Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter
at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival promoting Curse of the Wererabbit
Born	Helena Bonham Carter May 26, 1966 (1966-05-26) (age 42) Golders Green, London, England
Occupation	Actress, Singer
Years active	1983 - present
Domestic partner(s)	Tim Burton (2001 - present) 2 children
Awards won Other awards NBR Award for Best Actress 1997 The Wings of the Dove Evening Standard British Film Awards Best Actress 2008 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street shared with Conversations with Other Women Empire Award Best British Actress Fight Club London Critics Circle Film awards Best Actress The Wings of the Dove

Helena Bonham Carter (born May 26, 1966) is an Oscar- and Golden Globe-nominated English actress. She is best known for her portrayals of Lucy Honeychurch in the film A Room with a View, Marla Singer in the film Fight Club, Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, her Oscar-nominated performance as Kate Croy in The Wings of the Dove, her Golden Globe-nominated performance as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, as well as her other collaborations with her domestic partner, Tim Burton. Bonham Carter has recently signed on to star as the leading villain alongside Christian Bale in Terminator Salvation.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life and family background 1.2 Career 1.3 Personal life 2 Filmography 3 Discography 4 Awards and Nominations 5 References 6 External links

Biography

Early life and family background

Bonham Carter was born in Golders Green, London. Her mother, Elena (née Propper de Callejón), is a psychotherapist. Her father, Raymond Bonham Carter, was a merchant banker and the alternate UK director representing the Bank of England at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C. during the 1960s;^[1][2][3] he came from a famous British political family, being the son of Maurice Bonham Carter and Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury (whose father was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, H. H. Asquith). Bonham Carter's maternal grandfather, Eduardo Propper de Callejón, was of half Spanish and half Jewish ancestry, and served as a diplomat and former Minister-Counsellor at the Spanish Embassy in Washington, D.C. Bonham Carter's Jewish maternal grandmother, Hélène Fould-Springer, was the daughter of Baron Eugène Fould-Springer (a French-born banker who was a cousin of Achille Fould), and Mitzi Springer (whose father was the industrialist Baron Gustav Springer).^[1][4][5] Hélène Fould-Springer's sister was the French philanthropist Liliane de Rothschild (1916–2003), the wife of Baron Élie de Rothschild, and her other sister, Therese, was the mother of British writer David Pryce-Jones.^[4]

Bonham Carter has two brothers, Edward and Thomas, and is a cousin of actor Crispin Bonham-Carter, who played Mr. Bingley in the 1995 BBC production of Pride and Prejudice. Bonham Carter was educated at the South Hampstead High School, a girls' independent school in Hampstead, London and later at Westminster School, a co-educational independent school near the Palace of Westminster.

Career

Bonham Carter has not received any formal training in acting.^[6] In 1979, she won a national writing contest and used the money won to pay for her entry into the actors directory 'Spotlight'. She made her professional acting début at the age of 16, in a television commercial. She also had a part in a minor TV film A Pattern of Roses (1983). Her first starring film role was in Lady Jane (1984, released 1986) which had mixed reviews. Her breakthrough performance was in the role of Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View (1985, released 1986) which was filmed after Lady Jane, but released first. Bonham Carter also appeared in episodes of Miami Vice as Don Johnson's love interest during the 1986-87 season.

These early films led to her being typecast as a "corset queen", and "English rose", playing pre- and early 20th century characters, particularly in Merchant-Ivory films. She expanded her range,^[6]; her more recent films are Fight Club, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Big Fish, and Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. She also speaks French fluently, starring in a 1996 French film Portraits chinois. In August 2001, she was featured in Maxim. Bonham Carter was a member of the jury at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival that unanimously selected The Wind That Shakes the Barley as the best film.

Bonham Carter played Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which was released in 2007. She replaced Helen McCrory, who left due to pregnancy, (but will be portraying Narcissa Malfoy, Bellatrix's sister, in the sixth and possibly seventh film adaptations). Bonham Carter received positive reviews as Lestrange, described as a "shining but underused talent";^[7] her character will re-appear in the final three movie adaptations of the six and seventh books.^[8] She then played Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd's (Johnny Depp) amorous accomplice in the film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The film was released on December 21, 2007 in the US^[9] and January 25, 2008 in the UK. Directed by Tim Burton, Bonham Carter received a Golden Globe nomination ("Best Actress - Comedy or Musical") for her performance, though she did not win. She also won the Best Actress award in the 2007 Evening Standard British Film Awards for her performances in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Conversations With Other Women. Bonham Carter will also be appearing in the fourth Terminator film entitled Terminator Salvation. It is said that she will play a small but pivotal role, but will be the lead villain of the film.^[10] Bonham Carter is due to appear in a 2009 comedy film alongside Rupert Grint and Bill Nighy where she will play one of the title characters. ^[11]

