Actor
Helena Bonham Carter
Born 26 May 1966 · Golders Green, London, England, UK
Helena Bonham Carter is an English actress who first became known in period dramas such as A Room with a View. She later built a career playing eccentric, darker characters in both independent films and blockbusters, including Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter series and collaborations with Tim Burton.
Key films
A Room with a View (1986)
Her breakthrough as Lucy Honeychurch, which established her as a leading player in British period drama.
Fight Club (1999)
Her role as the chaotic Marla Singer showed her range beyond costume drama and became a cult favourite.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Introduced her as Bellatrix Lestrange, a villain she played through the rest of the Harry Potter series.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
One of her many collaborations with Tim Burton, in a gothic musical role.
The King's Speech (2010)
Her portrayal of the Queen Mother brought her BAFTA and Oscar recognition.
Key awards
- 2011 BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (The King's Speech)
- 1997 Academy Award nomination for Best Actress (The Wings of the Dove)
- 2010 Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress (The King's Speech)
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 121
- 1983A Pattern of Roses · as Netty (The Past)Actor
- 1986A Room with a View · as Lucy HoneychurchActor
- 1986Lady Jane · as Lady Jane GreyActor
- 1987Maurice · as Young Lady at Cricket Match (uncredited)Actor
- 1987A Hazard of Hearts · as Serena StaverleyActor
- 1987The Vision · as Jo MarrinerActor
- 1988The Mask · as IrisActor
- 1989Francesco · as ChiaraActor
- 1989Getting It Right · as Minerva MundayActor
- 1989Arms and the Man · as Raina PetkoffActor
- 1990Hamlet · as OpheliaActor
- 1990Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter · as Beatrix PotterActor
- 1991Where Angels Fear to Tread · as Caroline AbbottActor
- 1991Brown Bear's Wedding · as White Bear (voice)Actor
- 1992Howards End · as Helen SchlegelActor
- 1992White Bear's Secret · as White Bear (voice)Actor
- 1993Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen · as Pandora / JulieActor
- 1993Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald · as Marina OswaldActor
- 1994Mary Shelley's Frankenstein · as ElizabethActor
- 1994Butter · as DorothyActor
- 1995Mighty Aphrodite · as AmandaActor
- 1995Margaret's Museum · as Margaret MacNeilActor
- 1995Jeremy Hardy Gives Good SexActor
- 1996Twelfth Night · as OliviaActor
- 1996Shadow Play · as AdaActor
- 1997The Wings of the Dove · as Kate CroyActor
- 1997Keep the Aspidistra Flying · as RosemaryActor
- 1998The Revengers' Comedies · as Karen KnightlyActor
- 1999Fight Club · as Marla SingerActor
- 1999The Theory of Flight · as Jane HatchardActor
- 2000Carnivale · as Milly (voice)Actor
- 2000Fight Club: Behind the Scenes · as SelfActor
- 2001Planet of the Apes · as AriActor
- 2001Novocaine · as SusanActor
- 2001Women Talking Dirty · as CoraActor
- 2001Football · as MumActor
- 2002Live from Baghdad · as Ingrid FormanekActor
- 2002Till Human Voices Wake Us · as RubyActor
- 2003Big Fish · as Jenny (young & senior) / The WitchActor
- 2003Celebrity Naked Ambition · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2004Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events · as Beatrice Baudelaire (uncredited)Actor
- 2004The Heart of Me · as DinahActor
- 2005Charlie and the Chocolate Factory · as Mrs. BucketActor
- 2005Corpse Bride · as Corpse Bride (voice)Actor
- 2005Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit · as Lady Campanula Tottington (voice)Actor
- 2005Magnificent 7 · as Maggi JacksonActor
- 2005Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors · as SelfActor
- 2006Conversations with Other Women · as WomanActor
- 2006Sixty Six · as Esther RubensActor
- 2007Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix · as Bellatrix LestrangeActor
- 2007Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street · as Mrs. LovettActor
- 2008Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd · as SelfActor
- 2009Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince · as Bellatrix LestrangeActor
- 2009Terminator Salvation · as SerenaActor
- 2009The Gruffalo · as Mother Squirrel (voice)Actor
- 2009Enid · as Enid BlytonActor
- 2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 · as Bellatrix LestrangeActor
- 2010Alice in Wonderland · as Iracebeth / Red QueenActor
- 2010The King's Speech · as Queen ElizabethActor
- 2010Toast · as Mrs PotterActor
- 2010Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland · as SelfActor
- 2010Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter · as SelfActor
- 2010Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice · as SelfActor
- 2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 · as Bellatrix LestrangeActor
- 2011The Gruffalo's Child · as Mother Squirrel (voice)Actor
- 2011When Harry Left Hogwarts · as SelfActor
- 2011Discovering Hamlet · as Ophelia (archive footage)Actor
- 2012Dark Shadows · as Dr. Julia HoffmanActor
- 2012Les Misérables · as Madame ThénardierActor
- 2012Great Expectations · as Miss HavishamActor
- 2012Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons · as SelfActor
- 2012The Price of Kings: Shimon Peres · as NarratorActor
- 2012The Price of Kings: Yasser Arafat · as NarratorActor
- 2013The Lone Ranger · as Red HarringtonActor
- 2013The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet · as Dr. ClairActor
- 2013Burton and Taylor · as Elizabeth TaylorActor
- 2013Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck · as SelfActor
- 2014Turks & Caicos · as Margot TyrellActor
- 2014Salting the Battlefield · as Margot TyrellActor
- 2014Night Will Fall · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2014Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley · as SelfActor
- 2014Riding a Train of Thoughts · as SelfActor
- 2015Cinderella · as Fairy GodmotherActor
- 2015Suffragette · as Edith EllynActor
- 2015Wild Africa · as NarratorActor
- 2016Alice Through the Looking Glass · as Iracebeth / Red QueenActor
- 2016Wild Africa / Tiny Giants · as Narrator (Wild Africa)Actor
- 2017Poles Apart · as Nanuk (voice)Actor
- 2018Ocean's Eight · as Rose WeilActor
- 2018Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero · as Margaret Conroy (voice)Actor
- 201855 Steps · as Eleanor RieseActor
- 2018Ocean's Team 3.0 · as SelfActor
- 2018Reimagining The Met Gala · as SelfActor
- 2019Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2019Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered · as SelfActor
- 2019E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey · as SelfActor
- 2020Enola Holmes · as Eudoria HolmesActor
- 2020Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas · as Lady DevillaActor
- 2020Clown · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2020The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson · as readerActor
- 2020The Magical World of Julia Donaldson · as Self - ReadingsActor
- 2021Dragonheart: Vengeance · as Siveth (voice)Actor
- 2021Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2021Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser · as Red Queen (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 2022Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts · as SelfActor
- 2022Enola Holmes 2 · as Eudoria HolmesActor
- 2022The House · as Jen (voice)Actor
- 2022Three Minutes: A Lengthening · as Self - Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2022Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends · as SelfActor
- 2023One Life · as Babi WintonActor
- 2023The Velveteen Rabbit · as Wise Horse (voice)Actor
- 2023imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me · as SelfActor
- 2023Charles III: The Coronation Year · as Self - Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2023The Real Nolly · as Self - Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2024Merchant Ivory · as SelfActor
- 2025Four Letters of Love · as Margaret GoreActor
- 2026Enola Holmes 3 · as Eudoria HolmesActor
- 2026The Land of Sometimes · as Mediocris (voice)Actor
- 2026Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World · as SelfActor
- 2026Ian Fleming and the Curse of James Bond · as ReadingsActor
- 2027Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory · as (voice)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.