Helena Bonham Carter

            I suppose I like Helena Bonham Carter mainly because she’s bizarre. Like most respectable actresses, she’s rarely in a tabloid, and you rarely hear of her personal life.  She maintains a sort of mysterious quality that really makes her a chameleon of an actress. 

            I’m sure you would recognize her as playing Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter movies, and maybe the red queen in the most recently produced Alice in Wonderland. On the whole, I think she picks incredibly interesting characters, and has a made a name for herself as a unique character actress.

            The first movie I ever saw with Carter that really made me take notice of her was in fact “Fight Club”. I’m sure you’ve either read the book, seen the movie, or at least are privy to the premise. Her character is quite dark and troubled, and I found her performance to been very striking.

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            Since seeing her in “Fight Club”, I’ve taken notice of which movies she’s been in, and have been impressed. She’s never really done a movie in which she plays a character that is “normal” or not put under unusual of fantastical circumstances. I think this really separates her from other actresses that have all tried to do the “girl next door” romantic-comedy type role.

            I also appreciate her acting in that she has been in a number of movies of Shakespeare’s works. A lot of fantastic actors simply cannot do Shakespeare and contemporary. Most are exclusively dedicated to one or the other. I think this speaks volumes to her dynamic nature.

            Finally, I must say I was quite impressed with Carter’s recent role as Queen Elizabeth in “The King’s Speech”. For this role, Carter was nominated and received many awards. In this role, I think Carter portrayed a more realistic reserved character than that of Bellatrix Lestrange, and was quite impressive.