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Helena Bonham Carter CBE, born on the 26th of May, 1966, is an esteemed English actress with a long-standing career in the film industry. Notable for her roles in both mainstream and independent films, often period dramas, she is a respected figure having received numerous accolades. These include a British Academy Film Award and an International Emmy Award, alongside nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, and nine Golden Globe Awards. Carter first gained international attention with her roles in A Room with a View and Lady Jane. Her later career saw her displaying her versatility by shedding her 'English rose' typecast and playing varied, quirky characters in modern movies. She has also been lauded for her collaborative work with director Tim Burton, including roles in films such as Big Fish, Sweeney Todd, and Alice in Wonderland. In addition to her film work, Bonham Carter's performance in the BBC Four film, Enid, led to a 2010 International Emmy Award. On television, she portrayed Princess Margaret in Netflix's The Crown, earning two Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
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Given Name: Helena Bonham Carter
Born: Islington, London, England
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Birthday: May 26, 1966
Occupations: Actress
Years Active: 1983-present
Children: 2
Spouses: Kenneth Branagh, Tim Burton
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83rd Academy Awards 2011
64th British Academy Film Awards 2011
16th Critics' Choice Awards 2011
17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2011
68th Golden Globe Awards 2011
65th Golden Globe Awards 2008
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street28th Saturn Awards 2002
70th Academy Awards 1998
51st British Academy Film Awards 1998
3rd Critics' Choice Movie Awards 1998
4th Screen Actors Guild Awards 1998
55th Golden Globe Awards 1998
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Three Minutes: A Lengthening
Corpse Bride
Enola Holmes 2
Enola Holmes
A Room with a View
Les Miserables
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The King's Speech
The Wings of the Dove
Ocean's 8
Suffragette
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Dark Shadows
Planet of the Apes
The Lone Ranger
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
Novocaine
55 Steps
Conversations with Other Women
The Heart of Me
The Theory of Flight
Lady Jane
Till Human Voices Wake Us
The Velveteen Rabbit
One Life
Merchant Ivory
Four Letters of Love
Discovering Hamlet
The Gruffalo’s Child
Burton and Taylor
Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland
A Therapy
Riding a Train of Thoughts
Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 8: Growing Up
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Turks & Caicos
Don’t Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
Salting the Battlefield
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
Poles Apart
Wild Africa
Love, Nina
Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
Football
Ocean’s Eight
Live from Baghdad
Henry VIII
Magnificent 7
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
Brown Bear’s Wedding
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Arms and the Man
Getting It Right
Dragonheart: Vengeance
A Pattern of Roses
A Hazard of Hearts
The Mask
Clown
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Eden: Untamed Planet
The House
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends
Nolly
Butter
Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen
Shadow Play
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
A Dark Adapted Eye
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald
Women Talking Dirty
White Bear’s Secret
Charles III: The Coronation Year
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Enid
Carnivale
Margaret’s Museum
Twelfth Night
The Gruffalo
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2023
The Velveteen Rabbit
Wise Horse
Charles III: The Coronation Year
Narrator
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
Self
2022
Three Minutes: A Lengthening
Narrator
Enola Holmes 2
Eudoria Holmes
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Self
The House
Jen (voice)
Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends
Self
2020
Enola Holmes
Eudoria Holmes
Dragonheart: Vengeance
Siveth (voice)
Clown
Narrator (voice)
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Lady Devilla
2019
Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice
Narrator (voice)
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
Self
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Self
2018
Ocean's 8
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
Margaret
55 Steps
Eleanor Riese
Ocean’s Eight
Rose Weil
2014
Riding a Train of Thoughts
Self
Turks & Caicos
Margot Tyrell
Salting the Battlefield
Margot Tyrell
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
Self
2013
The Lone Ranger
Burton and Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Don’t Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
Self
2011
Discovering Hamlet
Ophelia (archive footage)
The Gruffalo’s Child
Mother Squirrel (voice)
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Self
1993
Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen
Pandora / Julie
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald
Marina Oswald

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