Helena Bonham Carter

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ABOUT Helena Bonham Carter
as Serena

VITAL STATS

Date of birth: May 26, 2966

Birth place: Golders Green, London, England, UK

Sun sign: Gemini

Currently resides in:

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Height: 5' 3" (1.60 m)

Family:
Helena Bonham Carter, daughter of Raymond Bonham Carter, a merchant banker, and Elena Bonham Carter (née Propper de Callejón), a psychotherapist, was born in Golders Green, London, England on May 26, 1966 and is the youngest of three children. She is the great-granddaughter of former Prime Minister Herbert H. Asquith and her blue-blooded family tree also contains Barons and Baronesses, diplomats, and a director, Bonham Carter's great-uncle Anthony Asquith, who made Pygmalion (1938) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), among others. Cousin Crispin Bonham-Carter is also an actor.

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.

Notable features:
Often referred to as the "corset queen" or "English rose" because of her early work.

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Actor bio:
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.

TALK ABOUT ACTOR Helena Bonham Carter

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Non-acting careers:

Big break:
It began in 1979 when, at age 13, she entered a national poetry writing competition and used her second place winnings to place her photo in the casting directory "Spotlight." She soon had her first agent and her first acting job, in a commercial, at age 16. She then landed a role in the made-for-TV movie A Pattern of Roses (1983) (TV), which subsequently led to her casting in the Merchant Ivory films A Room with a View (1985) and Lady Jane (1986), which was her first leading role.

Best known for:
Her acclaimed performance in Merchant Ivory's The Wings of the Dove in 1997 won her a Best Actress Academy Award nomination, a Golden Globe Best Actress nomination, a BAFTA Best Actress nomination, and a SAG Awards Best Actress nomination. It also won her a Best Actress Award from the National Board of Review, the Los Angeles Film Critics, the Boston Society Film Critics, the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Texas Society of Film Critics, and the Southeastern Film Critics Association.

Movies (since 2000):

Terminator Salvation (2009) .... Serena
... aka T4: Salvation (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Terminator: Die Erlösung (Germany)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) .... Mrs. Lovett
... aka Sweeney Todd (USA: short title)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) .... Bellatrix Lestrange
... aka Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
... aka The Order of the Phoenix (USA: short title)
Sixty Six (2006) .... Esther Reubens
Magnificent 7 (2005) (TV) .... Maggi Jackson
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005/I) (VG) (voice) .... Lady Tottington
Corpse Bride (2005) (voice) .... Corpse Bride
... aka Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (Singapore: English title) (USA: complete title)
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) (voice) .... Lady Campanula Tottington
... aka Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (UK: poster title)
Conversations with Other Women (2005) .... Woman
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) .... Mrs. Bucket
... aka Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
Big Fish (2003) .... Jenny - Young / Jenny - Senior / The Witch
Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002) .... Ruby
The Heart of Me (2002) .... Dinah
Novocaine (2001) .... Susan
Planet of the Apes (2001) .... Ari
Football (2001) (as Helena Bonham-Carter) .... Mum
Carnivale (2000) (voice) .... Milly
... aka Carnivale (France)

TV Shows:
Magnificent 7 (2005) (TV) .... Maggi Jackson
Henry VIII (2003) (TV) .... Anne Boleyn
Live from Baghdad (2002) (TV) .... Ingrid Formanek
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999) (TV) .... Lily
The Revengers' Comedies (1998) .... Karen Knightly
Merlin (1998/II) (TV) .... Morgan Le Fey
...more

Stage:

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 19 wins & 21 nominations more

Upcoming projects:

Lorelei (2009) (in production) (rumored) .... Gillian Livingston
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (2011) (pre-production) .... Bellatrix Lestrange
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010) (filming) .... Bellatrix Lestrange
... aka The Deathly Hallows (USA: short title)
Alice in Wonderland (2010) (post-production) .... The Red Queen
Enid Blyton (2009) (TV) (post-production) .... Enid Blyton
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) (completed) .... Bellatrix Lestrange

[ACTOR] ON TERMINATOR LORE

How he/she got the part:

In his/her own words:

Quotes about the actor/character:

ACTOR QUOTES

"I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone."
"I should get a few ribs taken out, because I'll be in a corset for the rest of my life."
[On breast-feeding her baby]: People say, "You're still breast-feeding, that's so generous". Generous, no! It gives me boobs and it takes my thighs away! It's sort of like natural liposuction. I'd carry on breast-feeding for the rest of my life if I could.
"He's very cool. Whatever Johnny does, there's something cool about it. He's very hip. It's emotional and vulnerable, too, which makes it touching. - on her friend and colleague Johnny Depp."

FUN FACTS

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.
Turned down the role of Bess in Breaking the Waves (1996) due to the sexual content. The role went to Emily Watson who was nominated for an Oscar for that role.
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 (2009), 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.
She gave birth to a baby girl, Nell Burton, on December 15th, 2007. She was 41, and her fiancé Tim Burton was 49.

FAN SITES

http://www.helena-world.com/

http://helenabonhamcarter.net/

http://www.tmaw.co.uk/helenabc.html

PHOTOS




Here is the 42-year-old English rose as baddie Serena Korgenin	"Planet of the Apes" (2001) as "Ari"

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