The first ACTRESS to make the list is the delightful Helena Bonham Carter!
Any Harry Potter fan (that is, anyone who is truly living) would know H.B. Carter as the iconic and EVIL Bellatrix Lestrange; she employs every ounce of her creepy persona for this character... can't name an actress that would give a creepier or more compelling portrayal. Can't wait for the final instalment where she ...; you can't help but LOVE hating Bellatrix and that's why you can't help but LOVE H.B.Carter. Maybe her Oscar luck will change with the final instalment? No? C'mon OSCAR VOTERS!
If you're someone who knows what the cinema IS, then THE KING'S SPEECH is no stranger to you. This film is brilliant in every way that a film should be brilliant, which is why it's absolutely inspiring without being too sentimental. H.B. Carter gives another inspired performance as Queen Elizabeth; Carter is a 'natural royal' (being an 'acting royalty' herself) and her dignified grace is seen in this illustration of an intelligent and assertive queen. Her subtle sense of desperation [to cure her husband's stammer] is simply tear-jerking... and how charming is she when she utters "It's 'Your Majesty' the first time. After that, it's 'ma'am', as in 'ham'. Not 'ma'am' as in 'palm' ". She was OF COURSE nominated for countless awards, including an Oscar nomination (her second)... I'm glad that [at least] she sccoped the BAFTA!
Alice In Wonderland. There's really NO NEED for elaboration... 'EVERYONE' has seen this visual spectacle. Sure, it isn't WOW script wise, but the cast truly saves it and H.B. Carter steals some of the spotlight as the BIG HEAD queen. Her strange and original 'take' on this arrogant and cruel red-head STANDS ON ITS OWN and everyone has seen it... so I rest my case
Sweeney Todd. Yes, in some ways, this is my favourite H.B. Carter performance. Why? HUNGER, HUNGER, HUNGER! The film IS GREAT, don't let the narrative-telling (rather than beautifully melodic) singing repulse you... the film is gothic and appropriately tragic (not to mention, a visual sepectacle). Carter is Mrs. Lovett... I'm sure you all know she's the pie-maker with the special ingredient HUMAN MEAT! Oh yes, and she's blindly in love. Some might call her selfish and stupid, but I can't. There's this sense of hunger for love, for happiness... for a 'picket fence' fantasy (that almost comes true) in her beady black eyes, and you can't help but pity 'this villain', and this truly marks Carter as one of the 'GREATS'!
Of course, her other Oscar nomination was for 'The Wings Of The Dove', which I will watch once I get my hands on the DVD. Her quirky performance in FIGHT CLUB is also quite riveting, but the four 'profiled' performances has 'MORE THAN' QUALIFIED her for this list. It's not that I think that EVERY ONE of those performances should have won her an Oscar; just, they were all excellent. She's quirky. She's witty. She's a versatile actress. So in case I haven't made it clear... I LOVE HELENA BONHAM CARTER, and I don't know why she's OSCAR-less!
P.S. Please comment and nominate actors/actresses YOU want to see on this list!
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