Known For
Acting
Born
May 26, 1966
Place of Birth
Golders Green, London, England, UK
Credits
164 titles
Helena Bonham Carter
Biography
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
Filmography
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
Self
Enola Holmes 3
Eudoria Holmes
The Land of Sometimes
Mediocris (voice)
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials
Lady Caterham
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Self
Four Letters of Love
Margaret Gore
Merchant Ivory
Self
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Self
Bluey Book Reads
Reader
Charles III: The Coronation Year
Self - Narrator (voice)
One Life
Babi Winton
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
Self
The Velveteen Rabbit
Wise Horse (voice)
Nolly
Noele 'Nolly' Gordon
The Real Nolly
Self - Narrator (voice)
Three Minutes: A Lengthening
Self - Narrator (voice)
Enola Holmes 2
Eudoria Holmes
Wild Babies
Narrator
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Self
The House
Jen (voice)
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Self
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
Red Queen (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Cleaner
Sheila
Eden: Untamed Planet
Self - Narrator (voice)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
Dragonheart: Vengeance
Siveth (voice)
Clown
Narrator (voice)
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
reader
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Lady Devilla
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
Self - Readings
Enola Holmes
Eudoria Holmes
My Grandparents' War
Self
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Self
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
Self
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
All-Maudra Mayrin (voice)
Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice
Narrator (voice)
Reimagining The Met Gala
Self
Ocean's Team 3.0
Self
Ocean's Eight
Rose Weil
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
Margaret Conroy (voice)
55 Steps
Eleanor Riese
Poles Apart
Nanuk
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Self
Wild Africa / Tiny Giants
Narrator (Wild Africa)
The Crown
Princess Margaret
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Iracebeth / Red Queen
Love, Nina
George
Suffragette
Edith Ellyn
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self