
Helena Bonham Carter
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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.
Known For

The Graham Norton Show

The Oscars

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Golden Globe Awards

Miami Vice

American Idol

Maurice

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

The Crown

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Cinderella

Merlin

Enola Holmes 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

One Life

Hamlet

Ocean's Eight

Les Misérables

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Big Fish

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

The Lone Ranger

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Terminator Salvation

Alice in Wonderland

Dragonheart: Vengeance

Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons

Enola Holmes

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The King's Speech

Dark Shadows

Planet of the Apes

Fight Club

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Enola Holmes 3

Howards End

The Seven Dials Mystery

The Revengers' Comedies

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Suffragette

Corpse Bride

Wild Babies

Eden: Untamed Planet

A Room with a View

The Gruffalo
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