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Helena Bonham Carter

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Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter most recently wrapped on Polly Steele’s feature FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE and will next be seen in feature ONE LIFE alongside Anthony Hopkins.

Her much anticipated portrayal of Noele Gordon can now be streamed on ITV.

She is a two-time Academy Award nominee: for her work in THE WINGS OF THE DOVE and for THE KING'S SPEECH directed by Tom Hooper. She also garnered a Golden Globe nomination and won an Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actress for her performance as Mrs. Lovett in Tim Burton's 2009 screen adaptation SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET. In 2014 she earned a SAG, BAFTA and Emmy nomination for her portrayal of Elizabeth Taylor in BURTON AND TAYLOR for BBC 4 and in 2012 was honoured with a CBE from Buckingham Palace.

Other notable credits include A ROOM WITH A VIEW, HOWARD'S END, FIGHT CLUB, the HARRY POTTER franchise and OCEAN'S 8, and THE CROWN amongst many others.

 

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Helena Bonham Carter

Feature Film

Title Role Production Director
FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE Margaret Gore AX1 Entertainment Polly Steele
ONE LIFE Babette Winton MBK Productions James Hawes
ENOLA HOLMES Mrs Holmes Legendary Pictures Harry Bradbeer
OCEAN'S 8 Rose Weil Warner Bros Gary Ross
55 STEPS Eleanor Riese Elsani Films Billie August
SUFFRAGETTE Ruby Films Sarah Gavron
SGT. STUBBY: AN AMERICAN HERO Paramount Richard Lanni
ALICE: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS Walt Disney Pictures James Bobin
CINDERELLA Walt Disney Productions Kenneth Branagh
LES MISÉRABLES Working Title Televison Tom Hooper
THE YOUNG AND PRODIGIOUS SPIVET BBR Productions Jean Pierre Jeunet
LONE RANGER Silver Bullet Gore Verbinski
GREAT EXPECTATIONS Number 9 Films Ltd Mike Newell
DARK SHADOWS Warner Bros Tim Burton
THE KING'S SPEECH See Saw Films Tom Hooper
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS I & II Warner Bros David Yates
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Warner Bros Tim Burton
TERMINATION SALVATION Warner Bros
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE Warner Bros David Yates
SWEENEY TOOD Warner Bros Tim Burton
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX Warner Bros David Yates
66 Working Title Paul Weiland
CONVERSATION WITH OTHER WOMEN Fabrication Films Hans Canosa
CORPSE BRIDE Tim Burton
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Tim Burton
THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT Steve Box, Nick Park
BIG FISH Tim Burton
LIVE FROM BAGHDAD HBO Mick Jackson
THE HEART OF ME Martin Pope Productions Thaddeus O'Sullivan
PLANET OF THE APES 20th Century Fox Tim Burton
TIL HUMAN VOICES WAKE US Michael Pernoni
NOVACAINE Artisan David Atkins
FIGHT CLUB 20th Century Fox David Fincher
THEORY OF FLIGHT BBC/Birdtown Paul Greengrass
KEEP THE ASPIDISTRA FLYING UBA Ltd Robert Bierman
THE REVENGER'S COMEDIES Artisan Films Malcolm Mowbray
WINGS OF DOVE Miramax Iain Softley
TWELTH NIGHT Renaissance Films Trevor Nunn
MIGHTY APHRODITE Sweetheart Prods. Inc Woody Allen
MARGARET'S MUSEUM Glace Bay Pics. Inc Mort Ransen
FRANKENSTEIN Tri-Star/Columbia/Shelley Film Kenneth Branagh
HOWARDS END Helen Schlegel Merchant Ivory James Ivory
HAMLET Nelson Entertainment Franco Zefferelli
A ROOM WITH A VIEW Merchant Ivory James Ivory

Short Film

Title Role Production Director
A THERAPY Prada Roman Polanski

Stage

Title Role Production Director
TRELAWNEY OF THE WELLS Triumph (Guildford/Brighton/West End) Tobey Robertson
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Watford Palace Theatre Lou Stein
THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA Adela Nottingham Playhouse Pip Broughton
THE CHALK GARDEN Windsor Mark Piper
THE WOMAN IN WHITE Greenwich Theatre Sue Dunderdale

