Helena Bonham Carter

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

160

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

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The View

    The View

  • The Crown

    The Crown

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • Fight Club

    Fight Club

  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

  • Agatha Christie's Seven Dials

    Agatha Christie's Seven Dials

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

  • American Idol

    American Idol

  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Corpse Bride

    Corpse Bride

  • Cinderella

    Cinderella

  • Absolutely Fabulous

    Absolutely Fabulous

  • GMTV

    GMTV

  • Enola Holmes

    Enola Holmes

  • The Lone Ranger

    The Lone Ranger

  • Ocean's Eight

    Ocean's Eight

  • Toast

    Toast

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Big Fish

    Big Fish

  • The Gruffalo

    The Gruffalo

  • Enid

    Enid

  • Terminator Salvation

    Terminator Salvation

  • Enola Holmes 3

    Enola Holmes 3

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Alice Through the Looking Glass

  • Poles Apart

    Poles Apart

  • Planet of the Apes

    Planet of the Apes

  • The Mask

    The Mask

  • Enola Holmes 2

    Enola Holmes 2

  • The King's Speech

    The King's Speech

  • Merlin

    Merlin

  • Merchant Ivory

    Merchant Ivory

  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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

    Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

  • Dark Shadows

    Dark Shadows

  • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

    The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

  • One Life

    One Life

  • Lady Jane

    Lady Jane

  • Football

    Football

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Maurice

    Maurice

  • Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

    Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

  • Keep the Aspidistra Flying

    Keep the Aspidistra Flying

  • Shadow Play

    Shadow Play

  • The Housekeeper

    The Housekeeper

  • Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

    Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

  • So Graham Norton

    So Graham Norton

  • Suffragette

    Suffragette

  • Women Talking Dirty

    Women Talking Dirty

  • Wild Africa

    Wild Africa

  • The Cleaner

    The Cleaner

  • Carnivale

    Carnivale

  • Henry VIII

    Henry VIII

  • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

  • Burton and Taylor

    Burton and Taylor

  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

  • The House

    The House

  • The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

    The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

  • Butter

    Butter

  • Four Letters of Love

    Four Letters of Love

  • Francesco

    Francesco

  • Mighty Aphrodite

    Mighty Aphrodite

  • A Therapy

    A Therapy

  • Dragonheart: Vengeance

    Dragonheart: Vengeance

  • The Entertainment Biz

    The Entertainment Biz

  • A Room with a View

    A Room with a View

  • Howards End

    Howards End

  • Love, Nina

    Love, Nina

  • The Kumars at No. 42

    The Kumars at No. 42

  • Life's Too Short

    Life's Too Short

  • Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

    Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

  • Rik Mayall Presents

    Rik Mayall Presents

  • The Velveteen Rabbit

    The Velveteen Rabbit

  • Riding a Train of Thoughts

    Riding a Train of Thoughts

  • Nolly

    Nolly

  • Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero

    Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero

  • A Dark Adapted Eye

    A Dark Adapted Eye

  • Salting the Battlefield

    Salting the Battlefield

  • Clown

    Clown

  • 55 Steps

    55 Steps

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

    The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

  • Ocean's Team 3.0

    Ocean's Team 3.0

  • My Grandparents' War

    My Grandparents' War

  • When Harry Left Hogwarts

    When Harry Left Hogwarts

  • Live from Studio Five

    Live from Studio Five

  • Eden: Untamed Planet

    Eden: Untamed Planet

  • Novocaine

    Novocaine

  • Turks & Caicos

    Turks & Caicos

  • The Wings of the Dove

    The Wings of the Dove

  • The Gruffalo's Child

    The Gruffalo's Child

  • A Hazard of Hearts

    A Hazard of Hearts

  • Jo Brand Through the Cakehole

    Jo Brand Through the Cakehole

  • Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

    Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

  • Conversations with Other Women

    Conversations with Other Women

  • Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland

  • Bluey Book Reads

    Bluey Book Reads

  • The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

    The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

  • Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

  • Live from Baghdad

    Live from Baghdad

  • Wild Babies

    Wild Babies

  • 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

  • Where Angels Fear to Tread

    Where Angels Fear to Tread

  • Tim Burton: Life in the Line

    Tim Burton: Life in the Line

  • Celebrity Naked Ambition

    Celebrity Naked Ambition

  • The Land of Sometimes

    The Land of Sometimes

  • Night Will Fall

    Night Will Fall

  • Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter

    Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter

  • The Heart of Me

    The Heart of Me

  • Sixty Six

    Sixty Six

  • Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley

    Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley

  • The Revengers' Comedies

    The Revengers' Comedies

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

    Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons

  • California Avenue

    California Avenue

  • Brown Bear's Wedding

    Brown Bear's Wedding

  • Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice

    Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice

  • Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

    Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

  • Tim Burton: Life in the Line

    Tim Burton: Life in the Line

  • Three Minutes: A Lengthening

    Three Minutes: A Lengthening

  • The Vision

    The Vision

  • E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey

    E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey

  • Till Human Voices Wake Us

    Till Human Voices Wake Us

  • The Magical World of Julia Donaldson

    The Magical World of Julia Donaldson

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

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

  • Discovering Hamlet

    Discovering Hamlet

  • Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice

    Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice

  • Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

    Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

  • Margaret's Museum

    Margaret's Museum

  • The Theory of Flight

    The Theory of Flight

  • Getting It Right

    Getting It Right

  • Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald

    Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald

  • White Bear's Secret

    White Bear's Secret

  • Reimagining The Met Gala

    Reimagining The Met Gala

  • Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter

    Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter

  • Not Bloody Likely

    Not Bloody Likely

  • Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

    Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

  • The Well of Saint Nobody

    The Well of Saint Nobody

  • Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser

    Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser

  • The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson

    The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson

  • Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen

    Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen

  • Pantoffelkino

    Pantoffelkino

  • The Real Nolly

    The Real Nolly

  • Arms and the Man

    Arms and the Man

  • Magnificent 7

    Magnificent 7

  • imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me

    imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me

  • A Pattern of Roses

    A Pattern of Roses

  • The Offing

    The Offing

  • The Price of Kings: Shimon Peres

    The Price of Kings: Shimon Peres

  • James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty

    James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty

  • Charles III: The Coronation Year

    Charles III: The Coronation Year

  • The Price of Kings: Yasser Arafat

    The Price of Kings: Yasser Arafat