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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2009 • TV
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2010 • Movie
2011 • Movie
as Bellatrix Lestrange
as Bellatrix Lestrange
as Bellatrix Lestrange
as Bellatrix Lestrange
as Dr. Julia Hoffman
as Mrs. Bucket
as Iracebeth / Red Queen
as Corpse Bride (voice)
as Eudoria Holmes
as Jenny (young & senior) / The Witch
as Serena
as Dinah
as Madame Thénardier
as Mrs. Lovett
as Karen Knightly
as Ari
as Lady Campanula Tottington (voice)
as Self
as Raina Petkoff
as Margaret MacNeil
Executive Producer
as Lady Caterham
3 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Self
4 episodes
as Princess Margaret
20 episodes
as Dr. Theresa Lyons
2 episodes
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1 episodes
as Self
2 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Jo Marriner
1 episodes
as Dream Saffron
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Self
2 episodes
as All-Maudra Mayrin (voice)
4 episodes
as Morgan le Fay
2 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Sheila
1 episodes
as Helena Bonham Carter
1 episodes
Executive Producer
