Helga Vala Helgadóttir (born 14 March 1972 in Reykjavik) is an Icelandic politician of the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin).
She is a member of the Althing, elected in the 2017 Icelandic parliamentary election on 28 October 2017, representing the constituency of Reykjavík North.She was educated at Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð and then in 1998 trained in acting at the Icelandic Academy of the Performing Arts.
She later gained a BA in 2009 and a master's degree in Law from Reykjavík University in 2011.
In 2011 she also received her lawyer's license and from 2011 to 2017, she operated her own law firm.