Helena Bonham Carter

British actress

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Last Updated: Dec 11, 2024 • Article History

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Born:: May 26, 1966, London, England (age 58)

Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In):: "The Crown" (2019–2020); "Enola Holmes" (2020); "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance" (2019); "Ocean's 8" (2018); "Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero" (2018); "55 Steps" (2017); "Love, Nina" (2016); "Alice Through the Looking Glass" (2016); "Suffragette" (2015); "Cinderella" (2015); "The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet" (2013); "The Lone Ranger" (2013); "Les Misérables" (2012); "Great Expectations" (2012); "Dark Shadows" (2012); "Life's Too Short" (2011); "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" (2011); "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" (2010); "The King's Speech" (2010); "Alice in Wonderland" (2010); "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (2009); "Terminator Salvation" (2009); "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (2007); "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2007); "Sixty Six" (2006); "Corpse Bride" (2005); "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (2005); "Conversations with Other Women" (2005); "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005); "Big Fish" (2003); "Till Human Voices Wake Us" (2002); "The Heart of Me" (2002); "Novocaine" (2001); "Planet of the Apes" (2001); "Women Talking Dirty" (1999); "Fight Club" (1999); "Carnivale" (1999); "The Theory of Flight" (1998); "The Revengers' Comedies" (1998); "Merlin" (1998); "The Petticoat Expeditions" (1997); "Keep the Aspidistra Flying" (1997); "The Wings of the Dove" (1997); "The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century" (1996); "Portraits chinois" (1996); "Twelfth Night" (1996); "Margaret's Museum" (1995); "Mighty Aphrodite" (1995); "Frankenstein" (1994); "Absolutely Fabulous" (1994); "A Dark Adapted Eye" (1994); "Howards End" (1992); "Where Angels Fear to Tread" (1991); "Jackanory" (1991); "Hamlet" (1990); "Getting It Right" (1989); "Theatre Night" (1989); "Francesco" (1989); "La maschera" (1988); "Screen Two" (1987); "Miami Vice" (1987); "Lady Jane" (1986); "A Room with a View" (1985)

On the Web:: BBC - ‘I’m miles happier than when I was younger’: Seven things we learnt from Helena Bonham Carter on Woman’s Hour (Dec. 11, 2024)

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Helena Bonham Carter (born May 26, 1966, London, England) is a British actress whose dark aesthetic brought flair to roles ranging from period pieces to modern fantasy. Bonham Carter grew up in London. Her mother, Elena, was a psychotherapist, and her father, Raymond—grandson of H.H. Asquith, who served as prime minister from 1908 to 1916—was a merchant banker who became partially paralyzed after an operation to remove a brain tumour. At age 13 Helena decided to pursue an acting career, and by 16 she had landed a role in a television commercial, playing William Shakespeare’s Juliet in an advertisement for ...(100 of 777 words)

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