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Helena Bonham Carter wearing a red velvet jacket and red beaded earrings, standing in front of a Save the Children event backdrop. Helena Bonham Carter and Julian Sands in period costume, with Bonham Carter wearing a white lace dress and hat, posing closely together outdoors in A Room with a View. Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Thompson, and Anthony Hopkins in period costumes stand outdoors on grass in a scene from the film Howard's End. Twelfth Night Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett and Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd stand facing each other in a dimly lit shop with large windows in a scene from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The King's Speech Helena Bonham Carter poses in an off-the-shoulder dark gown with elaborate curled hair against a blue background. Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter in character, standing close together in a cluttered kitchen, in a promotional scene from the film Fight Club. Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd kneels on the floor holding a straight razor, with Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett leaning over him in a dim, attic-like room from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
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Helena Bonham Carter

British actress
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Helena Bonham Carter (born May 26, 1966, London, England) is a British actress whose dark aesthetic brought flair to roles ranging from period pieces to modern fantasy. Bonham Carter grew up in London. Her mother, Elena, was a psychotherapist, and her father, Raymond—grandson of H.H. Asquith, who served as prime minister from 1908 to 1916—was a merchant banker who became partially paralyzed after an operation to remove a brain tumour. At age 13 Helena decided...

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