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💥Helena Bonham Carter. Born in London, United Kingdom. She grew up in a family with 2 older brothers. Her father worked as a banker, and her mother was a psychotherapist. She studied at St Anne's College, Oxford University. She works as an actress and producer. She was in a relationship with director Tim Burton; the couple has 2 children: a son, Billy, and a daughter, Nell. Since 2018, she has been in a relationship with writer Rye Dag Holmboe; the couple has no children.

🏆Main awards🏆: BAFTA (2011) [The King's Speech], European Film Academy (1997) [Wings of the Dove], Emmy (2021) [The Crown].

🎬Main projects🎬: "Fight Club" (1999), "Alice in Wonderland" (2010), "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005), "The King's Speech" (2010), "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2007), "The Crown" (2019).

⭐Interesting fact⭐: Helena decorated her home in the style of a Victorian Gothic castle.

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Interesting facts

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    She enrolled at the University of Cambridge in the drama department.

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    In 2009, Empire magazine included Helena among the 50 sexiest movie stars of all time. The actress took 9th place.

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    Helena has a cousin, Crispin Bonham-Carter, who is also an actor.

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    Helena made her film debut at the age of five, in the background of the television soap opera "Where Dreams Die." By thirteen she was already playing Juliet, in the sense that she voiced Juliet in a radio production of a school play, while Romeo spoke from the opposite speaker; it was a stereo performance.

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    At the age of 11, she won a poetry contest with the poem "Grapevine".

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    Helena Bonham Carter was born on May 26, 1966, into the family of a wealthy London banker.

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    She is the great-granddaughter of British Prime Minister Lord Asquith and the granddaughter of Baroness Bonham Carter.

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    On October 4, 2003, Helena gave birth to a son, Billy Raymond Burton (whose godfather, at Helena's request, became the actor and family friend Johnny Depp). On December 15, 2007, at the age of 41, Helena gave birth to her second child, a daughter, Nell Burton.

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