Birth Date: May 26, 1966
Birth Place: London, England, UK
Occupation: Actress
Claim to Fame: A Room with a View, 1986
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter Links: Helena Bonham Carter at Babe Invasion Top Celebrity Pages: Helena Bonham Carter Bomis: Helena Bonham Carter TeraBabes: Helena Bonham Carter Helena Quotes: "I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone." seems to think I'm very ladylike. That I'm very cultured and intelligent. I drink alot of Diet Coke and belch. I've been known to use the F-word. I've told a few dirty jokes. I arm-wrestle." "I
would have been up for more romance, but it's a family film, they
didn't want to go there. We did flirt, but there wasn't much else
to do." [about her simian character’s romance with
Mark Walhberg’s human character in Planet of the Apes.] |
Trivia:
-Lived with Kenneth Branagh (1994-September 1999).
-Great-great granddaughter of H.H. Asquith, British Prime Minister (1908-1916)
-Her father was severely paralyzed by botched brain surgery in the 80's.
-Speaks French fluently.
-She was rejected admission to King's College, Cambridge University -- not because of her grades or her test scores, but because school officials were afraid that she would leave mid-term to pursue her acting career. Because of Cambridge's rejection, Helena, ironically, decided to concentrate fully on acting.
-Helena Bonham Carter and director Tim Burton have been dating since October 2001.
Filmography:
Stand by Love (2008) .... Cat
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) .... Mrs. Lovett
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) .... Bellatrix Lestrange
Sixty Six (2006) .... Esther Rubens
Magnificent 7 (2005) (TV) .... Maggi
Corpse Bride (2005) (voice) .... Corpse Bride
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) (voice) .... Lady Campanula Tottington
Conversations with Other Women (2005) .... Woman
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) .... Mrs. Bucket
Big Fish (2003) .... Younger & Older Jenny/The Witch
Henry VIII (2003) (TV) .... Anne Boleyn
Live from Baghdad (2002) (TV) .... Ingrid Formanek
Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002) .... Ruby
The Heart of Me (2002) .... Dinah
Novocaine (2001) .... Susan Ivey
Planet of the Apes (2001) .... Ari
Football (2001) .... Mum
Carnivale (2000) (voice) .... Milly
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999) (TV) .... Lily
Women Talking Dirty (1999) .... Cora
Fight Club (1999) .... Marla Singer
The Theory of Flight (1998) .... Jane Hatchard
The Revengers' Comedies (1998) .... Karen Knightly
Merlin (1998) (TV) .... Morgan Le Fey
Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997) .... Rosemary
The Wings of the Dove (1997) .... Kate Croy
The Petticoat Expeditions (1997) .... Narrator
Portraits chinois (1996) .... Ada
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996) .... Olivia
Mighty Aphrodite (1995) .... Amanda
Margaret's Museum (1995) .... Margaret MacNeil
Frankenstein (1994) .... Elizabeth
"Absolutely Fabulous" .... Dream Saffron (1 episode, 1994)
Butter (1994) (TV) .... Dorothy
A Dark Adapted Eye (1994) (TV) .... Faith Severn (adult)
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald (1993) (TV) .... Marina Oswald
Dancing Queen (1993) (TV) .... Pandora/Julie
Howards End (1992) .... Helen Schlegel
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991) .... Caroline Abbott
"Jackanory" .... Reader (5 episodes, 1991)
Hamlet (1990) .... Ophelia
Getting It Right (1989) .... Lady Minerva Munday
Francesco (1989) .... Chiara
Arms and the Man (1989) (TV) .... Raina
Maschera, La (1988) .... Iris
... aka The Mask
The Vision (1988) (TV) .... Jo Marriner
A Hazard of Hearts (1987) (TV) .... Serena Staverley
Maurice (1987) (uncredited) .... Lady at Cricket Match
"Miami Vice" .... Theresa (2 episodes, 1987)
Lady Jane (1986) .... Lady Jane Grey
A Room with a View (1985) .... Lucy Honeychurch, Miss Bartlett's cousin and charge
A Pattern of Roses (1983) (TV) .... Netty, The Past
