How to Use Helen of Troy in a Sentence

Helen of Troy

noun phrase
  • Tom Holland plays their son, Telemachus; Lupita Nyong’o plays Helen of Troy.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
  • Nolan has also double cast Lupita N’yongo as both Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra, which people are angry about in a baseline racist way.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 June 2026
  • These critics lamented not only Page's participation, but the choice of Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026
  • In the Time profile, Nolan also confirmed that Lupita Nyong'o will portray both Helen of Troy and her sister Clytemnestra in the new movie.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
  • The Time profile also confirmed that Lupita Nyong'o is playing Helen of Troy, as well as the character's twin sister Clytemnestra.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
  • Actress Lupita Nyong'o will portray Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan's upcoming retelling of The Odyssey.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
  • Helen of Troy is a pivotal figure in the ancient Greek epic poems known as Homer's The Iliad and Odyssey, the latter of which serves as the basis for Nolan's new movie.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • Webb, founder and co-chief executive officer of hair brand Messy — who previously launched and sold salon chain Drybar to Helen of Troy for $255 million — echoed the sentiment.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Helen of Troy is more commonly associated with Homer's The Iliad due to her role in the Trojan War, during which The Iliad takes place.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
  • Helen of Troy, a character more commonly associated with Homer's The Illiad, appears in Homer's Odyssey in one scene with the character Telemachus.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Director Nolan has confirmed that Kenyan Mexican actress Lupita Nyong’o is playing Helen of Troy in his upcoming blockbuster film version of Homer’s epic.
    — The Week Us, TheWeek, 2 June 2026
  • Along the way, the poets encounter the likes of Cleopatra and the various antagonists of the Trojan War — Achilles, Helen of Troy and Paris — in the second circle where those who fell under the sin of lust end up.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 May 2026
  • After shaking up the salon category with the perfect blowout at Drybar, Webb sold the products division to Helen of Troy for $225 million in 2019 and the franchise rights to the salons to WellBiz Brands.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Filmmaker Nolan, 55, confirmed that Nyong'o is portraying both Helen of Troy and her sister Clytemnestra in The Odyssey in a Time magazine profile published Tuesday, May 12.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • Elon Musk has again weighed in on Christopher Nolan‘s upcoming big-budget adaptation of The Odyssey, this time agreeing with a racist comment made by a far-right journalist who criticized the casting of Oscar-winning actor Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The film also stars (to name a few) Tom Holland as Telemachus, Anne Hathaway as Penelope, Robert Pattinson as Antinous, Lupita Nyong’o in the dual role of Helen of Troy and her sister Clytemnestra, Zendaya as Athena, and Charlize Theron as Calypso.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
  • The all-star cast is rounded out by Tom Holland as Telemachus, Robert Pattinson as Antinous, Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy, Zendaya as Athena, Charlize Theron as Calypso, Jon Bernthal as Menelaus, and Benny Safdie as Agamemnon.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 12 May 2026
  • Bardot appeared with Kirk Douglas in Act of Love (1953), in Concert of Intrigue (1954) and in Robert Wise’s Helen of Troy (1956) before her career breakthrough in And God Created Woman, Vadim’s directorial debut.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 28 Dec. 2025
  • The 29-year-old actress is on the cover of Elle's Summer 2026 The Epic Issue, alongside her female costars Anne Hathaway (Odysseus' wife Penelope), Lupita Nyong'o (playing Helen of Troy, as well as the character's twin sister Clytemnestra), and Charlize Theron (the nymph Calypso).
    — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026

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