History Creator / HelenaBonhamCarter

* EvilIsSexy: [[invoked]] Several of her roles.

* {{Irony}}: She won the part of Bellatrix Lestrange in ''Order of the Phoenix'' after Helen [=McCrory=] had to drop out during pre-production upon discovering she was pregnant. By the time of the next film, ''Half-Blood Prince'', Carter herself was pregnant and much further along. For further irony, ''Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild'' implies [[spoiler:Bellatrix actually was pregnant at this point in the timeline.]]

* FakeAmerican: In ''Film/FightClub'', ''Film/BigFish'', ''Film/DarkShadows'' and ''Film/TheLoneRanger.''

* {{Irony}}: She won the part of Bellatrix Lestrange in ''Order of the Phoenix'' after Helen [=McCrory=] had to drop out during pre-production upon discovering she was pregnant. By the time of the next film, ''Half-Blood Prince'', Carter herself was pregnant and much further along.

** ''Enola Holmes 2''

** ''Film/AliceThroughTheLookingGlass'' -- Iracebeth, the Red Queen

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Quite a few of the characters she's played have been described/portrayed as hideous in the original book/play, and then ''she'' gets cast as them in the film versions. See ''Film/HarryPotter'', ''Theatre/SweeneyTodd'', and ''Film/{{Les Miserables|2012}}''.

** When scheduling conflicts arose between the two films, she chose ''Film/ARoomWithAView'' over playing Princess Irulan in David Lynch's ''[[{{Film/Dune1984}} Dune''.

* {{Irony}}: She won the part of Bellatrix Lestrange in ''Order of the Phoenix'' after Helen McCrory had to drop out during pre-production upon discovering she was pregnant. By the time of the next film, ''Half-Blood Prince'', Carter herself was pregnant and much further along.

* [[Irony}}: She won the part of Bellatrix Lestrange in ''Order of the Phoenix'' after Helen McCrory had to drop out during pre-production upon discovering she was pregnant. By the time of the next film, ''Half-Blood Prince'', Carter herself was pregnant and much further along.

* ''Enid'' -- Creator/EnidBlyton

* ''Film/{{Enid}}'' -- Creator/EnidBlyton

Helena Bonham-Carter, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] (born May 26, 1966 in Islington, London) is an acclaimed and versatile English actress who, for the past decade, has been better known as Creator/TimBurton's former [[CreatorCouple girlfriend/leading lady]] ''[[ProductionPosse in everything]]''. They met while he was directing TheRemake of ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' in 2001, eventually marrying and having two children together until December 2014, when they announced their intentions to separate. Before that, she was briefly Creator/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).

* ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'' (the version directed by Trevor Nunn) -- Olivia

Helena Bonham-Carter, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] (born 26 May 1966 in Islington, London) is an acclaimed and versatile English actress who, for the past decade, has been better known as Creator/TimBurton's former [[CreatorCouple girlfriend/leading lady]] ''[[ProductionPosse in everything]]''. They met while he was directing TheRemake of ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' in 2001, eventually marrying and having two children together until December 2014, when they announced their intentions to separate. Before that, she was briefly Creator/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).

Helena Bonham-Carter, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] (born May 26, 1966 in Islington, London) is an acclaimed and versatile English actress who, for the past decade, has been better known as Creator/TimBurton's former [[CreatorCouple girlfriend/leading lady]] ''[[ProductionPosse in everything]]''. They met while he was directing TheRemake of ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' in 2001, eventually marrying and having two children together until December 2014, when they announced their intentions to separate. Before that, she was briefly Creator/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).

* ''Lady Jane'' -- as Lady Jane Grey (her first leading role)

* ''[[Creator/EnidBlyton Enid]]'' -- Enid Blyton

* MsFanservcice: Interestingly, despite almost never showing herself half dressed or wearing revealing clothes, she's still considered very attractive.

She is the great-granddaughter of British Prime Minister UsefulNotes/HerbertHenryAsquith.

Helena Bonham-Carter, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] (born May 26, 1966) is an acclaimed and versatile English actress who, for the past decade, has been better known as Creator/TimBurton's former [[CreatorCouple girlfriend/leading lady]] ''[[ProductionPosse in everything]]''. They met while he was directing TheRemake of ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' in 2001, eventually marrying and having two children together until December 2014, when they announced their intentions to separate. Before that, she was briefly Creator/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).

* ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance'' -- All-Maudra

* ''The Wings Of The Dove'' -- Kate Croy