Helena Bonham Carter CBE born May 26 1966 is an English actress Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters especially period dramas she is the recipient of various accolades including a British Academy Film Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards four British Academy Television Awards nine Golden Globe Awards and five Primetime Emmy Awards Bonham Carter rose to prominence by playing Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View 1985 and the title character in Lady Jane 1986 Her early period roles saw her typecast as a virginal English rose a label she was uncomfortable with She is best known for her eccentric fashion dark aesthetic and for often playing quirky women For her role as Kate Croy in The Wings of the Dove 1997 Bonham Carter received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in The Kings Speech 2010 she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Her other films include Hamlet 1990 Howards End 1992 Mary Shelleys Frankenstein 1994 Mighty Aphrodite 1995 Fight Club 1999 Wallace Gromit The Curse of the WereRabbit 2005 the Harry Potter series 20072011 as Bellatrix Lestrange Great Expectations 2012 as Miss Havisham Les Misérables 2012 Cinderella 2015 Oceans 8 2018 and Enola Holmes 2020 Her collaborations with director Tim Burton her former domestic partner include Big Fish 2003 Corpse Bride 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005 Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007 as Mrs Lovett Alice in Wonderland 2010 as the Red Queen and Dark Shadows 2012 For her role as childrens author Enid Blyton in the BBC Four biographical film Enid 2009 she won the 2010 International Emmy Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress Her other television films include Fatal Deception Mrs Lee Harvey Oswald 1993 Live from Baghdad 2002 Toast 2010 and Burton Taylor 2013 From 2019 to 2020 she portrayed Princess Margaret Countess of Snowdon in seasons three and four of Netflixs The Crown
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