Miss Helena Bonham Carter, CBE's Biography

Miss Helena Bonham Carter, CBE's Professional Career

Career

actress; Richard Harris Award (for outstanding contribution by an actor to Br film) Br Independent Film Award 2010; Theatre incl: Woman in White (Greenwich), The Chalk Garden (Windsor), The House of Bernarda Alba (Nottingham Playhouse), Barber of Seville (Palace Theatre Watford) 1992, Trelawney of the Wells (Triumph, Guildford, Brighton and West End); Television incl: The Vision (BBC) 1987, Arms and the Man (BBC) 1988, Beatrix Potter 1989, Dancing Queen (Granada) 1993, A Dark Adapted Eye (BBC) 1993, Absolutely Fabulous (BBC), Jo Brand Through the Cakehole (Noel Gay TV), Enid (Best Performance By An Actress Int Emmy Award 2010); Radio incl: The Reluctant Debutant, Marie Antoinette, The Seagull; Film incl: Lady Jane (Paramount) 1985, A Room with a View (Merchant Ivory) 1986, A Hazard of Hearts 1987, Francesco 1988, Hamlet (Nelson Ent) 1990, Where Angels Fear to Tread (Merchant Ivory) 1990, Howard's End (Merchant Ivory) 1990, Fatal Deception (Eliott Friedgen & Co) 1992, Frankenstein 1993, Butter (Sundial Pictures), The Gallery (Talking Pictures), Margaret's Museum (Glace Bay Pics Inc) 1994, Mighty Aphrodite (Sweetheart Prodn) 1995, Chinese Portraits (IMA Prodn) 1995, Twelfth Night 1996, The Wings of the Dove (Renaissance Films/Miramax, Oscar nomination for Best Actress 1998) 1996, The Revenger's Comedies (Artisan Films) 1996, The Theory of Flight 1997, Keep the Aspidistra Flying 1997, Fight Club 1998, Women Talking Dirty 1999, Carnivale 1999, Novocaine 2000, Planet of the Apes 2001, Till Human Voices Wake Us 2001, The Heart of Me 2001, Big Fish 2003, Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005, Corpse Bride 2005, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007, Terminator Salvation 2009, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009, Alice in Wonderland 2010, The King's Speech 2010 (Best Supporting Actress Br Independent Film Award 2010, Best Supporting Actress BAFTA 2011), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 2010, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011

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