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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
The Land of Sometimes
Character:Mediocris (voice)
Release Date:07/05/2026
Four Letters of Love
Character:Margaret Gore
Release Date:18/07/2025
Merchant Ivory
Character:Self
Release Date:30/08/2024
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Character:Self
Release Date:06/06/2024
Charles III: The Coronation Year
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:26/12/2023
One Life
Character:Babi Winton
Release Date:21/12/2023
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
Character:Self
Release Date:18/12/2023
The Velveteen Rabbit
Character:Wise Horse (voice)
Release Date:21/11/2023
The Real Nolly
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:02/02/2023
Three Minutes: A Lengthening
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:02/12/2022
Enola Holmes 2
Character:Eudoria Holmes
Release Date:30/11/2022
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Character:Self
Release Date:03/05/2022
The House
Character:Jen (voice)
Release Date:14/01/2022
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2022
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
Character:Red Queen (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:14/10/2021
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/03/2021
Dragonheart: Vengeance
Character:Siveth (voice)
Release Date:01/03/2021
Clown
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:25/12/2020
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
Character:reader
Release Date:25/12/2020
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Character:Lady Devilla
Release Date:24/12/2020
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
Character:Self - Readings
Release Date:23/12/2020
Enola Holmes
Character:Eudoria Holmes
Release Date:23/09/2020
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Character:Self
Release Date:30/10/2019
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
Character:Self
Release Date:19/10/2019
Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:25/02/2019
Reimagining The Met Gala
Character:Self
Release Date:11/09/2018
Ocean's Team 3.0
Character:Self
Release Date:11/09/2018
Ocean's Eight
Character:Rose Weil
Release Date:07/06/2018
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
Character:Margaret Conroy (voice)
Release Date:13/04/2018
55 Steps
Character:Eleanor Riese
Release Date:01/03/2018
Poles Apart
Character:Nanuk
Release Date:28/06/2017
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Character:Iracebeth / Red Queen
Release Date:25/05/2016
Suffragette
Character:Edith Ellyn
Release Date:16/10/2015
Cinderella
Character:Fairy Godmother
Release Date:06/03/2015
Wild Africa
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/2015
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
Character:Self
Release Date:30/06/2014
Night Will Fall
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:07/06/2014
Riding a Train of Thoughts
Character:Self
Release Date:06/06/2014
Salting the Battlefield
Character:Margot Tyrell
Release Date:27/03/2014
Turks & Caicos
Character:Margot Tyrell
Release Date:20/03/2014
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
Character:Dr. Clair
Release Date:16/10/2013
Burton and Taylor
Character:Elizabeth Taylor
Release Date:22/07/2013
The Lone Ranger
Character:Red Harrington
Release Date:03/07/2013
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
Character:Self
Release Date:28/04/2013
Les Misérables
Character:Madame Thénardier
Release Date:18/12/2012
Great Expectations
Character:Miss Havisham
Release Date:30/11/2012
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
Character:Self
Release Date:09/10/2012
A Therapy
Character:Patient
Release Date:22/05/2012
Dark Shadows
Character:Dr. Julia Hoffman
Release Date:09/05/2012
The Price of Kings: Shimon Peres
Character:Narrator
Release Date:30/04/2012
The Price of Kings: Yasser Arafat
Character:Narrator
Release Date:19/03/2012
The Gruffalo's Child
Character:Mother Squirrel (voice)
Release Date:25/12/2011
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Character:Self
Release Date:11/11/2011
Discovering Hamlet
Character:Ophelia (archive footage)
Release Date:01/11/2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Character:Bellatrix Lestrange
Release Date:12/07/2011
Toast
Character:Mrs Potter
Release Date:30/12/2010
The King's Speech
Character:Queen Elizabeth
Release Date:26/11/2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Character:Bellatrix Lestrange
Release Date:17/11/2010
Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice
Character:Self
Release Date:01/06/2010
Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter
Character:Self
Release Date:01/06/2010
Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland
Character:Self
Release Date:01/06/2010
Alice in Wonderland
Character:Iracebeth / Red Queen
Release Date:03/03/2010
The Gruffalo
Character:Mother Squirrel (voice)
Release Date:25/12/2009
Enid
Character:Enid Blyton
Release Date:16/11/2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Character:Bellatrix Lestrange
Release Date:15/07/2009
Terminator Salvation
Character:Serena
Release Date:20/05/2009
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
