Helena Bonham Carter

Acting · Born 1966-05-26 in Golders Green, London, England, UK

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…

Filmography

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Mrs. Bucket
• Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit as Lady Campanula Tottington (voice)
• Big Fish as Jenny (young & senior) / The Witch
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Bellatrix Lestrange
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as Bellatrix Lestrange
• Corpse Bride as Corpse Bride (voice)
• Enola Holmes 2 as Eudoria Holmes
• A Room with a View as Lucy Honeychurch
• Howards End as Helen Schlegel
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Bellatrix Lestrange

TV

• The Crown as Princess Margaret
• The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance as All-Maudra Mayrin (voice)
• The Kumars at No. 42
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
• Miami Vice as Dr. Theresa Lyons
• The View as Self
• American Idol as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
• So Graham Norton as Self - Guest
• The Oscars as Self