Helena Bonham Carter is a British film and television actress. She has transitioned from an early career in costume dramas like A Room With A View to more psychological thrillers like Fight Club and fantasy films like '[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Her roles have included the Red Queen in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and Queen Elizabeth in The King's Speech. Alice in Wonderland is her second movie starring with actor Johnny Depp. In 2007 she had a starring role in Sweeney Todd as Mrs. Lovett with Depp as the main character, Sweeney.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000307/

Over the course of her career, Bonham Carter has garnered numerous nominations and awards. She received the Film Excellence Award at the 1997 Boston Film Festival, Best Supporting Actress at the 2010 British Independent Film Awards for The King's Speech and Best British Actress at the 2000 Empire Awards for Fight Club. The actress has been nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in The Wings of the Dove and was considered for an Emmy for role in Live from Baghdad.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000307/awards

Bonham Carter was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards for her performance in The King's Speech.http://bonham-carter.org/2010/12/golden-globe-nominees-2011/

Helena Bonham Carter was born on May 25, 1966, in Golders Green, London. Bonham Carter's great-grandfather was Lord Asquith, the prime minister of Britain from 1908 to 1916. Her grandmother was Violet Bonham Carter, a member of the House of Lords. By the age of 5, Helena had a desire to be an actress. The motivation was brought on by a stroke that her father suffered. While attending the South Hamstead School for Girls, she won a national poetry contest. She used the proceeds to hire a talent agent and placed a photo of herself in a casting directory.http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/helena-bonham-carter/biography/40?page=2

After appearing in a commericial in 1982, Bonham Carter was cast in her first TV movie role as Netty in A Pattern of Roses. In 1985, she took a role in "A Room with A View", her feature film debut. She found her first starring role a year later with the portrayal of Lady Jane Grey in Lady Jane. She took on her first TV series role in Michael Mann's Miami Vice in 1987. She went on to take roles in Hamlet in 1990 and Howards End in 1992. At this point, Helena was dissatisfied with being typecast as a classical actress and thus sought out unusual roles.http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/helena-bonham-carter/biography/40?page=3

She took on roles in Frankenstein in 1994, The Wings of the Dove in 1997 and Fight Club in 1999, which starred Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. Helena then moved further from classical acting by appearing in the remake of Planet of the Apes in 2001 and the TV movie Live from Baghdad in 2002. On the set of Planet of the Apes, Bonham Carter began dating director Tim Burton.http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/helena-bonham-carter/biography/40?page=5 The actress would go on to appear in several of the director's films, including Big Fish in 2003, Charlie and Chocolate Factory in 2005, Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street in 2007.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000307/

That same year, Bonham Carter was cast in the Harry Potter film series as Bellatrix Lestrange. In 2010, she took on the role of the Red Queen in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and portrayed Queen Elizabeth in The King's Speech.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000307/

• 1983: A Pattern of Roses (TV movie)
• 1985: A Room with a View
• 1986: Lady Jane
• 1987: Miami Vice (TV series)
• 1990: Hamlet
• 1991: Jackanory (TV series)
• 1992: Howards End
• 1995: Mighty Aphrodite
• 1996: Twelfth Night
• 1997: The Wings of the Dove
• 1999: Fight Club
• 2001: Planet of the Apes
• 2002 Live from Baghdad (TV movie)
• 2003: Henry VIII (TV movie)
• 2003: Big Fish
• 2005: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• 2005: Conversations with Other Women
• 2007: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• 2007: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• 2009: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• 2010: Alice in Wonderland
• 2010: The King's Speechhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000307/

"I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone." — Helena Bonham Carterhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000307/bio

"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." — Helena Bonham Carterhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000307/bio

"I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened." — Helena Bonham Carterhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000307/bio

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• 1966: Born

• 1983: A Pattern Of Roses

• 1985: A Room With A View

• 1987: Miami Vice

• 1989: Getting It Right

• 1990: Hamlet

• 1992: Howards End

• 1994: Frankenstein

• 1995: Mighty Aphrodite

• 1996: Twelfth Night

• 1997: The Wings Of The Dove

• 1999: Fight Club

• 2001: Planet Of The Apes

• 2003: Big Fish

• 2005: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, The Corpse Bride

• 2007: Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix