What is Helena Bonham Carter’s net worth? Who is Helena Bonham Carter’s boyfriend?
Introduction
Helena Bonham Carter is an actress who is known for her roles as Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter films, Mrs. Lovett, Alice in Wonderland, Kate Croy in the period drama The Wings of the Dove, and Queen Elizabeth in The King’s Speech.
Biography
She was born on May 26, 1966, in Islington, London, England, to Elena (née Propper de Callejón) and Raymond Bonham Carter.
She has two older brothers.
Carter is descended from a very distinguished family. She is the granddaughter of a Baroness and the great-granddaughter of Britain’s former Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith.
At 16, Carter landed a role in a TV commercial.
Her first role was in A Pattern of Roses (1983).
In 1985, Helena portrayed Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View.
In 1996, she played in the French comedy Portraits Chinois.
English actress Helena Bonham Carter. 2nd December 1984 – @Getty
In 1998, she was nominated for an Oscar for her role in The Wings of the Dove.
In 1999, Carter appeared as Marla Singer in Fight Club alongside Brad Pitt and Edward Norton.
In 2002, she was seen in The Heart of Me, Till Human Voices Wake Us, and Live from Baghdad.
Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter
Carter portrayed Bellatrix Lestrange. She first appeared in the fantasy franchise in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007).
Helena Bonham Carter on the set of the film, ‘Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix’, London, England, 2006 – @Getty
“With Bellatrix, I knew I had to have fun because I wanted to make her appeal to children,” Carter revealed in an interview about how she portrayed Lestrange. “Somebody who just hadn’t really grown up and was really naughty.”
In 2010, the English actress performed as Queen Elizabeth in the film The King’s Speech. On a budget of $15 million, the film earned more than $427 million.
In 2011, she was nominated for a second Academy Award, for her role in The King’s Speech.
Helena Bonham Carter attends the BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel on November 30, 2011 – @Getty
In 2018, Bonham portrayed Rose in the heist movie, Ocean’s 8.
In 2020 she starred as Eudoria Holmesr in Netflix’s Enola Holmes, starring Millie Bobby Brown. In its debut weekend, it was the second most-watched film on Netflix.
Boyfriend
From 1994 to 1999, Bonham Carter was in a relationship with Kenneth Branagh.
Kenneth Branagh & Helena Bonham Carter – 1998 – @Getty
In 1994, Branagh was still married to Emma Thompson, a British actress who played Professor Sybil Trelawney in Harry Potter. They cited their conflicting work schedules as the reason for the split.
“Being slightly mad and a bit fashion-challenged,” Thompson told The Telegraph in 2013 about similarities between herself and Carter. “Perhaps that’s why Ken loved us both. Helena and I made our peace years and years ago.”
Carter and Branagh first met on the set of the science fiction horror film Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. He directed the film but also played Victor Frankenstein, while Bonham performed as Frankenstein’s fiancée and adoptive sister.
Relationship with Tim Burton – Husband?
In 2001, Helena Bonham Carter started to date filmmaker and producer Tim Burton.
Helena Bonham-Carter and Tim Burton arrive for the premiere of her new film “The Heart of Me” 2002 – @Getty
They first met in 2000 on the set of Planet of the Apes. Their relationship started after filming Planet of the Apes. Later, Bonham and Burton made seven other films together.
In October 2003, Carter and Burton welcomed their son Billy Raymond.
Their daughter, Nell Burton, was born in 2007. At that time, Carter was 41 years old. Nell is a diminutive of Helen, in honor of “all the Helens in the family.”
Johnny Depp is godfather to her children.
Note – Johnny and Helena have worked together in Dark Shadows, Alice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Corpse Bride.
The pair announced their separation in December 2014. However, they have continued to be friends and co-parent their children.
Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter during “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” London Premiere 2011 – @Getty
Helena Bonham and Tim Burton were never officially married. However, in interviews, she did mention the word “divorced.”
“With divorce, you go through massive grief; it is a death of a relationship,” Carter revealed in an interview in 2016. She added: “Your identity, everything, changes.”
Since 2018, Helena has been in a relationship with the art historian, Rye Dag Holmboe.
Helena Bonham Carter and Rye Dag Holmboe attend the Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year Awards 2019 – @Getty
“My boyfriend is unbelievably mature,” Carter said about their 21-year age gap. “He’s an old soul in a young body, what more could I want?”
They met at a wedding in 2018. “A totally random thing, which both of us nearly didn’t go to,” she recalled.
Height
Helena Bonham Carter is 5′ 2″ (1.57 m) tall.
Helena Bonham Carter – Net Worth
So, how much is Helena Bonham Carter worth?
Helena Bonham Carter attends the UK Premiere of “Cinderella” at Odeon Leicester Square on March 19, 2015 in London – @Getty
Carter earned most of her wealth from performing in 115 movies and TV series, including Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Harry Potter (4 films), Fight Club, Les Misérables, The King’s Speech, and more.
Carter kept both houses after she split from Tim Burton.
In 2006, the Alice Through The Looking Glass star and Samantha Sage launched the fashion line, The Pantaloonies.
In 2021, she appeared in a commercial for British furniture retailer Sofology. Therefore, Helena Bonham Carter has an estimated net worth of $70 million.
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