List of Helena Bonham Carter performances

Bonham Carter at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival

English actress Helena Bonham Carter has been acting since the early 1980s. First appearing in the television series A Pattern of Roses in 1983 before making her film debut playing Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View (1985) and the title character in Lady Jane (1986). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Kate Croy in The Wings of the Dove (1997). For her role as Queen Elizabeth in The King's Speech (2010), she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She also won the 2010 International Emmy Award for Best Actress for her role as the author Enid Blyton in the television film Enid (2009).

Her other film roles include Ophelia in Hamlet (1990), Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991), Howards End (1992), Elizabeth Lavenza in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Marla Singer in Fight Club (1999), Bellatrix Lestrange in four of the Harry Potter films (2007–11), Dr. Serena Kogan / Skynet in Terminator Salvation (2009), Miss Havisham in Great Expectations (2012), Madame Thénardier in Les Misérables (2012), the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella (2015) and Rose Weil in Ocean's 8 (2018).

She has frequently collaborated with director Tim Burton; in Planet of the Apes (2001), Big Fish (2003), Corpse Bride (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Dark Shadows (2012), and playing the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland (2010) and its sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016).

Her other television work includes the television films Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald (1993), Live from Baghdad (2002), Toast (2010), and Burton & Taylor (2013); and television series Love, Nina (2016), The Crown as Princess Margaret (2019–2020) and as Noele Gordon in the biographical miniseries Nolly (2023).

She has also narrated audiobooks. In 2011, Penguin Audios released an audiobook version of Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl, narrated by Bonham Carter. ^{[1] [2]}

Film

Bonham Carter while filming The King's Speech in December 2009

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1985	A Room with a View	Lucy Honeychurch
1986	Lady Jane	Lady Jane Grey
1987	Maurice	Lady at Cricket Match	Cameo
	A Hazard of Hearts	Serena Staverley
1988	The Mask	Iris	Italian-language role
	Six Minutes with Ludwig	The Star
1989	Francesco	Chiara Offreduccio	Italian-language role
	Getting It Right	Lady Minerva Munday
1990	Hamlet	Ophelia
	The Early Life of Beatrix Potter	Beatrix Potter
1991	Where Angels Fear to Tread	Caroline Abbott
	Brown Bear's Wedding	White Bear	Voice
1992	Howards End	Helen Schlegel
1993	Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald	Marina Oswald Porter
1994	Mary Shelley's Frankenstein	Elizabeth Frankenstein
	Butter	Dorothy	Short film
1995	Mighty Aphrodite	Amanda Weinrib
	Margaret's Museum	Margaret MacNeil
	Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex	Herself	Voice
1996	Twelfth Night: Or What You Will	Olivia
	Portraits chinois	Ada	French-language role
1997	The Wings of the Dove	Kate Croy
	Keep the Aspidistra Flying	Rosemary	also known as A Merry war
	The Petticoat Expeditions	Narrator	Voice
1998	Sweet Revenge	Karen Knightly	Also known as The Revengers' Comedies
	The Theory of Flight	Jane Thatchard
1999	Carnivale	Milly	Voice
	Fight Club	Marla Singer
	Women Talking Dirty	Cora
	The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything	Lily
2001	Planet of the Apes	Ari
	Novocaine	Susan Ivey
	Football	Mum	Short film
2002	The Heart of Me	Dinah
	Till Human Voices Wake Us	Ruby
2003	Big Fish	Jennifer Hill / The Witch
2004	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Beatrice Baudelaire	Uncredited cameo
2005	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Mrs. Bucket
	Conversations with Other Women	Woman
	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	Lady Tottington	Voice [3]
	Corpse Bride	Emily, the Corpse Bride
2006	Sixty Six	Esther Reubens
2007	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Mrs. Lovett
	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Bellatrix Lestrange
2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
	Terminator Salvation	Dr. Serena Kogan / Skynet
	The Gruffalo	Mother Squirrel	Voice, short film [3]
2010	Alice in Wonderland	Red Queen / Iracebeth of Crims
	The King's Speech	Queen Elizabeth
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	Bellatrix Lestrange
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
	The Gruffalo's Child	Mother Squirrel	Voice, short film [3]
2012	Dark Shadows	Julia Hoffman
	A Therapy	Patient	Short film
	Great Expectations	Miss Havisham
	Les Misérables	Mme. Thénardier
2013	The Lone Ranger	Red Harrington
	The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet	Dr. Clair
2014	Night Will Fall	Narrator	Documentary film
2015	Cinderella	The Fairy Godmother
	Suffragette	Edith Ellyn
2016	Alice Through the Looking Glass	Red Queen / Iracebeth of Crims
2017	Poles Apart	Nanuk	Voice, short film
	55 Steps	Eleanor Riese
2018	Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero	Margaret Conroy	Voice
	Ocean's 8	Rose Weil
2020	Dragonheart: Vengeance	Siveth	Voice, direct-to-video [3]
	Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice	Narrator	Documentary film	[4]
	Enola Holmes	Eudoria Holmes
2022	The House	Jen	Voice
	Enola Holmes 2	Eudoria Holmes
	Three Minutes: A Lengthening	Narrator
2023	One Life	Babi Winton
	Merchant Ivory	Herself
2024	Four Letters of Love	Margaret Gore
TBA	Enola Holmes 3 †	Eudoria Holmes	Post-production

