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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
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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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