Editing Helena Bonham Carter (section)

==Career==
===Early work and breakthrough (1980s–1990s)===
Bonham Carter, who has had no formal acting training,<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |last=Mitchison |first=Amanda |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4724814/Zen-and-the-inner-ape.html |title=Zen and the inner ape |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |date=2 August 2001 |access-date=6 June 2024 |url-access=registration |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918042706/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4724814/Zen-and-the-inner-ape.html |archive-date=18 September 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> entered the field winning a national writing contest in 1979, and used the money to pay for her entry into the actors' ''Spotlight'' directory. She made her professional acting debut at the age of 16 in a television commercial. She also had a minor part in the 1983 TV film ''[[A Pattern of Roses]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Pattern of Roses (1983) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b755913f9 |access-date=15 December 2020 |agency=BFI |archive-date=29 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129122755/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b755913f9 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Bonham Carter's first lead film role was as [[Lady Jane Grey]] in ''[[Lady Jane (1986 film)|Lady Jane]]'' (1986), which was given mixed reviews by critics. Her breakthrough role was as Lucy Honeychurch in ''[[A Room with a View (1985 film)|A Room with a View]]'' (1985), an adaptation of [[E. M. Forster]]'s [[A Room with a View|1908 novel]], which was filmed after ''Lady Jane'', but released two months earlier. She also appeared in episodes of ''[[Miami Vice]]'' as [[Don Johnson]]'s love interest during the 1986–87 season, and then in 1987 with [[Dirk Bogarde]] in ''[[The Vision (TV Movie)|The Vision]]'', [[Stewart Granger]] in ''[[A Hazard of Hearts]]'', and [[John Gielgud]] in ''[[Getting It Right (film)|Getting It Right]]''. Bonham Carter was originally cast for the role of Bess McNeill in ''[[Breaking the Waves]]'', but backed out during production owing to "the character's painful psychic and physical exposure", according to [[Roger Ebert]].<ref name="ebert1">[[Roger Ebert]], "British Film Likely to Win The Top Award at Cannes", ''Chicago Sun-Times'', 20 May 1996, p. 40</ref> The role went to [[Emily Watson]], who was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deep-focus.com/flicker/breaking.html |title=Breaking the Waves |access-date=7 October 2008 |date=7 January 2004 |work=Deep Focus |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112095935/http://www.deep-focus.com/flicker/breaking.html |archive-date=12 November 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Her early films led to her being typecast as a "[[corset]] queen" and "[[English rose (epithet)|English rose]]", playing pre- and early 20th century characters, particularly in [[Merchant Ivory]] films.<ref name="Wilted rose">{{cite news |title=Helena Bonham Carter: Wicked fun of the wilted English rose|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/north-america-travel/us-travel/california/helena-bonham-carter-wicked-fun-of-the-wilted-english-rose-6837psjcrm0 |url-status=live |date=2 January 2011 |newspaper=[[The Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028222653/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/helena-bonham-carter-wicked-fun-of-the-wilted-english-rose-6837psjcrm0 |archive-date=28 October 2020 |url-access=limited |access-date=8 June 2021}}</ref> Uncomfortable with this image, she states: "I looked, as someone said, like a bloated chipmunk".<ref name="Wilted rose"/> In 1994, Bonham Carter appeared in a dream sequence during the second series of the British sitcom ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'', as [[Edina Monsoon]]'s daughter Saffron, who was normally played by [[Julia Sawalha]]. Throughout the series, references were made to Saffron's resemblance to Bonham Carter.<ref>{{cite news |title=Absolutely Fab |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/absolutely-fab-1583811.html |access-date=24 July 2019 |work=The Independent |archive-date=24 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724190547/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/absolutely-fab-1583811.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Bonham Carter, who speaks French fluently, starred in a 1996 French film titled ''Portraits chinois''. That same year, she played Olivia in [[Trevor Nunn]]'s film version of ''[[Twelfth Night]]''. One of the high points of her early career was her performance as the scheming Kate Croy in the 1997 film adaption of ''[[The Wings of the Dove (1997 film)|The Wings of the Dove]]'', which was highly acclaimed internationally and saw her receive her first Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. Then followed ''[[Fight Club]]'' in 1999, in which she played Marla Singer, a role for which she won the 2000 [[Empire Award for Best British Actress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/awards2006/previouswinners/2000.asp |title=Sony Ericsson Empire Awards&nbsp;– 2000 Winners |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |access-date=23 March 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201713/http://www.empireonline.com/awards2006/previouswinners/2000.asp |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref>

