Helena Bonham Carter and the Elusive Oscar | Why She's Never Won

Helena Bonham Carter has received two Oscar nominations in her long and remarkable career, but she still has never been victorious at the Academy Awards. In this video, I break down her many acclaimed performances and discuss the reasons why she hasn't won an Oscar. #helenabonhamcarter #oscars #academyawards #elusiveoscar #theawardscontender
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[@chrisdunst]

she's been a consistently good actress. I'd love to see her play someone like Vivienne Westwood in a biopic. If done right, that would be a certified oscar nom for her.

[@DavidN369]

Yes.

[@garryd7748]

Oh my god! Someone make this happen!

[@mphrdldn]

She wore Vivienne Westwood to red carpet events.

[@meowtoz]

@@mphrdldnI think that’s why they suggested it, it’s kinda her thing

[@thekcsugethe_kc_suge7930]

She definitely has the talent to uplift any role to Oscar status. I adore her.

[@MrCarlosandres94]

She has to be one of the greatest actresses of our time. After Jessica Lange and Glenn Close, she’s my third favorite and her performances literally make me so happy.

[@tampico63]

Yet, Glenn Close is still waiting for her Oscar!

[@Ozymandi_as]

Is she as good as, for example, Olivia Colman, Tilda Swinton, Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson, Helen Mirren, Judi Dench, or Maggie Smith, living British actresses who have won Oscars? HBC is good, but she's not HBIC good, and cannot really be considered one of the greatest actresses of our time.

[@trinapowell4436]

Yes, she is. Meryl Streep considers her the greatest actor of their generation. She said in an interview that about four weeks before she's due to start filming a role she calls her agent, and says "I can't do this, call Jessica's people".

[@jeremyw.4280]

​@@Ozymandi_asShe's way better than Emma Thompson. Even Kenneth Branagh thought so.

[@maxfieldfulton]

I’m lukewarm on both of Carter’s nominations, but she was the absolute standout in Howards End and season 4 of The Crown. Love the gratitude in that BAFTA speech-she seems awesome.

[@paulvoorhies8821]

You’re kidding? She was brilliant in Wings Of The Dove.

[@maxfieldfulton]

@@paulvoorhies8821 I’ll rewatch it.

[@vins1979]

Howard's end is such a brilliant movie!

[@plp666]

She was incredible in A Room with a View. And literally just kept being incredible. I can’t think of anyone else as Lucy now. RIP Julian Sands 😢 I hope she wins one but it doesn’t matter, there will never be another quite like her. HowardsEnd is definitely one of her best performances.

[@renatofabbro5263]

I've often thought about how ridiculous it is that Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock and Jennifer Lawrence have won Oscars, yet Helena Bonham Carter, who is a far better actress, has not.

[@stuartmoore1064]

And let us not forget Reese Witherspoon and Helen Hunt. LOL

[@tampico63]

Nah, the major fucked up is that Glenn Close has not won an Oscar yet... Glenn is there with Meryl and Jessica Lange! Period!

[@KingChiJay91]

Jennifer Lawrence has Oscar but not Glen Close who always gets snubbed. That doesn't make sense to me

[@Argeaux2]

Jennifer Lawrence is a decent actor. Just because she’s younger doesn’t mean she can’t act. I agree with some of the others mentioned. Glenn Close not having an Oscar is something I think many of us can’t understand.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Are you sure you aren’t just putting down comedy actresses and famous actresses? All those very talented actresses who deserved their awards

[@MrHootiedean]

A gifted and beautiful actor who has never turned in a less than stellar performance. She should've been nominated and won for Fight Club.

[@brybry3633]

Helena's BAFTA speech deserves an Academy award, TBH! ❤

[@Nishanth_mementomori]

Listen literally NO ONE could have played Bellatrix like she did and at the same time literally NO ONE could have played the Queen Mother like she did

[@1stAmendmentorDie1776]

Overrated.

[@Nishanth_mementomori]

How so ? What does overrated mean ? ​@@1stAmendmentorDie1776

[@eamonndeane587]

It will always baffle me how Helena Bonham Carter's absolutely Riveting performance as Kate Croy in 'The Wings of the Dove' lost to Helen Hunt's bland as oatcakes 'performance' in 'As Good as It Gets' at the Oscars. That in my eyes was one of the Academy's Biggest Mistakes in their entire history.

