who plays helene on shameless
Supporting Cast: Carlâs First Sentencing â Shameless by VJ Â· March 16, 2015 Here are some members of the supporting cast who appeared in âCarlâs First Sentencingâ, the 9th episode of Season 5 of Shameless (3/15/2015). Sasha Alexander played Helene Runyon, the professor of the Critical Theory class Lip signed up for. Michael Reilly Burke played her husband, Theo, who returned home from a business trip to find his nude wife in the bedroom with a very nervous Lip. But the Runyons have an open marriage and Theo offered to make Lip breakfast.