Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966) is a British Traditionally Christianity, mostly Protestantism, but also Roman Catholicism. Other religions include Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Sikhism. Agnosticism and atheism are also prevalent actress An actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity. The ancient Greek word for an "actor," ὑποκριτής (hypokrites), means literally "one who interprets"; in this sense, an actor is one who interprets a dramatic character. Bonham Carter made her film debut in the K. M. Peyton film, A Pattern of Roses, before appearing in her first leading role in Lady Jane. She is best known for her portrayals of Lucy Honeychurch in the film A Room with a View A Room with a View is a 1986 Merchant Ivory Productions' feature film, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. The film was directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant. The film is a close adaptation of E. M. Forster's novel of the same name , and even uses his chapter titles to divide the film into sections, Marla Singer Fight Club is a 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk. It follows the experiences of an unnamed protagonist struggling with insomnia. Inspired by his doctor's exasperated remark that insomnia is not suffering, he finds relief by impersonating a seriously ill person in several support groups. Then he meets a mysterious man named Tyler Durden and in the film Fight Club Fight Club is a 1999 American film adapted from the 1996 novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk. The film was directed by David Fincher and stars Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, and Helena Bonham Carter. Norton plays the unnamed protagonist, an "everyman" who is discontented with his white-collar job in American society. He forms a ", Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter The Harry Potter film series is based on the seven Harry Potter novels by British author J. K. Rowling and, when complete, will consist of eight fantasy-adventure films starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson film series, her Oscar The Academy Awards are accolades by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is one of the most prominent award ceremonies in the world. It is also the oldest award-nominated performance as Kate Croy in The Wings of the Dove, her Golden Globe The Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in motion pictures and television. The formal ceremony and dinner at which the awards are presented is a major-nominated performance as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, as well as her other collaborations with Tim Burton Timothy William "Tim" Burton is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated American film director, film producer, writer and artist. He is famous for his dark, quirky-themed movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,, her domestic partner A domestic partnership is a legal or personal relationship between two individuals who live together and share a common domestic life but are neither joined by marriage nor a civil union. However, in some jurisdictions, such as Australia, New Zealand, the United States of Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and California, a domestic partnership is almost since 2001. Bonham Carter played the villainous Red Queen, alongside notable actors such as Johnny Depp John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II is an American actor and musician known for his portrayals of offbeat, eccentric characters such as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Sam in Benny & Joon, Alan Rickman Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman is a British actor. Rickman is best known for his performances as Hans Gruber in Die Hard and as Severus Snape in the Harry Potter film series. He is also known for his prominent role as the Sheriff of Nottingham in the 1991 blockbuster film, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and more recently Judge Turpin in Tim Burton's, Anne Hathaway Anne Jacqueline Hathaway is an American actress. After several stage roles, she appeared in the 1999 television series Get Real. After it was canceled, she was Mia Thermopolis in the The Princess Diaries (2001). Over the next three years, Hathaway starred in family films, reprising her role for sequel, and appearing as the titular character in, and Christopher Lee Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ is an English actor. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973), Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in the Star Wars, in Burton's 2010 film, Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland is a 2010 fantasy adventure film directed by Tim Burton, written by Linda Woolverton, and starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Michael Sheen and Stephen Fry. It is an extension of Lewis Carroll's novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. The film, and Enid Blyton Enid Mary Blyton was an English children's writer known as both Enid Blyton and Mary Pollock. She was one of the most successful children's storytellers of the twentieth century in an adaptation of her life entitled Enid.

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Early life and family background

