 Click to View Photos of Helena Bonham Carter | Helena Bonham Carter CBE is an English actress. Known for her work in independent films and large-scale blockbusters, 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, nine Golden Globe Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, and five Primetime Emmy Awards.
Bonham Carter began her film career playing Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View and the title character in Lady Jane . 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 , 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 , 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 , Howards End , Mary Shelley's Frankenstein , Mighty Aphrodite , Fight Club , Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit , the Harry Potter series as Bellatrix Lestrange, Great Expectations as Miss Havisham, Les Misérables , Cinderella , Ocean's 8 and Enola Holmes . Her collaborations with director Tim Burton, her former domestic partner, include Big Fish , Corpse Bride , Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Mrs. Lovett, Alice in Wonderland as the Red Queen, and Dark Shadows .
For her role as children's author Enid Blyton in the BBC Four biographical film Enid , 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 , Live from Baghdad , Toast , and Burton & Taylor . From 2019 to 2020, she portrayed Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon in seasons three and four of Netflix's The Crown.Full name: Helena Bonham Carter Born: May 26, 1966 |
