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Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter
Birthday: 1966-05-26
Place of Birth: Golders Green, London, England, UK
Biography: 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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A Room with a View
7.0
A Room with a View, 1986
Drama
Romance
Maurice
7.6
Maurice, 1987
Drama
Romance
Hamlet
6.6
Hamlet, 1990
Drama
Historical
Howards End
7.0
Howards End, 1992
Drama
Romance
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
6.4
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, 1994
Drama
Horror
Sci-Fi
Romance
Mighty Aphrodite
6.7
Mighty Aphrodite, 1995
Comedy
Romance
Fight Club
8.4
Fight Club, 1999
Drama
Planet of the Apes
5.7
Planet of the Apes, 2001
Thriller
Sci-Fi
Action
Adventure
Big Fish
7.8
Big Fish, 2003
Adventure
Fantasy
Drama
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
6.8
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, 2004
Adventure
Comedy
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
7.1
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 2005
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy
Corpse Bride
7.5
Corpse Bride, 2005
Romance
Fantasy
Animation
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
7.1
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, 2005
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
7.7
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2007
Adventure
Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
7.7
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2009
Adventure
Fantasy
Terminator Salvation
6.1
Terminator Salvation, 2009
Action
Sci-Fi
Thriller
The Gruffalo
7.2
The Gruffalo, 2009
Animation
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
7.8
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, 2010
Adventure
Fantasy
Alice in Wonderland
6.6
Alice in Wonderland, 2010
Fantasy
Adventure
The King's Speech
7.7
The King's Speech, 2010
Drama
Historical
Toast
6.5
Toast, 2010
Drama
Comedy
Historical
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
8.1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, 2011
Fantasy
Adventure
Dark Shadows
6.1
Dark Shadows, 2012
Comedy
Fantasy
Les Misérables
7.3
Les Misérables, 2012
Historical
Drama
Great Expectations
6.4
Great Expectations, 2012
Drama
Romance
The Lone Ranger
6.1
The Lone Ranger, 2013
Action
Adventure
Western
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
6.8
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, 2013
Adventure
Drama
Cinderella
6.8
Cinderella, 2015
Romance
Fantasy
Drama
Suffragette
7.3
Suffragette, 2015
Drama
Historical
Alice Through the Looking Glass
6.6
Alice Through the Looking Glass, 2016
Adventure
Fantasy
Ocean's Eight
7.0
Ocean's Eight, 2018
Detective
Comedy
Action
Enola Holmes
7.3
Enola Holmes, 2020
Adventure
Mystery
Detective
Dragonheart: Vengeance
6.9
Dragonheart: Vengeance, 2020
Fantasy
Action
Adventure
Enola Holmes 2
7.4
Enola Holmes 2, 2022
Adventure
Mystery
Detective
The House
7.0
The House, 2022
Animation
Drama
Comedy
Horror
Fantasy