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Helena Bonham Carter
Actor, Director
Born May 26, 1966 (56 years)
Helena Bonham Carter CBE (born 26 May 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.
Filmography
| 2022 | Enola Holmes 2 · as Eudoria Holmes |
| 2022 | Ten Percent (TV Series) · as Helena Bonham Carter |
| 2022 | The House · as Jen (voice) |
| 2022 | Wild Babies (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2021 | Eden: Untamed Planet (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2021 | The Cleaner (2021) (TV Series) · as Sheila |
| 2020 | Enola Holmes · as Eudoria Holmes |
| 2020 | Dragonheart Vengeance · as Siveth (voice) |
| 2020 | Clown · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | Tintoretto. A Rebel in Venice · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (TV Series) · as All-Maudra (voice) |
| 2018 | Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero · as Margaret Conroy (voice) |
| 2018 | Ocean's Eight · as Rose Weil |
| 2017 | 55 Steps · as Eleanor Riese |
| 2016 | Alice Through the Looking Glass · as Red Queen |
| 2016 | The Crown (TV Series) · as Princess Margaret |
| 2016 | Love, Nina (TV Series) · as George |
| 2015 | Cinderella · as Fairy Godmother |
| 2015 | Suffragette · as Edith Ellyn |
| 2015 | Wild Africa · as Narrator |
| 2014 | Turks & Caicos · as Margot Tyrell |
| 2014 | Salting the Battlefield · as Margot Tyrell |
| 2014 | Night Will Fall · as Narrator |
| 2013 | The Lone Ranger · as Red Harrington |
| 2013 | Burton and Taylor · as Elizabeth Taylor |
| 2013 | The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet · as Dr. Clair |
| 2012 | Dark Shadows · as Dr. Julia Hoffman |
| 2012 | Les Misérables · as Madame Thénardier |
| 2012 | Great Expectations · as Miss Havisham |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 · as Bellatrix Lestrange |
| 2011 | Life's Too Short (TV Series) · as Helena Bonham Carter |
| 2011 | Worricker (TV Series) · as Margot Tyrell |
| 2011 | The Gruffalo's Child · as Mother Squirrel (voice) |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 · as Bellatrix Lestrange |
| 2010 | The King's Speech · as Queen Elizabeth |
| 2010 | Toast · as Mrs Potter |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland · as The Red Queen |
| 2009 | Terminator Salvation · as Serena |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince · as Bellatrix Lestrange |
| 2009 | Enid · as Enid Blyton |
| 2009 | The Gruffalo · as Mother Squirrel (voice) |
| 2009 | Enid: Deleted Scenes · as Enid Blyton |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix · as Bellatrix Lestrange |
| 2007 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street · as Mrs. Lovett |
| 2006 | Sixty Six · as Esther Rubens |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory · as Mrs. Bucket |
| 2005 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit · as Lady Campanula Tottington (voice) |
| 2005 | Corpse Bride · as Corpse Bride (voice) |
| 2005 | Conversations with Other Women · as Woman |
| 2005 | Magnificent 7 · as Maggi Jackson |
| 2005 | 'Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit': On the Set - Part 1 · as Lady Companula Tottington |
| 2004 | A Series of Unfortunate Events · as Beatrice Baudelaire (uncredited) |
| 2003 | Big Fish · as Younger & Older Jenny/The Witch |
| 2003 | Henry VIII · as Anne Boleyn |
| 2003 | Henry VIII (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2002 | The Heart of Me · as Dinah |
| 2002 | Live from Baghdad · as Ingrid Formanek |
| 2002 | Till Human Voices Wake Us · as Ruby |
| 2001 | Planet of the Apes · as Ari |
| 2001 | Novocaine · as Susan |
| 2001 | The Kumars at No 42 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1999 | Fight Club · as Marla Singer |
| 1999 | Women Talking Dirty · as Cora |
| 1999 | Carnivale · as Milly |
| 1998 | The Revengers' Comedies · as Karen Knightly |
| 1998 | The Theory of Flight · as Jane Hatchard |
| 1998 | Merlin (TV Series) · as Morgan le Fay |
| 1997 | The Wings of the Dove · as Kate Croy |
| 1997 | A Merry War · as Rosemary |
| 1997 | The Petticoat Expeditions · as Narrator |
| 1996 | Twelfth Night · as Olivia |
| 1996 | Shadow Play · as Ada |
| 1996 | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (TV Series) · as Vera Brittain (voice) |
| 1995 | Mighty Aphrodite · as Amanda |
| 1995 | Margaret's Museum · as Margaret MacNeil |
| 1995 | Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex · as actor |
| 1994 | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein · as Elizabeth |
| 1994 | Butter · as Dorothy |
| 1994 | A Dark Adapted Eye (TV Series) · as Faith Severn |
| 1994 | Jo Brand Through the Cakehole (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1992 | Howards End · as Helen Schlegel |
| 1992 | Absolutely Fabulous (TV Series) · as Dream Saffron |
| 1992 | White Bear's Secret · as White Bear (voice) |
| 1991 | Where Angels Fear to Tread · as Caroline Abbott |
| 1991 | Brown Bear's Wedding · as White Bear (voice) |
| 1990 | Hamlet · as Ophelia |
| 1989 | Francesco · as Chiara |
| 1989 | Getting It Right · as Lady Minerva Munday |
| 1989 | Troldspejlet (TV Series) · as Ari |
| 1987 | Maurice · as Lady at Cricket Match |
| 1986 | Lady Jane · as Lady Jane Grey |
| 1985 | A Room with a View · as Lucy Honeychurch |
| 1985 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Jo Marriner |
| 1984 | Miami Vice (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1983 | A Pattern of Roses · as Netty (The Past) |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller |