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Helena Bonham Carter

Film Actress / Voice Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Actress | * 05/26/1966 (57) | Golders Green, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966) is an English actress. Known for her roles in blockbusters and independent films, particularly period dramas, she has received various awards and nominations, including a British Academy Film Award and an International Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, and nine Golden Globe 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 with which she was uncomfortable. She is best known for her eccentric fashion and 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 in The King's Speech (2... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption. ...

Les Misérables

PG-13

2012 | 3.7/5 | 2h 38min
History, Drama
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A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every ...

Fight Club

R

1999 | 4.2/5 | 2h 19min
Drama
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The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dr ...

The King's Speech

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2010 | 3.9/5 | 1h 58min
Drama, History
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The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit ...

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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2007 | 3.6/5 | 1h 56min
Drama, Horror
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Awards & Nominations for Helena Bonham Carter

Commander of The Order of The British Empire Britannia Awards Genie Awards Satellite Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Actress European Film Academy Lux Award
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Movies with Helena Bonham Carter as Actress(99)

as Babi Winton2023 One Life
as Mrs. Patrick Campbell2023 Not Bloody Likely
as herself2023 Merchant Ivory
as Little Twink2023 The Land of Sometimes
as Self - Narrator (voice)2022 Three Minutes: A Lengthening
as herself2022 Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
as herself2022 Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
as Self (archive footage)2022 Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Eudoria Holmes2021 Enola Holmes 2
as Eudoria Holmes2020 Enola Holmes
as Narrator (voice)2020 Clown
as Siveth (voice)2020 Dragonheart: Vengeance
as Lady Devilla2020 Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
as Narrator (voice)2019 Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice
as herself2019 E.M. Forster: His Longest Journey
as herself2018 Reimagining The Met Gala
as Eleanor Riese2018 55 Steps
as Rose Weil2018 Ocean's Eight
as Margaret Conroy (voice)2018 Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
as herself2018 Ocean's 8: A Heist In Heels
as herself2018 Ocean's Team 3.0
as Nanuk2017 Poles Apart
as Red Queen2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Edith Ellyn2015 Suffragette
as Fairy Godmother2015 Cinderella
as Narrator2015 Wild Africa
as herself2014 Riding a Train of Thoughts
as Margot Tyrell2014 Turks & Caicos
as Margot Tyrell2014 Salting the Battlefield
as Narrator2014 Night Will Fall
as Red Harrington2013 The Lone Ranger
as Dr. Clair2013 The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
as Elizabeth Taylor2013 Burton and Taylor
as herself2013 Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
as Narrator2012 The Price of Kings: Yasser Arafat
as Dr. Julia Hoffman2012 Dark Shadows
as Miss Havisham2012 Great Expectations
as Narrator2012 The Price of Kings: Shimon Peres
as Madame Thénardier2012 Les Misérables
as Patient2012 A Therapy
as Mother Squirrel (voice)2011 The Gruffalo's Child
as Bellatrix Lestrange2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as herself2010 Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter
as The Red Queen2010 Alice in Wonderland
as Queen Elizabeth2010 The King's Speech
as herself2010 Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice
as Mrs Potter2010 Toast
as Bellatrix Lestrange2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Enid Blyton2009 Enid
as Serena2009 Terminator Salvation
as Mother Squirrel (voice)2009 The Gruffalo
as Bellatrix Lestrange2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Mrs. Lovett2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
as Bellatrix Lestrange2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Esther Rubens2006 Sixty Six
as Woman2006 Conversations with Other Women
as Lady Campanula Tottington (voice)2005 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
as Corpse Bride Emily (voice)2005 Corpse Bride
as Maggi Jackson2005 Magnificent 7
as Mrs. Bucket2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
as Beatrice Baudelaire (uncredited)2004 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Younger & Older Jenny/The Witch2003 Big Fish
as Ingrid Formanek2002 Live from Baghdad
as Dinah2002 The Heart of Me
as Ruby2002 Till Human Voices Wake Us
as Susan2001 Novocaine
as Ari2001 Planet of the Apes
as Cora2001 Women Talking Dirty
as Mum2001 Football
as Milly2000 Carnivale
as Marla Singer1999 Fight Club
as Jane Hatchard1999 The Theory of Flight
as Karen Knightly1998 The Revengers' Comedies
as Rosemary1997 Keep the Aspidistra Flying
as Kate Croy1997 The Wings of the Dove
as Ada1996 Shadow Play
as Olivia1996 Twelfth Night
as Amanda1995 Mighty Aphrodite
as Margaret MacNeil1995 Margaret's Museum
as Dorothy1994 Butter
as Elizabeth1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994 A Dark Adapted Eye
as Marina Oswald1993 Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald
as Pandora / Julie1993 Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen
as Helen Schlegel1992 Howards End
as White Bear (voice)1991 Brown Bear's Wedding
as Caroline Abbott1991 Where Angels Fear to Tread
as Ophelia1990 Hamlet
as Beatrix Potter1990 Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter
as Lady Minerva Munday1989 Getting It Right
as Raina Petkoff1989 Arms and the Man
as Chiara1989 Francesco
as Iris1988 The Mask
as Lady at Cricket Match1987 Maurice
as Serena Staverley1987 A Hazard of Hearts
as Jo Marriner1987 The Vision
as Lady Jane Grey1986 Lady Jane
as Lucy Honeychurch1985 A Room with a View
as Netty (The Past)1983 A Pattern of Roses

TV Shows/Series with Helena Bonham Carter as Actress(23)

as Noele 'Nolly' Gordon2023 Nolly
as Narrator2022 Wild Babies
as Sheila2021 The Cleaner
as Narrator2021 Eden: Untamed Planet
as herself2019 My Grandparents' War
as All-Maudra (voice)2019 The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
as herself2017 Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
as George2016 Love, Nina
as Princess Margaret2016 The Crown
as herself2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as herself2011 Life's Too Short
as herself2009 Live from Studio Five
as Self - Guest2007 The Graham Norton Show
as herself2002 American Idol
as Self - Guest2001 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001 The Kumars at No. 42
as Self - Guest1998 So Graham Norton
as herself1997 The View
as Vera Brittain (voice)1996 The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
as herself1993 GMTV
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Dream Saffron1992 Absolutely Fabulous
1984 Miami Vice

Movies with Helena Bonham Carter as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer2018 55 Steps

Additional Information

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Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Thursday, 05/26 1966 (May) in Golders Green, London, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 57 years + 336 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN, native language), British English
Educated at: Westminster School, South Hampstead High School, Bournville School, Fine Arts College
Children: Billy Burton, Nell Burton
Siblings: Edward Bonham Carter
Father: Raymond Bonham Carter
Mother: Elena Propper de Callejon
Related to: Jane Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, Raymond Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith
Other names for Helena Bonham Carter (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Helena Bonham-Carter"
"헬레나 본햄 카터"
"Хелена Бонем Картер"
Helena Bonham Carter frequently works together with these people:
Adam Haskell (18x, Crew)
Tim Burton (13x, Crew)
Johnny Depp (12x, Actor)
Ricky Gervais (12x, Actor)
Danny Elfman (11x, Crew)
Stephen Merchant (10x, Actor)
David Heyman (10x, Crew)
Peter Burgis (10x, Crew)
Katterli Frauenfelder (10x, Crew)
Timothy Spall (9x, Actor)
Chris Lebenzon (9x, Crew)
Tim Lewis (9x, Crew)
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