Character:Self
Release Date:01/04/2008
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Character:Mrs. Lovett
Release Date:21/12/2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Character:Bellatrix Lestrange
Release Date:08/07/2007
Sixty Six
Character:Esther Rubens
Release Date:03/11/2006
Conversations with Other Women
Character:Woman
Release Date:07/06/2006
Magnificent 7
Character:Maggi Jackson
Release Date:13/12/2005
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Character:Lady Campanula Tottington (voice)
Release Date:15/09/2005
Corpse Bride
Character:Corpse Bride (voice)
Release Date:12/09/2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Character:Mrs. Bucket
Release Date:13/07/2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Character:Beatrice Baudelaire (uncredited)
Release Date:16/12/2004
The Heart of Me
Character:Dinah
Release Date:10/02/2004
Big Fish
Character:Jenny (young & senior) / The Witch
Release Date:04/12/2003
Live from Baghdad
Character:Ingrid Formanek
Release Date:07/12/2002
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Character:Ruby
Release Date:12/09/2002
Women Talking Dirty
Character:Cora
Release Date:07/12/2001
Novocaine
Character:Susan
Release Date:23/11/2001
Planet of the Apes
Character:Ari
Release Date:26/07/2001
Football
Character:Mum
Release Date:01/01/2001
Carnivale
Character:Milly (voice)
Release Date:09/02/2000
Fight Club
Character:Marla Singer
Release Date:15/10/1999
The Theory of Flight
Character:Jane Hatchard
Release Date:22/01/1999
The Revengers' Comedies
Character:Karen Knightly
Release Date:09/06/1998
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Character:Rosemary
Release Date:20/11/1997
The Wings of the Dove
Character:Kate Croy
Release Date:04/09/1997
Twelfth Night
Character:Olivia
Release Date:25/10/1996
Shadow Play
Character:Ada
Release Date:12/09/1996
Mighty Aphrodite
Character:Amanda
Release Date:13/09/1995
Margaret's Museum
Character:Margaret MacNeil
Release Date:13/09/1995
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Character:Elizabeth
Release Date:04/11/1994
Butter
Character:Dorothy
Release Date:01/01/1994
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald
Character:Marina Oswald
Release Date:15/11/1993
Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen
Character:Pandora / Julie
Release Date:03/06/1993
White Bear's Secret
Character:White Bear (voice)
Release Date:19/04/1992
Howards End
Character:Helen Schlegel
Release Date:13/03/1992
Brown Bear's Wedding
Character:White Bear (voice)
Release Date:25/12/1991
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Character:Caroline Abbott
Release Date:21/06/1991
Hamlet
Character:Ophelia
Release Date:19/12/1990
Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter
Character:Beatrix Potter
Release Date:08/06/1990
Getting It Right
Character:Minerva Munday
Release Date:05/05/1989
Arms and the Man
Character:Raina Petkoff
Release Date:16/04/1989
Francesco
Character:Chiara
Release Date:22/03/1989
The Mask
Character:Iris
Release Date:10/05/1988
A Hazard of Hearts
Character:Serena Staverley
Release Date:27/12/1987
The Vision
Character:Jo Marriner
Release Date:25/11/1987
Maurice
Character:Young Lady at Cricket Match (uncredited)
Release Date:18/09/1987
A Room with a View
Character:Lucy Honeychurch
Release Date:07/03/1986
Lady Jane
Character:Lady Jane Grey
Release Date:07/02/1986
A Pattern of Roses
Character:Netty (The Past)
Release Date:29/12/1983
Television Appearances
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials
Character:Lady Caterham
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Character:Herself
Bluey Book Reads
Character:Reader
Nolly
Character:Noele 'Nolly' Gordon
Wild Babies
Character:Narrator
The Cleaner
Character:Sheila
Eden: Untamed Planet
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
My Grandparents' War
Character:Self
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Character:All-Maudra Mayrin (voice)
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Character:Self
The Crown
Character:Princess Margaret
Love, Nina
Character:George
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character:Self
Pantoffelkino
Character:Self - Interviewee
Life's Too Short
Character:Helena Bonham Carter
Live from Studio Five
Character:Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character:Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
Henry VIII
Character:Anne Boleyn
American Idol
Character:Self
The Kumars at No. 42
Character:
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Character:Self - Guest
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
Character:
So Graham Norton
Character:Self - Guest
Merlin
Character:Morgan le Fay
The Entertainment Biz
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
Character:Vera Brittain (voice)
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
Character:
A Dark Adapted Eye
Character:Faith Severn
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
Rik Mayall Presents
Character:Pandora / Julie
GMTV
Character:Self
Absolutely Fabulous
Character:Dream Saffron
Screen Two
Character:Jo Marriner
Miami Vice
Character:Dr. Theresa Lyons
The Oscars
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
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