Helena Bonham Carter

Name: Helena Bonham Carter
Date of Birth: May 26, 1966
Place of Birth: London, England

Mini-bio: Bonham Carter's launch into the world of acting came in 1979, when she entered, and won, a national writing contest, and used the money won to pay for her entry into the actor's directory, "Spotlight"...( read more)

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For a time in the late 1990s, it seemed that Helena Bonham Carter was about to deliver on her promise and begin what would be a major career as a first-rate, important actress. Audiences and critics had always known of her extraordinary look. a delicate beauty that evoked another time and another place, but her performance in "The Wings of the Dove" (1997) had shown her to be possessed of a vital acting talent as well. She received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her work in the film although Francis McDormand won the Academy Award for her role in "Fargo."

Born in Golders Green, London, England on May 26, 1966, Helen Bonham Carter had achieved success in films early. Before she was 20 years old, she had scored her first lead in director James Ivory's tasteful adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel "A Room With a View" (1985), only her second film. She followed up this auspicious E.M Forster's "Maurice" (1987), her second film for James Ivory

In hindsight, it is no coincidence that "Room," her first film under the Merchant-Ivory banner (director Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant, and screenwriter Ruth Jabha Prawler' ), proved to be the brand's big breakthrough on the big screen, ushering them into the big-time, with a good box office showing and full-blown Oscar recognition. In the two Merchant-Ivory films in which she was a major star, the brand scored their greatest success. Though it was Emma Thompson, her rival for Kenneth Branaugh's affections, who won a Best Actress Oscar for "Howard's End" (1992), Bonham Carter'S presence in the film clearly was a factor in its great success. It began a three-picture run that climaxed with Merchant-Ivory's last wholly unqualified success, "Howards End" (1992)

Howards End" (1992) was the last film she made for Merchant-Ivory, and the brand's career eventually wound down without their good-luck charm, as Helena Bonham Carter was the real thing. The patrician offspring of British Prime Minister 'H.H Asquith' 's blue blood (he was her great-great-grandfather; her great-grand-uncle Anthony Asquith was a noted English director), Helena Bonham Carter possessed of an extraordinary look with her dark hair and eyes and porcelain skin, Carter was born to be part of the Merchant-Ivory stable, giving their ersatz-Englishness a certain "je ne sais quoi" that paid off in handsome dividends, rather like British gilt-edged government securities.

Ironically, it was her turn as the undisputed star of the neo-Merchant-Ivory "Wings of the Dove" that brought her her Oscar nod. She was not only beautiful, she not only could act, but she was courageous. In "Wings," she arguably had the most explicit nude scene ever to be limned by an Oscar-nominated actress, but lost out to Helen Hunt.

Alas, her subsequent career, while interesting, has failed to deliver on that promise, though she is still young and likely to astound us once again. Her choice of roles can be seen as an attempt to break out of the Merchant-Ivory cottage industry ghetto of Henry James & E.M. Forster adaptations. She was quite memorable in the neo-classic "Fight Club" and seemed to be on the verge of achieving that rare status of someone who is a star with an extraordinary look who can also act while retaining true sexpot status. (On the distaff side, the great Paul Newman comes to mind. Brando was a superstar who could act, but hardly a sexpot. Julie Christie had a chance but turned her back on stardom, while Jane Fonda came close, though her sex-kitten act was a bit forced, but finally chucked it all away after having her breasts unnecessarily augmented for ted Turner.) Carter's output since then has evinced an erosion in her status as both star and actress, though her beauty remains undiminished.

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Helena Bonham Carter Information:

Eye color:Brown

Height: 5' 3" (1.60 m)

Nickname(s): HBC

Notable feature(s): Unusual looks/facial characteristics

Education: She was denied admission to King's College, Cambridge University, not because of her grades or her test scores but because school officials were afraid that she would leave mid-term to pursue her acting career. Because of Cambridge's rejection, Helena decided to concentrate fully on acting.

Family: Raymond Bonham Carter (father), Elena Bonham Carter (mother), Tim Burton (partner), Billy Ray and Nell Burton (children)

Resides in: London

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Political affiliation: Daughter of a prominent British banker and the great-granddaughter of Asquith, the Liberal prime minister.

Personal interests/hobbies:

Charities/Causes: Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006.

Other: Speaks French fluently.
Engaged to director Tim Burton (2001 - present) 2 children.

She is the granddaughter of Violet Bonham Carter, a Life Peeress in her own right and the niece of Mark Bonham Carter, who was created a Life Peer in his own right as well. Her half-Spanish mother 'Elena Propper de Callejon' is niece of Baroness Liliane de Rothschild, née Fould-Springer.

Helena has also appeared on stage in productions of Trelawney of the Wells, The Barber of Seville, House of Bernarda Alba, The Chalk Garden, and Woman in White.

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neelvparmar

You are my fave girl actor I see most of the the movies that you were in but out of all of them my fave was you..............thanks.

posted 30 days ago
Leemusicmania

Helena is the best!! I love her films (especially the ones Tim Burton directed & the heart of me...)

posted 43 days ago
jasmineluis

hi are u really famous

posted 95 days ago
Krista12345666

You are my fave girl actor I see most of the the movies that you were in but out of all of them my fave was Sweeney Todd.

posted 98 days ago
mikefoot6

She should be the new queen in the tim burton alice in wonderland remake!!

posted 100 days ago
TheNarratorX

I love this woman! Esp. in Fight Club as Marla Singer and Sweeney Todd.

posted 105 days ago
AliceIsGreat23

i love a director just like you! also i'm an actress. happy acting! ~hannah

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