Personal life

Bonham Carter was in a relationship with actor Kenneth Branagh (with whom she appeared in several films) from 1994 (while he was married to actress Emma Thompson) to the summer of 1999. She then briefly dated actors Rufus Sewell and Steve Martin.^[12] In October 2001, she began her current relationship with director Tim Burton (while he was "engaged" to Lisa Marie), whom she met while filming Planet of the Apes. She has appeared in all of his subsequent films. They live in Belsize Park, London, in adjoining houses with a connecting hallway, each part decorated and styled to suit their own personalities, because they felt they couldn't live 'together' but didn't want to live apart. They purchased the house when she became pregnant with the couple's first child, son Billy Ray Burton, who was born on 4 October 2003. At age 41, she gave birth to her second child, a daughter named Nell, on 15 December 2007 in Central London.^[13] She says she named her daughter Nell after all the "Helens" in her family lineage.^[14][15] In August 2008, four of her relatives were killed in a safari bus crash in South Africa,^[16] she was given indefinite leave from filming Terminator Salvation, but will return to filming when ready.^[17]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1983	A Pattern of Roses	Netty
1985	A Room with a View	Lucy Honeychurch	novel by E. M. Forster
1986	Lady Jane	Lady Jane Grey
1987	Maurice	Lady at Cricket Match (cameo)	novel by E. M. Forster
	A Hazard of Hearts	Serena Staverley	novel by Barbara Cartland
	Miami Vice	Dr. Theresa Lyons	Two Episodes - Theresa & Savage
	The Vision	Jo Marriner
1988	La Maschera	Iris
	Six Minutes with Ludwig	The Star
1989	Francesco	Chiara Offreduccio
	Getting It Right	Lady Minerva Munday
	Arms and the Man	Raina
1990	Hamlet	Ophelia
1991	Where Angels Fear to Tread	Caroline Abbott	novel by E. M. Forster
	Jackanory	Reader	Five Episodes - The Way to Sattin Shore (1-5)
1992	Howards End	Helen Schlegel	novel by E. M. Forster Nominated for BAFTA
1993	Dancing Queen	Pandora/Julie	aka Rik Mayall Presents Dancing Queen
1994	Mary Shelley's Frankenstein	Elizabeth Frankenstein	Nominated for Saturn Award
	Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald	Marina Oswald	Nominated for Golden Globe
	A Dark-Adapted Eye	Faith Severn (adult)	Novel by Barbara Vine
	Butter	Dorothy
	Absolutely Fabulous	Dream Saffron	One Episode - Hospital
1995	Mighty Aphrodite	Amanda Weinrib
	Margaret's Museum	Margaret MacNeil	Won Genie Award Won Chlotrudis Award Won Fantasporto award
1996	Twelfth Night: Or What You Will	Olivia
	Portraits chinois	Ada
1997	Keep the Aspidistra Flying	Rosemary	novel by George Orwell
	The Wings of the Dove	Kate Croy	novel by Henry James Nominated for Oscar Nominated BAFTA Nominated Golden Globe Nominated Satellite award Nominated OFCS Award Nominated Screen Actors Guild Award Won Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress Won Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress Won NBR Award for Best Actress Won BSFC Award for Best Actress Won DFWFCA Award for Best Actress Won KCFCC Award for Best Actress Won Sierra Award for Best Actress Won ALFS Award for Best Actress Won STFC Award for Best Actress Won SEFCA Award for Best Actress Won TFCA Award for Best Actress Won LAFCA Award for Best Actress Won NBR Award for Best Actress
1998	Merlin	Morgan le Fay	Nominated for Golden Globe Nominated Emmy
	The Revengers' Comedies	Karen Knightly	play by Alan Ayckbourn U.S. title: Sweet Revenge
	The Theory of Flight	Jane Thatchard	Nominated Satellite award
1999	Fight Club	Marla Singer	novel by Chuck Palahniuk Won an Empire Award
	Women Talking Dirty	Cora	produced by David Furnish Elton John (executive producer)
	The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything	Lily
2000	Carnivale	Milly (voice role)
2001	Planet of the Apes	Ari	directed by Tim Burton Nominated for an Empire Award Nominated for a Saturn Award
	Novocaine	Susan Ivey
	Football	Mum
2002	The Heart of Me	Dinah	novel by Rosamond Lehmann Nominated British Independent Film Award Won ALFS award
	Live From Baghdad	Ingrid Formanek	Nominated for Golden Globe Nominated Emmy
	Till Human Voices Wake Us	Ruby
2003	Big Fish	Jenny/The Witch	directed by Tim Burton Nominated: César award
	Henry VIII	Anne Boleyn
2005	Conversations with Other Women	Woman	Won a Tokyo film award Won Evening Standard British Film Award Won Best actress award
	Magnificent 7	Maggi
	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	Lady Tottington (voice role)	Nominated for Annie Award Won Cine Awards
	Tim Burton's Corpse Bride	Corpse Bride (voice role)	directed by Tim Burton Won an Annie Award
	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Mrs. Bucket	directed by Tim Burton
2006	Sixty Six	Esther Reuben
2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Bellatrix Lestrange	directed by David Yates Nominated Teen Choice Award Nominated Fantasporto award
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Mrs. Lovett	directed by Tim Burton musical by Stephen Sondheim Nominated for Golden Globe Nominated for Saturn Award Nominated for ALFS Award Nominated for National Movie Award Won Evening Standard British Film Award
2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Bellatrix Lestrange	directed by David Yates
	Wild Target	Renée Dandrieux	Filming starts on the 16th September
	Terminator Salvation	Serena	Filming
	Shantaram		Rumoured
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1	Bellatrix Lestrange	Pre-Production
	Dark Shadows		Rumoured
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2	Bellatrix Lestrange	directed by David Yates

