
Acting
Born May 26, 1966 · Golders Green, London, England, UK
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.

The Land of Sometimes
2026

Four Letters of Love
2025

Merchant Ivory
2024

Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2024

Charles III: The Coronation Year
2023

One Life
2023

imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
2023

The Velveteen Rabbit
2023

The Real Nolly
2023

Three Minutes: A Lengthening
2022

Enola Holmes 2
2022

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022

The House
2022

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022

Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
2021

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021

Dragonheart: Vengeance
2021

Clown
2020
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
2020

Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2020
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
2020

Enola Holmes
2020

Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
2019

E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
2019

Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice
2019
Reimagining The Met Gala
2018

Ocean's Team 3.0
2018

Ocean's Eight
2018

Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
2018