Netflix's 'The House': 5 things you didn't know about Helena Bonham Carter

'The House' comes with a stellar cast, including the likes of Mia Goth, Matthew Goode and more
UPDATED JAN 14, 2022
Helena Bonham Carter seen attending 'A Poet for Every Day of the Year' photocall at Daunts Books (Photo by Ricky Vigil/Getty Images)
Helena Bonham Carter seen attending 'A Poet for Every Day of the Year' photocall at Daunts Books (Photo by Ricky Vigil/Getty Images)

Categorized as a 'dark comedy', Netflix's 'The House' is a stop motion anthology that tells the story of three different individuals who live under the same roof and make it their own. 'The House' is directed by Emma de Swaef and Marc Roels, Niki Lindroth von Bahr and Paloma Baeza and comes armed with quite a stellar cast.

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Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter is an award-winning actress having won awards such as -- British Academy Film Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Academy Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, nine Golden Globe Awards, and five Primetime Emmy Awards.She was born in Islington, London to Raymond Bonham Carter and Elena (née Propper de Callejón). Her father was a merchant banker, while her mother was a psychotherapist.

From her maternal side of the family, she is related to Spanish diplomat Eduardo Propper de Callejón and painter Baroness Hélène Fould-Springer, while her paternal grandmother was a politician and feminist Violet Bonham Carter. Bonham Carter has no formal acting training and made her professional acting debut in a television commercial at the age of 16.

Some of her recent works include 'The Cleaner', 'Clown', 'The Crown', 'Enola Holmes', 'Cinema Quarantino: Das Fone Hell', 'Dragonheart Vengeance', 'The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance', 'Black Ops 4: Dead of the Night', 'Ocean's Eight' and 'Sgt. Stubby: An American Her'. However, she is more popularly known for her role as Bellatrix Lestrange in the 'Harry Potter' movie series. 

Actress Helena Bonham Carter attends the "55 Steps" premiere during the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Mia Goth

Mia Goth is an actress, whose works include 'The Staggering Girl', 'High Life', 'Suspiria', 'Marrowbone', 'A Cure for Wellness', 'Wallander', 'Everest', 'The Survivalist', 'Magpie', 'Nymphomaniac: Vol. II' and 'The Tunnel'.

Mia Goth at Vogue and Focus Features Celebrate Emma. at Chateau Marmont (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Vogue and Focus Features)

Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Cocker is an actor, composer and a director. His works include 'The French Dispatch', 'Chilly Gonzales: Snow is Falling in Manhattan - feat Jarvis Cocker and Feist', 'Hot Chip feat. Jarvis Cocker: Straight to the Morning', 'Feist feat. Jarvis Cocker: Century', 'Wave', 'Sneezy on the Mic', 'Zebra Face: Cloud Trouble', 'Wakefield' and 'Fantastic Mr. Fox'.



 

Susan Wokoma

Susan Wokoma is an actress and a writer. Her works include 'Rules of the Game', 'Toast of Tinseltown', 'Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas', 'Whistle Through the Shamrocks', 'A Response to Your Message', 'Truth Seekers', 'Enola Holmes', 'Night Bus', 'The Ghost and the House of Truth', 'Dark Money' and 'Year of the Rabbit'.



 

Mathew Goode

Mathew Goode is an actor. His works include 'A Discovery of Witches', 'The King's Man', 'The Colour Room', 'Silent Night', 'The Duke', 'Four Kids and It', 'Downton Abbey', 'Official Secrets', 'Ordeal by Innocence', 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society', 'Birthmarked' and 'The Crown'.

Claudia Blakely

Claudia Blakely is an actress, whose works include 'Manhunt', 'Boris Says', 'Do No Harm', 'Flesh and Blood', 'The Kid Who Would Be King', 'Grantchester', 'Midsomer Murders', 'Call the Midwife', 'Silent Witness', 'The Driver' and 'What Remains'.



 

Sven Wolter

Sven Wolter was a Swedish actor and writer. His works include -- Mäklarna', 'Quicksand', 'Videoman', 'Sunny Side', 'Odd & Maud', 'Nøgle hus spejl', 'Hotet från yttre rymden', 'Samlaren', 'Flicker', 'Georg & Lydia' and 'Änglagård - Tredje gången gillt'. Wolter passed away in 2020. 

Yvonne Lombard

Yvonne Lombard is an actress whose works include 'Alla Hästar Hemma', 'Maria Wern', 'Springfloden', 'Jordskott', 'Syrror', 'Guds tre flickor', 'Oskyldigt dömd', 'Guidance', 'Järnets änglar' and 'Welcome to Verona'.

Paul Kaye

Paul Kaye is an actor, whose works include 'Vera', 'Beforeigners', 'Worzel Gummidge', 'Sliced', 'Tollbooth', 'Creation Stories', 'The Watch' and 'The Third Day'.

Paul Kaye attends the "I Am Kirsty" preview during the BFI & Radio Times Television Festival 2019 (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

Will Sharpe

Will Sharpe is an actor whose works include 'Defending the Guilty', 'Giri/Haji', 'Flowers', 'W1A', 'The Darkest Universe', 'Babylon' and 'The Life of Rock with Brian Pern'.

Director Will Sharpe attends the "Landscapers" UK Premiere at Queen Elizabeth Hall (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)

Mark Heap

Mark Heap is an actor and a writer, known for his works such as 'Friday Night Dinner', 'The Trouble with Maggie Cole', 'Intelligence', 'Urban Myths', 'Queens of Mystery', 'The Midnight Gang', 'Upstart Crow' and 'Zapped'.

'The House' premieres on January 14th, 2022, on Netflix. 

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