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Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter’s screen credits include Marla Singer in Fight Club, Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, and Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
Born May 26, 1966 Golders Green, London, England, UK17 movies on MoviHero
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
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About Helena Bonham Carter
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 …
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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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- 2027Charlie vs. the Chocolate FactoryAnimation · Comedy(voice)Upcoming
- 2026Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World1h 31m · DocumentarySelf
- 2026Enola Holmes 31h 49m · Adventure · CrimeEudoria Holmes
- 2018Ocean's Eight1h 51m · Action · ComedyRose Weil
- 2016Alice Through the Looking Glass1h 53m · Adventure · FamilyIracebeth / Red Queen
- 2015Cinderella1h 45m · Drama · FamilyFairy Godmother
- 2012Les Misérables2h 38m · Drama · HistoryMadame Thénardier
- 2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 22h 10m · Adventure · FantasyBellatrix Lestrange
- 2010The King's Speech1h 58m · Drama · HistoryQueen Elizabeth
- 2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 12h 26m · Adventure · FantasyBellatrix Lestrange
- 2010Alice in Wonderland1h 48m · Adventure · FamilyIracebeth / Red Queen
- 2009Terminator Salvation1h 55m · Action · Science FictionSerena
- 2007Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2h 18m · Adventure · FantasyBellatrix Lestrange
- 2005Corpse Bride1h 17m · Animation · FantasyCorpse Bride (voice)
- 2005Charlie and the Chocolate Factory1h 55m · Adventure · ComedyMrs. Bucket
- 2001Planet of the Apes2h 0m · Action · AdventureAri
- 1999Fight Club2h 19m · Drama · ThrillerMarla Singer
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- 2026Ian Fleming and the Curse of James BondReadings
- 2026The Land of SometimesMediocris (voice)
- 2025Four Letters of LoveMargaret Gore
- 2024Merchant IvorySelf
- 2023Charles III: The Coronation YearSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2023One LifeBabi Winton
- 2023imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and MeSelf
- 2023The Velveteen RabbitWise Horse (voice)
- 2023The Real NollySelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2022Three Minutes: A LengtheningSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2022Enola Holmes 2Eudoria Holmes
- 2022Stephen Sondheim's Old FriendsSelf
- 2022The HouseJen (voice)
- 2022Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to HogwartsSelf
- 2021Alice: Curiouser and CuriouserRed Queen (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2021Hannibal Hopkins & Sir AnthonySelf (archive footage)
- 2021Dragonheart: VengeanceSiveth (voice)
- 2020ClownNarrator (voice)
- 2020The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldsonreader
- 2020Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for ChristmasLady Devilla
- 2020The Magical World of Julia DonaldsonSelf - Readings
- 2020Enola HolmesEudoria Holmes
- 2019Children In Need 2019: Got It CoveredSelf
- 2019E. M. Forster: His Longest JourneySelf
- 2019Tintoretto: A Rebel in VeniceNarrator (voice)
- 2018Ocean's Team 3.0Self
- 2018Reimagining The Met GalaSelf
- 2018Sgt. Stubby: An American HeroMargaret Conroy (voice)
- 201855 StepsProducer · Eleanor Riese
- 2017Poles ApartNanuk (voice)
- 2016Wild Africa / Tiny GiantsNarrator (Wild Africa)
- 2015SuffragetteEdith Ellyn
- 2015Wild AfricaNarrator
- 2014Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon AlleySelf
- 2014Night Will FallNarrator (voice)
- 2014Riding a Train of ThoughtsSelf
- 2014Salting the BattlefieldMargot Tyrell
- 2014Turks & CaicosMargot Tyrell
- 2013The Young and Prodigious T.S. SpivetDr. Clair
- 2013Burton and TaylorElizabeth Taylor
- 2013The Lone RangerRed Harrington
- 2013Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. ZanuckSelf
- 2012Great ExpectationsMiss Havisham
- 2012Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its DemonsSelf
- 2012Dark ShadowsDr. Julia Hoffman
- 2012The Price of Kings: Shimon PeresNarrator
- 2012The Price of Kings: Yasser ArafatNarrator
- 2011The Gruffalo's ChildMother Squirrel (voice)
- 2011When Harry Left HogwartsSelf
- 2011Discovering HamletOphelia (archive footage)
- 2010ToastMrs Potter
- 2010Alice in Wonderland: Effecting WonderlandSelf
- 2010Alice in Wonderland: Finding AliceSelf
- 2010Alice in Wonderland: The Mad HatterSelf
- 2009The GruffaloMother Squirrel (voice)
- 2009EnidEnid Blyton
- 2009Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceBellatrix Lestrange
- 2008Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = ToddSelf
- 2007Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetMrs. Lovett
- 2006Sixty SixEsther Rubens
- 2006Conversations with Other WomenWoman
- 2005Magnificent 7Maggi Jackson
- 2005Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different FlavorsSelf
- 2005Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-RabbitLady Campanula Tottington (voice)
- 2004Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate EventsBeatrice Baudelaire (uncredited)
- 2004The Heart of MeDinah
- 2003Big FishJenny (young & senior) / The Witch
- 2003Celebrity Naked AmbitionSelf (archive footage)
- 2002Live from BaghdadIngrid Formanek
- 2002Till Human Voices Wake UsRuby
- 2001Women Talking DirtyCora
- 2001NovocaineSusan
- 2001FootballMum
- 2000Fight Club: Behind the ScenesSelf
- 2000CarnivaleMilly (voice)
- 1999The Theory of FlightJane Hatchard
- 1998The Revengers' ComediesKaren Knightly
- 1997Keep the Aspidistra FlyingRosemary
- 1997The Wings of the DoveKate Croy
- 1996Twelfth NightOlivia
- 1996Shadow PlayAda
- 1995Jeremy Hardy Gives Good SexActor
- 1995Margaret's MuseumMargaret MacNeil
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Bellatrix Lestrange
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