Helena Bonham Carter
Known For
Acting
Born
1966-05-26 in Golders Green, London, England, UK
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.
Most Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
The Crown
as Princess Margaret
The View
as Self
Miami Vice
as Dr. Theresa Lyons
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
American Idol
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Fight Club
as Marla Singer
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Absolutely Fabulous
as Dream Saffron
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Bellatrix Lestrange
The Oscars
as Self
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Cinderella
as Fairy Godmother
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
as Mrs. Bucket
GMTV
as Self
Alice in Wonderland
as Iracebeth / Red Queen
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials
as Lady Caterham