Television

Title Role Production Director
NOLLY Noele Gordon ITV Peter Hoar
THE CLEANER Sheila BBC One Tom Marshall
THE DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE Netflix Louis Leterrier
THE CROWN SEASON'S 3 & 4 Princess Margaret Netflix Various Directors
LOVE, NINA Georgia BBC S. J. Clarkson
TURKS AND CAICOS/SALTING THE BATTLEFIELD Carnival David Hare
BURTON AND TAYLOR BBC Richard Laxton
LIFE'S TOO SHORT BBC Ricky Gervais
TOAST Ruby Films S.J. Clarkson
THE GRUFFALO Orange Eyes Ltd Max Long & Jakob Schuh
ENID BLYTON BBC4 James Hawes
MAGNIFICENT 7 BBC Television Kenny Glenaan
HENRY VIII ITV Pete Travis
MERLIN Hallmark/Halmi Steve Baron
ABSOLUTLEY FABULOUS BBC Television Jon Plowman
DANCING QUEEN - RIK MAYALL PRESENTS Julie Granada Television Nick Hamm

Radio

Title Role Production Director
PRIVATE LIVES Sally Avens
I CAPTURE THE CASTLE Cherry Cookson
THE SEAGULL Cherry Cookson
MARIE ANTOINETTE Fiona Couper
THE RELUCANT DEBUTANTE Glyn Dearman
AWARDS

Critics Choice Awards nomination Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for The Crown 2019,

Twice Academy Award Nominated:
Best Supporting Actress for The Kings Speech 2010
Best Actress for The Wings of the Dove 1997

Awarded with the BFI Fellowship 2012

BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The Kings Speech 2010

Three times BAFTA Film Awards Nominated:
Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The Kings Speech 2010
Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Wings of the Dove 1997
Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Howard's End 1992

Three times BAFTA Television Awards Nominated:
Best Actress in a Leading Role for Burton & Taylor 2013
Best Actress in a Leading Role for Enid 2009
Best Supporting Actress for The Crown 2020

Eight times Golden Globe Nominated:
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for The Crown (2019)
Best Actress (Miniseries) for Burton & Taylor 2013
Best Supporting Actress for The Kings Speech 2010
Best Actress in a Motion Pictures (Musical) for Sweeney Todd 2007
Best Actress (Miniseries) for Live from Baghdad
Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama) for The Wings of the Dove 1997
Best Supporting Actress (Miniseries) for Merlin 1998
Best Actress (Miniseries) for Fatal Deception 1993

Emmy Award for International Best Actress for Enid 2009

Four times Emmy Nominated:
Oustanding Supporting Actress (Drama Series) for The Crown 2020
Outstanding Lead Actress (Miniseries) for Burton & Taylor 2014
Outstanding Lead Actress (Miniseries) for Live From Baghdad 2003
Outstanding Supporting Actress (Miniseries) for Merlin 1997

Four times SAG Nominated:
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for The Crown
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries for Burton & Taylor 2013
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supportin Role for The King's Speech 2010
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for The Wings of the Dove 1997

Two Time Winner at the Evening Standard Film Awards:
Best Actress for Sweeney Todd 2007
Best Actress for Conversations with Other Women 2005

Two Time Empire Award Winner:
Best Actress for Sweeney Todd 2009
Best British Actress for Fight Club 1999

Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year 2011

European Achievement in World Cinema Award 2011

Hollywood Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Kings Speech 2010

Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress - Conversations With Other Women 2005

Winner of various Critics' Best Actress awards for The Wings of the Dove 1998 including: London Critics Circle, Las Vegas Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Broadcast Film Critics Association, NBR, Society of Texas Film Critics, Southeastern Film Critics Association, Toronto Film Critics Association

Boston Film Festival Award for Film Excellence 1997

Genie Awards Canada Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Margaret's Museum 1995