Helena Bonham Carter is an English actress. Known for her work in independent films and large-scale blockbusters, she is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, nine Golden Globe Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, and five Primetime Emmy Awards.
She is best known for her eccentric fashion, dark aesthetic, and for often playing quirky women. For her role as Kate Croy in The Wings of the Dove, she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in The King's Speech, 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, Howards End, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Mighty Aphrodite, Fight Club, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, the Harry Potter series, Great Expectations, Les Misérables, Cinderella, Ocean's 8 and Enola Holmes. Her collaborations with director Tim Burton, her former domestic partner, include Big Fish, Corpse Bride , Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Alice in Wonderland, and Dark Shadows.
Her other television films include Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald, Live from Baghdad, Toast, and Burton & Taylor. From 2019 to 2020, she portrayed Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon in seasons three and four of Netflix's The Crown.