[@tbam73]

Ive heard in the past when an American actress is in a category of European actresses the Oscar goes to the American actress. Strange

[@jeremyw.4280]

Stupid yank Helen Hunt

[@sharonalbanese8084]

She could've easily just kept doing period pieces as she started her career, but she is so incredibly versatile and can really do anything. I love this actress, she certainly deserves at least one oscar. She is so good in everything ❤❤ thanks for another great video.

[@olivierfagel1285]

The fact that she ended her BAFTA speech by "so it is as good as it get" knowing that she lost for the oscar to As Good As It Gets is a very nice touch!

[@sisterseeth]

Her role in the made-for-TV movie, Merlin, was my first obsession with her...she's a character actress with a range that's unmatched...she can do camp, drama, horror, hero, villain, everything, even cartoon...and she does it with a down-to-earth humor and grace, and has never taken herself seriously.

[@raypickles9071]

Should have won. Helen Hunt was lucky to get a nomination.

[@Jared_Wignall]

I often forget she was nominated twice. I always remember her being nominated for The Kings Speech, but for some reason don’t remember her being nominated for The Wings of the Dove. Thank you for the video Brian, keep up the great work and have a great New Year!

[@Laramaria2]

She's my favourite actress and I'm still not over the fact she doesn't have an Oscar!!!!

[@parisavv6276]

what an underrated actress Helena Bonham Carter is ! i would also recommend her performance in 55 steps , a great small production but as always she is incredible in it, and the mini tv-series Nolly Congratulations for a wonderful year Brian, can't wait for your content in the new year

[@nik1987o]

if they make a Vivienne westwood biopic, she would be amazing in it.

[@SY-ok2dq]

😂 Then they could nominate her in the Best Wardrobe and Best Makeup and Hair categories.

[@ladyvignette]

She's always wonderful, but was magnificent in The King's Speech. It reminded me of just how truly excellent she had always been.

[@pophector]

Excellent and fascinating retrospective to end the year. Personally I would have been happier had Helena or Amy won in 2011 as well. I do feel Helena will potentially win in either a biopic or A24-esque indie film tailored to her wheelhouse sometime this or next decade. Have a happy new year, Brian 🎉

[@craigcurtis5965]

Potentially win tailored for her wheelhouse. Those are words they use for singers who can't sing more than three notes, or actors who can only do Westerns. Not much room for creativity.

[@anthonnanthonn9338]

This is the case of an extremely talented artist in her craft, Oscar or not HBC is pure talent Think about some Oscar winners i won't cite names but whose body of work is just as forgettable as their Oscar In my humble opinion SAG does a better job at recognizing talent compared to AMPAS So i'm glad she's a SAG winner Thank you Mr Rowe for the nice work and happy new Year to you

[@willhemmings]

She should receive an award for fearlessness

[@ninaklein8154]

Love HBC!! My fav movie is A Room with View. Saw twice in the theater when it was first released and rewatch it at least once a year. She is terrific in both period and modern movies. I think there are some actresses that the Academy just don't appreciate and she and Amy Adams are two of them.

[@KingChiJay91]

I loved Helena's portrayal of Princess Margaret in The Crown. She deserves an Emmy! She's a brilliant actress who is long overdue for an Oscar

[@lizd.8655]

It's a wonderful way to end 2023 when I see a new video from you and BKR discussing 2 of my favorite actresses! Happy new year!

[@danektf]

Such a great video! Miranda Richardson and the elusive Oscar, next? 😊

[@eamonndeane587]

"CHICKEN PIES, YOU GREAT LUMOX!!!!"

[@SY-ok2dq]

There was a period where Richardson was nominated for lots of awards, and was in a slew of films that brought her to attention. Then she seemed to fade away to some extent - whereas H.B.C. has had a very consistently prominent career since "Howard's End" I think. HBC took a bit of a break after "Room with a View" and she said she found she'd been somewhat forgotten and had lost momentum, so she had to take roles in smaller film and TV projects like "Hazard of Hearts" for TV, and work her way back up. I thought it was very strange casting that Richardson was cast as the MOTHER of Rupert Graves in "Damage". They didn't even put lots of age makeup on her! But she got an Oscar nom and the film was a prestige A list film (dir. Louis Malle, stars Jeremy Irons and Juliette Binoche).

[@danektf]

Richardson’s career best was before she gained attention in the 90s. Dance with a Stranger (1985). She even was awards ready with her small role in Empire of the Sun. I would love to see a great comeback role for her.

