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
Corpse Bride (2005)
as Corpse Bride (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Fight Club (1999)
as Marla Singer
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
as Mrs. Bucket
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
as Iracebeth / Red Queen
Cinderella (2015)
as Fairy Godmother
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
as Iracebeth / Red Queen
Planet of the Apes (2001)
as Ari
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
as Lady Campanula Tottington (voice)
Enola Holmes 3 (2026)
as Eudoria Holmes
Terminator Salvation (2009)
as Serena
Ocean's Eight (2018)
as Rose Weil
The King's Speech (2010)
as Queen Elizabeth
Dark Shadows (2012)
as Dr. Julia Hoffman
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
as Mrs. Lovett
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022)
as Self
The Lone Ranger (2013)
as Red Harrington
Big Fish (2003)
as Jenny (young & senior) / The Witch
Les Misérables (2012)
as Madame Thénardier
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
as Beatrice Baudelaire (uncredited)
Enola Holmes (2020)
as Eudoria Holmes
Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
as Eudoria Holmes
One Life (2023)
as Babi Winton
Suffragette (2015)
as Edith Ellyn
Maurice (1987)
as Young Lady at Cricket Match (uncredited)
The Velveteen Rabbit (2023)
as Wise Horse (voice)
The House (2022)
as Jen (voice)
Lady Jane (1986)
as Lady Jane Grey
A Room with a View (1986)
as Lucy Honeychurch
The Gruffalo (2009)
as Mother Squirrel (voice)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
as Elizabeth
The Gruffalo's Child (2011)
as Mother Squirrel (voice)
Dragonheart: Vengeance (2021)
as Siveth (voice)
Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory (2027)
as (voice)
Howards End (1992)
as Helen Schlegel
Merchant Ivory (2024)
as Self
The Mask (1988)
as Iris
Four Letters of Love (2025)
as Margaret Gore
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026)
as Self
Great Expectations (2012)
as Miss Havisham
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
as Dr. Clair
The Housekeeper (—)
as Adelaide
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero (2018)
as Margaret Conroy (voice)
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
as Amanda
Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Burton and Taylor (2013)
as Elizabeth Taylor
Hamlet (1990)
as Ophelia
Women Talking Dirty (2001)
as Cora
Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)
as Rosemary
Shadow Play (1996)
as Ada
55 Steps (2018)
as Eleanor Riese
Twelfth Night (1996)
as Olivia
The Land of Sometimes (2026)
as Mediocris (voice)
Ian Fleming and the Curse of James Bond (2026)
as Readings
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors (2005)
as Self
The Vision (1987)
as Jo Marriner
A Hazard of Hearts (1987)
as Serena Staverley
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Novocaine (2001)
as Susan
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
as Kate Croy
Toast (2010)
as Mrs Potter
Clown (2020)
as Narrator (voice)
White Bear's Secret (1992)
as White Bear (voice)
Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen (1993)
as Pandora / Julie
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
as Caroline Abbott
Conversations with Other Women (2006)
as Woman
Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter (2010)
as Self
Football (2001)
as Mum
Salting the Battlefield (2014)
as Margot Tyrell
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex (1995)
Actor
Riding a Train of Thoughts (2014)
as Self
Brown Bear's Wedding (1991)
as White Bear (voice)
Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice (2010)
as Self
Live from Baghdad (2002)
as Ingrid Formanek
When Harry Left Hogwarts (2011)
as Self
The Theory of Flight (1999)
as Jane Hatchard
Fight Club: Behind the Scenes (2000)
as Self
Sixty Six (2006)
as Esther Rubens
Turks & Caicos (2014)
as Margot Tyrell
The Heart of Me (2004)
as Dinah
Francesco (1989)
as Chiara
Wild Africa (2015)
as Narrator
The Revengers' Comedies (1998)
as Karen Knightly
Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland (2010)
as Self
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends (2022)
as Self
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley (2014)
as Self
Arms and the Man (1989)
as Raina Petkoff
A Pattern of Roses (1983)
as Netty (The Past)
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser (2021)
as Red Queen (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas (2020)
as Lady Devilla
Ocean's Team 3.0 (2018)
as Self
Carnivale (2000)
as Milly (voice)
Three Minutes: A Lengthening (2022)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Night Will Fall (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me (2023)
as Self
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered (2019)
as Self
Wild Africa / Tiny Giants (2016)
as Narrator (Wild Africa)
Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002)
as Ruby
Discovering Hamlet (2011)
as Ophelia (archive footage)
Getting It Right (1989)
as Minerva Munday
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson (2020)
as reader
Margaret's Museum (1995)
as Margaret MacNeil
Reimagining The Met Gala (2018)
as Self
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey (2019)
as Self
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson (2020)
as Self - Readings
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons (2012)
as Self
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald (1993)
as Marina Oswald
The Real Nolly (2023)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Butter (1994)
as Dorothy
Enid (2009)
as Enid Blyton
Charles III: The Coronation Year (2023)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (2013)
as Self
Poles Apart (2017)
as Nanuk (voice)
Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter (1990)
as Beatrix Potter
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd (2008)
as Self
Magnificent 7 (2005)
as Maggi Jackson
The Price of Kings: Shimon Peres (2012)
as Narrator
The Price of Kings: Yasser Arafat (2012)
as Narrator
The Well of Saint Nobody (—)
as Tara
The Offing (—)
as Dulcie Piper
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty (—)
as Self