised in a small town in Sweden and has always had a love for theatre and performing arts. Her very first role was Wendy in Peter Pan at an amusement park. After graduating as a theatre major in high school she landed various roles in her hometown. She moved to Stockholm to study musical theatre and debuted the role of Heather Duke in the first Scandinavian performance of Heathers the Musical. Later she packed her bag and moved across the Atlantic to study at AMDA College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts.