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