Helena Bonham Carter
ActingAlso Known As
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.
Movies
(120 total)
Fight Club
as Marla Singer
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
as Mrs. Bucket
Alice in Wonderland
as Iracebeth / Red Queen
Corpse Bride
as Corpse Bride (voice)
The King's Speech
as Queen Elizabeth
Ocean's Eight
as Rose Weil
Big Fish
as Jenny (young & senior) / The Witch
Dark Shadows
as Dr. Julia Hoffman
Cinderella
as Fairy Godmother
Terminator Salvation
as Serena
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Iracebeth / Red Queen
Enola Holmes
as Eudoria Holmes
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
as Mrs. Lovett
The Lone Ranger
as Red Harrington
Les Misérables
as Madame Thénardier
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Beatrice Baudelaire (uncredited)
TV Shows
(40 total)
The Crown
as Princess Margaret
Miami Vice
as Dr. Theresa Lyons
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
as All-Maudra Mayrin (voice)
Merlin
as Morgan le Fay
Absolutely Fabulous
as Dream Saffron
American Idol
as Self
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials
as Lady Caterham
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Life's Too Short
as Helena Bonham Carter
The View
as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
The Oscars
as Self
The Cleaner
as Sheila
Wild Babies
as Narrator
Nolly
as Noele 'Nolly' Gordon
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self - Guest
Henry VIII
as Anne Boleyn
