Helle Kuningas

{{Short description|Estonian actress (1949–2014)}}

Helle Kuningas (since 1978 Helle Ralja; 10 June 1949 in Pärnu – 10 October 2014 in Pärnu) was an Estonian actress.{{cite web |title=Kuningas, Helle - Eesti Entsüklopeedia |url=http://entsyklopeedia.ee/artikkel/kuningas_helle1 |website=entsyklopeedia.ee |access-date=10 July 2021}}

Kuningas was born in Pärnu to a family of journalists. Her uncle was an Estonian literary scholar, literary and theatre critic, cultural historian and translator Oskar Kuningas and her first cousin were chess player Merike Rõtova and writer Astrid Reinla. She graduated from Sindi Secondary School in 1968. From 1970 until 1972, she studied at Tallinn State Conservatory Stage Art Department. 1968–1970 and 1972–2010 she worked at Endla Theatre. Besides stage roles she acted also in films.

In 1978, she wed actor Eduard Ralja. The marriage produced a daughter.