History Creator / HelenaBonhamCarter

* ''Film/ARoomWithAView'' -- Lucy Honeychurch

* ''Film/TheWingsOfTheDove'' -- Kate Croy

* TypeCasting: Would you believe that once upon a time, she was most famous for playing rosy-cheeked ingenues?[[hottip:*:Well, not so much [[{{Hamlet}} Ophelia...]] [[PlayingAgainstType Breaking out of one type]] (read: ''FightClub'') led to it becoming her new type!

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Gets typecast into this role fairly often. See ''HarryPotter'', ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'', and ''FightClub''.
* [[ElegantGothicLolita Elegant Gothic Lolita Clothing]]: Sometimes wears clothes inspired by this style, especially in films where she plays a darker character (''HarryPotter'' and ''Film/AliceInWonderland'' come to mind).

* HideYourPregnancy: She was pregnant during ''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.

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Some of her roles have her playing very nasty, cruel and unlikeable characters (''FightClub'' and ''HarryPotter'' stand out). She is, of course, absolutely incapable of being close to any of those traits.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Was nearly cast as Sarah in JimHenson's ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''. Was also the first choice for the lead in ''Film/BreakingTheWaves'' but dropped out due to personal problems with the film's ending.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Would You seriously believe she's 45?

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Some of her roles have her playing very nasty, cruel and unlikeable characters (''FightClub'' and ''HarryPotter'' stand out). She is, of course, absolutely incapable of being close to any of those traits.

Helena Bonham-Carter (born 1966) is an acclaimed and versatile [[EnglishRose English actress]] who, for the past decade, has been better known as Creator/TimBurton's [[CreatorCouple girlfriend/leading lady]] ''[[ProductionPosse in everything]]''. They met while he was directing TheRemake of ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' in 2000, and have been together ever since and have two children together. Before that, she was briefly 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). She is the great-granddaughter of British Prime Minister HerbertHenryAsquith.

* MatzoFever

* ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' -- Mme. Thenardier

* ''BigFish'' -- [[ActingForTwo The Witch/Jenny]]

Helena Bonham Carter (born 1966) is an acclaimed and versatile [[EnglishRose English actress]] who, for the past decade, has been better known as Creator/TimBurton's [[CreatorCouple girlfriend/leading lady]] ''[[ProductionPosse in everything]]''. They met while he was directing TheRemake of ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' in 2000, and have been together ever since and have two children together. Before that, she was briefly 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). She is the great-granddaughter of British Prime Minister HerbertHenryAsquith.

* FakeAmerican: In ''FightClub''.

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Helena Bonham Carter (born 1966) is an acclaimed and versatile [[EnglishRose English actress]] who, for the past decade, has been better known as TimBurton's girlfriend/leading lady ''in everything''. They met while he was directing TheRemake of ''PlanetOfTheApes'' in 2000, and have been together ever since and have two children together. Before that, she was briefly 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). She is the great-granddaughter of British Prime Minister HerbertHenryAsquith.

* ''Film/Great Expectations'' -- Miss Havisham

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Gets typecasted into this role fairly often. See ''HarryPotter'', ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'', and ''FightClub''.

* 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)

* HideYourPregnancy: She was pregnant during ''HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' and ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''.

* ''FightClub'' -- Marla Singer

* EnglishRose: Some of her older roles.

Helena Bonham Carter (born 1966) is an acclaimed and versatile [[EnglishRose English actress]] who, for the past decade, has been better known as TimBurton's girlfriend/leading lady ''in everything''. They met while he was directing TheRemake of ''PlanetOfTheApes'' in 2000, and have been together ever since and have two children together. Before that, she was briefly KennethBranagh's girlfriend/leading lady; although they only made one film during the relationship (not counting Frankenstein, which was made before they got together). She is the great-granddaughter of British Prime Minister HerbertHenryAsquith.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Was nearly cast as Sarah in JimHenson's ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''. Was also the first choice for the lead in BreakingTheWaves but dropped out due to personal problems with the film's ending.

* ''[[Theatre/LesMiserables Les Miserables]]'' -- Mme. Thenardier

* ''{{Twelfth Night}}'' (the version directed by Trevor Nunn) -- Olivia