Bonham Carter was born in Golders Green Golders Green is an area in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England. Although having some earlier history, it is essentially a 19th century suburban development situated about 5.3 miles north west of Charing Cross and centred on the crossroads of Golders Green Road and Finchley Road, London London is a leading global city being the world's largest financial centre alongside New York City, and has the largest city GDP in Europe. Central London is home to the headquarters of most of the UK's top 100 listed companies and more than 100 of Europe's 500 largest. London's influence in politics, finance, education, entertainment, media,. Her mother, Elena (née A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. In many cultures it is common practice for a person to assume the family name of his or her spouse, this new name typically replaces the maiden name Propper de Callejón), is a psychotherapist Psychotherapy, or personal counseling with a psychotherapist, is an intentional interpersonal relationship used by trained psychotherapists to aid a client or patient in problems of living. Her father, Raymond Bonham Carter, was a merchant banker and the alternate UK director representing the Bank of England The Bank of England is (despite its name) the central bank of the whole of the United Kingdom and is the model on which most modern, large central banks have been based. It was established in 1694 to act as the English Government's banker, and to this day it still acts as the banker for HM Government. The Bank was privately owned and operated from at the International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund is the international organization that oversees the global financial system by following the macroeconomic policies of its member countries, in particular those with an impact on exchange rate and the balance of payments in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the Territory of Columbia until an act of Congress in 1871 effectively merged the City and the during the 1960s;[1][2][3] he came from a famous British political family The politics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland takes place in the framework of a constitutional monarchy, in which the Monarch is head of state and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the UK government, the devolved governments of Scotland and Wales, and the, being the son of English The area now called England has been settled by people of various cultures for about 35,000 years, but it takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in AD 927, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant Liberal politician The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the mid 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats Sir Maurice Bonham Carter and renowned politician A politician or political leader is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those positions, whether by means of election, coup d'état, appointment, electoral fraud, conquest, right of inheritance (see also: divine right) or and orator It is recorded in English since c.1374, meaning "one who pleads or argues for a cause", from Anglo-French oratour, Old French orateur , Latin orator ("speaker"), from orare ("speak before a court or assembly; plead"), derived from a Proto-Indo-European base *or- ("to pronounce a ritual formula") Violet Bonham Carter, whose father was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom and the Head of Her Majesty's Government. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party, and ultimately to the electorate, H. H. Asquith Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC, KC served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. He was the longest continuously serving Prime Minister in the twentieth century until early 1988 (1908–1916). Helena Bonham Carter's maternal grandfather, Eduardo Propper de Callejón, was of half Spanish Spanish people or Spaniards constitute the European nation and ethnic group native of Spain, in the Iberian Peninsula, which forms the southwest of Europe. The Spanish nationality is in essence made up of regional nationalities, reflecting the complex history of Spain. Spain, in its current boundaries, was formed out of a number of predecessor and half Jewish The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation. Converts to Judaism, whose status as Jews within the Jewish ethnos ancestry, and served as a diplomat Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states. It usually refers to international diplomacy, the conduct of international relations through the intercession of professional diplomats with regard to issues of peace-making, trade, war, economics, culture, environment and human rights and former Minister-Counsellor at the Spanish Spain (pronounced /ˈspeɪn/ spayn; Spanish: España, pronounced [esˈpaɲa] ( listen)), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.[note 6] Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for Embassy A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organisation present in another state to represent the sending state/organisation in the receiving state. In practice, a diplomatic mission usually denotes the permanent mission, namely the office of a country's diplomatic representatives in the capital in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the Territory of Columbia until an act of Congress in 1871 effectively merged the City and the Bonham Carter's Jewish The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation. Converts to Judaism, whose status as Jews within the Jewish ethnos maternal grandmother, Hélène Fould-Springer, was the daughter of Baron Eugène Fould-Springer (a French-born banker), and Marie Cecile Von 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 Fould-Springer, was the mother of British writer David Pryce-Jones.[4]

Bonham Carter has two brothers, Edward and Thomas, and is a distant cousin of fellow actor Crispin Bonham-Carter, who played Mr. Bingley Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen. First published in 1813, as her second novel, she started it in 1796 as her first persevering effort for publication. She finished the original manuscript by 1797 in Steventon, Hampshire, where she lived with her parents and siblings in the town rectory. Austen originally called the story First in the 1995 BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation is the largest broadcasting organisation in the world. Its global headquarters are located in London and its main responsibility is to provide public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. The BBC is an autonomous public service broadcaster that operates under a Royal production of Pride and Prejudice, and politician Jane Bonham Carter. Bonham Carter is also distantly related to Admiral Stuart Bonham Carter, Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British author and journalist. Fleming is best remembered for creating the character of James Bond and chronicling Bond's adventures in twelve novels and nine short stories. With over 100 million copies sold worldwide, the Bond novels are in the list of best-selling book series Additionally, Fleming wrote the children's, author of the James Bond James Bond 007 is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. The character has also been used in the longest running and most financially successful English-language film franchise to date, starting in 1962 with Dr. No novels (through marriage), pioneering English nurse Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale, OM, RRC was a celebrated English nurse, writer and statistician. A Christian universalist, Nightingale believed that God had called her to be a nurse. She came to prominence for her pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" after,[6] and is the grand-niece of Anthony Asquith, legendary English The area now called England has been settled by people of various cultures for about 35,000 years, but it takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in AD 927, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant director A film director is a person who directs the making or production of a film. Many people also consider film producers, cinematographers, film editors, and special effects experts to be filmmakers of such classics as Carrington VC and The Importance of Being Earnest The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. It premiered on 14 February 1895 at the St. James's Theatre in London. Bonham Carter was educated at the South Hampstead High School, a girls' independent school An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the investment yield of an endowment. It is governed by a in Hampstead Hampstead is an area of London, England, located 4 miles north-west of Charing Cross. It is located in Inner London. It is part of the London Borough of Camden. It is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for the large and hilly parkland Hampstead Heath. It is also home to some of the most expensive, London and later at Westminster School The Royal College of St. Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain's leading independent schools, with the highest Oxbridge acceptance rate of any secondary school or college in the world. Located in the precincts of Westminster Abbey in central London, and with a history stretching back beyond the 12th, a co-educational independent school near the Palace of Westminster The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, is the meeting place of the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom—the House of Lords and the House of Commons. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames[note 1] in the heart of the London borough of the City of Westminster, close to the. Bonham Carter was denied admission to King's College King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England, 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, Bonham Carter decided to concentrate fully on acting.

When Bonham Carter was just five, her mother had a serious nervous breakdown, from which it took her three years to recover. Upon her recovery, her experience in therapy led her to become a psychotherapist herself — Bonham Carter now pays her to read her scripts and deliver her opinion of the characters' psychological motivations. Five years after her mother's recovery, there was a more terrible familial blow. While holidaying in Greece, her father went deaf in one ear. He was diagnosed with acoustic neuroma, and a routine operation was carried out to remove the benign tumour. It went badly wrong. After 9 hours in surgery, Raymond, only 50 years of age, had a stroke that left him half-paralysed and confined to a wheelchair. With her two older brothers (both now bankers) at college, Bonham Carter was left to help her mother cope. She would later study her father's movements and mannerisms for her role in The Theory of Flight.[7]

Career

Bonham Carter did not receive any formal training in acting.[8] In 1979, she won a national writing contest and used the money 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.

Her first starring film role was as Lady Jane Grey in Lady Jane (1986) which had mixed reviews. The story reflected the troubled life of England's nine-days' Queen from her troubled adolescence and arranged marriage to her ill-fated accession and subsequent execution. Her breakthrough role was Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View which was filmed after Lady Jane, but released beforehand. Bonham Carter also appeared in episodes of Miami Vice as Don Johnson's love interest during the 1986–87 season and then, in 1987, opposite Dirk Bogarde in The Vision. Bonham Carter auditioned for the role of Nancy Spungen in Sid and Nancy, however she lost out to Chloe Webb, and turned down the role of Bess McNeill in Breaking the Waves due to the sexual content. The role went to Emily Watson, who was nominated for an Academy Award for the role.[9]

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 has since expanded her range,[8] with her more recent films being 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.

Bonham Carter speaks French fluently, starring in a 1996 French film Portraits chinois. In August 2001, she was featured in Maxim. She played her second Queen of England when she was cast as Anne Boleyn in the ITV1 mini-series Henry VIII; however her role was restricted, as she was pregnant with her first child at the time of filming. Bonham Carter was a member of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival jury that unanimously selected The Wind That Shakes the Barley as best film.[10]

Bonham Carter played Bellatrix Lestrange in 2007's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and 2009's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. She will reprise the character in the film adaptations of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Bonham Carter received positive reviews as Lestrange, described as a "shining but underused talent".[11][12] She then played Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd's (Johnny Depp) amorous accomplice in the film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Broadway musical, Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The film was released on 21 December 2007 in the US[13] and 25 January 2008 in the UK. Directed by Tim Burton, Bonham Carter received a nomination for the Golden Globe for Best Actress for her performance. She won the Best Actress award in the 2007 Evening Standard British Film Awards for her performances in Sweeney Todd and Conversations With Other Women, along with another Best Actress award at the 2009 Empire Awards. Bonham Carter also appeared in the fourth Terminator film entitled Terminator Salvation, playing a small but pivotal role.[14]

In May 2006, Bonham Carter launched her own fashion line, "The Pantaloonies", with swimwear designer Samantha Sage. Their first collection, called Bloomin' Bloomers, is a Victorian style selection of camisoles, mop caps and bloomers. The duo are now working on Pantaloonies customized jeans which Bonham Carter describes as "a kind of scrapbook on the bum".[15]

Bonham Carter joined the cast of partner Tim Burton's 2010 film, Alice in Wonderland as the The Red Queen.[16] Bonham Carter appears alongside Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Christopher Lee and Alan Rickman. Bonham Carter's role consists of two merged roles, The Queen of Hearts, and The Red Queen.[17][18][19] In early 2009, Bonham Carter was named one of The Times newspaper's top 10 British Actresses of all-time. Bonham Carter appeared on the list with fellow actresses Julie Andrews, Helen Mirren, Judi Dench and Audrey Hepburn.[20]

