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
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Fight Club (1999)
as Marla Singer
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
as Iracebeth / Red Queen
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
as Mrs. Bucket
Corpse Bride (2005)
as Corpse Bride (voice)
Cinderella (2015)
as Fairy Godmother
Enola Holmes 3 (2026)
as Eudoria Holmes
Ocean's Eight (2018)
as Rose Weil
Terminator Salvation (2009)
as Serena
The King's Speech (2010)
as Queen Elizabeth
Les Misérables (2012)
as Madame Thénardier
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
as Iracebeth / Red Queen
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
as Beatrice Baudelaire (uncredited)
Enola Holmes (2020)
as Eudoria Holmes
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
as Lady Campanula Tottington (voice)
Dark Shadows (2012)
as Dr. Julia Hoffman
Big Fish (2003)
as Jenny (young & senior) / The Witch
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
as Mrs. Lovett
The Velveteen Rabbit (2023)
as Wise Horse (voice)
Planet of the Apes (2001)
as Ari
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022)
as Self
Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
as Eudoria Holmes
The Lone Ranger (2013)
as Red Harrington
One Life (2023)
as Babi Winton
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
as Elizabeth
Dragonheart: Vengeance (2021)
as Siveth (voice)
Howards End (1992)
as Helen Schlegel
A Room with a View (1986)
as Lucy Honeychurch
The Gruffalo (2009)
as Mother Squirrel (voice)
Great Expectations (2012)
as Miss Havisham
The House (2022)
as Jen (voice)
Maurice (1987)
as Young Lady at Cricket Match (uncredited)
Lady Jane (1986)
as Lady Jane Grey
Suffragette (2015)
as Edith Ellyn
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
as Dr. Clair
Four Letters of Love (2025)
as Margaret Gore
Hamlet (1990)
as Ophelia
Turks & Caicos (2014)
as Margot Tyrell
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
as Amanda
The Gruffalo's Child (2011)
as Mother Squirrel (voice)
Salting the Battlefield (2014)
as Margot Tyrell
The Land of Sometimes (2026)
as Mediocris (voice)
The Vision (1987)
as Jo Marriner
Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
55 Steps (2018)
as Eleanor Riese
Novocaine (2001)
as Susan
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero (2018)
as Margaret Conroy (voice)
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
as Kate Croy
Twelfth Night (1996)
as Olivia
When Harry Left Hogwarts (2011)
as Self
Toast (2010)
as Mrs Potter
Merchant Ivory (2024)
as Self
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
as Caroline Abbott
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas (2020)
as Lady Devilla
Live from Baghdad (2002)
as Ingrid Formanek
Riding a Train of Thoughts (2014)
as Self
Conversations with Other Women (2006)
as Woman
Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory (2027)
as (voice)
Sixty Six (2006)
as Esther Rubens
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026)
as Self
The Housekeeper (—)
as Adelaide
Shadow Play (1996)
as Ada
Burton and Taylor (2013)
as Elizabeth Taylor
Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)
as Rosemary
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald (1993)
as Marina Oswald
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Revengers' Comedies (1998)
as Karen Knightly
Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter (2010)
as Self
Getting It Right (1989)
as Minerva Munday
The Mask (1988)
as Iris
The Heart of Me (2004)
as Dinah
Francesco (1989)
as Chiara
Clown (2020)
as Narrator (voice)
The Theory of Flight (1999)
as Jane Hatchard
Wild Africa (2015)
as Narrator
Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland (2010)
as Self
A Hazard of Hearts (1987)
as Serena Staverley
Discovering Hamlet (2011)
as Ophelia (archive footage)
Night Will Fall (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
Women Talking Dirty (2001)
as Cora
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered (2019)
as Self
Enid (2009)
as Enid Blyton
Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me (2023)
as Self
Arms and the Man (1989)
as Raina Petkoff
Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice (2010)
as Self
Football (2001)
as Mum
Ocean's Team 3.0 (2018)
as Self
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons (2012)
as Self
Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen (1993)
as Pandora / Julie
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley (2014)
as Self
Three Minutes: A Lengthening (2022)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson (2020)
as Self - Readings
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson (2020)
as reader
Butter (1994)
as Dorothy
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
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex (1995)
Actor
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd (2008)
as Self
White Bear's Secret (1992)
as White Bear (voice)
A Pattern of Roses (1983)
as Netty (The Past)
Margaret's Museum (1995)
as Margaret MacNeil
Magnificent 7 (2005)
as Maggi Jackson
Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter (1990)
as Beatrix Potter
The Well of Saint Nobody (—)
as Tara
Poles Apart (2017)
as Nanuk
Reimagining The Met Gala (2018)
as Self
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser (2021)
as Red Queen (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carnivale (2000)
as Milly (voice)
Fight Club: Behind the Scenes (2000)
as Self
Not Bloody Likely (—)
as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
The Real Nolly (2023)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002)
as Ruby
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty (—)
as Self
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey (2019)
as Self
Wild Africa / Tiny Giants (2016)
as Narrator (Wild Africa)
Brown Bear's Wedding (1991)
as White Bear (voice)
The Offing (—)
as Dulcie Piper
Charles III: The Coronation Year (2023)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Price of Kings: Yasser Arafat (2012)
as Narrator
The Price of Kings: Shimon Peres (2012)
as Narrator