Helena Spinacuta (Gothenburg, 1766 – Trelleborg, 1846), was a Swedish stage actress, acrobat, and tightrope artist.
She made a remarkable success during her short time in Stockholm: poems where dedicated to her in the papers and the theatre direction was met with demands to have her repeat the role so that everyone may have the time to see her before she left the city when her spouse announced that they would be leaving.
Apparently, she made a great impression upon the public, and she is frequently described by her critics as extraordinary beautiful.
From December 1786 to May 1787, the Spinacuta couple toured the Swedish country side with a group of actors from the Stenborg Theatre and her brother Johan: she acted, while her spouse performed dance, acrobatics and sang.
In 1796, she performed a two-horse Roman riding act, which was referred to as "never before attempted by any woman in this country" [1] Her spouse was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Philadelphia, and in 1807, she applied to the Lodge for assistance for the sake of herself and her children, who were destituted after the death of her husband.