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00:00Helena Bonham Carter is a British theater, movie, TV, and voice actress.
00:27She is the iconic Tim Burton's muse and appeared in the duo with Johnny Depp in almost every new movie created by this director.
00:37Helena's ancestors were knights, lords, and barons.
00:40At age 13, she won in the poetry competition with the poem Grapevine.
00:46She received an award, which she promptly spent on her portfolio as she had decided to pursue an acting career.
00:52With the role in the movie Lady Jane, this became the first significant work of her as an actress.
01:00God will requite you for your kindness, sir.
01:03However, only the next project, A Room with a View, brought her some real fame, her first fame.
01:16Helen starred in the melodrama A Hazard of Hearts in Miami Vice, The Mask, Francesco, and many other projects.
01:24The movie's Twelfth Night and The Wings of the Dove made the most significant impact on the beginning actress's career.
01:30Thanks to these roles, Helena got her parts in The Queen of Corsets and English Rose.
01:37The role of Marla Singer in 1999's Fight Club showed the world the brand new stage type of Bonham Carter.
01:45During the filming of the movie, Carter insisted that her makeup artist use left hand to apply all of her eye makeup,
01:52as she felt her character was not a person who would be skilled at correctly applying makeup.
01:58Later on, the successful work in The Planet of the Apes and The Big Fish followed that.
02:03Live from Baghdad proved to be the brightest work of that period.
02:07Helen Bonham Carter was nominated for the Golden Globe Award.
02:12In 2005, the British actress played Miss Bucket in the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
02:18Bonham Carter became one of the most respected Hollywood stars.
02:22Two years later, the actress appeared in the scandalous, dark musical Sweeney Todd,
02:28The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, presented by Tim Burton.
02:33In preparation for her role as Mrs. Lovett, she underwit extensive vocal lessons and studied baking.
02:39She even used to rehearse her songs while practicing baking techniques to perfect the quick, syncopated rhythm of the music.
02:47The role of Elizabeth Bell's Lion in the movie The King's Speech brought the actress the BAFTA and another Academy Award nomination.
03:04Carter can be absolutely different.
03:06She played the evil Bellatrix Estolange in the Harry Potter movies
03:11and the fairy godmother in Disney's live-action Cinderella.
03:16She also narrated the animated feature Sergeant Stubby, an American Hero.
03:21Most recently, she played the role of Rose in the heist pick Ocean's Eight.
03:27In the year 2008, she became a patron of the Action Dishoné charity,
03:32which was established to support parents and sufferers of Dishoné muscular dystrophy.
03:37She is the first female actress to have appeared in two films that grossed over $1 billion.
03:452010's Alice in Wonderland and 2011's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II.
03:52In fall 2001, Helena moved in with the director Tim Burton when they met at the Planet of the Apes movie set.
03:59Two years later, their son Billy Raymond was born.
04:01In 2007 came the life of their daughter Nell, who was named after the character that Helena played during the pregnancy.
04:09Tim Burton and Helen broke up after 13 years of relationship.
04:14However, they remained friends for the sake of their children.
04:17Helen launched the Pantalones, her own fashion line, in collaboration with swimwear designer Samantha Sage.
04:24The first collection launched was Bloomin' Bloomers, in a Victorian-style selection of camisoles, mop caps, and bloomers.
04:33As an actress, Carter has proven her ability to thoroughly portray modern characters and has always added value to any project in which she appeared.
04:43As a woman, she proves that everybody is perfect in their imperfections.
04:48As a woman, she proves that everybody is perfect in her life.
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