Discography

Year	Song Title	Film	Other notes
2005	Tears to Shed	Corpse Bride	Solo Performance
2007	The Worst Pies in London	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Solo Performance
	Poor Thing	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Solo Perfomance
	My Friends	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Duet with Johnny Depp
	Pirelli's Miracle Elixir	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Trio with Johnny Depp & Edward Sanders
	Wait	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Duet with Johnny Depp
	Epiphany	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Duet with Johnny Depp
	A Little Priest	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Duet with Johnny Depp
	God That's Good!	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Duet with Edward Sanders
	By the Sea	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Duet with Johnny Depp
	Not While I'm Around	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Duet with Edward Sanders

Awards and Nominations

Year	Title	Result	Other notes
1993	BAFTA Award	Nominated	Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: Howards End (1992)
1994	Golden Globe Award	Nominated	Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for: Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald (1993) (TV)
1995	Saturn Award	Nominated	Best Actress for: Frankenstein (1994)
1996	International Fantasy Film Award	Won	Best Actress for: Margaret's Museum (1995)
	Genie Award	Won	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: Margaret's Museum (1995
1997	LAFCA Award	Won	Best Actress for: The Wings of the Dove (1997)
	NBR Award	Won	Best Actress for: The Wings of the Dove (1997)
	Film Excellence Award	Won
	BSFC Award	Won	Best Actress for: The Wings of the Dove (1997)
1998	OFCS Award	Nominated	Best Actress for: The Wings of the Dove (1997)
	Oscar Award	Nominated	Best Actress in a Leading Role for: The Wings of the Dove (1997)
	BAFTA Award	Nominated	Best Actress in a Leading Role for: The Wings of the Dove (1997)
	Critics' Choice Award	Won	Best Actress for: The Wings of the Dove (1997)
	Chlotrudis Award	Won	Best Actress for: The Wings of the Dove (1997)
	DFWFCA Award	Won	Best Actress for: The Wings of the Dove (1997)
	Emmy Award	Nominated	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for: Merlin (1998) (TV)
	Golden Globe Award	Nominated	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for: The Wings of the Dove (1997)
	KCFCC Award	Won	Best Actress for: The Wings of the Dove (1997)
	Sierra Award	Won	Best Actress for: The Wings of the Dove (1997)
	OFCS Award	Nominated	Best Actress for: The Wings of the Dove (1997)
	Golden Satellite Award	Nominated	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for: The Wings of the Dove (1997)
	Screen Actors Guild Award	Nominated	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for: The Wings of the Dove (1997)
	SEFCA Award	Won	Best Actress for: The Wings of the Dove (1997)
	TFCA Award	Won	Best Performance - Female for: The Wings of the Dove (1997)
1999	Golden Globe Award	Nominated	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture for: Merlin (1998) (TV)
	ALFS Award	Won	British Actress of the Year for: The Wings of the Dove (1997)
	Golden Satellite Award	Nominated	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for: The Theory of Flight (1998)
2000	Empire Award	Won	Best British Actress for: Fight Club (1999)
2002	Saturn Award	Nominated	Best Supporting Actress for: Planet of the Apes (2001)
	Empire Award	Nominated	Best British Actress for: Planet of the Apes (2001)
2003	British Independent Film Award	Nominated	Best Actress for: The Heart of Me (2002)
	Emmy Award	Nominated	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for: Live from Baghdad (2002) (TV)
	Golden Globe Award	Nominated	Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for: Live from Baghdad (2002) (TV)
2005	Best Actress Award	Won	Best Actress for: Conversations with Other Women (2005)
2006	Annie Award	Nominated	Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production for: Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
	Cine Award	Won	Best Voice Actress for: Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
2008	Evening Standard British Film Award	Won	Best Actress for: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
	Evening Standard British Film Award	Won	Best Actress for: Conversations with Other Women (2005)
	Golden Globe Award	Nominated	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
	ALFS Award	Nominated	British Actress of the Year for: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
	Saturn Award	Nominated	Best Actress for: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
	National Movie Award	Nominated	Best Actress for: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

References

External links

• Helena Bonham Carter at the Internet Movie Database
• Helena Bonham Carter at Yahoo! Movies
• Helena Bonham Carter at Allmovie
• Helena Bonham Carter at TV.com
• Helena Bonham Carter at Celebuzz
• Helena Bonham Carter at the TCM Movie Database
• Helena Bonham Carter at the Open Directory Project

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Frances McDormand for Fargo	National Board of Review Award for Best Actress for The Wings of the Dove 1997	Succeeded by Fernanda Montenegro for Central Station

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