Helena Bonham Carter

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

157

Gender

Female

Birthday

1966-05-26 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

Golders Green, London, England, UK

Helena Bonham Carter

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 Graham Norton Show

  • Corpse Bride

    Corpse Bride

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • American Idol

    American Idol

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • The Crown

    The Crown

  • The View

    The View

  • Fight Club

    Fight Club

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

  • Cinderella

    Cinderella

  • GMTV

    GMTV

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

  • The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

    The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

  • Dark Shadows

    Dark Shadows

  • Absolutely Fabulous

    Absolutely Fabulous

  • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Alice Through the Looking Glass

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Enola Holmes

    Enola Holmes

  • Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

    Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

  • Planet of the Apes

    Planet of the Apes

  • Ocean's Eight

    Ocean's Eight

  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

  • Terminator Salvation

    Terminator Salvation

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • Big Fish

    Big Fish

  • The King's Speech

    The King's Speech

  • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

    Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

  • Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

    Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

  • Charles III: The Coronation Year

    Charles III: The Coronation Year

  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

  • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

    The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

  • So Graham Norton

    So Graham Norton

  • Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

    Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

  • Enola Holmes 3

    Enola Holmes 3

  • The Cleaner

    The Cleaner

  • Francesco

    Francesco

  • Merlin

    Merlin

  • The Velveteen Rabbit

    The Velveteen Rabbit

  • The Lone Ranger

    The Lone Ranger

  • A Room with a View

    A Room with a View

  • Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero

    Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero

  • Novocaine

    Novocaine

  • One Life

    One Life

  • Dragonheart: Vengeance

    Dragonheart: Vengeance

  • Enola Holmes 2

    Enola Holmes 2

  • The Gruffalo's Child

    The Gruffalo's Child

  • Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser

    Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser

  • Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

    Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

  • Howards End

    Howards End

  • Discovering Hamlet

    Discovering Hamlet

  • Mighty Aphrodite

    Mighty Aphrodite

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Creating the World of Harry Potter

    Creating the World of Harry Potter

  • Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

    Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

  • The House

    The House

  • The Wings of the Dove

    The Wings of the Dove

  • The Gruffalo

    The Gruffalo

  • The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson

    The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson

  • A Pattern of Roses

    A Pattern of Roses

  • Where Angels Fear to Tread

    Where Angels Fear to Tread

  • Margaret's Museum

    Margaret's Museum

  • The Heart of Me

    The Heart of Me

  • Carnivale

    Carnivale

  • Keep the Aspidistra Flying

    Keep the Aspidistra Flying

  • Butter

    Butter

  • Life's Too Short

    Life's Too Short

  • 55 Steps

    55 Steps

  • Eden: Untamed Planet

    Eden: Untamed Planet

  • Toast

    Toast

  • Henry VIII

    Henry VIII

  • Rik Mayall Presents

    Rik Mayall Presents

  • Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen

    Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen

  • Salting the Battlefield

    Salting the Battlefield

  • Not Bloody Likely

    Not Bloody Likely

  • Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

  • The Revengers' Comedies

    The Revengers' Comedies

  • Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons

    Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons

  • Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter

    Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter

  • The Entertainment Biz

    The Entertainment Biz

  • Maurice

    Maurice

  • Nolly

    Nolly

  • The Mask

    The Mask

  • A Dark Adapted Eye

    A Dark Adapted Eye

  • The Offing

    The Offing

  • Night Will Fall

    Night Will Fall

  • Till Human Voices Wake Us

    Till Human Voices Wake Us

  • Four Letters of Love

    Four Letters of Love

  • The Land of Sometimes

    The Land of Sometimes

  • Love, Nina

    Love, Nina

  • Shadow Play

    Shadow Play

  • Lady Jane

    Lady Jane

  • A Hazard of Hearts

    A Hazard of Hearts

  • The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

    The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

  • The Kumars at No. 42

    The Kumars at No. 42

  • Suffragette

    Suffragette

  • The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

    The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

  • My Grandparents' War

    My Grandparents' War

  • Poles Apart

    Poles Apart

  • Enid

    Enid

  • Bluey Book Reads

    Bluey Book Reads

  • Conversations with Other Women

    Conversations with Other Women

  • Merchant Ivory

    Merchant Ivory

  • Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

    Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

  • The Price of Kings: Yasser Arafat

    The Price of Kings: Yasser Arafat

  • Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

    Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

  • Magnificent 7

    Magnificent 7

  • The Well of Saint Nobody

    The Well of Saint Nobody

  • Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald

    Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald

  • Women Talking Dirty

    Women Talking Dirty

  • Burton and Taylor

    Burton and Taylor

  • Arms and the Man

    Arms and the Man

  • Wild Babies

    Wild Babies

  • Live from Baghdad

    Live from Baghdad

  • Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland

  • The Theory of Flight

    The Theory of Flight

  • Ocean's Team 3.0

    Ocean's Team 3.0

  • Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck

    Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck

  • Three Minutes: A Lengthening

    Three Minutes: A Lengthening

  • The Seven Dials Mystery

    The Seven Dials Mystery

  • Football

    Football

  • Jo Brand Through the Cakehole

    Jo Brand Through the Cakehole

  • Live from Studio Five

    Live from Studio Five

  • A Therapy

    A Therapy

  • Getting It Right

    Getting It Right

  • California Avenue

    California Avenue

  • Wild Africa

    Wild Africa

  • The Vision

    The Vision

  • Sixty Six

    Sixty Six

  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd

  • Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter

    Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter

  • Turks & Caicos

    Turks & Caicos

  • Reimagining The Met Gala

    Reimagining The Met Gala

  • When Harry Left Hogwarts

    When Harry Left Hogwarts

  • The Price of Kings: Shimon Peres

    The Price of Kings: Shimon Peres

  • Riding a Train of Thoughts

    Riding a Train of Thoughts

  • James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty

    James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty

  • The Real Nolly

    The Real Nolly

  • imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me

    imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me

  • Brown Bear's Wedding

    Brown Bear's Wedding

  • Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley

    Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley

  • The Magical World of Julia Donaldson

    The Magical World of Julia Donaldson

  • Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice

    Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice

  • White Bear's Secret

    White Bear's Secret

  • Clown

    Clown

  • Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice

    Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice

  • Tim Burton: Life in the Line

    Tim Burton: Life in the Line

  • E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey

    E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey