Today Helena Bonham Carter is 54! She was born in Islington and bought up in Golders Green, London and has become one of the UK's greatest exports. As she had no formal acting training, so all of what you see is down to her own grit and determination, as well as being immensely naturally talented. Her first appearance came in the 1983 in the movie A Pattern Of Roses, but her first big break came in the 1986 movie A Room With A View alongside Maggie Smith and Dame Judi Dench. Not a bad start to her movie career!
in the 90's she played roles in Hamlet, playing Ophelia, Howards End as Helen Schlegel, Frankenstein as Elizabeth and then at the end of the 90's she appeared in Fight Club playing Marla Singer. The Naughties is where she firmly put her hat in the circle for the big movies with a list comprising of Planet Of The Apes, Big Fish, A Series Of Unfortunate Events, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and of course she started the role of Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter series. Helena still carried on making other great titles at the same time too, playing big roles in big Hollywood blockbusters with other big named actors. Recently that trend hasn't waned away and still has been Fairy Godmother in 2015's Cinderella, played Edith Ellyn in Suffragette and in 2018 played Rose Weil in Ocean's Eight.
Helena's talents are not just set for the big screen, she will regularly take a role in a series too most recently the the series The Crown, where she plays Princess Margaret, in 2009 she signed to play author Enid Blyton in a BBC 4 biopic called Enid, and also giving her voice to animated movies too The Corpse Bride and The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit are 2 that spring to mind. As you can see, she has the ability to play all types of roles, she is very very adaptable, from low budget independent movies to large-scale blockbusters.
She has never married but had 2 relationships with other famous actors 1994 - 1999, she was with Kenneth Branagh, Kenneth was still married to Emma Thompson when they first got together. After they separated Helena started a relationship with American Director Tim Burton in 2001, they have 2 children together Billy who is 18 this year and Nell who will be 13 this year. They separated in 2014. Helena is now with Norwegian Author Rye Dag Holmboe and has been since 2018. In 2012 she was made a Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire (CBE) for her services to Drama and 2014 was appointed to Britain's new national Holocaust Commission. Her mom had the Jewish background out of her 2 parents. Her maternal Grandfather, who was a Spanish diplomat, saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust in World War II. Helena is also a distant relative to the pioneering English Nurse, Florence Nightingale too. Vanity Fair named her on their 2010 best dressed list, she also has her own fashion line "The Pantaloonies", she is also fluent in French.
She has won
1 BAFTA Award - Best Supporting Actress - The Kings Speech
Had 2 nominations for Oscars
and 8 nominations for Golden Globes.
As you can see, a very good export to the movie business. Helena has 3 projects in progress at the moment
Enola Holmes which is due in 2020
An animated one called The Land Of Sometimes, which is in production.
Then she is down to star as well as produce Saint Maize, which is in development.
I love to see Helena taking on her various diverse roles, and long may that continue.
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