Helena Bonham Carter
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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
Credits
Fight Club (1999)
as Marla Singer
Corpse Bride (2005)
as Corpse Bride (voice)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
as Iracebeth / Red Queen
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
as Mrs. Bucket
The King's Speech (2010)
as Queen Elizabeth
Cinderella (2015)
as Fairy Godmother
Terminator Salvation (2009)
as Serena
Ocean's Eight (2018)
as Rose Weil
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
as Iracebeth / Red Queen
Dark Shadows (2012)
as Dr. Julia Hoffman
Planet of the Apes (2001)
as Ari
Enola Holmes 3 (2026)
as Eudoria Holmes
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
as Mrs. Lovett
Enola Holmes (2020)
as Eudoria Holmes
The Lone Ranger (2013)
as Red Harrington
Big Fish (2003)
as Jenny (young & senior) / The Witch
Les Misérables (2012)
as Madame Thénardier
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
as Lady Campanula Tottington (voice)
Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
as Eudoria Holmes
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
as Beatrice Baudelaire (uncredited)
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022)
as Self
One Life (2023)
as Babi Winton
The Gruffalo (2009)
as Mother Squirrel (voice)
The Velveteen Rabbit (2023)
as Wise Horse (voice)
A Room with a View (1986)
as Lucy Honeychurch
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
as Elizabeth
The House (2022)
as Jen (voice)
Merchant Ivory (2024)
as Self
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
as Dr. Clair
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero (2018)
as Margaret Conroy (voice)
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
as Amanda
Dragonheart: Vengeance (2021)
as Siveth (voice)
Howards End (1992)
as Helen Schlegel
Maurice (1987)
as Young Lady at Cricket Match (uncredited)
Suffragette (2015)
as Edith Ellyn
The Gruffalo's Child (2011)
as Mother Squirrel (voice)
Lady Jane (1986)
as Lady Jane Grey
The Land of Sometimes (2026)
as Mediocris (voice)
Great Expectations (2012)
as Miss Havisham
Toast (2010)
as Mrs Potter
55 Steps (2018)
as Eleanor Riese
Four Letters of Love (2025)
as Margaret Gore
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
as Kate Croy
Turks & Caicos (2014)
as Margot Tyrell
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser (2021)
as Red Queen (archive footage) (uncredited)
Twelfth Night (1996)
as Olivia
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
as Caroline Abbott
The Price of Kings: Yasser Arafat (2012)
as Narrator
Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory (2027)
as (voice)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Heart of Me (2004)
as Dinah
Salting the Battlefield (2014)
as Margot Tyrell
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas (2020)
as Lady Devilla
When Harry Left Hogwarts (2011)
as Self
Conversations with Other Women (2006)
as Woman
Hamlet (1990)
as Ophelia
A Hazard of Hearts (1987)
as Serena Staverley
Riding a Train of Thoughts (2014)
as Self
Live from Baghdad (2002)
as Ingrid Formanek
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends (2022)
as Self
Arms and the Man (1989)
as Raina Petkoff
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson (2020)
as reader
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (2013)
as Self
Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
The Theory of Flight (1999)
as Jane Hatchard
Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)
as Rosemary
The Mask (1988)
as Iris
Ocean's Team 3.0 (2018)
as Self
Novocaine (2001)
as Susan
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026)
as Self
The Vision (1987)
as Jo Marriner
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered (2019)
as Self
Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter (2010)
as Self
Burton and Taylor (2013)
as Elizabeth Taylor
Sixty Six (2006)
as Esther Rubens
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons (2012)
as Self
The Revengers' Comedies (1998)
as Karen Knightly
Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice (2010)
as Self
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald (1993)
as Marina Oswald
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me (2023)
as Self
Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002)
as Ruby
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley (2014)
as Self
Shadow Play (1996)
as Ada
Night Will Fall (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
Francesco (1989)
as Chiara
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors (2005)
as Self
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex (1995)
Actor
Margaret's Museum (1995)
as Margaret MacNeil
Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen (1993)
as Pandora / Julie
Women Talking Dirty (2001)
as Cora
Getting It Right (1989)
as Minerva Munday
Three Minutes: A Lengthening (2022)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland (2010)
as Self
Wild Africa (2015)
as Narrator
Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
Clown (2020)
as Narrator (voice)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd (2008)
as Self
A Pattern of Roses (1983)
as Netty (The Past)
The Housekeeper (—)
as Adelaide
Enid (2009)
as Enid Blyton
Wild Africa / Tiny Giants (2016)
as Narrator (Wild Africa)
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey (2019)
as Self
Fight Club: Behind the Scenes (2000)
as Self
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson (2020)
as Self - Readings
Reimagining The Met Gala (2018)
as Self
The Real Nolly (2023)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Charles III: The Coronation Year (2023)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Poles Apart (2017)
as Nanuk (voice)
The Well of Saint Nobody (—)
as Tara
White Bear's Secret (1992)
as White Bear (voice)
Discovering Hamlet (2011)
as Ophelia (archive footage)
Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter (1990)
as Beatrix Potter
The Price of Kings: Shimon Peres (2012)
as Narrator
Brown Bear's Wedding (1991)
as White Bear (voice)
Ian Fleming and the Curse of James Bond (2026)
as Readings
Football (2001)
as Mum
Butter (1994)
as Dorothy
Magnificent 7 (2005)
as Maggi Jackson
Carnivale (2000)
as Milly (voice)
Not Bloody Likely (—)
as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty (—)
as Self
The Offing (—)
as Dulcie Piper