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Helena Bonham Carter is an English actress. She is known for her roles in both low-budget independent art films and large-scale blockbusters. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Kate Croy in The Wings of the Dove . For her role as Queen Elizabeth in The King's Speech , 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 .

Bonham Carter began her film career playing Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View and the title character in Lady Jane . Her other film roles include Ophelia in Hamlet , Howards End , Elizabeth Lavenza in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein , Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite , Marla Singer in Fight Club , Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter series , Miss Havisham in Great Expectations , Madame Thénardier in Les Misérables , the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella and Rose Weil in Ocean's 8 . She has frequently collaborated with director Tim Burton; in Planet of the Apes , Big Fish , Corpse Bride , Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street where she played Mrs. Lovett, Dark Shadows , and playing the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland and its sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass . Her other television films include A Pattern of Roses , Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald , Live from Baghdad , Toast , and Burton & Taylor . In 2018, she was confirmed to play Princess Margaret on seasons three and four of The Crown.

She was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2012 New Year Honours list for services to drama, and in January 2014 the British prime minister, David Cameron, announced that Bonham Carter had been appointed to Britain's new national Holocaust Commission. Wikipedia  

✵ 26. May 1966
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Famous Helena Bonham Carter Quotes

“I think everything in life is art. What you do. How you dress. The way you love someone, and how you talk. Your smile and your personality. What you believe in, and all your dreams. The way you drink your tea, How you decorate your home. Or party. Your grocery list. The food you make. How your writing looks. And the way you feel. Life is art.”

Helena Bonham Carter

“I drink booze, I smoke, and I'm hooked on caffeine. I actually have been known to swear at times and belch and even raise my voice when provoked. And I'm not physically repressed!”

Helena Bonham Carter

Of her role in Planet of the Apes.
Interview on Cinema.com, 2001 http://www.cinema.com/articles/547/planet-of-the-apes-interview-with-helena-bonham-carter.phtml

“On the day Billy was born, it was like walking through a mirror and everything was Technicolor. My life had been very work-orientated, and all in close-up. Once I had the family it went into sudden widescreen.”

Helena Bonham Carter

Guardian interview 3 Nov 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2006/nov/03/1

“There is no normality in life. Having two houses means that we can get out of each other's hair - which, let's face it, we've both got a lot of”

Helena Bonham Carter

Of her relationship with Tim Burton
Guardian interview 3 Nov 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2006/nov/03/1

“I'm convinced that whatever state you're in during your pregnancy has a huge influence on the baby's personality - so I hope we haven't produced a little serial killer!”

Helena Bonham Carter

On making "Sweeney Todd" while pregnant; The Daily Mirror (London); Jan 25, 2008; John Hiscock; p. 15

“I've aged, but I don't think I've grown up.”

Helena Bonham Carter

Guardian interview 3 Nov 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2006/nov/03/1

Helena Bonham Carter Quotes

“I think it's quite an extreme statement - it might be my ultimate attempt to put the corset to bed. But I think I've still got a bit of a sado-masochistic streak in me, because if I'm not going to be restricted by corsets and covered in lace, then I still wind up wearing an ape-mask over my face. I do wonder how I get myself in these situations!”

Helena Bonham Carter

Interview on Cinema.com, 2001 http://www.cinema.com/articles/547/planet-of-the-apes-interview-with-helena-bonham-carter.phtml

Thinking

“It was a challenge to be able to create a character without being able to use one's normal set of expressions. All the rubber and makeup attached to your face left you with only a modest range of facial movements.”

Helena Bonham Carter

Of her role in Planet of the Apes.
Interview on Cinema.com, 2001 http://www.cinema.com/articles/547/planet-of-the-apes-interview-with-helena-bonham-carter.phtml

“Famous people come up to me, but I don't know who they are because my sight is so bad. It's always at the pool of the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills when I don't have my lenses in and my glasses are in my room. … With the number of people I ignore, I'm lucky I work at all in this town.”

Helena Bonham Carter

Los Angeles Magazine Vol. 44, No. 11 (November 1999), p. 169

People , Season

“He had zero experience but he was really good. The irony is, given the fact that the character can't play very well, is that he's actually a brilliant footballer.”

Helena Bonham Carter

Of co-star Greg Sulkin in film "66"; Evening Times (Glasgow); Nov 2, 2006; Andy Dougan; p. 3

Football

“When you're up for an Oscar, you just get offered everything. It's fantastic, but a lot of it you're completely inappropriate for.”

Helena Bonham Carter

Guardian interview 3 Nov 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2006/nov/03/1

“No matter how many modern parts I do, people still refer to me as Mrs. Costume Drama.”

Helena Bonham Carter

Los Angeles Magazine Vol. 44, No. 11 (November 1999), p. 96 http://www.edward-norton.org/fc/articles/boxinghelena.html

People , Parting

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