Bonham Carter signed to play author Enid Blyton in the BBC Four television biopic, Enid. It is the first depiction of Blyton's life on the screen, and Bonham Carter stars with Matthew Macfadyen and Denis Lawson.[21]

Personal life

Tim Burton, Bonham Carter's domestic partner, and father to her children

Bonham Carter was in a relationship with actor Kenneth Branagh (with whom she appeared in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and The Theory of Flight), from 1994 to the summer of 1999. In 2001, she began her current relationship with director Tim Burton whom she met while filming Planet of the Apes. Burton has taken to casting Bonham Carter in his movies, including Big Fish, Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and Alice in Wonderland. They live in Belsize Park, London, in neighbouring houses with a connecting doorway because they felt they could not live in the same residence.[22]

They purchased the house when she became pregnant with the couple's first child, son Billy Raymond Burton, who was born on 4 October 2003. The couple maintains a close relationship with actor Johnny Depp, who appears in many of Burton's films. Depp is Billy Ray's godfather, accepting the role after Burton persuaded Bonham Carter to ask him.[23] At age 41, she gave birth to her second child, a daughter named Nell Burton, on 15 December 2007 in Central London.[24] She says she named her daughter Nell after all the "Helens" in her family lineage.[24][25]

In August 2008, when four of her relatives were killed in a safari bus crash in South Africa,[22] she was given indefinite leave from filming Terminator Salvation, and returned later to complete filming.[26]

In 2008, Bonham Carter and Burton put their American apartments up for sale. The apartments are in the Greenwich Village area, in New York City. The couple sold them for a collective $8.75 million.[27] In early October 2008, it was released that Bonham Carter had become a patron of the charity Action Duchenne, the national charity established to support parents and sufferers of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Bonham Carter released the statement:

"As a patron of Action Duchenne, I would like to urge as many people as possible to find out about the work of the charity and the devastating effects of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Treatments and a cure seem tantalisingly close but they will not appear without further support and funding. Please join Action Duchenne in helping to make muscle wasting history.[28]

In December 2008, Bonham Carter lent her voice to an MTV domestic violence public service announcement, reciting a passage about love from the First Epistle to the Corinthians. The 60-second commercial features a dysfunctional couple in a domestic environment. No dialogue is heard — only accompanying music and Bonham Carter's voice. Bonham Carter recorded her vocal in a single take for the ad, which aired on 2 December 2008. The ad will air across MTV in the UK and across Europe as part of MTV's Staying Alive campaign. MTV will also make the ad available online and is considering running it in cinemas.[29]

In early 2009, Bonham Carter joined fellow Hollywood A-listers Ewan McGregor, Kate Winslet, Liam Neeson, Helen Mirren and others in leaving the imprint of her lips on a card and signing it. The kiss prints, which are featured in the window of Newcastle’s famous Fenwick store, will now be auctioned off for charity.

