- Name: Helena Bonham Carter
- Date of Birth: May 26, 1966
- Place of Birth: London, England
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Perhaps the actress most widely identified with corsets and men named Cecil, Helena Bonham Carter was for a long time typecast as an antiquated heroine, no doubt helped by her own brand of Pre-Raphael... read more
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 I love changing what I look like because I always feel super strange whenever I do watch something that I'm in. - HBC
Born in Golders Green, London, England on May 26, 1966, Bonham Carter hailed from a bloodline of great prominence - her great-grandfather was former British Prime Minister Herbert H. Asquith and her father was Raymond Bonham Carter, a noted merchant banker. Despite her pedigree, Bonham Carter experienced her share of early drama growing up. When she was five years old, her mother, Elena, suffered a nervous breakdown that left her incapacitated for nearly three years, an experience that had a profound impact on Bonham Carter's emotional worldview. Five years later, her father suffered a stroke while undergoing surgery to remove a tumor, confining him to a wheelchair and impelling her to pursue a career as a performer. In 1979, at the age of 13, Bonham Carter entered a national poetry-writing contest and won second place. Determined to be famous, the ambitious youngster used the prize money to have her photo published in a casting directory, through which she secured her first agent. Though continuing her education at Westminster School in London, it was clear what Bonham Carter wanted to do.
 Helena is short-sighted, and has to wear glasses or lenses.In 1998 she played her own grandmother, Violet, in a radio play. In 1982 when Helena was 16 years old, she got her first real work as an actor. she landed a part as Juliet in an ad for stereos. She wanted to become an actor since she was 5 years old, and when she got slightly older, she wanted to be Kate Jackson from Charlie's Angels. When Helena was just 5 years old, her mother had a serious nervous breakdown. It took her three years to recover from this. Helena has been nominated for 2 Oscars, 4 BAFTAs and 6 Golden Globes. Out of these nominations, she has won one BAFTA Award. Helena apeared in the 2001 movie Planet of the apes. In this movie she wore a monkey mask the whole time. At the age of 13, she won a poetry contest and used the money to get her picture in a casting catalog. Shortly after this events she hired an agent. Tested for the role of Nancy Spungen in Sid and Nancy. She based her performance of Marla Singer in Fight Club on Judy Garland in the later stages of her life. To help her get into the mindset, director David Fincher would often call her Judy on-set. A fight between her and Gary Oldman in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was cut from the final film. She had been training for three weeks for the fight. She is the daughter of a prominent British banker and the great-granddaughter of Asquith, the Liberal prime minister. Her brother Edward is married to TV presenter Victoria Studd. Is close friends with Johnny Depp, who often works with her fiancé, Tim Burton. In fact, Depp is the godfather of her child with Burton, Billy Ray. Was cast as Bellatrix Lestrange after Helen McCrory became pregnant, and would have been nearly full-term when her scenes were shot. She returned to the role for one scene in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, opposite McCrory as her sister Narcissa Malfoy. Ironically, Carter was able to be in this scene because it was scheduled to be filmed after she gave birth to her own child. Delivered her first child, a boy, Billy Ray, with partner Tim Burton on October 4, 2003. She gave birth to a baby girl, Nell Burton, on December 15th, 2007. She was 41, and her fiancé Tim Burton was 49. Ranked #99 on the 2008 Telegraph's list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture". Planned to return to the West End with an appearance in Rubenstein's Kiss; however, the play was delayed because of her busy schedule. The production, also set to star Gary Kemp of Spandau Ballet fame, was due to open in November 2004 but has now been postponed. In 2005, her voice appeared in two stop-motion animated films. They were Corpse Bride and Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Both films were nominated for the Academy award for best animated film. The award went to Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. In May 2006, she launched her own fashion line, The Pantaloonies, with swimwear designer Samantha Sage. Their first collection, called Bloomin' Bloomers, is a Victoriana style selection of camisoles, mop caps and bloomers. The duo are now working on Pantaloonies customized jeans which Helena describes as a kind of scrapbook on the bum.. Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006. Describes her character in the Harry Potter films, Bellatrix Lestrange, as a sadist and a racist, obsessed with blood purity. Wears fake teeth in 4 four of her films - Planet of the Apes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the two Harry Potter films. Underwent extensive vocal lessons and studied baking in preparation for her role in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Was originally going to appear as a cyborg in Terminator Salvation which would match her former choices of eccentric characters. However, the script was leaked online and her character got rewritten and her screen time significantly cut down, and her character changed. Returned to work two months after giving birth to her daughter Nell in order to begin filming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Returned to work eight months after giving birth to her son Billy Ray in order to begin filming Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Became romantically involved with her director Tim Burton after their Planet of the Apes wrapped. Instead of moving in with her in her Hampstead home in London, Burton bought two next-door houses which the couple both share today. In 1992, she was starring in Trelawny of the Wells on stage, when the Independent theatre critic Paul Taylor said that he would have been able to have appreciated her performance more from a restricted-viewing seat. Bonham Carter calmly wrote him a letter suggesting that the next time he came to see her he ought to let her know, so she might ensure that was the case. In 2009, The Times named her one of the Top 10 British Actresses of all-time. Close friends with Liberal Democrat leader and politician Nick Clegg since their days at Westminster School, London, England. Spent 2010/11 New Year's Eve with her husband Tim Burton at England's Premier David Cameron home Chequers, the official country residence of British Prime Ministers since 1921.
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