===Worldwide recognition and blockbuster films (2000s–2020s)===
[[File:Helena Bonham Carter 2005.jpg|thumb|upright|Bonham Carter at the [[2005 Toronto International Film Festival]]]]

In August 2001, she was featured in ''[[Maxim magazine|Maxim]]''. She played her second Queen of England when she was cast as [[Anne Boleyn]] in the ITV1 miniseries ''[[Henry VIII (TV serial)|Henry VIII]]''; however, her role was restricted, as she was pregnant with her first child at the time of filming.<ref name="express1">"Day & Night," Kathryn Spencer, Julie Carpenter and Kate Bohdanowicz, 24 September 2003, ''The Express'', p 36</ref> In 2005, she voiced Lady Tottingham, a wealthy aristocratic spinster in the 2005 stop-motion animated comedy ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]''. Starring alongside [[Ralph Fiennes]] and [[Peter Sallis]], the film serves as part of the [[Wallace & Gromit]] series.<ref>{{cite web|last1=DeMott|first1=Rick|title=Wallace & Gromit Leads Annie Nominations|url=http://www.awn.com/news/wallace-gromit-leads-annie-nominations|publisher=Animation World Network|access-date=26 September 2022|date=5 December 2005|archive-date=18 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618021055/https://www.awn.com/news/wallace-gromit-leads-annie-nominations|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Maressa|title='Wallace & Gromit' grabs 10 Annie Awards|url=https://variety.com/2006/digital/awards/wallace-gromit-grabs-10-annie-awards-1117937443/|access-date=26 September 2022|work=Variety|date=5 February 2008|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202203015/https://variety.com/2006/digital/awards/wallace-gromit-grabs-10-annie-awards-1117937443/|url-status=live}}</ref>

She was a member of the [[2006 Cannes Film Festival]] jury that unanimously selected ''[[The Wind That Shakes the Barley (film)|The Wind That Shakes the Barley]]'' as best film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gofrance.about.com/od/cannesfilmfestival/a/cannes2006jury.htm |title=Cannes Film Festival 2006 Official Juries |access-date=7 October 2008 |date=7 October 2008 |work=Go France |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620114638/http://gofrance.about.com/od/cannesfilmfestival/a/cannes2006jury.htm |archive-date=20 June 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In May 2006, Bonham Carter launched her own fashion line, "The Pantaloonies", with swimwear designer Samantha Sage. Their first collection, called Bloomin' Bloomers, is a [[Victorian fashion|Victorian]] style selection of [[camisoles]], [[mob cap]]s, and [[Bloomers (clothing)|bloomers]]. The duo worked on Pantaloonies customised jeans, which Bonham Carter describes as "a kind of scrapbook on the bum".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article707405.ece |url-status=dead |work=[[The Times]] |location=UK |title=English eccentric |date=22 April 2006 |first=Hannah |last=Betts |access-date=29 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502004317/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article707405.ece |archive-date=2 May 2009 }}</ref>

