15 Brilliant Helena Bonham Carter Performances

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By Matt MaytumJan 7th 2011
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A Room with a View (1985)

The Role: Lucy Honeychurch

Helena Bonham Carter made her breakthrough performance in this Merchant Ivory adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel. With barely any experience she bagged the lead in this production, which also featured revered talents such as Maggie Smith, Judi Dench and Daniel Day-Lewis.

The Brilliance: Her success in this movie is probably what got her linked with period dramas for so long, but there's nothing stuffy about her performance here. She brings a likeability to the impetuous young woman, stifled by the contraints of Edwardian culture.

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    • jws1272

      Jan 7th 2011, 13:23

      No Sweeney Todd? Travesty!

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    • ChrisWootton

      Jan 7th 2011, 14:06

      Frankenstein? Do you remember the scene where she is the bride? Shocking performance. Fight Club is her best though

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    • virgilsdiner

      Jan 7th 2011, 16:18

      Good list...also disappointed in no Sweeney Todd...how about 12th Night - it's an underappreciated film and she's utterly charming as Olivia.

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    • hood65

      Jan 7th 2011, 17:56

      Frankenstein was absolute rubbish, over acted luvy c**p. I would rather sit through battlefield earth than watch it again.

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    • Hadouken76

      Jan 7th 2011, 19:45

      She was great in Miami Vice, as Crocketts junkie surgeon girlfriend and that short film with Rik Mayall, where he plays a runaway groom.

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    • matty2392

      Jan 7th 2011, 21:19

      she is just epic simple as

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    • lfrost

      Jan 8th 2011, 0:55

      How About Getting It Right! Using a lower class accent!

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