Helena Bonham Carter recently completed work on the independent features Till Human Voices Wake Us with Guy Pearce and the romantic drama, The Heart of Me. She was last seen in Tim Burton's summer blockbuster Planet of the Apes. Other recent projects include Novocaine with Steve Martin and David Fincher's Fight Club.
For her past films she received kudos for her performances in Theory of Flight, and was multi-nominated for her performance in Wings of the Dove, for which she received best actress nominations from the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and the Screen Actors Guild. Helena was also cited as Best Actress by Canada's Genie Awards for her performance in Margaret's Museum, and received an Emmy nomination for the miniseries Merlin.
Born and raised in London, Helena was educated at one of that city's foremost schools, Westminster. Director Trevor Nunn persuaded her to postpone her university studies in order to star in his film Lady Jane, the story of the doomed Lady Nunn, who ruled England for only nine days before being beheaded.
On the last day of shooting Nunn's film, James Ivory offered her the ingenue lead in A Room with a View. It was the first of a series of roles in E.M. Forster adaptations that would bring Helena international acclaim, followed by Where Angels Fear to Tread and Howard's End. She played Ophelia in Franco Zeffrelli's Hamlet, opposite Mel Gibson; and then portrayed Elizabeth in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, directed by Kenneth Branagh. Helena then appeared as Woody Allen's wife in Mighty Aphrodite.
Helena has also sought a variety of contemporary roles in features and television films. Besides Merlin, she has appeared as a victim of anorexia in Getting It Right, a stripper in Dancing Queen, and the widow of Lee Harvey Oswald in Fatal Deception. Other television credits include Arms and the Man, Beatrix Potter, A Hazard of Hearts, as well as guest appearances on Miami Vice. Her stage credits include Woman in White, The Chalk Garden, House of Bernarda Alba, and Trelawny of the Wells.
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