British actress Helena Bonham Carter has been acting since the early 1980s. First appearing in the television series A Pattern of Roses in 1983 before making her film debut playing Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View (1985) and the title character in Lady Jane (1986). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Kate Croy in The Wings of the Dove (1997). For her role as Queen Elizabeth in The King's Speech (2010), she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She also won the 2010 International Emmy Award for Best Actress for her role as the author Enid Blyton in the television film Enid (2009).

Her other film roles include Ophelia in Hamlet (1990), Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991), Howards End (1992), Elizabeth Lavenza in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Marla Singer in Fight Club (1999), Bellatrix Lestrange in four of the Harry Potter films (2007–11), Dr. Serena Kogan / Skynet in Terminator Salvation (2009), Miss Havisham in Great Expectations (2012), Madame Thénardier in Les Misérables (2012), the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella (2015) and Rose Weil in Ocean's 8 (2018).

She has frequently collaborated with director Tim Burton; in Planet of the Apes (2001), Big Fish (2003), Corpse Bride (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Dark Shadows (2012), and playing the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland (2010) and its sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016).

Her other television work includes the television films Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald (1993), Live from Baghdad (2002), Toast (2010), and Burton & Taylor (2013); and television series Love, Nina (2016), The Crown as Princess Margaret (2019–2020) and as Noele Gordon in the biographical miniseries Nolly (2023). She was originally cast for the fourth season of The White Lotus in a major role, however the role was rewritten and subsequently recast at the beginning of filming.

She has also narrated audiobooks. In 2011, Penguin Audios released an audiobook version of Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl, narrated by Bonham Carter.

