List of Helena Bonham Carter performances

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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).

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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) and The Crown as Princess Margaret (2019–2020).

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

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Bonham Carter while filming The King's Speech in December 2009
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
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
Six Minutes with LudwigThe Star
1989 Francesco Chiara Offreduccio
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 WeddingWhite BearVoice
1992 Howards End Helen Schlegel
1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Elizabeth Frankenstein
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald Marina Oswald Porter
ButterDorothy Short film
1995 Mighty Aphrodite Amanda Weinrib
Margaret's Museum Margaret MacNeil
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex HerselfVoice
1996 Twelfth Night: Or What You Will Olivia
Portraits chinoisAdaFrench-language role
1997 The Wings of the Dove Kate Croy
Keep the Aspidistra Flying(also known as “A Merry war” Rosemary
The Petticoat ExpeditionsNarratorVoice
1998 Sweet Revenge Karen KnightlyAlso known as The Revengers' Comedies
The Theory of Flight Jane Thatchard
1999 Carnivale MillyVoice
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
FootballMumShort 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 TottingtonVoice [3]
Corpse Bride Emily, the Corpse BrideVoice [3]
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 Bellatrix Lestrange
Terminator Salvation Dr. Serena Kogan / Skynet
The Gruffalo Mother SquirrelVoice, 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 Bellatrix Lestrange
The Gruffalo's Child Mother SquirrelVoice, short film [3]
2012 Dark Shadows Julia Hoffman
A Therapy PatientShort 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
2017Poles ApartNanukVoice, short film
55 Steps Eleanor Riese
2018 Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero Margaret ConroyVoice
Ocean's 8 Rose Weil
2020 Dragonheart: Vengeance SivethVoice, direct-to-video [3]
Tintoretto: A Rebel in VeniceNarratorDocumentary film [4]
Enola Holmes Eudoria Holmes
2022 The House JenVoice
Enola Holmes 2 Eudoria Holmes
Three Minutes: A Lengthening Narrator
2023 One Life Babi Winton
Key
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Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1983 A Pattern of Roses Netty Bellinger Television film
1987 Miami Vice Dr. Theresa Lyons2 episodes
1988 Screen Two Jo MarrinerEpisode: "The Vision"
1989 Theatre Night Raina PetkoffEpisode: "Arms and the Man"
1991 Jackanory Reader5 episodes
1993 Dancing Queen Pandora / JulieTelevision film
1994 A Dark-Adapted Eye Faith Severn (adult)2 episodes
Absolutely Fabulous Dream SaffronEpisode: "Hospital"
The Good Sex GuideHerselfEpisode #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 FormanekTelevision film
2003 Henry VIII Anne Boleyn 2 episodes
2005Magnificent 7Maggi JacksonTelevision film
2009 Enid Enid Blyton Television film
2010 Toast Joan PotterTelevision film
2011 Life's Too Short HerselfEpisode #1.3
2013 Burton & Taylor Elizabeth Taylor Television film
2014 Turks & Caicos Margot TyrrellTelevision film
Salting the Battlefield Margot TyrrellTelevision film
2015Codes of ConductEsther KaufmannPilot
2016 Love, Nina George5 episodes
2017Saying GoodbyeHerself / narratorDocumentary
2019 The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Maudra Mayrin/The All-MaudraVoice, 4 episodes [3]
My Grandparents' War Herself1 episode [5]
2019–2020 The Crown Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon Main role (17 episodes)
2020Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for ChristmasLady DevillaPantomime [6]
Quentin Blake's ClownNarratorAnimated film [7]
2021 The Cleaner Sheila1 episode
2021 Sofology HerselfTelevision advertisement
2022 Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts Herself HBO Max Special
Ten Percent HerselfEpisode #1.2
Wild BabiesNarrator8 episodes [8]
2023 Stephen Sondheim's Old FriendsHerself BBC concert special
Nolly Noele "Nolly" Gordon 3 episodes [9]
Charles III: The Coronation Year NarratorDocumentary

Theatre

YearTitleRoleVenueRef.
1987 The Tempest Miranda Oxford Playhouse
1988 The Woman in White Laura Fairlie Greenwich Theatre, London
1989 The Chalk Garden LaurelWindsor/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

YearArtistSongRef.
2012 Rufus Wainwright "Out Of The Game" [10]
2015 Bryan Adams "Brand New Day" [11]

Video games

YearTitleVoice roleNotesRef.
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

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1985 The Reluctant Debutante Unknown BBC Radio 4
1989The Happiest of All PrincessesUnknownBBC Radio 4
1993 The Secret Garden NarratorBy Frances Burnett
The Whales' SongNarratorBy Dyan Sheldon
1994 The Seagull Nina Mikhailovna ZarechnayaBBC Radio 4
A Dog So SmallNarratorBy Philippa Pearce
The Way to Sattin ShoreNarratorBy Philippa Pearce
1995Song of LoveUnknownBBC Radio 4
Remember MeNarrator
1996 I Capture the Castle RoseBBC Radio 4
1997A House by the SeaUnknownBBC Radio 4
The Diary of Anne Frank Narrator
1998Lantern Slides Violet Bonham Carter BBC Radio 4
2000 As You Like It Rosalind BBC Radio 4
2004 The Rubenstein Kiss UnknownPostponed
2010 Private Lives AmandaBBC Radio 4 [12]

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