[@SY-ok2dq]

@@danektf Yes DW a S was the film that put her on the map in the UK and to some extent, abroad. But it didn't gain much attention stateside. Richardson's role in Empire was a supporting one, part of an international cast, in a film with a long runtime where Christian Bale was the centre and commanded all the attention. And Empire wasn't the audience (or critical) success that would have been expected from 80s Spielberg, although it was still relatively successful I believe. I remember seeing Richardson in this TV adaptation of a novel, called "Mr. Wakeley's Crusade", with Peter Capaldi ('89 or 90?). She should do more of that type of comedy, she does it well. "Enchanted April" did very well internationally, and was popular with a certain audience in the US. And then "The Crying Game" and "Damage." I think US audiences might've had her somewhat confused with Natasha Richardson (or even Joely) and mistook her for part of the Redgrave/Richardson family.

[@luketheobald3140]

In the UK she is still very well known for her iconic Queenie in the sitcom Blackadder. But Miranda Richardson's performance in David Cronenberg's Spider is one of the great film performances of the 2000s. When you take into account her performance as Ruth Ellis in Dance with a Stranger, the woman has some serious acting chops. But I think she's very much underappreciated, largely because she's a bit of a chameleon. I think Miranda's problem is that she made a few questionable decisions in her career that dented her 'star' profile (turning down Fatal Attraction, picking lots of small TV roles over bigger commercial films, turning down Desperate Housewives, etc). It doesn't help that many of her projects with prestige filmmakers have been great but underappreciated (Spielberg's Empire of the Sun, Altman's Kansas City, Burton's Sleepy Hollow, Cronenberg's Spider, etc), and that high profile TV roles have been nipped in the bud by cancellation (AMC's Rubicon & the recent Game of Thrones spin-off come to mind). I've always thought that once Miranda inevitably becomes a Dame she'll come back into the frame once again. @@SY-ok2dq

[@IndiephantomSofaSinema]

I love all your awards breakdowns. Very informative. Happy New Year and look forward to another year of cool content.

[@jonhinson5701]

Her "Room With a View" and "Howards End" are two of my favorite movies.

[@duarteferros5775]

I think she needs a transformative role, which for her would be something like marion cotillard in two days, one night or olivia colman in the lost daughter… something in the present day where she’s just a “normal” woman

[@wisemandaryn5953]

I will echo a previous post and highly recommend "55 Steps"; it's with Helena & Hilary Swank. I enjoyed the film, but it was certainly met with mixed reviews at the time of it's release back in 2018. After the film festival circuit, it didn't immediately obtain a buyer or distribution; it eventually went direct to digital. Most people missed this and it's a shame because Helena Bonham Carter should have been nominated consistently for the performance.

[@robb2biago]

I love HBC. I was shocked when she wasn’t nominated for Sweeney Todd. She’s not a singer, that’s not her jam. And that’s my favorite musical to see and perform. Sasha Baron Cogan is just delightful, well until the chair drops. After seeing her in all the Ivory/Merchant films, Fight Club was a perfect break out. And the best Princess Margaret in The Crown. And delightful in the Corpse Bride. And she’s my favorite Ophelia. Someone should write a screenplay about her grandmother Violet Bonham Carter. Or a great Queen Mary biopic. I love Queen Mary. Cheers!!

[@kurobeach13]

Happy New Year Brian! HBC’s odds of getting an Oscar nom this year are slim to none, but next year it’s possible! Her getting nominated and winning would be amazing!

[@glenproctor6836]

I love Carter. She deserves an Oscar she's awesome

[@Miawgical]

I love that woman! She’s my favorite actress! And I feel like she doesn’t care about awards at all, I get the feeling she’s just having fun!

[@singstreetcar5881]

Her style was mocked back in the day, but looking back at her looks, she looks amazing

[@thekcsugethe_kc_suge7930]

My crush love for Carter started in Room With A View. One of the most uniquely beautiful faces & great body ever in film. Just a super performer.

[@tedlicciardello7673]

The way you edit these videos is stunning. Best in the biz.

[@Ebelg-v7h]

I love A ROOM WITH A VIEW..... an all-time favorite.

[@csnr1227]

I requested this video a while ago! Thank you for making it! Love HBC!

[@BH-gc5wl]

Your channel makes me so happy! Thanks for all your thoughtful hard work.

[@kotch35]

I still think that HBC's best performance was in Fight Club. Her Marla is perfection and it's a shame that performance didn't receive more recognition.

[@shadrach6299]

It was a truly great movie. Pitt should have won too

[@toplaycool21]

Okay I actually thought she had been nominated like 5 times at the Oscars. I’m just as shocked as you are. She’s like one of the most talented British actresses today.

[@kareninacarado]

Happy New Year, Brian! Glad you did your Elusive Oscar series on HBC (btw, not to nitpick but her surname is actually Bonham Carter, and actually her ancestry is very interesting - her great-grandfather was former British Prime Minister H.H. Asquith. There’s a separate Wikipedia section just about the Bonham Carter ancestry.). I actually miss seeing more Helena on screen. I’m furious that she never won an Emmy or even a Golden Globe despite multiple nominations! I think she’s slowed down on work due to raising her family, and she and Tim Burton have long separated. Her miniseries Nolly is going to air on PBS in the US around March 2024. The show was written by Russell T Davies. Speaking of RTD, maybe you’ll do a video soon about his works, from Doctor Who to It’s a Sin? Or maybe an Elusive Emmy about him or David Tennant (technically, he already won an International Emmy but never had a chance to be nominated for Primetime Emmy, despite some of his shows eligible).

[@harrietamidala1691]

I’d love to see a video like that, but that might be a bit too far from Brian‘s usual output because he focuses on the Oscars and movies. Has he does something related to the Emmys?

[@kareninacarado]

@@harrietamidala1691 yes, he did one Elusive Emmy episode for Patreon subscribers. I hope he uploads it here on KZbin too!

[@EddieReischl]

Yeah, I've been reading Churchill's books on WWII, he mentions Lady Bonham Carter numerous times. Perhaps that is her grandmother.

[@harrietamidala1691]

@@kareninacarado I did look and he has a couple of Emmy prediction videos for the upcoming Emmys or have they happened yet? I don’t know.

[@khayreecopeland7950]

Helena Bonham Carter ... If you look up range, her picture should be there with a gold frame🔥💯 She could've won for King's Speech or (don't laugh) Dark Shadows starring Depp and Pfeiffer. Editing for " Fight Club" while watching this video , hands down could've/ should've got nom for that performance Great vid

[@nanonano03]

HBC...she will always be a winner in my heart. I love her so much and her works. Such a brilliant actress.

[@jamincsc5099]

I think HBC's issue is she's been in way too many roles in projects that were beneath her talent. She's played the wild haired eccentric in popcorn movies so many times that I think it's become inseperably linked to her. I think she's great in everything she in, but she's reached a point where she's typecast- it's likely made her lots of money (and I'm by no means mad at her for that- get that coin mama) at the cost of creating the the impression that her range is limited.

[@flyingzone356]

Have loved her since "A Room with a View."

[@patrickgamble9014]

She has been a favourite ever since appearing in Howards End. Fantastic in Fight Club. She and Missi Pyle (another long time favourite) seem to be in just about every Tim Burton movie. Also great in the Harry Potter movies as well.

[@DavidN369]

Though we still think Kate Winslet should have played Mrs. Lovett, adore HBC, would have given her the Oscar for "The King's Speech," and her Princess Margaret in Seasons 3/4 0f "The Crown" is indelible. Magisterial talent. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@LouiseAndersen1991]

Woah! over 10.000 views??? Wow you are doing amazing Brian. You mention HP. I would love to see your take on the series thorugh the awards eyes. Why did no one ever get a single Oscar nomination? Why did it never win? There were certainly options for it to win - like score, production design, costumes, hair and make-up.

[@Lonkka665]

She was really great in One Life. Oscar would be just a cherry on top; in any way she is magnificent!

[@gstone8255]

She is my favorite actress of all time 🤩🥰❗️👏

[@isaaclopez-eb6yg]

I didn't know it until now but Merlin was my first introduction to this wonderful amazing actress

[@mjwitchr]

She’s not just a fabulous actress. She’s funny af and just has a great energy around her must be the Gemini

[@deinermh]

I would have voted for her out of the nominees in 1997, she's wonderful in The Wings of the Dove.

[@jeremyhood9475]

In addition to Laura Linney, I'd love to see ones on keira knightly, Christina Ricci, shoreh agdashloo.

[@damobarlow7719]

Great video my favourite actress of all time highly underated

[@alpe1987]

She was the best Princess Margaret in THE CROWN.

[@jhhone]

There was no mention of her Marina Oswald (Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald) on television?

[@dangerislander]

One of her besr roles was in A Dark Adapted Eye. Brilliant performance.

[@FritzandtheOscars]

Nice to see Cody! :) I'm one of the few people behind Helen Hunt's win but Melissa Leo does nothing for me in The Fighter - would have been perfectly fine with Helena winning this one!

[@heymistercarter.]

Part of me wonders if there's a reason why Melissa Leo straight-up disappeared after her Oscar win that year. She really hasn't been in a whole lot since her win.

[@huguihugh9803]

Well her debut was in Lady Jane, I guess was earlier than ARWAV

[@marrane87]

She is one of, if not the most versatile actress ever

[@stuartmoore1064]

I agree with a comment below about her roles. Those years working with Tim Burton were prime ones where she could have been in good movies. Most of his movies simply look good, they are not good, and I find at least hard to watch from beginning to end. Same with Harry Potter nonsense, though I know that every great British actor alive at the time seemed to be in those movies in one role or another. I am the same age as HBC and first saw her in A Room With a View and then Howards End, both absolutely amazing. You are correct in that the best she has done lately are her two seasons on The Crown. One of the things I love about the awards season is how good a speech the winner would give, and HBC would be up there with the best of them. Hope she gets some more chances with great films.

[@carissagreen9595]

I straight-up miss ingenue HBC when she was a Merchant-Ivory muse.

[@travisr82]

Just the start , consistently brilliant in many tv dramas

[@gingerkid1048]

Perhaps the Academy voters are Emma Thompson fans with long, long memories?

[@HuntingViolets]

Even Thompson says they are okay now.

[@Bunny-ch2ul]

The problem with Helena Bonham Carter is that her output is really spotty. She'll do incredible work in Merchant Ivory films and then make Disney Tim Burton garbage, where she plays the same character each time. I adore her in A Room with a View, Howard's End, Wings of the Dove, and Fight Club. She can do exquisite work, but chooses not to with trash like Alice in Wonderland. I don't know that The Academy necessarily respects that. At least when Meryl Streep does a mediocre or bad performance it's usually because she's trying something new and different. (Think Mary Poppins, Into the Woods, etc.) Helena Bonham Carter repeatedly rehashes the same darker Tim Burton-y characters over and over, and it's incredibly boring. The Academy clearly doesn't like that she could have been a Bette Davis for our time, but chose to make emo mall goth movies instead. (Which isn't to say I don't like a darker performance, but once you've done a character like Marla, top it, or move on to something different. Most of the Tim Burton/Disney/Harry Potter characters frankly feel like watered down, less complex Marla, and it's sad because she's shown she can do better.)

[@bluevol1976]

HBC is a master of the period piece. She is always amazing and always looks great in her costumes.

[@christianzafiroglu6705]

I think Bonham Cárter has been playing the “Kooky weirdo dressed in black” too many times to get the recognition she deserves. For every Wings of the Dove or Room With A View, she’s doing Bellatrix or basically the same thing in every damn Tim Burton movie. Even her role in The Crown played up her strange outsider persona. It gets old very fast. I think if she did a straight comedy that sent up her wierdo roles and moved on to different roles it would help her.

[@singstreetcar5881]

Yes, she plays the same type of characters

[@jeremyw.4280]

​​@@singstreetcar5881No, she doesn't. You need to watch more movies. Her character in The Wings of the Dove was nothing like any Burton movies. In fact, the first time she played such a character was Marla Singer.

[@HuntingViolets]

I remember reading an article by, I think, William Goldman, who wrote that he would be upset if one of those Brits won over Helen Hunt, who he feared would lose because of a kind of snobbery where people thought British acting was superior.

[@cadillacdeville5828]

She's a pretty lady as well.. some of her roles are so quirky that it overlooks it.

[@jeremyw.4280]

Yeah, she is. She was in People's Magazine's List of 50 most beautiful faces of 1992, and the newspapers dragged her for it because Emma Thompson and Vanessa Redgrave were nominated for awards for Howard's End and she only got that. Personally I found her performance way better than Thompson's.

[@Effective_tool_of_Satan]

She doesn't need any oscar. Oscars on the other side need her.

[@nik1987o]

I would love to see a video, and I don't don't even know if this is a good idea, about actors who went after big awards, never got them and and then just gave up. like... still acting, bot more like... having fun and not chasing anything anymore. pretty sure many actors just found inner peace with this decision.

[@loraglick5745]

If she wants an Oscar, she may have to produce a film with an award winning performance in it for herself - like Charlize Theron did with Monster

[@calvinkhumalo9780]

What category (at 15:06) had Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman, and Jessica Alba? Was it a skit or something?

[@singstreetcar5881]

A room with a view Howard's end The remains of day I always mix these films up

[@kellie-nd1yp]

She should have been nominated for playing Mrs Lovett .

[@laurajones1773]

I agree. I think it’s one of her best performances. I think Alan Rickman deserves a nod as Judge Turpin from that same film too. Shame he never had a single Oscar nomination.

[@kellie-nd1yp]

@@laurajones1773 .Yes they both hould have been nominated.

[@genevieveweston671]

I also loved her supporting role in the film Getting it right. I

[@jeremyhood9475]

Please! Please, do one of these for Laura Linney 3 nominations no win.

[@mactodd36]

David Fincher films rarely get the respect they deserve when they are released, so yes her brilliant turn in Fight Club would go unrecognized. But, as you said, when you think of Sweeney Todd, in all its incarnations, what actor/role immediately comes to mind? Why its Angela Lansbury as Mrs Lovett. Every incarnation and revival of Sweeney is almost always considered a two-hander and you don't nominate one without the other, the roles are so intertwined. So yes, for Johnny to get nommed but her omission was very sad and telling. I think the Academy looks at her much as they do Judy Davis, maybe she;s "difficult" or just such a natural talent, or just doesn't give a crap like they all so desperately do. If Helena had been delivering these roles in the 1960's and early 70's, she would likely have won an Oscar by now.

[@branagain]

You didn’t mention that she broke up the marriage of Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson.

[@HuntingViolets]

I think Branagh had something to do with that.

[@jeremyw.4280]

Why is that relevant?

[@weomeow26]

I was shocked when I learned that she still doesn't have an Oscar. A shame!

[@yiannoulakyriakoudis62]

Sheis the best, i love her❤

[@shadrach6299]

I loved her in The Fight Club

[@אביצאלי-כ8ז]

Can you please do one for Johnny depp or ryan gosling one day?

[@Fantastic_Beasts2025]

She is overdue

[@revive_memes275]

Marla is my favorite character she’s ever played.

[@paulvoorhies8821]

She was never getting in for Sweeney Todd. The closest she came to an Oscar nomination without getting one was easily Howard’s End. EW called Linney’s inclusion as the “5th nominee” that year, as did I. Big red pillow.

[@DrtyALGreen]

It's nuts that her bravery has never been rewarded. She's a chameleon and amazing.

[@lindas.martin2806]

As good as it gets was ok, amusing, good acting and in completely in a different category than the other nominees. Judy Dench was the best in my opinion. Carter is just enough off center to stop judges from voting her to win, in my mind that makes her a plus, a wonderful, unique, quirky, intelligent actress. They ought to give her her own Oscar for being her and her contributions to cinema.

[@thomaszanzal7846]

In her speech when winning as a mother she told her children on national TV ---- ""it is not about the winning"". But if her children have a father he will tell them it IS about the winning. And that is why children need both a mother and father present in their life.

[@HuntingViolets]

Their father is Tim Burton.

[@thomaszanzal7846]

Well there you go , a sucessfull ""winning"" director through and through.@@HuntingViolets

[@jjphoenix4055]

She works non-stop and she's great at most roles, so who needs an oscar by now. The oscars are disgraced for the last 10 years and there's no prestige whatsoever on winning that wokish statuette anymore. That's the reason why Hollywoke is burning to ashes. She's smart enough to walk the fine line between tv and movies and us and uk. She doesn't need any oscar at all.

[@butitsgoogleimages8303]

i see HBC and i click

[@travisr82]

Bonham- Carter ! That’s a very well brought up hyphen

[@HuntingViolets]

I didn't think she used a hyphen.

[@martijnkeisers5900]

Who needs an Oscar if ur Helena Bonham Carter?!

[@EddieReischl]

I have a multi-movie DVD with her in a movie "A Hazard of Hearts" from 1987, with Diana Rigg and others. Her and Rigg make the movie watchable. Sometimes I wonder if her not winning is because she's too attractive.

[@jeremyw.4280]

Yeah, it's definitely possible. Lots of beautiful actresses don't get Oscar noms even if they're great. When Howard's End came out, Emma Thompson and Vanessa Redgrave got Oscar nominations whereas Helena only got featured among 50 Most Beautiful Faces of 1992, even though I found Helena's performance much better and more dynamic than Thompson's.

[@ivanrodriguez-zamudio238]

You forgot to mention Emmy awards which she got only one in the International Emmy Awards

[@singstreetcar5881]

Why wasnt melissa leo nominated for the bafta?

[@knightterror2826]

As much as I loved Melissa Leo in The Fighter, I would have given the Oscar to Helena that year.