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Helena Bonham Carter
British actress
- Born:
- May 26, 1966, London, England (age 58, born on this day)
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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 to pursue an acting career, and by 16 she had landed a role in a television commercial, playing William Shakespeare’s Juliet in an advertisement for ...(100 of 777 words)