Bonham Carter played the evil witch [[Bellatrix Lestrange]] in the final four [[Harry Potter (film series)|''Harry Potter'']] films (2007–2011). While filming ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', she accidentally perforated the eardrum of [[Matthew Lewis (actor)|Matthew Lewis]] (playing [[Neville Longbottom]]) when she stuck her wand into his ear canal.<ref name="daly">{{cite magazine|last=Daly|first=Steve|title=Helena Bonham Carter Gets Wicked|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/07/13/bonham-carter-i-think-i-took-my-sadism-bit-too-literally/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=13 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817071505/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20046035,00.html|archive-date=17 August 2007|url-status=live|access-date=13 May 2014}}</ref> Bonham Carter received positive reviews as Bellatrix, described as a "shining but underused talent".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lewis|first=Leo|date=28 June 2007|title=Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: the first review|work=[[The Times]]|location=London|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/film_reviews/article2000948.ece|url-status=dead|access-date=28 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706061328/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/film_reviews/article2000948.ece|archive-date=6 July 2008}}</ref><ref name="daly" /> She played [[Mrs. Lovett]], [[Sweeney Todd]]'s ([[Johnny Depp]]) amorous accomplice, in the film adaptation of [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s Broadway musical, ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'', directed by Burton.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Helena Bonham Carter Set to Play Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd Film |publisher=Broadway.com |date=18 October 2006 |url=http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=538813 |access-date=13 July 2007 |archive-date=5 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905110120/http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=538813 |url-status=live }}</ref> 
Bonham Carter received a nomination for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe for Best Actress]] for her performance. She won the Best Actress award in the 2007 [[Evening Standard British Film Awards]] for her performances in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''[[Conversations With Other Women]]'', along with another Best Actress award at the [[Empire Awards 2009|2009 Empire Awards]]. Bonham Carter also appeared in the fourth ''[[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator]]'' film, entitled ''[[Terminator Salvation]]'', playing a small but pivotal role as a personification of [[Skynet (Terminator)|Skynet]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/terminator-4-helena-bonham-carter-niall-2837/ |title=Terminator 4 Gets Helena Bonham Carter! |date=1 July 2008 |publisher=ScreenRant |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821182251/http://screenrant.com/terminator-4-helena-bonham-carter-niall-2837/ |archive-date=21 August 2008 }}</ref>

[[File:Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter filming (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|alt=A man and woman standing side by side|Bonham Carter with [[Colin Firth]] on the set of ''[[The King's Speech]]'' in 2009]]

In 2009, Bonham Carter was the mother squirrel narrator in the [[The Gruffalo (film)|30-minute animated film]] adaptation of the best-selling children's book ''[[The Gruffalo]]'', which was broadcast on [[BBC One]] on 25 December 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/06_june/22/gruffalo.shtml | title=The Gruffalo BBC One Christmas special | work=BBC | date=22 June 2009 | access-date=26 September 2022 | archive-date=26 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926093147/https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/06_june/22/gruffalo.shtml | url-status=live }}</ref> Bonham Carter joined the cast of Tim Burton's 2010 film, ''Alice in Wonderland'', as the [[Red Queen (Through the Looking Glass)|Red Queen]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Burton brings Hollywood to Cornwall |work=This is Cornwall |url=http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/homepagenews/Burton-brings-Hollywood-Cornwall/article-359753-detail/article.html |access-date=29 September 2008 |date=29 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002220420/http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/homepagenews/Burton-brings-Hollywood-Cornwall/article-359753-detail/article.html |archive-date=2 October 2008 }}</ref> 
She appears alongside [[Johnny Depp]], [[Anne Hathaway]], [[Mia Wasikowska]], [[Crispin Glover]], and Harry Potter co-star [[Alan Rickman]]. Her role was an amalgamation of [[Queen of Hearts (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|the Queen of Hearts]] and the Red Queen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://joblo.com/index.php?id=23340 |title=Bonham Carter and Hathaway Join "Alice in Wonderland" |access-date=7 October 2008 |date=7 October 2008 |work=JoBlo.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010041807/http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=23340 |archive-date=10 October 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/artman2/publish/movie_news/Anne-Hathaway-in-Wonderland-12071008.php |title=Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway in "Wonderland" |access-date=7 October 2008 |date=7 October 2008 |work=The Hollywood News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014213447/http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/artman2/publish/movie_news/Anne-Hathaway-in-Wonderland-12071008.php |archive-date=14 October 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinematical.com/2008/10/07/hathaway-and-bonham-carter-join-alice-in-wonderland/ |title=Hathaway and Bonham Carter Join ''Alice in Wonderland'' |access-date=7 October 2008 |date=7 October 2008 |work=Cinematical |archive-date=30 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730030545/http://blog.moviefone.com/2008/10/07/hathaway-and-bonham-carter-join-alice-in-wonderland/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
In early 2009, Bonham Carter was named one of ''[[The Times]]''{{'}}s top-10 British Actresses of all time, along with fellow actresses [[Judi Dench]], [[Helen Mirren]], [[Maggie Smith]], [[Julie Andrews]], and [[Audrey Hepburn]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article5502980.ece |title=The best British film actresses of all time |date=12 January 2009 |work=[[The Times]] |location=London |first=James |last=Christopher |access-date=4 May 2010 |archive-date=27 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127204102/https://www.the-tls.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2010, Bonham Carter played [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]] in the film ''[[The King's Speech]].'' {{as of|2011|January|}}, she had received numerous plaudits and praise for her performance, including nominations for the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] and the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]].<ref name=KingsSpeech>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2011-01-18/entertainment/uk.movie.nominations_1_bafta-drama-category-motion-picture-screenplay |title='The King's Speech' leads the pack in BAFTA nominations |publisher=CNN International |date=18 January 2011 |access-date=30 January 2011 }}{{dead link|date=August 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h64mhgpYJ5GEM-CC2KnBapPfxstQ?docId=b333e143c0cb42b0a9894766c5140067|title='The King's Speech' usurps throne as Oscar leader|location=Beverly Hills, CA|agency=Associated Press|date=25 January 2011|access-date=30 January 2011}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> She won her first BAFTA Award, but lost the Academy Award to [[Melissa Leo]] for ''[[The Fighter]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12432378|title=King's Speech sweeps up at Baftas|date=13 February 2011|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=13 February 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213093656/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12432378| archive-date=13 February 2011| url-status=live}}</ref>

