
Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter CBE 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
Credits
- 2025 · Four Letters of Love as Margaret Gore
- 2023 · One Life as Babi Winton
- 2023 · The Velveteen Rabbit as Wise Horse (voice)
- 2022 · Enola Holmes 2 as Eudoria Holmes
- 2022 · Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends as Self
- 2022 · The House as Jen (voice)
- 2022 · Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts as Self
- 2021 · The Cleaner as Sheila
- 2021 · Dragonheart: Vengeance as Siveth (voice)
- 2020 · The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson as reader
- 2020 · The Magical World of Julia Donaldson as Self - Readings
- 2020 · Enola Holmes as Eudoria Holmes
- 2019 · The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance as All-Maudra Mayrin (voice)
- 2018 · Ocean's Eight as Rose Weil
- 2018 · 55 Steps as Eleanor Riese
- 2016 · The Crown as Princess Margaret
- 2016 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as Iracebeth / Red Queen
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · Cinderella as Fairy Godmother
- 2014 · Salting the Battlefield as Margot Tyrell
- 2014 · Turks & Caicos as Margot Tyrell
- 2013 · The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet as Dr. Clair
- 2013 · The Lone Ranger as Red Harrington
- 2012 · Les Misérables as Madame Thénardier
- 2012 · Great Expectations as Miss Havisham
- 2012 · Dark Shadows as Dr. Julia Hoffman
- 2011 · Discovering Hamlet as Ophelia (archive footage)
- 2011 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Bellatrix Lestrange
- 2010 · Toast as Mrs Potter
- 2010 · The King's Speech as Queen Elizabeth
- 2010 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Bellatrix Lestrange
- 2010 · Alice in Wonderland as Iracebeth / Red Queen
- 2009 · Creating the World of Harry Potter as Self - 'Bellatrix Lestrange'
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as Bellatrix Lestrange
- 2009 · Terminator Salvation as Serena
- 2007 · Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Mrs. Lovett
- 2007 · Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Bellatrix Lestrange
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Sixty Six as Esther Rubens
- 2005 · Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit as Lady Campanula Tottington (voice)
- 2005 · Corpse Bride as Corpse Bride (voice)
- 2005 · Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Mrs. Bucket
- 2004 · Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events as Beatrice Baudelaire (uncredited)
- 2004 · The Heart of Me as Dinah
- 2003 · Big Fish as Jenny (young & senior) / The Witch
- 2003 · Henry VIII as Anne Boleyn
- 2002 · Till Human Voices Wake Us as Ruby
- 2002 · American Idol as Self
- 2001 · Novocaine as Susan
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
- 2001 · Planet of the Apes as Ari
- 1999 · Fight Club as Marla Singer
- 1998 · So Graham Norton as Self - Guest
- 1998 · The Revengers' Comedies as Karen Knightly
- 1998 · Merlin as Morgan le Fay
- 1997 · The Wings of the Dove as Kate Croy
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Twelfth Night as Olivia
- 1995 · Margaret's Museum as Margaret MacNeil
- 1995 · Mighty Aphrodite as Amanda
- 1994 · Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Elizabeth
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen as Pandora / Julie
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · Absolutely Fabulous as Dream Saffron
- 1992 · Howards End as Helen Schlegel
- 1991 · Where Angels Fear to Tread as Caroline Abbott
- 1991 · Mel Gibson Goes Back to School as Ophelia (archive footage)
- 1990 · Hamlet as Ophelia
- 1986 · A Room with a View as Lucy Honeychurch
- 1985 · Screen Two as Jo Marriner
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Dr. Theresa Lyons
- Future · Enola Holmes 3 as Eudoria Holmes
- 1983 · A Pattern of Roses as Netty (The Past)
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
- Future · The Land of Sometimes as Mediocris (voice)
- 2023 · Charles III: The Coronation Year as Narrator
- 2023 · Nolly as Noele 'Nolly' Gordon
- 2022 · Wild Babies as Narrator
- 2021 · Eden: Untamed Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Lady Devilla
- 2019 · Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered as Self
- 2018 · Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero as Margaret Conroy (voice)
- 2017 · Poles Apart as Nanuk
- 2017 · Tate Britain's Great Art Walks as Self
- 2016 · Love, Nina as George
- 2015 · Suffragette as Edith Ellyn
- 2014 · Night Will Fall as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · The Price of Kings: Yasser Arafat as Narrator
- 2011 · The Gruffalo's Child as Mother Squirrel (voice)
- 2011 · Life's Too Short as Helena Bonham Carter
- 2009 · The Gruffalo as Mother Squirrel (voice)
- 2009 · Enid as Enid Blyton
- 2002 · Live from Baghdad as Ingrid Formanek
- 2001 · The Kumars at No. 42 as
- 2001 · Football as Mum
- 2000 · Carnivale as Milly (voice)
- 2000 · The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything as
- 1999 · The Theory of Flight as Jane Hatchard
- 1998 · The Entertainment Biz as Self
- 1997 · Keep the Aspidistra Flying as Rosemary
- 1996 · The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century as Vera Brittain (voice)
- 1994 · Butter as Dorothy
- 1993 · Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald as Marina Oswald
- 1993 · Rik Mayall Presents as Pandora / Julie
- 1990 · Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter as Beatrix Potter
- 1989 · Getting It Right as Minerva Munday
- 1989 · Arms and the Man as Raina Petkoff
- 1989 · Francesco as Chiara
- 1987 · A Hazard of Hearts as Serena Staverley
- 1987 · Maurice as Young Lady at Cricket Match (uncredited)
- Future · The Offing as Dulcie Piper
- 1986 · Lady Jane as Lady Jane Grey
- Future · Not Bloody Likely as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
- 2024 · Merchant Ivory as Self
- 2023 · imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me as Self
- 2023 · The Real Nolly as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Three Minutes: A Lengthening as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Clown as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · My Grandparents' War as Self
- 2019 · E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey as Self
- 2019 · Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Ocean's Team 3.0 as Self
- 2018 · Reimagining The Met Gala as Self
- 2015 · Wild Africa as Narrator
- 2014 · Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley as Self
- 2014 · Riding a Train of Thoughts as Self
- 2013 · Burton and Taylor as Elizabeth Taylor
- 2013 · Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck as Self
- 2012 · Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons as Self
- 2012 · A Therapy as Patient
- 2012 · The Price of Kings: Shimon Peres as Narrator
- 2011 · When Harry Left Hogwarts as Self
- 2010 · Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland as Self
- 2010 · Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice as Self
- 2010 · Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter as Self
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2008 · Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd as Self
- 2006 · Conversations with Other Women as Woman
- 2005 · Magnificent 7 as Maggi Jackson
- 1994 · Jo Brand Through the Cakehole as
- 1994 · A Dark Adapted Eye as Faith Severn
- Future · The Seven Dials Mystery as Lady Caterham
- 1992 · White Bear's Secret as White Bear (voice)
- 1988 · The Mask as Iris
- Future · California Avenue as Eddie
- 2001 · Women Talking Dirty as Cora
- Future · The Well of Saint Nobody as Tara
- 1996 · Shadow Play as Ada
- 1991 · Brown Bear's Wedding as White Bear (voice)
- 1987 · The Vision as Jo Marriner
- Future · James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty as Self