Helena Bonham Carter – biography
Helena Bonham Carter is a British actress who also appears in Hollywood films. She's known for her eccentric roles and distinctive fashion sense. For over a decade she was the muse and partner of Tim Burton, starring in most of his films. Net worth: $60 million.
Childhood
Helena Bonham Carter was born in London on May 26, 1966. Her father Raymond is an influential capital banker, while her mother Elena is a psychotherapist. Helena has two more siblings - Edward and Thomas. Their family boasts an impressive lineage of prominent political figures and elite members. Helena could have easily followed her family's path in politics or finance, but she chose the arts instead.

After high school graduation, the future actress went to the University of Cambridge to study drama.

Acting career
After a series of small roles in secondary storylines, Helena became part of the main cast of A Room with a View (1985). Working with Judi Dench and Daniel Day-Lewis convinced her she'd made the right career choice.


Her Golden Globe nomination for Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald (1993) proved the point.


Bonham Carter starred in many of her husband's projects: Big Fish (2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) with Johnny Depp playing the leading role, Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Dark Shadows (2012). She consistently played charismatic women who managed to shine even among Burton's typically colorful casts.
Bonham Carter and Burton's final collaboration came with playful banter about working together again. She joked that she could sense the director getting tired of her on set, while he quipped about wanting to bring fresh faces to his films. Those words would prove more prophetic than their fans could have imagined.


2015 brought two wildly different projects for Helena - a darker take on Cinderella (2015), with Cate Blanchett and Lily James, and Suffragette (2015), where Bonham Carter was thrilled to tackle something crucial – women's rights. Though her role was expanded then scaled back, Helena's commitment to being part of such a powerful story never wavered.


Helena's next major project was Ocean's Eight (2018). Helena slips into her signature role as a delightfully eccentric character. Alongside her co-stars Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett, she brings a fresh twist to the familiar heist formula.

Helena Bonham Carter: personal life
Helena met Kenneth Branagh while filming Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994). The couple dated for about five years before Bonham Carter ended the relationship. Rumors suggested Helena caused the split between Branagh and Emma Thompson, but all parties involved denied the claims.