Bonham Carter signed to play author [[Enid Blyton]] in the [[BBC Four]] television [[Biographical film|biopic]], ''[[Enid (film)|Enid]]''. It was the first depiction of Blyton's life on the screen; she starred with [[Matthew Macfadyen]] and [[Denis Lawson]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4949678/Helena-Bonham-Carter-to-play-Enid-Blyton-in-new-BBC-biopic.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4949678/Helena-Bonham-Carter-to-play-Enid-Blyton-in-new-BBC-biopic.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Helena Bonham Carter to play Enid Blyton in new BBC biopic |date=7 March 2009 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London | first1=Urmee | last1=Khan | access-date=4 May 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She received her first Television [[BAFTA]] Nomination for Best Actress, for ''Enid''. In 2010, she starred with [[Freddie Highmore]] in the [[Nigel Slater]] biopic ''[[Toast (film)|Toast]]'', which was filmed in the [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/film-news/2010/06/23/helena-bonham-carter-to-film-new-movie-toast-in-birmingham-and-black-country-65233-26705223/ | title = Helena Bonham Carter to film new movie Toast in Birmingham and Black Country | date = 23 June 2010 | work = Birmingham Post | access-date = 24 August 2010 | archive-date = 3 January 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110103054044/http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/film-news/2010/06/23/helena-bonham-carter-to-film-new-movie-toast-in-birmingham-and-black-country-65233-26705223/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> and received a gala at the 2011 [[Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/kings-speech-toast-sacrifice-galas-74379 | title = 'The King's Speech,' 'Toast,' 'Sacrifice' Get Galas in Berlin | date = 21 January 2011 | work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] | access-date = 13 March 2011 | first = Scott | last = Roxborough | archive-date = 29 June 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110629171431/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kings-speech-toast-sacrifice-galas-74379 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.berlinale.de/en/programm/berlinale_programm/datenblatt.php?film_id=20110122 | title = Toast at the Berlin Film Festival | work = [[Berlin International Film Festival]] | publisher = Berlin Film Festival | access-date = 13 March 2011 | archive-date = 11 February 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110211020246/http://www.berlinale.de/en/programm/berlinale_programm/datenblatt.php?film_id=20110122 | url-status = dead }}</ref> She received the Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year from [[Britannia Awards|BAFTA LA]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://cineuropa.org/2011/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=207175| title = Bonham-Carter to receive BAFTA LA honour| work = [[Cineuropa]]| publisher = Berlin Film Festival| access-date = 21 July 2011| archive-date = 7 April 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120407111652/http://cineuropa.org/2011/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=207175| url-status = live}}</ref>

