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Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter

Acting

Born May 26, 1966, Golders Green, London, England, UK

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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (47)
  • 2026Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World — Self
  • Tim Burton: Life in the Line — Self
  • 2024Merchant Ivory — Self
  • 2023Charles III: The Coronation Year — Self - Narrator (voice)
  • 2023The Real Nolly — Self - Narrator (voice)
  • 2023imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me — Self
  • 2022Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts — Self
  • 2022Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends — Self
  • 2022Three Minutes: A Lengthening — Self - Narrator (voice)
  • Eden: Untamed Planet — Self - Narrator (voice)
  • 2021Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony — Self (archive footage)
  • 2020The Magical World of Julia Donaldson — Self - Readings
  • 2019Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered — Self
  • 2019E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey — Self
  • My Grandparents' War — Self
  • 2018Ocean's Team 3.0 — Self
  • 2018Reimagining The Met Gala — Self
  • Tate Britain's Great Art Walks — Self
  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
  • 2014Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley — Self
  • 2014Riding a Train of Thoughts — Self
  • 2013Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck — Self
  • Pantoffelkino — Self - Interviewee
  • 2012Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons — Self
  • 2011When Harry Left Hogwarts — Self
  • 2010Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland — Self
  • 2010Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice — Self
  • 2010Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter — Self
  • Live from Studio Five — Self
  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
  • 2008Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd — Self
  • The Graham Norton Show — Self
  • 2005Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors — Self
  • 2003Celebrity Naked Ambition — Self (archive footage)
  • American Idol — Self
  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross — Self - Guest
  • 2000Fight Club: Behind the Scenes — Self
  • So Graham Norton — Self - Guest
  • The Entertainment Biz — Self
  • The View — Self
  • GMTV — Self
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
  • Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
  • The Oscars — Self
  • Golden Globe Awards — Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
  • James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty — Self
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