Film

Year Title Role Notes 1985 Lucy Honeychurch 1986 Lady Jane Lady Jane Grey 1987 Maurice Lady at Cricket Match Cameo Serena Staverley 1988 Iris Italian-language role Six Minutes with Ludwig The Star 1989 Francesco Chiara Offreduccio Italian-language role Getting It Right Lady Minerva Munday 1990 Hamlet Ophelia Beatrix Potter 1991 Where Angels Fear to Tread Caroline Abbott Brown Bear's Wedding White BearVoice 1992 Howards End Helen Schlegel 1993 Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald Marina Oswald Porter 1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Elizabeth Frankenstein Butter Dorothy Short film 1995 Mighty Aphrodite Amanda Weinrib Margaret's Museum Margaret MacNeil Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex HerselfVoice 1996 Twelfth Night: Or What You Will Olivia Portraits chinois Ada French-language role 1997 Kate Croy Keep the Aspidistra Flying Rosemaryalso known as A Merry war NarratorVoice 1998 Sweet Revenge Karen Knightly Also known as The Revengers' Comedies Jane Thatchard 1999 Carnivale MillyVoice Fight Club Marla Singer Women Talking Dirty Cora Lily 2001 Planet of the Apes Ari Novocaine Susan Ivey Football Mum Short film 2002 Dinah Till Human Voices Wake Us Ruby 2003 Big Fish Jennifer Hill / The Witch 2004 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Beatrice Baudelaire Uncredited cameo 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Mrs. Bucket Conversations with Other Women Woman Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Lady TottingtonVoice A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. Corpse Bride Emily, the Corpse Bride 2006 Sixty Six Esther Reubens 2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Mrs. Lovett Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Bellatrix Lestrange 2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Terminator Salvation Dr. Serena Kogan / Skynet Mother Squirrel Voice, short film 2010 Alice in Wonderland Red Queen / Iracebeth of Crims Queen Elizabeth Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Bellatrix Lestrange 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Mother Squirrel Voice, short film 2012 Dark Shadows Julia Hoffman A Therapy Patient Short film Great Expectations Miss Havisham Les Misérables Mme. Thénardier 2013 The Lone Ranger Red Harrington The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet Dr. Clair 2014 Night Will Fall Narrator Documentary film 2015 Cinderella The Fairy Godmother Suffragette Edith Ellyn 2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass Red Queen / Iracebeth of Crims 2017 Poles Apart Nanuk Voice, short film 55 Steps Eleanor Riese 2018 Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero Margaret ConroyVoice Ocean's 8 Rose Weil 2020 Dragonheart: Vengeance Siveth Voice, direct-to-video Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice Narrator Documentary film Enola Holmes Eudoria Holmes 2022 The House JenVoice Enola Holmes 2 Eudoria Holmes Three Minutes: A Lengthening Narrator 2023 One Life Babi Winton Merchant Ivory Herself 2024 Four Letters of Love Margaret Gore 2026 Enola Holmes 3 Eudoria Holmes TBA Adelaide Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes 1983 Netty Bellinger Television film 1987 Miami Vice Dr. Theresa Lyons 2 episodes 1988 Screen Two Jo Marriner Episode: "The Vision" 1989 Theatre Night Raina Petkoff Episode: "Arms and the Man" 1991 Jackanory Reader Story: "The Way to Sattin Shore" 1993 Dancing Queen Pandora / Julie Television film 1994 A Dark-Adapted Eye Faith Severn (adult) 2 episodes Absolutely Fabulous Dream Saffron Episode: "Hospital" Herself Episode #2.1 1996 Vera Brittain 2 episodes 1998 Merlin Morgan le Fay 3 episodes 2002 Live from Baghdad Ingrid Formanek Television film 2003 Henry VIII Anne Boleyn 2 episodes 2005 Magnificent 7 Maggi Jackson Television film 2009 Enid Enid Blyton 2010 Toast Joan Potter 2011 Life's Too Short Herself Episode #1.3 2013 Burton & Taylor Elizabeth Taylor Television film 2014 Turks & Caicos Margot Tyrrell Salting the Battlefield 2015 Codes of Conduct Esther Kaufmann Pilot 2016 Love, Nina George 5 episodes 2017 Saying Goodbye Herself / narrator Documentary 2019 The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Maudra Mayrin/The All-Maudra Voice, 4 episodes My Grandparents' War Herself 1 episode 2019–2020 The Crown Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon Main role (17 episodes) 2020 Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas Lady Devilla Pantomime Quentin Blake's Clown Narrator Animated film 2021The CleanerSheilaEpisode: "The Widow" Sofology Herself TV advertisement 2022 Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts HBO Max special Ten Percent Episode #1.2 Wild Babies Narrator 8 episodes 2023 Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends Herself BBC concert special Nolly Noele "Nolly" Gordon 3 episodes Charles III: The Coronation Year Narrator Documentary 2026Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Lady Caterham Miniseries TBA Eddie Television series

Theatre Year Title Role Venue 1987 Miranda Oxford Playhouse 1988 Laura Fairlie Greenwich Theatre, London 1989 Laurel Theatre Royal Windsor/Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford 1991 Magdalena Nottingham Playhouse 1992 Rosina Watford Palace Theatre Trelawney of the Wells Imogen Parrot Comedy Theatre, London

Music videos Year Artist Song 2012 Rufus Wainwright "Out of the Game" 2015 Bryan Adams "Brand New Day"

Video games Year Title Voice role Notes 2005 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Lady Tottington 2018 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Madame Mirela "Dead of the Night" map

Radio Year Title Role Notes 1985 Unknown BBC Radio 4 1989 1993 Narrator By Frances Burnett By Dyan Sheldon 1994 Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya BBC Radio 4 Narrator By Philippa Pearce 1995 Song of Love Unknown BBC Radio 4 Remember Me Narrator 1996 Rose BBC Radio 4 1997 Unknown Narrator 1998 Lantern Slides Violet Bonham Carter BBC Radio 4 2000 As You Like It Rosalind 2004 Unknown Postponed 2010 Private Lives Amanda BBC Radio 4

Theme park attractions YearTitleRoleVenue2014Harry Potter and the Escape from GringottsBellatrix LestrangeUniversal Studios Florida

See also List of awards and nominations received by Helena Bonham Carter

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