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1983	A Pattern of Roses	Netty Bellinger	Television film
1987	Miami Vice	Dr. Theresa Lyons	2 episodes
1988	Screen Two	Jo Marriner	Episode: "The Vision"
1989	Theatre Night	Raina Petkoff	Episode: "Arms and the Man"
1991	Jackanory	Reader	Story: "The Way to Sattin Shore"
1993	Dancing Queen	Pandora / Julie	Television film
1994	A Dark-Adapted Eye	Faith Severn (adult)	2 episodes
	Absolutely Fabulous	Dream Saffron	Episode: "Hospital"
	The Good Sex Guide	Herself	Episode #2.1
1996	The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century	Vera Brittain	2 episodes
1998	Merlin	Morgan le Fay	3 episodes
2002	Live from Baghdad	Ingrid Formanek	Television film
2003	Henry VIII	Anne Boleyn	2 episodes
2005	Magnificent 7	Maggi Jackson	Television film
2009	Enid	Enid Blyton
2010	Toast	Joan Potter
2011	Life's Too Short	Herself	Episode #1.3
2013	Burton & Taylor	Elizabeth Taylor	Television film
2014	Turks & Caicos	Margot Tyrrell
	Salting the Battlefield
2015	Codes of Conduct	Esther Kaufmann	Pilot
2016	Love, Nina	George	5 episodes
2017	Saying Goodbye	Herself / narrator	Documentary
2019	The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance	Maudra Mayrin/The All-Maudra	Voice, 4 episodes [3]
	My Grandparents' War	Herself	1 episode	[5]
2019–2020	The Crown	Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon	Main role (17 episodes)
2020	Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas	Lady Devilla	Pantomime	[6]
	Quentin Blake's Clown	Narrator	Animated film	[7]
2021	The Cleaner	Sheila	Episode: "The Widow"
	Sofology	Herself	TV advertisement	[8]
2022	Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts		HBO Max special
	Ten Percent		Episode #1.2
	Wild Babies	Narrator	8 episodes	[9]
2023	Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends	Herself	BBC concert special
	Nolly	Noele "Nolly" Gordon	3 episodes	[10]
	Charles III: The Coronation Year	Narrator	Documentary
2025	The Seven Dials Mystery †	Lady Caterham	Television series
TBA	California Avenue †	Eddie		[11]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref.
1987	The Tempest	Miranda	Oxford Playhouse
1988	The Woman in White	Laura Fairlie	Greenwich Theatre, London
1989	The Chalk Garden	Laurel	Theatre Royal Windsor/Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
1991	The House of Bernarda Alba	Magdalena	Nottingham Playhouse
1992	The Barber of Seville	Rosina	Palace Theatre, Watford
	Trelawney of the Wells	Imogen Parrot	Comedy Theatre, London

Music videos

Year	Artist	Song	Ref.
2012	Rufus Wainwright	"Out Of The Game"	[12]
2015	Bryan Adams	"Brand New Day"	[13]

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes	Ref.
2005	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	Lady Tottington [3]
2018	Call of Duty: Black Ops 4	Madame Mirela	"Dead of the Night" map

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1985	The Reluctant Debutante	Unknown	BBC Radio 4
1989	The Happiest of All Princesses
1993	The Secret Garden	Narrator	By Frances Burnett
	The Whales' Song		By Dyan Sheldon
1994	The Seagull	Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya	BBC Radio 4
	A Dog So Small	Narrator	By Philippa Pearce
	The Way to Sattin Shore
1995	Song of Love	Unknown	BBC Radio 4
	Remember Me	Narrator
1996	I Capture the Castle	Rose	BBC Radio 4
1997	A House by the Sea	Unknown
	The Diary of Anne Frank	Narrator
1998	Lantern Slides	Violet Bonham Carter	BBC Radio 4
2000	As You Like It	Rosalind
2004	The Rubenstein Kiss	Unknown	Postponed
2010	Private Lives	Amanda	BBC Radio 4	[14]

Theme park attractions

Year	Title	Role	Venue
2014	Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts	Bellatrix Lestrange	Universal Studios Florida

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Helena Bonham Carter

References

1. "Diary of a Young Girl (Audio Download): Anne Frank, Helena Bonham Carter, Penguin Audio: Amazon.co.uk: Books". www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
2. The Diary of A Young Girl Audiobook - Anne Frank - Listening Books.
3. "Helena Bonham Carter (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 24 December 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
4. "Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice review – the rock'n'roll Renaissance master?". The Guardian. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
5. "My Grandparents' War". Channel4.com. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
6. "Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
7. "Quentin Blake's Clown". Radiotimes.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
8. Bold, Ben (24 May 2021). "Helena Bonham Carter flaunts her eccentricity in Sofology ad". Campaign Live. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
9. "'Wild Babies': Everything You Need to Know About the Series". Netflix Tudum. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
10. "First look image on Russell T Davies' upcoming ITVX and ITV drama, Nolly, starring Helena Bonham Carter as Noele Gordon". Itv.com. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
11. "BBC announces California Avenue, a new drama from Hugo Blick starring Bill Nighy, Helena Bonham Carter, Erin Doherty, and Tom Burke". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
12. Rufus Wainwright, Helena Bonham Carter – Out Of The Game. YouTube . RufusWainwrightVEVO. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
13. Bryan Adams – Brand New Day (Official Video). YouTube . BryanAdamsVEVO. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
14. "Private Lives". BBC. Retrieved 5 October 2010.

External links

• Helena Bonham Carter at IMDb