21 facts about Helena Bonham Carter

  1. In 1982 when Helena Bonham Carter was 16 years old, she got her first real work as an actor. She landed a part as Juliet in an ad for stereos.
  2. Bonham Carter played the villainous Red Queen, alongside notable actors such as Johnny Depp, Alan Rickman, Anne Hathaway, and Christopher Lee, in Burton's 2010 film, Alice in Wonderland
  3. Helena Bonham Carter is a British actress.
  4. Helena Bonham Carter 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.
  5. On 15 December 2007, Helena Bonham Carter gave birth to her daughter Nell. She says she named her daughter "Nell" after all the "Helens" in her family lineage.
  6. Helena is best known for her portrayals of Lucy Honeychurch in the film A Room with a View, Marla Singer in the film Fight Club, Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter film series
  7. Her height is 5' 4½" (1.64m).
  8. Helena has the same birthday as Matt Stone, Lenny Kravitz and Bobcat Goldthwait.
  9. Helena is the great-granddaughter of Herbert Henry Asquith, British Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916.
  10. Helena Bonham Carter was cast as Bellatrix Lestrange in the 2007 movie Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
  11. Her Chinese astrological sign is the Horse.
  12. Her father passed away in January 2004.
  13. Helena Bonham Carter is short-sighted, and has to wear glasses or lenses.
  14. Helena wanted to become an actor since she was 5 years old, and when she got slightly older, she wanted to be Kate Jackson from Charlie's Angels.
  15. In 1998, Helena played her own grandmother, Violet, in a radio play.
  16. She's been nominated for 1 Oscar, 2 BAFTAs and 4 Golden Globes.
  17. When Helena Bonham Carter was just 5 years old, her mother had a serious nervous breakdown. It took her three years to recover from this.
  18. At the age of 13, Helena won a poetry contest and used the money to get her picture in a casting catalog. Shortly after this events she hired an agent.
  19. Helena Bonham Carter apeared in the 2001 movie Planet of the apes. In this movie she wore a monkey mask the whole time.
  20. In adittion to her native language, Helena speaks French fluently.
  21. In the 1980's, her father was severely paralysed by brain surgery that went wrong.
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