Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966) is an English actress. Known for her roles in blockbusters and independent films, particularly period dramas, she has received various awards and nominations, including a British Academy Film Award and an International Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, and nine Golden Globe 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 with which she was uncomfortable. She is best known for her eccentric fashion and 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 in ''The King's 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 Shelley's Frankenstein'' (1994), ''Mighty Aphrodite'' (1995), ''Fight Club'' (1999), ''Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'' (2005), the ''Harry Potter'' series (2007–2011) as Bellatrix Lestrange, ''Great Expectations'' (2012) as Miss Havisham, ''Les Misérables'' (2012), ''Cinderella'' (2015), ''Ocean's 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 children's 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 in seasons three and four of Netflix's ''The Crown'' earning two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Provided by Wikipedia