[[File:Helena Bonham Carter (Berlin Film Festival 2011).jpg|thumb|upright|Bonham Carter at the [[2011 Berlin International Film Festival]]]]

In 2012, she appeared as the eccentric, jilted bride [[Miss Havisham]]—one of the most potent figures in Victorian gothic fiction—in [[Mike Newell (director)|Mike Newell]]'s [[Great Expectations (2012 film)|adaptation]] of the [[Charles Dickens]] novel ''[[Great Expectations]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/9712167/Great-Expectations-review.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/9712167/Great-Expectations-review.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Great Expectations, review|access-date=9 March 2013 | location=London|work=The Daily Telegraph|first=Robbie|last=Collin|date=29 November 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gothic expectations: look at Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2011/nov/04/helena-bonham-carter-miss-havisham |access-date=16 August 2021 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=16 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816193000/https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2011/nov/04/helena-bonham-carter-miss-havisham |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2012, she appeared in [[Rufus Wainwright]]'s [[music video]] for his single "Out of the Game", featured on the album of [[Out of the Game|the same name]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a374589/rufus-wainwright-teams-with-helena-bonham-carter-in-new-video.html|title=Rufus Wainwright teams with Helena Bonham Carter in new video|work=Digital Spy|first=Robert|last=Copsey|date=3 April 2012|access-date=3 April 2012|archive-date=11 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911154226/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a374589/rufus-wainwright-teams-with-helena-bonham-carter-in-new-video.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She co-starred in a [[Les Misérables (2012 film)|film adaptation]] of the musical ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'', released in 2012. She played the role of [[Madame Thénardier]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2011/official-russell-crowe-helena-bomham-carter-in-les-miserables/ |title=Official: Russell Crowe & Helena Bomham Carter in ''Les Misérables'' |work=First Showing |first=Ethan |last=Anderton |date=8 September 2011 |access-date=9 September 2011 |archive-date=15 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915083905/http://www.firstshowing.net/2011/official-russell-crowe-helena-bomham-carter-in-les-miserables/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 17 May 2012, Bonham Carter was announced to be appearing in the 2013 adaptation (entitled ''[[The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet]]'') of [[Reif Larsen]]'s book ''[[The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/helena-bonham-carter-young-and-prodigious-spivet/166864/|title=Casting: Helena Bonham Carter and Kathy Bates Star in ''The Young and Prodigious Spivet''|work=Collider|first=Dave|last=Trumbore|date=16 May 2012|access-date=17 May 2012|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402131710/http://collider.com/helena-bonham-carter-young-and-prodigious-spivet/166864/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her casting was announced alongside that of [[Kathy Bates]], [[Kyle Catlett]] and [[Callum Keith Rennie]], with [[Jean-Pierre Jeunet]] directing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2012/05/helena-bonham-carter-and-kathy-bates-sign-on-to-jean-pierre-jeunets-the-young-and-prodigious-spivet-252131/|title=Helena Bonham Carter and Kathy Bates Sign On to Jean-Pierre Jeunet's ''The Young and Prodigious Spivet''|work=[[Indiewire]]|first=Oliver|last=Lyttelton|date=16 May 2012|access-date=17 May 2012|archive-date=4 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904013703/http://www.indiewire.com/2012/05/helena-bonham-carter-and-kathy-bates-sign-on-to-jean-pierre-jeunets-the-young-and-prodigious-spivet-252131/|url-status=live}}</ref> She also appeared in a short film directed by [[Roman Polanski]] for the clothing brand [[Prada]]. The short was entitled ''[[A Therapy]]'' and she appeared as a patient of [[Ben Kingsley]]'s therapist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prada.com/en/a-therapy |title=Prada presents ''A Therapy'' |work=[[Prada]] |access-date=21 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525010913/http://www.prada.com/en/a-therapy |archive-date=25 May 2012 }}</ref>

