Helena Bonham Carter

2003 Emmy Nominated: Lead Actress, Live from Baghdad

Born May 26, 1966, in London, England. The great-granddaughter of British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith, Bonham Carter enjoyed a privileged childhood.

Typecast as the quintessential English heroine, Bonham Carter starred in a slew of period pieces throughout the early 1990s. In Franco Zeffirelli's Hamlet she offered a definitive performance as the tragic Ophelia opposite Mel Gibson and Glenn Close. Where Angels Fear to Tread and the Merchant-Ivory production Howard's End, both adaptations of Forster novels, featured Bonham Carter in similar antiquated roles.

She further showcased her range in the role of a foul-mouthed miner's daughter in the acclaimed Canadian film Margaret's Museum. In 1996, Bonham Carter returned to Shakespearean drama, opposite Nigel Hawthorne and Ben Kingsley, in Nunn's opulent comedy of errors Twelfth Night. The following year, she received an Academy Award nomination for her definitive performance as the unscrupulous Kate Croy in The Wings of the Dove. The following year, Bonham Carter took a rather surprising turn as the love interest of Edward Norton and Brad Pitt in the unsettling satire Fight Club.

In 2001, she starred opposite Mark Wahlberg and Charlton Heston in Tim Burton's highly anticipated remake Planet of the Apes (2001). She also costarred with Steve Martin in the black comedy Novocaine.

Helena Bonham Carter is nominated for 2003's Lead Actress in a Mini series or Movie for her role in "Live from Baghdad".

Helena Bonham Carter Videography

Shantaram, 2007
Magnificent 7, 2006
Corpse Bride, 2005
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, 2005
Conversations with Other Women, 2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 2005
Big Fish, 2003
Henry VIII, 2003
Live From Baghdad, 2002
Till Human Voices Wake Us, 2002
The Heart of Me, 2002
Novocaine, 2001
Planet of the Apes, 2001
Football, 2001
Carnivale, 2000
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything, 1999
Women Talking Dirty, 1999
Fight Club, 1999
The Theory of Flight, 1998
The Revengers' Comedies, 1998
Merlin, 1998/II
Keep the Aspidistra Flying, 1997
The Wings of the Dove, 1997
The Petticoat Expeditions, 1997
Portraits chinois, 1996
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will, 1996
Margaret's Museum, 1995
Mighty Aphrodite, 1995
Frankenstein, 1994
Butter, 1994
A Dark Adapted Eye, 1994
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald, 1993
Dancing Queen, 1993
Howards End, 1992
Where Angels Fear to Tread, 1991
Hamlet, 1990/I
Francesco, 1989
Getting It Right, 1989
Maschera, La, 1988
A Hazard of Hearts, 1987
Maurice, 1987
The Vision, 1987
Lady Jane, 1986
A Room with a View, 1985
A Pattern of Roses, 1983

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