Helena Josephine Barlow (born 5 September 1998) is an English actress. She began her career as a child actress, playing Rose Granger-Weasley in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011). The following year, she starred as young Estella in Mike Newell's Great Expectations.
Early life Barlow was born in Lambeth and has two sisters and a brother. She attended Alleyn's School. She went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Leeds in 2020 and a Master of Arts in Acting for Screen from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2021. She also took a summer course at RADA.
Career Barlow began her career on the small British stage in 2009, where she appeared in a bit part in The Nutcracker for the English Youth Ballet and later participated in the opening number for the Michael Croft Theatre, a host to a variety of school productions, including the Alleyn's Junior School, which Barlow attended in 2010.Helena Barlow United Agents Résumé. United Agents.co.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2014. Her first leading role was Wendy Darling for the Alleyn's Junior School Year Six production of Peter Pan, adapted by Maggi Law. Like many of the school's productions, it too was performed in the Michael Croft Theatre.School News: Peter Pan. Alleyn's Junior School Newsletter. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
Her most notable role came in 2011 when it was announced in June that she had been cast as Rose Granger-Weasley—oldest child of Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley in the commercially successful Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. At the age of 12, this was her first professional film credit.Actress Helena Barlow Cast as Rose Weasley in "Deathly Hallows – Part 2". The Leaky Cauldron. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2012.Young actress Helena Barlow cast as Rose Weasley in Deathly Hallows – Part 2 epilogue. SnitchSeeker. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
She went on to appear the same year in Horrid Henry: The Movie, an adaptation of Francesca Simon's children's book series of the same name and in 2012, in Mike Newell's adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations as the younger version of Estella Havisham played by Holliday Grainger as an adult, respectively. She appeared alongside Harry Potter alums Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Robbie Coltrane and Jessie Cave.
In 2013, her project is Harriet and the Matches in the titular role, a five-minute short film directed by Miranda Howard-Williams and written by Heinrich Hoffmann. According to the official site synopsis, the film is an adaptation of "a traditional German fairy tale" and "is a dark cautionary tale about a lonely little girl."Info for 'Harriet and the Matches'. Miranda Howard-Williams Official Site. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
Her latest project is ITILY: I Think I Love You a thirteen-minutes short film directed and written by Agnes Fernandes. The film is a summer romance between an English bus driver and a young architect brightens up the morning commute of his hilarious passengers and leads to the driver taking his double decker all the way to Rome to prove himself deserving of her love. Info for 'ITILY: I Think I Love You'. Cinando Official Site - IMIGICOM 3. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
Filmography Film Year Title RoleNotes 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Rose Granger-Weasley Horrid Henry: The Movie Sour Susan 2012 Great Expectations Young Estella Havisham 2013Harriet and the Matches HarrietShort film 2019ITILY: I Think I Love YouMia
Television Year Title Role Notes 2023 Father Brown Penny BriggsEpisode: "The Show Must Go On"Rosamunde PilcherKeira MerchantEpisode: "Schlagzeile Liebe" 2025Professor TOphelia McQueenEpisode: "Overboard" TBA Marie Television film; completed
Theatre Year Title Role Notes 2009 The Nutcracker Ensemble dancer English Youth Ballet Opening of Michael Croft Theatre Schoolgirl Dir. Edward AlleynMichael Croft Theatre/Alleyn's Junior School 2010 Peter Pan Wendy Darling Alleyn's Junior School
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