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Helena Bonham Carter
15 FOLLOWERS • 46 CREDITS • MAY 26, 1966 • 58
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
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The Graham Norton Show
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The Oscars
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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Miami Vice
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American Idol
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Maurice
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
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The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
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The Crown
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
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Enola Holmes 2
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Cinderella
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Merlin
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One Life
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Les Misérables
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Hamlet
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Ocean's Eight
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
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The Lone Ranger
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Big Fish
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Enola Holmes
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Alice in Wonderland
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
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Dragonheart: Vengeance
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Terminator Salvation
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Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
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Fight Club
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Dark Shadows
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The King's Speech
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Planet of the Apes
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
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Enola Holmes 3
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The Revengers' Comedies
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Corpse Bride
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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Howards End
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The Seven Dials Mystery
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Suffragette
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Wild Babies
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A Room with a View
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The Gruffalo
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Eden: Untamed Planet
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