It's not often an actress can play a character, then play the character's aunt 24 years later.
Helen was the 
first actress to play Supergirl / Kara Zor-El in 
any medium in 
Supergirl: the Movie (1984)!
In 2008, she played Kara's aunt, Lara-El (birth mother of Kal-El / Clark Kent), in two episodes of 
Smallville! (She also appears in a documentary on the Season 7 
Smallville DVD set entitled "Supergirl: Last Daughter of Krypton")
And she still looks...well...SUPER!
Currently a regular on the new 
TeenNick series 
Gigantic as 
Jennifer Moore.
Other actresses to play Supergirl / Kara Zor-El / Linda Lee Danvers since Helen include
Nicolle  Tom (
Superman:  the Animated Series , New  Batman Adventures
, New  Batman Adventures , Justice  League Unlimited
, Justice  League Unlimited
)
Laura  Vandervoort (
Smallville
)
Tara  Strong 
(Justice  League Heroes
 video  game)
Other actresses to play 
Lara-El aka 
Lara Lor-Van before Helen include...
Agnes Moorehead (
Adventures of Superman
 [radio] "The Baby from Krypton" [1940], "Superman Comes to Earth" [1942])
Luana Walters (
Superman
[1948 movie serial] "Chapter 1: Superman Comes to Earth")
Aline Towne (
Adventures of Superman
 "Superman on Earth")
Susannah York (
Superman the Movie, Superman II, Superman IV: the Quest for Peace
)
Britt Ekland (
Adventures of Superboy "Escape to Earth" and 
"Abandon Earth")
Eliza Roberts (
Lois & Clark: the New Adventures of Superman "Foundling"
)
Finola Hughes (
Superman: the Animated Series "The Last Son of Krypton"
)
and, Kendall Cross on an earlier episode of 
Smallville
 ("Memoria")
Other actresses to play 
Talia al Ghul include... 
Olivia Hussey (
Superman: the Animated Series
 and 
Batman Beyond
)
Andrea Bowen (
Batman: the Brave and the Bold)