Helena Bonham Carter. FREEWRITING

One of my favorite actress is Helena Bonham Carter. In my opinion, she has some incredible skills in order to perform any play or role, doesn’t matter whether it is a perturbed witch, a pure little girl,  a singer, a dancer, or even the Queen —She nails each role.  However, she is often undervalued and little known, maybe because she rejects having the typical life of a celebrity, she doesn’t make exhibitions of herself or their family.   She was born in London, England, in 1966, and her father was a distinguished banker which belonged to a theatrical and political family. She married Kenneth Branagh and Tim Burton, but got divorced from both. She also has two children. 

Helena took part for the first time in a television adaptation of K.M. Peyton’s “A Pattern of Roses”, but soon after, she got her first leading role as Jane in “Lady Jane”. She has starred in many worldwide known, highly awarded and high-grossing films throughout her career, frequently in Tim Burton’s productions, such as “The planet of the Apes”, “Big Fish”, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, “Corpse Bride”, “Sweeney Todd: The demon barber of Fleet Street”, “Alice in Wonderland” and “Dark Shadows”.

She is also known for some iconic roles like the role as the evil and cruel Bellatrix Lestrange in the film adaptations of Harry Potter (She played the role since the fifth movie), as the Red Queen in “Alice in Wonderland”,  as the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in “the king’s Speech”,  as Madame Thénardier in “Les Misérables” and most recently as the Fairy Godmother in “Cinderella”.

She has won a BAFTA Awars, a Critics’ Choice Movie Award, Screen Actors Guild Award,  a Satellite Award and two National Board of Review award, but also has been nominated several times for the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes and Primetime Emmy Awards.  

In the media, we can say that her style is quite unconventional and controversial. Although, she has been named in Vanity Fair’s 2010 Best-Dressed List and has been selected for several designers for their fashion campaigns like Mark Jacobs. In addition, she is focused in some national ONGs, like the charity Action Duchenne.

I highly recommend  her biography,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Bonham_Carter , and watching every single film she starred at and understand why I say she is one of the best actors nowadays.

To sum up, Helena Bonham Carter is my favorite actress for many reasons, but the most important are her ability to perform any role that steps in her way but also because she is different from any celebrity nowadays.