Filmography

Films

Year Film Role Notes
1983 A Pattern of Roses Netty Bellinger
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 role) novel by E. M. Forster
A Hazard of Hearts Serena Staverley novel by Barbara Cartland
The Vision Jo Marriner
1988 The Mask Iris
Six Minutes with Ludwig The Star
1989 Francesco Chiara Offreduccio
Getting It Right Lady Minerva Munday
Arms and the Man Raina Petkoff
1990 Hamlet Ophelia
The Early Life of Beatrix Potter Beatrix Potter
1991 Where Angels Fear to Tread Caroline Abbott novel by E. M. Forster
Brown Bear's Wedding White Bear (voice role)
1992 Howards End Helen Schlegel novel by E. M. Forster Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1993 Dancing Queen Pandora/Julie aka Rik Mayall Presents Dancing Queen
1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Elizabeth Frankenstein Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald Marina Oswald Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
A Dark-Adapted Eye Faith Severn (adult) novel by Barbara Vine
Butter Dorothy
1995 Mighty Aphrodite Amanda Weinrib
Margaret's Museum Margaret MacNeil Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress also for The Wings of the Dove Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Award for Best Actress
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex Herself (voice role)
1996 Twelfth Night: Or What You Will Olivia
Portraits chinois Ada
1997 The Petticoat Expeditions Narrator (voice role)
Keep the Aspidistra Flying Rosemary novel by George Orwell
The Wings of the Dove Kate Croy novel by Henry James Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress also for Margaret's Museum Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress National Board of Review Award for Best Actress Society of Texas Film Critics Award for Best Actress Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
1998 Merlin Morgan le Fay Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Sweet Revenge Karen Knightly Based on a play by Alan Ayckbourn
The Theory of Flight Jane Thatchard Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
1999 Fight Club Marla Singer novel by Chuck Palahniuk Empire Award for Best British Actress
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 — Empire Award for Best British Actress Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
Novocaine Susan Ivey
Football Mum
2002 The Heart of Me Dinah novel by Rosamond Lehmann ALFS Award Nominated — British Independent Film Award for Best Actress
Live from Baghdad Ingrid Formanek Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Till Human Voices Wake Us Ruby
2003 Big Fish Jennifer Hill/The Witch directed by Tim Burton
Henry VIII Anne Boleyn Fantasporto Award Cine Award for Best Actress
2004 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Beatrice Baudelaire Uncredited cameo
2005 Conversations with Other Women Woman Evening Standard British Film Award Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress
Magnificent 7 Maggi Jackson
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Lady Tottington (voice role) Cine Award for Best Voice Actress Nominated — Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Corpse Bride Corpse Bride (voice role) directed by Tim Burton Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Mrs. Bucket directed by Tim Burton
2006 Sixty Six Esther Reubens
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Bellatrix Lestrange directed by David Yates Nominated — Teen Choice Award Nominated — Fantasporto Award Nominated — Scream Award for Scream Queen
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Mrs. Lovett directed by Tim Burton musical by Stephen Sondheim Empire Award for Best Actress Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year Nominated — National Movie Award for Best Performance - Female Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress Nominated — Scream Award for Best Actress in a Horror Movie or Show
2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Bellatrix Lestrange Nominated — Scream Award for Best Villain
Terminator Salvation Dr. Serena Kogan Nominated — Scream Award for Best Cameo
Enid Enid Blyton Nominated — Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress
The Gruffalo Mother Squirrel (voice role)
2010 Alice in Wonderland The Red Queen
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I Bellatrix Lestrange Post-production
The King's Speech Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Post-production
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II Bellatrix Lestrange Filming

TV shows

Year Title Role Notes
1987 Miami Vice Dr. Theresa Lyons 2 Episodes
1991 Jackanory Reader 5 Episodes
1994 Absolutely Fabulous Dream Saffron Episode: Hospital
1996 The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century Vera Brittain Unknown Episodes

Stage productions and radio shows

Year Production Role Notes
1985 The Reluctant Debutante Unknown Performed on BBC Radio 4
1987 The Tempest Unknown Performed at Oxford Playhouse
1988 The Woman in White Laura Fairlie Performed at Greenwich Theatre, London
1989 The Happiest of All Princesses Unknown Performed on BBC Radio 4
The Chalk Garden Unknown Performed at Windsor/Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
1991 The House of Bernarda Alba Magdalena Performed at Nottingham Playhouse
1992 The Barber of Seville Rosina Performed at Palace Theatre, Watford
Trelawney of the Wells Imogen Parrot Performed at Comedy Theatre, London
1993 The Secret Garden Narrator by Frances Burnett
The Whales' Song Narrator by Dyan Sheldon
1994 The Seagull Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya Performed on BBC Radio 4
A Dog So Small Narrator by Philippa Pearce
The Way to Sattin Shore Narrator by Philippa Pearce
1995 Song of Love Unknown Performed on BBC Radio 4
Remember Me Narrator
1996 I Capture the Castle Rose Performed on BBC Radio 4
1997 A House by the Sea Unknown Performed on BBC Radio 4
The Diary of Anne Frank Narrator
1998 Lantern Slides Violet Bonham Carter Performed on BBC Radio 4
2000 As You Like It Rosalind Performed on BBC Radio 4
2004 The Rubenstein Kiss Unknown Postponed
2010 Private Lives Amanda Performed on BBC Radio 4[30]

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Lady Campanula Tottington

Discography

Year Song Film Notes
2002 Heart & Soul The Heart of Me Solo performance
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 Solo performance
My Friends Duet with Johnny Depp
Pirelli's Miracle Elixir Trio with Johnny Depp & Edward Sanders
Wait Duet with Johnny Depp
Epiphany
A Little Priest
God That's Good! Duet with Edward Sanders
By the Sea Duet with Johnny Depp
Not While I'm Around Duet with Edward Sanders
Final Scene Duet with Johnny Depp

References

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Helena. being executed as Lady Jane (great movie, by the way). . Helena. being executed as Anne Boleyn.

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