Saturday 9 November 2013

Helena Bonham Carter (1966- )


Brief Biography

Name: Helena Bonham Carter
Birth place: Golders Green, London, England, UK
Birth date: May 26, 1966
Parents: Elena and Raymond Bonham Carter
Brothers: Edward and Thomas Bonham Carter
Nationality: British
Ethnicity: White
Children: Billy Ray Burton and Nell Burton Hobbies: She likes wearing false teeth to stun her guests and she likes to wear ladies bloomers. She also has her own fashion line called The Pantaloonies, which among other things makes underwear used in the Victorian era.
Occupation: Actress

Helena Bonham Carter is an actress of great versatility, and one of the UK's finest and most successful. She, daughter of Raymond Bonham Carter, a merchant banker, and Elena Bonham Carter, a psychotherapist, was born in Golders Green, London, England on May 26, 1966 and is the youngest of three children. Helena made her acting debut in a television adaptation of K. M. Peyton's A Pattern of Roses before winning her first film role as the titular character in Lady Jane. She is known for her roles in films such as A Room with a View, Fight Club, and playing the villainess Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter series, as well as for frequently collaborating with her domestic partner, director Tim Burton, in many films. 

Filmography

Year      Title                                                                                 Role
1983      A Pattern of Roses                                                          Netty Bellinger
1985      A Room with a View                                                      Lucy Honeychurch
1986      Lady Jane                                                                        Lady Jane Grey
1987      Maurice                                                                            Lady at Cricket Match
1987      A Hazard of Hearts                                                         Serena Staverley
1988      The Mask                                                                         Iris
1988      Six Minutes with Ludwig                                               The Star
1989      Francesco                                                                         Chiara Offreduccio
1989      Getting It Right                                                               Lady Minerva Munday
1990      Hamlet                                                                             Ophelia
1990      The Early Life of Beatrix Potter                                     Beatrix Potter
1991      Where Angels Fear to Tread                                           Caroline Abbott
1991      Brown Bear's Wedding                                                   White Bear(voice)
1992      Howards End                                                                  Helen Schlegel
1993      Dancing Queen                                                                Pandora/Julie
1994      Mary Shelley's Frankenstein                                            Elizabeth Frankenstein
1994      Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald                     Marina Oswald
1994      A Dark-Adapted Eye                                                      Faith Severn (adult)
1994      Butter                                                                              Dorothy
1995      Mighty Aphrodite                                                           Amanda Weinrib
1995      Margaret's Museum                                                         Margaret MacNeil
1995      Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex                                       Herself (voice)
1996      Twelfth Night: Or What You Will                                  Olivia
1996      Portraits chinois                                                               Ada
1997      The Petticoat Expeditions                                               Narrator (voice)
1997      Keep the Aspidistra Flying                                             Rosemary
1997      The Wings of the Dove                                                   Kate Croy
1998      Merlin                                                                              Morgan le Fay
1998      Sweet Revenge                                                                Karen Knightly
1998      The Theory of Flight                                                       Jane Thatchard
1999      Fight Club                                                                       Marla Singer
1999      Women Talking Dirty                                                      Cora
1999      The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything  Lily
2000      Carnivale                                                                         Milly (voice)
2001      Planet of the Apes                                                           Ari
2001      Novocaine                                                                       Susan Ivey
2001      Football                                                                           Mum
2002      The Heart of Me                                                              Dinah
2002      Live from Baghdad                                                         Ingrid Formanek
2002      Till Human Voices Wake Us                                           Ruby
2003      Big Fish                                                                           Jennifer Hill/The Witch
2003      Henry VIII                                                                      Anne Boleyn
2004      Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events        Beatrice Baudelaire
2005      Conversations with Other Women                                  Woman
2005      Magnificent 7                                                                  Maggi Jackson
2005      Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit         Lady Tottington(voice)
2005      Corpse Bride                                                                   Emily the Corpse Bride
(voice)
2005      Charlie and the Chocolate Factory                                  Mrs. Bucket
2006      Sixty Six                                                                          Esther Reubens
2007      Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix                     Bellatrix Lestrange

2007      Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street        Mrs. Lovett
2009      Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince                         Bellatrix Lestrange
2009      Terminator Salvation                                                       Dr. Serena Kogan
2009      Enid                                                                                 Enid Blyton
2009      The Gruffalo                                                                    Mother Squirrel(voice)
2010      Alice in Wonderland                                                       The Red Queen

2010      Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1              Bellatrix Lestrange
2010      The King's Speech                                                           Queen Elizabeth

2010      Toast                                                                                Joan Potter
2011      Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2              Bellatrix Lestrange
2011      The Gruffalo's Child                                                       Mother Squirrel(voice)
2012      Dark Shadows                                                                 Dr. Julia Hoffman
2012      A Therapy                                                                        Patient
2012      Great Expectations                                                          Miss Havisham
2012      Les Misérables                                                                 Mme. Thénardier
2013      The Lone Ranger                                                             Red
2013      The Young and Prodigious Spivet                                  Dr. Clair
2013      Burton & Taylor                                                              Elizabeth Taylor
Theatre appearence

Year      Production                          Role               Notes
1987      The Tempest                       Unknown      Performed at Oxford Playhouse
1988      The Woman in White         Laura Fairlie  Performed at Greenwich Theatre, London
1989      The Chalk Garden             Unknown      Performed at Windsor/Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
1991      The House of Bernarda Alba                   Magdalena         Performed at Nottingham Playhouse
1992      The Barber of Seville         Rosina           Performed at Palace Theatre, Watford
1992      Trelawney of the Wells      Imogen          Performed at Comedy Theatre, London
1993      The Secret Garden             Narrator         by Frances Burnett
1993      The Whales' Song               Narrator         by Dyan Sheldon
1994      A Dog So Small                 Narrator         by Philippa Pearce
1994      The Way to Sattin Shore    Narrator         by Philippa Pearce

Awards:
Emmy Awards: International Emmy Best Performance by an Actress (Enid, 2010)
BAFTA Awards: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (The King's Speech, 2011)
Screen Actors Guild Awards: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (The King's Speech, 2011)
Critics' Choice Movie Awards: Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress (The Wings of the Dove, 1997)

Trivia:
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Article 2
Article 3

External Links:
Official Site
Fan Site
Fan Site 2
Facebook

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3 comments:

  1. Unknown15 April 2013 at 23:57

    Very interesting, thank you!
    For me, this actress seems not to be so popular but it turned out that she is very well-known. I was impressed by the wide list of her filmography and sometimes I was even surprised, because I didn't expect to find her in some famous films.
    I associate this film with the character of Helen Carter, it's very captivating!

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  2. Anastasia Streltsova16 April 2013 at 00:01

    Helena Bonham Carter is also one of my favourite actresses. As I made post about Johnny Depp it would be interesting to mention that he is one of the godfathers of Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton's first child Billy Ray Burton. Johnny Depp starred alongside Helena in the Burton directed films "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street", "Corpse Bride" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". The film where Helena didn't work with Depp and her husband is called "Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit".

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  3. Maria Sergeevna Pavlova21 April 2013 at 07:01

    Great job, Julia! Helena Bonham Carter is one of favourite actresses! I like her for her role in "Hamlet". But I haven't watched many films of hers from your filmography list. I hope, I have some time at my May's holidays to watch some of them! =)

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