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9 | [[quoteright:309:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/helena-bonham-carter-083_6561.jpg]] |
10 | [[caption-width-right:309:[[Creator/EdwardNorton You met me at a very]] [[Film/HarryPotter Lestrange]] [[Film/FightClub time in my life.]]]] |
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12 | ->''"Helena Bonham Carter is incapable of uttering a single word without charm, unless she has to for a role."'' |
13 | -->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert''', [[https://twitter.com/ebertchicago/status/42016665923223552 February 27, 2011 twitter]] |
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15 | Helena Bonham Carter, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] (born May 26, 1966 in Islington, London) is an English actress. Over an extensive filmography of versatile, acclaimed roles in blockbusters and independent works alike dating back to the mid-1980s, she has become known for her eccentric fashion sense, dark aesthetic, and affinity for playing quirky female characters. |
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17 | For several years, Bonham Carter was Creator/TimBurton's former [[CreatorCouple girlfriend/leading lady]] ''[[ProductionPosse in everything]]''. The two met while Burton was directing his [[TheRemake remake]] of ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' in 2001, eventually marrying, having two children together, and ultimately announcing their intentions to separate in December 2014. Before that, she was briefly Creator/KennethBranagh's girlfriend/leading lady, although they only made one film during the relationship (not counting ''Mary Shelley's Frankenstein'', which was made before they got together). |
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19 | She is the great-granddaughter of former British Prime Minister UsefulNotes/HerbertHenryAsquith. |
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22 | !!Filmography (in alphabetical order): |
23 | * ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' -- Iracebeth, the Red Queen |
24 | ** ''Film/AliceThroughTheLookingGlass'' |
25 | * ''Film/BigFish'' -- [[ActingForTwo The Witch/Jenny]] |
26 | * ''{{Film/Cinderella 2015}}'' -- The Fairy Godmother |
27 | * ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' -- Mrs. Bucket |
28 | * ''Conversations with Other Women'' -- Woman |
29 | * ''Series/TheCrown2016'' -- [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor Princess Margaret]] (Seasons 3 and 4) |
30 | * ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'' -- Emily |
31 | * ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance'' -- All-Maudra Mayrin |
32 | * ''Film/{{Enid}}'' -- Creator/EnidBlyton |
33 | * ''Film/EnolaHolmes'' -- Eudoria Holmes |
34 | ** ''Film/EnolaHolmes2'' |
35 | * ''Film/FightClub'' -- Marla Singer |
36 | * ''Film/GreatExpectations'' -- Miss Havisham |
37 | * ''Film/{{Hamlet}}'' (the version directed by Franco Zefirelli) -- Ophelia |
38 | * ''Film/HarryPotter'' series -- Bellatrix Lestrange |
39 | ** ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' |
40 | ** ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' |
41 | ** ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' (Part 1 and 2) |
42 | * ''The Heart of Me'' -- Dinah |
43 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheHouse2022'' -- Jenn |
44 | * ''Film/HowardsEnd'' -- Helen Schlegel |
45 | * ''Film/TheKingsSpeech'' -- Lady Elizabeth, Duchess of York/Queen Elizabeth, Queen Consort |
46 | * ''Film/LadyJane'' -- as Lady Jane Grey (her first leading role) |
47 | * ''Film/LesMiserables2012'' -- Mme. Thenardier |
48 | * ''Live From Baghdad'' -- Ingrid Formanek |
49 | * ''Film/TheLoneRanger'' -- Red Harrington |
50 | * ''Film/MaryShelleysFrankenstein'' -- Elizabeth |
51 | * ''Series/Merlin1998'' -- Morgan Le Fay |
52 | * ''Mighty Aphrodite'' -- Amanda |
53 | * ''[[Film/{{Dragonheart}} Dragonheart: Vengeance]]'' -- Siveth |
54 | * ''Film/{{Novocaine}}'' -- Susan |
55 | * ''Film/OceansEight'' -- Rose |
56 | * ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes2001'' -- Ari |
57 | * ''Literature/ARoomWithAView'' -- Lucy Honeychurch |
58 | * ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' -- Mrs. Lovett |
59 | * ''Subspecies 4'' -- Serena |
60 | * ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' -- Serena Kogan / [[spoiler: Skynet ]] |
