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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.
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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
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Graham Norton Show
The Oscars
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Golden Globe Awards
GMTV
Miami Vice
American Idol
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Bluey Book Reads
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
The Kumars at No. 42
The Cleaner
Maurice
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Crown
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Cinderella
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Enola Holmes 2
Ocean's Eight
Merlin
One Life
Les Misérables
Hamlet
Absolutely Fabulous
Big Fish
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Lone Ranger
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Terminator Salvation
Alice in Wonderland
Dark Shadows
Dragonheart: Vengeance
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
The Vision
Enola Holmes
Enola Holmes 3
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
Fight Club
Planet of the Apes
The King's Speech
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
Novocaine
Love, Nina
Corpse Bride
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The Seven Dials Mystery
Burton and Taylor
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
Howards End
A Dark Adapted Eye
California Avenue
The Revengers' Comedies
Suffragette
Arms and the Man
The Heart of Me
Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter
Enid
Charles III: The Coronation Year
A Room with a View
The Gruffalo
Wild Babies
Eden: Untamed Planet
Magnificent 7
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
The Gruffalo's Child
Production Credits
California Avenue
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