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