Helena Bonham Carter
Born May 26, 1966 (Age: 59)
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Golders Green, London, England, UK
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.
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.
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Filmography
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
2026
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as
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Age: 59
Four Letters of Love
2025
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as Margaret Gore
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Age: 59
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2024
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as Self
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Age: 58
One Life
2023
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as Babi Winton
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Age: 57
Three Minutes: A Lengthening
2022
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as Self - Narrator (voice)
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Age: 56
No Image
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
2020
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as Self - Readings
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Age: 54
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
2019
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as Self
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Age: 53
Ocean's Eight
2018
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as Rose Weil
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Age: 52
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
2018
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as Margaret Conroy (voice)
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Age: 51
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
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as Iracebeth / Red Queen
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Age: 49
Suffragette
2015
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as Edith Ellyn
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Age: 49
Cinderella
2015
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as Fairy Godmother
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Age: 48
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
2013
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as Dr. Clair
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Age: 47
The Lone Ranger
2013
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as Red Harrington
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Age: 47
Les Misérables
2012
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as Madame Thénardier
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Age: 46
Great Expectations
2012
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as Miss Havisham
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Age: 46
Dark Shadows
2012
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as Dr. Julia Hoffman
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Age: 45
Discovering Hamlet
2011
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as Ophelia (archive footage)
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Age: 45
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
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as Bellatrix Lestrange
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Age: 45
The King's Speech
2010
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as Queen Elizabeth
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Age: 44
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
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as Bellatrix Lestrange
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Age: 44
Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland
2010
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as Self
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Age: 44
Alice in Wonderland
2010
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as Iracebeth / Red Queen
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Age: 43
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
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as Bellatrix Lestrange
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Age: 43
Terminator Salvation
2009
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as Serena
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Age: 42
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007
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as Mrs. Lovett
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Age: 41
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
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as Bellatrix Lestrange
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Age: 41
Sixty Six
2006
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as Esther Rubens
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Age: 40
Conversations with Other Women
2006
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as Woman
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Age: 40
Magnificent 7
2005
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as Maggi Jackson
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Age: 39
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
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as Lady Campanula Tottington (voice)
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Age: 39
Corpse Bride
2005
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as Corpse Bride (voice)
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Age: 39
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
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as Mrs. Bucket
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Age: 39
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
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as Beatrice Baudelaire (uncredited)
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Age: 38
Big Fish
2003
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as Jenny (young & senior) / The Witch
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Age: 37
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 37
Live from Baghdad
2002
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as Ingrid Formanek
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Age: 36
Till Human Voices Wake Us
2002
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as Ruby
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Age: 36
Novocaine
2001
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as Susan
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Age: 35
Planet of the Apes
2001
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as Ari
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Age: 35
Carnivale
2000
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as Milly (voice)
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Age: 33
Fight Club
1999
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as Marla Singer
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Age: 33
The Revengers' Comedies
1998
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as Karen Knightly
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Age: 32
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
1997
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as Rosemary
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Age: 31
The Wings of the Dove
1997
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as Kate Croy
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Age: 31
Twelfth Night
1996
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as Olivia
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Age: 30
Shadow Play
1996
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as Ada
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Age: 30
Mighty Aphrodite
1995
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as Amanda
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Age: 29
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
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as Elizabeth
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Age: 28
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald
1993
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as Marina Oswald
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Age: 27
Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen
1993
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as Pandora / Julie
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Age: 27
White Bear's Secret
1992
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as White Bear (voice)
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Age: 25
Howards End
1992
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as Helen Schlegel
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Age: 25
Brown Bear's Wedding
1991
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as White Bear (voice)
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Age: 25
Where Angels Fear to Tread
1991
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as Caroline Abbott
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Age: 25
Hamlet
1990
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as Ophelia
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Age: 24
Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter
1990
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as Beatrix Potter
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Age: 24
Getting It Right
1989
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as Minerva Munday
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Age: 22
Arms and the Man
1989
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as Raina Petkoff
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Age: 22
Francesco
1989
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as Chiara
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Age: 22
The Mask
1988
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as Iris
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Age: 21
A Hazard of Hearts
1987
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as Serena Staverley
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Age: 21
The Vision
1987
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as Jo Marriner
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Age: 21
Maurice
1987
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as Young Lady at Cricket Match (uncredited)
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Age: 21
A Room with a View
1986
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as Lucy Honeychurch
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Age: 19