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