In 2013, she played Red Harrington, a peg-legged brothel madam, who assists Reid and Tonto in locating Cavendish, in the movie ''[[The Lone Ranger (2013 film)|The Lone Ranger]]''. Also that year, Bonham Carter narrated poetry for ''The Love Book App'', an interactive anthology of love literature developed by [[Allie Byrne Esiri]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iliterature.net/thelovebook/#the-actors |title=The Love Book App |publisher=Iliterature.net |access-date=26 August 2014 |archive-date=23 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923094407/http://www.iliterature.net/thelovebook/#the-actors |url-status=dead }}</ref> Also in 2013, Bonham Carter appeared as [[Elizabeth Taylor]], alongside [[Dominic West]] as [[Richard Burton]], in BBC4's ''[[Burton & Taylor]]'', which premiered at the 2013 [[Hamptons International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://inthemixxshow.com/3366/fall-season-2013-episode-5 |title=Fall Season 2013: Episode 5 |work=In the Mixx |access-date=26 August 2014 |archive-date=30 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930140854/http://inthemixxshow.com/3366/fall-season-2013-episode-5 |url-status=live }}</ref> She played the Fairy Godmother in the 2015 [[Cinderella (2015 American film)|live-action re-imagining]] of [[Walt Disney]]'s ''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/helena-bonham-carter-boards-cinderella-572595|title=Helena Bonham Carter to Play Fairy Godmother in Disney's 'Cinderella' (Exclusive)|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=20 June 2013|access-date=22 June 2013|archive-date=24 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624022213/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/helena-bonham-carter-boards-cinderella-572595|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2016, Bonham Carter reprised her role of the Red Queen in ''[[Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016 film)|Alice Through the Looking Glass]]''. In June 2018, she starred in a spin-off of the ''[[Ocean's Trilogy|Ocean's Eleven]]'' trilogy, titled ''[[Ocean's 8]]'', alongside [[Sandra Bullock]], [[Cate Blanchett]], [[Anne Hathaway]], and [[Sarah Paulson]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/helena-bonham-carter-elizabeth-banks-mindy-kaling-sandra-bullocks-all-female-oceans-eleven-a7074011.html|title=That all-female Ocean's Eleven cast list adds three big names|date=10 June 2016|website=The Independent|access-date=10 June 2016|archive-date=11 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611120645/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/helena-bonham-carter-elizabeth-banks-mindy-kaling-sandra-bullocks-all-female-oceans-eleven-a7074011.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She plays an older [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon|Princess Margaret]]—whom Bonham Carter knew in person through her uncle [[Mark Bonham Carter|Mark]]<ref name="murison20191102">{{Cite news |last=Murison |first=Krissi |date=2 November 2019 |title=Helena Bonham Carter interview: talking toyboys and tiaras with The Crown's Princess Margaret |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/helena-bonham-carter-interview-talking-toyboys-and-tiaras-with-the-crowns-princess-margaret-xzqh9fcq9 |access-date=8 June 2021 |issn=0140-0460 |url-access=limited |archive-date=18 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918053912/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/helena-bonham-carter-interview-talking-toyboys-and-tiaras-with-the-crowns-princess-margaret-xzqh9fcq9 |url-status=live }}</ref>—for the [[Netflix]] series ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'', replacing [[Vanessa Kirby]], who played a younger version for the first two seasons. Her performance earned her nominations for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]], the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film]], the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress]], the [[Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]] and the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series]]. She was also a part of the ensemble cast that won the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series]] in 2019 and 2020. In 2020, Bonham Carter starred as Eudoria Holmes in the [[Netflix]] film ''[[Enola Holmes (film)|Enola Holmes]]'', which is based on the Sherlock Holmes adaptation, ''[[The Enola Holmes Mysteries]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=23 September 2020 |author=Mary Sollosi |title=Helena Bonham Carter talks putting a twist on a classic with 'Enola Holmes' |url=https://ew.com/movies/helena-bonham-carter-enola-holmes-interview/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=25 October 2020 |archive-date=15 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015145600/https://ew.com/movies/helena-bonham-carter-enola-holmes-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref>