Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Helena Bonham Carter (1966 -)

Film Deaths

• Lady Jane (1986) [Lady Jane Grey]: Executed by beheading.
• Hamlet (1990) [Ophelia]: Drowned in the river (off-screen); her body is shown afterwards during her funeral procession.
• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) [Elizabeth]: Heart torn out by Robert De Niro in her bedroom. She is later brought back to life when Kenneth Branagh transplants her head onto Trevyn McDowell's body, then dies once again when she commits suicide by setting herself on fire and jumping off of the staircase.
• The Theory of Flight (1998) [Jane]: Dies (off-screen) of ALS
• Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005; animated) [Emily, the Corpse Bride]: Killed (exact method unclear) by Richard E. Grant, some time before the story begins (the murder is shown in silhouette during a flashback musical number). She comes back to life when Johnny Depp recites his wedding vows in the woods where she's buried, and eventually returns to the land of the dead, her body transforming into a swarm of butterflies as she does.
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) [Mrs. Nellie Lovett]: Burned to death when Johnny Depp pushes her into a large oven.
• Terminator Salvation (2009) [Dr. Serena Kogan]: Dies (off-screen) of cancer, some time between the prologue (set in 2003) and the main story (set in 2018). Her death is mentioned in a newspaper article, and her image is used as an artificial intelligence program later on.
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) [Bellatrix Lestrange]: Explodes and disintegrates when Julie Walters hits her with a magic spell during the final battle.
• Dark Shadows (2012) [Dr. Julia Hoffman]: Bitten on the throat by Johnny Depp; her body is shown again afterwards when Johnny and Jackie Earle Haley dump her in the ocean. She later comes back to life as a vampire.
• Great Expectations (2012) [Miss Havisham]: Burns to death when a lit candle accidentally falls on the wedding dress she is wearing and the fire spreads; she dies while talking to Jeremy Irvine after Jeremy was able to extinguish the flame.
• Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) [Red Queen]: Turned into a Rust statue, carried by her sister Anne Hathaway, but the White Queen (Hathaway) is turned into rust statue as well holding Red Queen's rust statue. She is restored when the Grand Clock engine and Chronosphere are reconnected.

Television Deaths

• Merlin (1998 mini-series) [Morgan Le Fey]: Hits her head on a stone step after Miranda Richardson magically causes her to fall; she dies shortly afterwards as Martin Short kneels beside her. (As she dies, her illusion of beauty fades and she resumes her original appearance.)
• Henry VIII (2003 TV [Anne Boleyn]: Executed by beheading; her severed head is shown afterwards when the executioner holds it up for the crowd.
• The Dark Crystal: She Knows All the Secrets (2019) [All-Maudra] Voicing a character, she is stabbed in the stomach by Benedict Wong.
• Nolly (2023) [Noele Gordon]: Dies of cancer (off-screen).

Gallery

Helena Bonham Carter in Hamlet

Helena Bonham Carter (with Robert DeNiro) in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Helena Bonham Carter's severed head (prop) in Henry VIII

Helena Bonham Carter's death in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Helena Bonham Carter in Dark Shadows

Helena Bonham Carter in Great Expectations

Helena Bonham Carter in Alice Through the Looking Glass

Notable Connections

• Great-granddaughter of H.H. Asquith (former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1908-1916)
• Daughter of Raymond Bonham Cater (British banker)
• Sister of Edward Bonham Carter (vice chairman of Jupiter Fund Management)
• Former girlfriend of Tim Burton (film director)
• Former partner of Kenneth Branagh
• Partner of Rye Dag Holmboe (art historian)