Helena Albertová graduated from the Secondary Technical School of Interior Design. She worked in the Youth (Mládí) Drama Ensemble as a director’s assistant, designer, and actress. Starting in 1961, she was a stage technician at the West Bohemian Theatre in Klatovy. After moving to Prague, she worked as an upholsterer at the Vinohrady Theatre, and in 1965, she began studying philosophy and sociology at Charles University. After graduating, she worked at Krátký Film, among others. In 1975, she began working in the scenography department of the Theatre Institute, where she was involved in many editions of the Prague Quadrennial, and from 1990 to 1995, she held the position of director. She has written many specialist publications on scenography and has curated many exhibitions both in the Czech Republic and abroad. She has written numerous theatre and radio plays.

Her husband was actor and playwright Pavel Landovský (1936–2014).