05/26/1966
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.
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Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026) as Self |
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Enola Holmes 3 (2026) as Eudoria Holmes |
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The Land of Sometimes (2026) as Mediocris (voice) |
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Four Letters of Love (2025) as Margaret Gore |
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Merchant Ivory (2024) as Self |
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Tim Burton: Life in the Line (2024) as Self |
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Charles III: The Coronation Year (2023) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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One Life (2023) as Babi Winton |
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imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me (2023) as Self |
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The Velveteen Rabbit (2023) as Wise Horse (voice) |
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The Real Nolly (2023) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Three Minutes: A Lengthening (2022) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Enola Holmes 2 (2022) as Eudoria Holmes |
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Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends (2022) as Self |
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The House (2022) as Jen (voice) |
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Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022) as Self |
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Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser (2021) as Red Queen (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony (2021) as Self (archive footage) |
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Dragonheart: Vengeance (2021) as Siveth (voice) |
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The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson (2020) as reader |
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Clown (2020) as Narrator (voice) |
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Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas (2020) as Lady Devilla |
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The Magical World of Julia Donaldson (2020) as Self - Readings |
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Enola Holmes (2020) as Eudoria Holmes |
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Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered (2019) as Self |
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E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey (2019) as Self |
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Tintoretto - Un ribelle a Venezia (2019) as Narrator (voice) |
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Reimagining The Met Gala (2018) as Self |
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Ocean's Team 3.0 (2018) as Self |
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Ocean's Eight (2018) as Rose Weil |
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Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero (2018) as Margaret Conroy (voice) |
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55 Steps (2018) as Eleanor Riese |
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Poles Apart (2017) as Nanuk |
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Wild Africa / Tiny Giants (2016) as Narrator (Wild Africa) |
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Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) as Iracebeth / Red Queen |
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Suffragette (2015) as Edith Ellyn |
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Cinderella (2015) as Fairy Godmother |
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Wild Africa (2015) as Narrator |
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Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley (2014) as Self |
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Night Will Fall (2014) as Narrator (voice) |
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Le train où vont les choses (2014) as Self |
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Salting the Battlefield (2014) as Margot Tyrell |
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Turks & Caicos (2014) as Margot Tyrell |
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The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013) as Dr. Clair |
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Burton and Taylor (2013) as Elizabeth Taylor |
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The Lone Ranger (2013) as Red Harrington |
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Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (2013) as Self |
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Les Misérables (2012) as Madame Thénardier |
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Great Expectations (2012) as Miss Havisham |
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Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons (2012) as Self |
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Dark Shadows (2012) as Dr. Julia Hoffman |
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The Price of Kings: Shimon Peres (2012) as Narrator |
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The Price of Kings: Yasser Arafat (2012) as Narrator |
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The Gruffalo's Child (2011) as Mother Squirrel (voice) |
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When Harry Left Hogwarts (2011) as Self |
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Discovering Hamlet (2011) as Ophelia (archive footage) |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) as Bellatrix Lestrange |
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Toast (2010) as Mrs Potter |
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The King's Speech (2010) as Queen Elizabeth |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) as Bellatrix Lestrange |
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Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice (2010) as Self |
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Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter (2010) as Self |
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Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland (2010) as Self |
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Alice in Wonderland (2010) as Iracebeth / Red Queen |
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The Gruffalo (2009) as Mother Squirrel (voice) |
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Enid (2009) as Enid Blyton |
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) as Bellatrix Lestrange |
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Terminator Salvation (2009) as Serena |
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd (2008) as Self |
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) as Mrs. Lovett |
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) as Bellatrix Lestrange |
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Sixty Six (2006) as Esther Rubens |
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Conversations with Other Women (2006) as Woman |
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Magnificent 7 (2005) as Maggi Jackson |
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) as Lady Campanula Tottington (voice) |
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Corpse Bride (2005) as Corpse Bride (voice) |
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) as Mrs. Bucket |
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) as Beatrice Baudelaire (uncredited) |
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The Heart of Me (2004) as Dinah |
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Big Fish (2003) as Jenny (young & senior) / The Witch |
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Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003) as Self (archive footage) |
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Live from Baghdad (2002) as Ingrid Formanek |
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Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002) as Ruby |
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Women Talking Dirty (2001) as Cora |
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Novocaine (2001) as Susan |
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Planet of the Apes (2001) as Ari |
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Football (2001) as Mum |
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Fight Club: Behind the Scenes (2000) as |
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Carnivale (2000) as Milly (voice) |
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Fight Club (1999) as Marla Singer |
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The Theory of Flight (1999) as Jane Hatchard |
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The Revengers' Comedies (1998) as Karen Knightly |
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997) as Rosemary |
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The Wings of the Dove (1997) as Kate Croy |
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Twelfth Night (1996) as Olivia |
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Portraits chinois (1996) as Ada |
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Margaret's Museum (1995) as Margaret MacNeil |
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Mighty Aphrodite (1995) as Amanda |
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) as Elizabeth |
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Butter (1994) as Dorothy |
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Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald (1993) as Marina Oswald |
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Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen (1993) as Pandora / Julie |
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White Bear's Secret (1992) as White Bear (voice) |
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Howards End (1992) as Helen Schlegel |
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Brown Bear's Wedding (1991) as White Bear (voice) |
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Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991) as Caroline Abbott |
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Hamlet (1990) as Ophelia |
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Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter (1990) as Beatrix Potter |
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Getting It Right (1989) as Minerva Munday |
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Arms and the Man (1989) as Raina Petkoff |
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Francesco (1989) as Chiara |
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La maschera (1988) as Iris |
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A Hazard of Hearts (1987) as Serena Staverley |
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The Vision (1987) as Jo Marriner |
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Maurice (1987) as Young Lady at Cricket Match (uncredited) |
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A Room with a View (1986) as Lucy Honeychurch |
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Lady Jane (1986) as Lady Jane Grey |
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A Pattern of Roses (1983) as Netty (The Past) |
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The Offing () as Dulcie Piper |
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The Well of Saint Nobody () as Tara |
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Not Bloody Likely () as Mrs. Patrick Campbell |
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James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty () as Self |
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The Housekeeper () as Adelaide |
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55 Steps (2018) Executive Producer |