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Helena Bonham Carter

Born
May 26, 1966
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Helena Bonham Carter CBE (born May 26, 1966) is an English actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, especially period dramas, she is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, nine Golden Globe Awards, and five Primetime Emmy Awards. Bonham Carter rose to prominence by playing Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View (1985) and the title character in Lady Jane (1986). Her early period roles saw her typecast as a virginal "English rose", a label she was uncomfortable with. She is best known for her eccentric fashion, dark aesthetic, and for often playing quirky women. For her role as Kate Croy in The Wings of the Dove (1997), Bonham Carter received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in The King's Speech (2010), she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other films include Hamlet (1990), Howards End (1992), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Fight Club (1999), Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), the Harry Potter series (2007–2011) as Bellatrix Lestrange, Great Expectations (2012) as Miss Havisham, Les Misérables (2012), Cinderella (2015), Ocean's 8 (2018), and Enola Holmes (2020). Her collaborations with director Tim Burton, her former domestic partner, include Big Fish (2003), Corpse Bride (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) as Mrs. Lovett, Alice in Wonderland (2010) as the Red Queen, and Dark Shadows (2012). For her role as children's author Enid Blyton in the BBC Four biographical film Enid (2009), she won the 2010 International Emmy Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. Her other television films include Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald (1993), Live from Baghdad (2002), Toast (2010), and Burton & Taylor (2013). From 2019 to 2020, she portrayed Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon in seasons three and four of Netflix's The Crown.
Known For
Fight Club
(1999)
Marla Singer
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(2009)
Bellatrix Lestrange
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
(2005)
Mrs. Bucket
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(2007)
Bellatrix Lestrange
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
(2010)
Bellatrix Lestrange
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
(2011)
Bellatrix Lestrange
Planet of the Apes
(2001)
Ari
One Life
(2023)
Babi Winton
Cinderella
(2015)
Fairy Godmother
Alice in Wonderland
(2010)
The Red Queen
Corpse Bride
(2005)
Corpse Bride (voice)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
(2016)
Red Queen
Ocean's Eight
(2018)
Rose Weil
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
(2004)
Beatrice Baudelaire (uncredited)
Terminator Salvation
(2009)
Serena
Dark Shadows
(2012)
Dr. Julia Hoffman
Full Filmography
Acting
A Pattern of Roses
(1983)
Netty (The Past)
A Room with a View
(1986)
Lucy Honeychurch
Lady Jane
(1986)
Lady Jane Grey
A Hazard of Hearts
(1987)
Serena Staverley
Maurice
(1987)
Young Lady at Cricket Match
The Vision
(1987)
Jo Marriner
The Mask
(1988)
Iris
Francesco
(1989)
Chiara
Arms and the Man
(1989)
Raina Petkoff
Getting It Right
(1989)
Minerva Munday
Hamlet
(1990)
Ophelia
Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter
(1990)
Beatrix Potter
Where Angels Fear to Tread
(1991)
Caroline Abbott
Brown Bear's Wedding
(1991)
White Bear (voice)
Howards End
(1992)
Helen Schlegel
White Bear's Secret
(1992)
White Bear (voice)
Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen
(1993)
Pandora / Julie
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald
(1993)
Marina Oswald
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
(1994)
Elizabeth
A Dark Adapted Eye
(1994)
Butter
(1994)
Dorothy
Mighty Aphrodite
(1995)
Amanda
Margaret's Museum
(1995)
Margaret MacNeil
Twelfth Night
(1996)
Olivia
Shadow Play
(1996)
Ada
The Wings of the Dove
(1997)
Kate Croy
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
(1997)
Rosemary
The Revengers' Comedies
(1998)
Karen Knightly
The Theory of Flight
(1999)
Jane Hatchard
Fight Club
(1999)
Marla Singer
Carnivale
(2000)
Milly (voice)
Planet of the Apes
(2001)
Ari
Novocaine
(2001)
Susan
Women Talking Dirty
(2001)
Cora
Football
(2001)
Mum
Live from Baghdad
(2002)
Ingrid Formanek
Till Human Voices Wake Us
(2002)
Ruby
Big Fish
(2003)
Jenny (young & senior) / The Witch
The Heart of Me
(2004)
Dinah
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
(2004)
Beatrice Baudelaire (uncredited)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
(2005)
Mrs. Bucket
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
(2005)
Lady Campanula Tottington (voice)
Corpse Bride
(2005)
Corpse Bride (voice)
Magnificent 7
(2005)
Maggi Jackson
Sixty Six
(2006)
Esther Rubens
Conversations with Other Women
(2006)
Woman
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(2007)
Bellatrix Lestrange
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(2007)
Mrs. Lovett
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
(2008)
Self
Terminator Salvation
(2009)
Serena
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(2009)
Bellatrix Lestrange
Enid
(2009)
Enid Blyton
The Gruffalo
(2009)
Mother Squirrel (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
(2010)
The Red Queen
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
(2010)
Bellatrix Lestrange
The King's Speech
(2010)
Queen Elizabeth
Toast
(2010)
Mrs Potter
Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice
(2010)
Self
Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter
(2010)
Self
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
(2011)
Bellatrix Lestrange
The Gruffalo's Child
(2011)
Mother Squirrel (voice)
Discovering Hamlet
(2011)
Ophelia (archive footage)
When Harry Left Hogwarts
(2011)
Self
Dark Shadows
(2012)
Dr. Julia Hoffman
Les Misérables
(2012)
Madame Thénardier
Great Expectations
(2012)
Miss Havisham
A Therapy
(2012)
Patient
The Price of Kings: Shimon Peres
(2012)
Narrator
The Price of Kings: Yasser Arafat
(2012)
Narrator
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
(2012)
Self
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
(2013)
Dr. Clair
Burton and Taylor
(2013)
Elizabeth Taylor
The Lone Ranger
(2013)
Red Harrington
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
(2013)
Self
Salting the Battlefield
(2014)
Margot Tyrell
Turks & Caicos
(2014)
Margot Tyrell
Night Will Fall
(2014)
Narrator (voice)
Riding a Train of Thoughts
(2014)
Self
Suffragette
(2015)
Edith Ellyn
Wild Africa
(2015)
Narrator
Cinderella
(2015)
Fairy Godmother
Alice Through the Looking Glass
(2016)
Red Queen
Poles Apart
(2017)
Nanuk
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
(2018)
Margaret Conroy (voice)
Ocean's Eight
(2018)
Rose Weil
55 Steps
(2018)
Eleanor Riese
Reimagining The Met Gala
(2018)
Self
Ocean's Team 3.0
(2018)
Self
Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice
(2019)
Narrator (voice)
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
(2019)
Self
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
(2019)
Self
Enola Holmes
(2020)
Eudoria Holmes
Dragonheart: Vengeance
(2020)
Siveth (voice)
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
(2020)
Lady Devilla
Clown
(2020)
Narrator (voice)
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
(2020)
reader
Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Enola Holmes 2
(2022)
Eudoria Holmes
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
(2022)
Self
The House
(2022)
Jen (voice)
Three Minutes: A Lengthening
(2022)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
(2022)
Self
Merchant Ivory
(2023)
Self
One Life
(2023)
Babi Winton
The Real Nolly
(2023)
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Velveteen Rabbit
(2023)
Wise Horse (voice)
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
(2023)
Self
Charles III: The Coronation Year
(2023)
Narrator
Production
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