61 | * ''Till Human Voices Wake Us'' -- Ruby |
62 | * ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'' (the 1996 version directed by Trevor Nunn) -- Olivia |
63 | * ''Westernanimation/WallaceAndGromit WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'' -- Lady Tottington |
64 | * ''Film/TheWingsOfTheDove'' -- Kate Croy |
65 | * ''Women Talking Dirty'' -- Cora |
66 | |
67 | !!Tropes: |
68 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: Quite a few of the characters she's played have been described/portrayed as unattractive in the source material the films are based on, and then ''she'' gets cast as them in the film versions, such as in ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' and ''Film/{{Les Miserables|2012}}''. |
69 | * BeautyInversion: For ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010''. |
70 | * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Gets typecast into this role fairly often. See ''Film/HarryPotter'', ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'', and ''Film/FightClub''. |
71 | * ElegantGothicLolita: Elegant Gothic Lolita Clothing: Sometimes wears clothes inspired by this style, especially in films where she plays a darker character (''Harry Potter'' and ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010''). |
72 | * EnglishRose: Some of her older roles. Still gets these now and then (e.g. as Queen Elizabeth--granted, the Queen Mum was actually Scottish, but she played her as a grown-up English Rose). |
73 | * FakeAmerican: In ''Film/FightClub'', ''Film/{{Novocaine}}'', ''Film/BigFish'', ''Film/DarkShadows'' and ''Film/TheLoneRanger.'' |
74 | * HideYourPregnancy: She was pregnant during ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' and ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''. This is why she spends parts of those movies hiding behind the furniture, and her costume seems to change size and shape. |
75 | * {{Irony}}: She won the part of Bellatrix Lestrange in ''Order of the Phoenix'' after Helen [=McCrory=] had to drop out during pre-production upon discovering she was pregnant. By the time of the next film, ''Half-Blood Prince'', Bonham Carter herself was pregnant and much further along. For further irony, ''Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild'' implies [[spoiler:Bellatrix actually was pregnant at this point in the timeline.]] |
76 | * LargeHam: Whenever she plays a villainess. |
77 | ** [[Film/FightClub Marla Singer]] is in a class by herself. |
78 | * MessyHair: In most of her film roles. |
79 | * MsFanservice: Interestingly, despite almost never showing herself half dressed or wearing revealing clothes, she's still considered very attractive. |
80 | * TypeCasting: Once upon a time, she was most famous for playing rosy-cheeked ingénues?[[note]]Well, not so much [[Film/{{Hamlet}} Ophelia...]][[/note]] [[PlayingAgainstType Breaking out of one type]] (read: ''Film/FightClub'') led to it becoming her new type! |
81 | ** With hindsight, her performance as the scheming Kate Croy in 1997's ''The Wings of the Dove'' -- complete with a healthy dose of {{Fanservice}} -- was the moment that critics noticed that she was starting to rise above typecasting. ''Fight Club'', two years later, merely sealed the deal, albeit with a resounding slam. |
82 | ** Her role in the live action version of ''Cinderella'' seems to be this. She's playing the FairyGodmother, without a touch of irony. |
83 | ** PlayingWithCharacterType: Her portrayal of Elizabeth in ''Film/MaryShelleysFrankenstein'' is sort of a merger of her two well-known types (before her second one had been established). |
84 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
85 | ** Was nearly cast as Sarah in Creator/JimHenson's ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''. |
86 | ** Was also the first choice for Bess in ''Film/BreakingTheWaves'' but dropped out due to personal problems with the film's ending. |
87 | ** She was one of the actresses considered for the lead role in ''[[Literature/BridgetJones Bridget Jones's Diary]]'', so if she had that role she could've starred in two movies with Creator/ColinFirth as her paramour. |
88 | ** When scheduling conflicts arose between the two films, she chose ''Film/ARoomWithAView'' over playing Princess Irulan in David Lynch's ''[[{{Film/Dune1984}} Dune]]''. |
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