Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter, CBEis an English actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Kate Croy in The Wings of the Dove, and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Queen Elizabeth in The King's Speech. Her other film roles include A Room with a View, Howards End, Fight Club, and playing Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter series...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth26 May 1966
CityLondon, England
With the number of people I ignore, I'm lucky I work at all in this town.
I liked pretending to be other people: I could reinvent myself, reinvent my own reality.
It took me ages to grow into being a woman, into being happy with it.
I love changing what I look like because I always feel super strange whenever I do watch something that I'm in.
I enjoy those small chats you have when people come up and talk to you about your work. It only involves a few seconds of effort to be nice to those people, and I am very grateful for the kind words that people have taken the trouble to express to me in person.
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.
Falling in love with him was completely unexpected. When you only see someone as a friend, you don’t expect anything else. There was definitely a moment when something quite magical happened and we both agree that it transformed our relationship.
But it's often been the case, I've done so many countless small, independent films that really 3.2 people have seen, so you never know. You do it for the joy of the part and not necessarily expect anyone to see the final product.
All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark.
I should get a few ribs taken out, because I'll be in a corset for the rest of my life.
Fairytales have always got to have that scary quality, as long as you make them laugh.
No matter how many modern parts I do, people still refer to me as Mrs. Costume Drama.
It's different when you're an actor and playing a part, but when it's just you, you feel immensely vulnerable have strangers prodding and prying.
I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone.