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Helena Bonham Carter
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Miami Vice Character
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Born
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May 26, 1966, London, England
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Active
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1983-present
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Partner
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Tim Burton (2001-present), two children
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Helena Bonham Carter, CBE (born May 26, 1966, London, England) is an English actress who appeared as Dr. Theresa Lyons, a drug-addicted ER physician who falls in love with James "Sonny" Crockett in the episodes "Duty and Honor" and "Theresa" of the series Miami Vice.
Career
Bonham Carter began her career in a obscure 1983 TV film A Pattern of Roses, most of her other TV credits were for UK shows. Her movie credits are extensive, including A Room with a View, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, The Wings of the Dove (for which Bonham Carter was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar), Fight Club (with Meat Loaf and Zach Grenier), Planet of the Apes (with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, her first collaboration with Tim Burton), Big Fish (with Steve Buscemi), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wonderland, and as Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter series starting with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Bonham Carter was nominated for her second Oscar (Best Supporting Actress) for her role in the 2010 movie The King's Speech.
Personal Life
Bonham Carter was involved with actor Kenneth Branagh (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and The Theory of Flight) from 1994-1999, after which she began a long-term relationship with director Tim Burton, whom she met while filming Planet of the Apes in 2001. They have two children; Billy Raymond (born 2003) and Nell (born 2007). In 2012 Queen Elizabeth II made Bonham Carter a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for her acting career.