Helena Bonham Carter: She is an English actress who received the CBE for services to the arts. It is no secret that she is known for her roles in blockbusters and independent films, particularly period dramas, and she has received numerous accolades, including a British Academy Award for her performances.
Islington, London, is where Bonham Carter was born. As a merchant banker and alternate British director representing the Bank of England at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C., her father Raymond Bonham Carter came from a prominent British political family. In addition to being of Spanish and mostly Jewish descent, her mother, Elena (née Propper de Callejón), is a psychologist whose parents were diplomat Eduardo Propper de Callejón from Spain and painter Baroness Hélène Fould-Springer. Violet Bonham Carter was the daughter of H H Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the first half of the First World War, and Bonham Carter’s paternal grandmother.
Born: 26 May 1966 (age 56 years), Golders Green, London, United Kingdom
Children: Nell Burton, Billy Raymond Burton
Height: 1.57 m
Nominations: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, MORE
Parents: Elena Propper de Callejón, Raymond Bonham Carter