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Helena was born born 26 May 1966 in London, UK. She has English and Jewish ancestry. In nineties, she appeared in many movies and also showed her curves in revealing scenes for Margaret’s Museum and The Wings of the Dove. Her more recent roles include Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter movies and The Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland. In 2013, she impersonated Elizabeth Taylor in Burton & Taylor.
In 1994, Helena began an affair with “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” director Kenneth Branagh, who was married to actress Emma Thompson at the time. Kenneth and Emma divorced the following year, and Bonham Carter and Branagh split up in 1999. In 2001, Helena met director Tim Burton while filming “Planet of the Apes,” and they were in a relationship until 2014. They welcomed son Billy on October 4, 2003, and daughter Nell on December 15, 2007. In 2018, Bonham Carter began dating author Rye Dag Holmboe. In August 2008, four of Helena’s relatives died in a safari bus crash while visiting South Africa; Bonham Carter was filming “Terminator Salvation” in New Mexico when the tragedy occurred and was given indefinite leave so she could fly to London to be with her family. Helena became a patron of the Action Duchenne charity in October 2008, and she was appointed to Britain’s Holocaust Commission in early 2014.
Quotes by Helena Bonham Carter
"My mom being a psychotherapist, I've been brought up with that whole psychoanalytical terrain."
Helena Bonham Carter
"That's the thing with animated films - I often feel that puppets get the better parts compared to us normal actresses."
Helena Bonham Carter
"I've never had white teeth. To be honest, I've never been told to do any of those horrible things - get your teeth whitened or your nose straightened."
Helena Bonham Carter
"Famous people come up to me, but I don't know who they are because my sight is so bad. It's always at the pool of the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills when I don't have my lenses in and my glasses are in my room."
Helena Bonham Carter
"It didn't matter what you look like. You don't have to get up at 5:30 in the morning and there's a lot to be said for that. Corpse Bride can just play all my parts from now on and I'll just do the voice."
Helena Bonham Carter
