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Helena Bonham Carter

ヘレナ・ボナム＝カーター　/　へれな・ぼなむ＝かーたー

Film actor from Roman Empire

May 26, 1966 (age 60)　・　London, Roman Empire

film actor
voice actor
stage actor

My Take

Helena Bonham Carter fascinates me because she weaponized her own pedigree. She arrived as the porcelain face of British period drama, then spent decades gleefully dismantling that image with witches, queens, and gloriously unhinged eccentrics. The BAFTA she won for The King's Speech proves the classical chops never left; the Tim Burton catalogue proves she never needed them to be interesting. I think her real gift is making strangeness feel aristocratic and aristocracy feel strange — no other actress occupies that territory. In an industry that loves to put women in boxes, she has simply refused, for forty years, to stay in one.

Overview

Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966) is a British actress. She is known for her character roles as eccentric women in blockbusters and independent films, particularly period dramas. Bonham Carter rose to prominence by playing Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View (1985) and the title character in Lady Jane (1986).

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Helena Bonham Carter
Name (Japanese): ヘレナ・ボナム＝カーター
Reading: へれな・ぼなむ＝かーたー
Born: May 26, 1966 (age 60)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Horse
Origin: London, Roman Empire
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film actor / voice actor / stage actor / television actor / actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: South Hampstead High School
University: Fine Arts College

Awards & achievements

Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Britannia Awards
Genie Awards
Satellite Awards
Actor Awards
2011 BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role
Notable work	The King's Speech	—
Notable work	The Wings of the Dove	—
Notable work	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	—
Notable work	Corpse Bride	—
Notable work	Alice in Wonderland	—
Notable work	Dark Shadows	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%AC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%8A%E3%83%A0%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC

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