Helena Bonham Carter
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
The Crown
Princess Margaret
2016
Film
Fight Club
Marla Singer
1999
Series
Miami Vice
Dr. Theresa Lyons
1984
Series
American Idol
Self
2002
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1944
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Film
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Bellatrix Lestrange
2010
Film
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Bellatrix Lestrange
2011
Series
Screen Two
Jo Marriner
1985
Film
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Bellatrix Lestrange
2007
Film
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Bellatrix Lestrange
2009
Film
Enola Holmes 3
Eudoria Holmes
2026
Film
Alice in Wonderland
Iracebeth / Red Queen
2010
Series
GMTV
Self
1993
Series
Absolutely Fabulous
Dream Saffron
1992
Film
Corpse Bride
Corpse Bride (voice)
2005
Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Film
Cinderella
Fairy Godmother
2015
Film
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Mrs. Bucket
2005
Film
The King's Speech
Queen Elizabeth
2010
Film
Terminator Salvation
Serena
2009
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Film
Ocean's Eight
Rose Weil
2018
Film
Planet of the Apes
Ari
2001
Series
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials
Lady Caterham
2026
Series
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
All-Maudra Mayrin (voice)
2019
Film
Les Misérables
Madame Thénardier
2012
Film
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Iracebeth / Red Queen
2016
Film
Enola Holmes
Eudoria Holmes
2020
Film
Enola Holmes 2
Eudoria Holmes
2022
Series
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
2001
Film
The Lone Ranger
Red Harrington
2013
Film
Dark Shadows
Dr. Julia Hoffman
2012
Film
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Lady Campanula Tottington (voice)
2005
Film
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Self
2022
Film
Big Fish
Jenny (young & senior) / The Witch
2003
Film
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Beatrice Baudelaire (uncredited)
2004
Pantoffelkino
Self - Interviewee
2013
Series
The Cleaner
Sheila
2021
Series
So Graham Norton
Self - Guest
1998
Film
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Mrs. Lovett
2007
Series
Merlin
Morgan le Fay
1998
The Entertainment Biz
Self
1998
Film
One Life
Babi Winton
2023
Film
The Velveteen Rabbit
Wise Horse (voice)
2023
Film
A Room with a View
Lucy Honeychurch
1986
Film
The House
Jen (voice)
2022
Film
Dragonheart: Vengeance
Siveth (voice)
2021
Series
Life's Too Short
Helena Bonham Carter
2011
Series
The Kumars at No. 42
2001
Film
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Elizabeth
1994
Film
Maurice
Young Lady at Cricket Match (uncredited)
1987
Film
The Gruffalo
Mother Squirrel (voice)
2009
Film
Mighty Aphrodite
Amanda
1995
Series
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Self
2025
Film
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
Dr. Clair
2013
Series
Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
2003
Series
Love, Nina
George
2016
Film
Howards End
Helen Schlegel
1992
Film
Suffragette
Edith Ellyn
2015
Film
Great Expectations
Miss Havisham
2012
Film
The Gruffalo's Child
Mother Squirrel (voice)
2011
Series
Rik Mayall Presents
Pandora / Julie
1993
Film
Hamlet
Ophelia
1990
Film
Lady Jane
Lady Jane Grey
1986
Series
Eden: Untamed Planet
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Film
The Land of Sometimes
Mediocris (voice)
2026
Series
Nolly
Noele 'Nolly' Gordon
2023
Series
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
Vera Brittain (voice)
1996
Film
The Vision
Jo Marriner
1987
Film
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Turks & Caicos
Margot Tyrell
2014
Series
Wild Babies
Narrator
2022
Film
Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory
(voice)
2027
Film
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
Margaret Conroy (voice)
2018
Film
Twelfth Night
Olivia
1996
Film
The Wings of the Dove
Kate Croy
1997
Film
Four Letters of Love
Margaret Gore
2025
Film
55 Steps
Eleanor Riese
2018
Series
Bluey Book Reads
Reader
2024
Series
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
1994
Series
My Grandparents' War
Self
2019
Film
Live from Baghdad
Ingrid Formanek
2002
Series
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Self
2017
Film
Novocaine
Susan
2001
Film
A Hazard of Hearts
Serena Staverley
1987
Film
Toast
Mrs Potter
2010
Film
Conversations with Other Women
Woman
2006
Film
Merchant Ivory
Self
2024
Film
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Salting the Battlefield
Margot Tyrell
2014
Film
Riding a Train of Thoughts
Self
2014
Film
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Self
2011
Series
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
Film
Discovering Hamlet
Ophelia (archive footage)
2011
Film
Shadow Play
Ada
1996
Film
Sixty Six
Esther Rubens
2006
Film
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
Self
2026
Film
The Heart of Me
Dinah
2004
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
Self - Readings
2020
Film
Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland
Self
2010
Film
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Lady Devilla
2020
The Housekeeper
Adelaide
Film
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald
Marina Oswald
1993
Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice
Self
2010
Film
Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen
Pandora / Julie
1993
Film
Clown
Narrator (voice)
2020
Film
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
Self
2014
Film
Women Talking Dirty
Cora
2001
Film
Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice
Narrator (voice)
2019
Film
Enid
Enid Blyton
2009
Film
Getting It Right
Minerva Munday
1989
Film
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Self
2019
Film
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Self
2022
Film
The Revengers' Comedies
Karen Knightly
1998
Reimagining The Met Gala
Self
2018
Series
A Dark Adapted Eye
Faith Severn
1994
Film
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Caroline Abbott
1991
Film
The Mask
Iris
1988
Series
Live from Studio Five
Self
2009
Film
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
Self
2013
Film
Burton and Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
2013
Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter
Self
2010
Film
Francesco
Chiara
1989
Film
Night Will Fall
Narrator (voice)
2014
California Avenue
Eddie
Film
Arms and the Man
Raina Petkoff
1989
Film
Ocean's Team 3.0
Self
2018
Film
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Rosemary
1997
Film
The Theory of Flight
Jane Hatchard
1999
Film
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
Self
2023
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty
Self
Film
A Pattern of Roses
Netty (The Past)
1983
Film
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
Self
2012
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
reader
2020
Film
Margaret's Museum
Margaret MacNeil
1995
Film
White Bear's Secret
White Bear (voice)
1992
Film
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
Red Queen (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Film
Butter
Dorothy
1994
Film
Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter
1990
Film
Three Minutes: A Lengthening
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
Film
Charles III: The Coronation Year
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
Film
The Real Nolly
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
Film
Brown Bear's Wedding
White Bear (voice)
1991
Film
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
Self
2019
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
Self
2008
Film
Fight Club: Behind the Scenes
Self
2000
Film
Wild Africa
Narrator
2015
Film
Carnivale
Milly (voice)
2000
The Price of Kings: Shimon Peres
Narrator
2012
Film
Magnificent 7
Maggi Jackson
2005
The Well of Saint Nobody
Tara
Film
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Ruby
2002
Film
Poles Apart
Nanuk
2017
Not Bloody Likely
Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Film
Football
Mum
2001
Film
Wild Africa / Tiny Giants
Narrator (Wild Africa)
2016
The Price of Kings: Yasser Arafat
Narrator
2012
The Offing
Dulcie Piper
Film
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex
1995