Helena Bonham Carter
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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
Credits
Fight Club (1999)
as Marla Singer
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Corpse Bride (2005)
as Corpse Bride (voice)
Cinderella (2015)
as Fairy Godmother
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
as Iracebeth / Red Queen
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
as Mrs. Bucket
Ocean's Eight (2018)
as Rose Weil
Enola Holmes 3 (2026)
as Eudoria Holmes
Enola Holmes (2020)
as Eudoria Holmes
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
as Iracebeth / Red Queen
Les Misérables (2012)
as Madame Thénardier
Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
as Eudoria Holmes
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
as Beatrice Baudelaire (uncredited)
Terminator Salvation (2009)
as Serena
Planet of the Apes (2001)
as Ari
Big Fish (2003)
as Jenny (young & senior) / The Witch
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
as Lady Campanula Tottington (voice)
Dark Shadows (2012)
as Dr. Julia Hoffman
The Lone Ranger (2013)
as Red Harrington
The King's Speech (2010)
as Queen Elizabeth
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
as Mrs. Lovett
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022)
as Self
A Room with a View (1986)
as Lucy Honeychurch
Maurice (1987)
as Young Lady at Cricket Match (uncredited)
One Life (2023)
as Babi Winton
The House (2022)
as Jen (voice)
Howards End (1992)
as Helen Schlegel
The Velveteen Rabbit (2023)
as Wise Horse (voice)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
as Elizabeth
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
as Dr. Clair
Suffragette (2015)
as Edith Ellyn
Dragonheart: Vengeance (2021)
as Siveth (voice)
The Gruffalo (2009)
as Mother Squirrel (voice)
Novocaine (2001)
as Susan
Lady Jane (1986)
as Lady Jane Grey
Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
The Land of Sometimes (2026)
as Mediocris (voice)
Great Expectations (2012)
as Miss Havisham
Hamlet (1990)
as Ophelia
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
as Amanda
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero (2018)
as Margaret Conroy (voice)
Night Will Fall (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
Twelfth Night (1996)
as Olivia
Toast (2010)
as Mrs Potter
Turks & Caicos (2014)
as Margot Tyrell
55 Steps (2018)
as Eleanor Riese
Four Letters of Love (2025)
as Margaret Gore
Live from Baghdad (2002)
as Ingrid Formanek
Merchant Ivory (2024)
as Self
The Gruffalo's Child (2011)
as Mother Squirrel (voice)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
as Kate Croy
Sixty Six (2006)
as Esther Rubens
The Vision (1987)
as Jo Marriner
Shadow Play (1996)
as Ada
The Mask (1988)
as Iris
Conversations with Other Women (2006)
as Woman
Salting the Battlefield (2014)
as Margot Tyrell
The Housekeeper (—)
as Adelaide
Francesco (1989)
as Chiara
When Harry Left Hogwarts (2011)
as Self
Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)
as Rosemary
Discovering Hamlet (2011)
as Ophelia (archive footage)
Burton and Taylor (2013)
as Elizabeth Taylor
A Hazard of Hearts (1987)
as Serena Staverley
Margaret's Museum (1995)
as Margaret MacNeil
Wild Africa (2015)
as Narrator
Tim Burton: Life in the Line (2024)
as Self
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026)
as Self
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
as Caroline Abbott
The Revengers' Comedies (1998)
as Karen Knightly
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley (2014)
as Self
The Theory of Flight (1999)
as Jane Hatchard
Arms and the Man (1989)
as Raina Petkoff
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (2013)
as Self
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends (2022)
as Self
Enid (2009)
as Enid Blyton
Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice (2010)
as Self
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas (2020)
as Lady Devilla
White Bear's Secret (1992)
as White Bear (voice)
Carnivale (2000)
as Milly (voice)
The Heart of Me (2004)
as Dinah
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons (2012)
as Self
Women Talking Dirty (2001)
as Cora
Getting It Right (1989)
as Minerva Munday
Clown (2020)
as Narrator (voice)
Ocean's Team 3.0 (2018)
as Self
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered (2019)
as Self
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser (2021)
as Red Queen (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Pattern of Roses (1983)
as Netty (The Past)
Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen (1993)
as Pandora / Julie
Magnificent 7 (2005)
as Maggi Jackson
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald (1993)
as Marina Oswald
The Offing (—)
as Dulcie Piper
Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter (2010)
as Self
Reimagining The Met Gala (2018)
as Self
Fight Club: Behind the Scenes (2000)
as Self
Wild Africa / Tiny Giants (2016)
as Narrator (Wild Africa)
The Real Nolly (2023)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey (2019)
as Self
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd (2008)
as Self
Poles Apart (2017)
as Nanuk
Brown Bear's Wedding (1991)
as White Bear (voice)
Butter (1994)
as Dorothy
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson (2020)
as Self - Readings
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson (2020)
as reader
Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me (2023)
as Self
Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002)
as Ruby
Riding a Train of Thoughts (2014)
as Self
The Price of Kings: Yasser Arafat (2012)
as Narrator
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty (—)
as Self
Football (2001)
as Mum
The Well of Saint Nobody (—)
as Tara
Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland (2010)
as Self
Three Minutes: A Lengthening (2022)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Not Bloody Likely (—)
as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter (1990)
as Beatrix Potter
Charles III: The Coronation Year (2023)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Price of Kings: Shimon Peres (2012)
as Narrator