Ponena za ubwana wa wotchuka wotchuka wotchuka, sizinali zopanda phindu, chifukwa amayi ake anavutika maganizo. Pa zaka zisanu amayi ake adasokonezeka maganizo, pambuyo pake sanathe kuchira kwa zaka pafupifupi zitatu, ndipo ali ndi zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu (13) Bambo ake a Helen anali ogontha komanso kuti amuchiritse, anachitidwa opaleshoni yomwe inachititsa kuti azimva, ndipo kenako sungani pa chikuku.
Kuti athandize banja, Carter anasiya sukulu ku koleji yapamwamba ku England ndipo anayamba kuthandiza banja. Pa zaka zitatu, mtsikanayo anathandiza makolo ake. Chikondi cha zisudzo ndi cinema ku Helena chinawonetseredwa atayang'ana kanema "The French Lieutenant's Woman". Iye anayamba mwakhama kupita ku magulu osiyanasiyana a masewero ndipo nthawi yomweyo ankagwira nawo ntchito zosiyanasiyana.
Mu 1979 adapambana mpikisano wowerengedwa polemba ndakatulo ndipo pa ndalama zoyamba zomwe adazipeza adadzipangira mbiri yapamwamba yomwe adapitiliza kuponyera. Chojambula chake chachikulu chojambula filimu chinali gawo la filimu "Chitsanzo cha Roses," asanayambe kugwira ntchito yolemba pamutu wakuti "Kumene Maloto Amwalira." Kenaka adapitiriza kuwombera mufilimuyo, komanso filimu yoyamba yomwe Carter adajambula nayo ndipo adasankhidwa kukhala Oscar, inali filimuyo "Malo Owona" (1985). Chochititsa chidwi ndi chakuti ntchito za Carter zomwe zakhala zikuchitika posachedwapa, zikusiyana ndi zake zoyamba.
Chifukwa cha ntchito yake yoyamba yolenga anapatsidwa maudindo monga "The Queen of Corsets" ndi "The English Rose".
Pofuna kulengeza luso lake, Helena posakhalitsa anasuntha United States ndipo adali pano kuti filimu yake yatsopano ibadwire. Udindo wake monga Marla Singer mu filimu yotchedwa "Fight Club" inakumbukika kwambiri kwa owona ndipo kwa nthawi yayitali anali kugwirizana ndi ntchitoyi.
Kenaka anatsatira mafilimu angapo monga: "Kukhala ku Baghdad" "Henry VIII", "Charlie ndi Chocolate Factory", "Nsomba Yaikuru", "Sweeney Todd, Demon Barber wa Fleet Street", "Harry Potter (5, 6) , 7), "Alice mu Wonderland" ndi zina zotero.
Imodzi mwa ntchito zodabwitsa kwambiri za mayiyo ndizofunika mu filimuyo "King akuti!".
Tiyenera kudziwa kuti asanasamuke ku US, iye adagonjetsedwa kwambiri ndi maudindo a amayi a zaka zapitazi, koma izi sizinalepheretse kupeza maudindo otsatirawa: mutu wa mkulu wa Order of the British Empire, London Film Critics ndi British Independent Film Award, BAFTA.
Mu 2001, mzimayi wa Chingerezi anayamba kuyanjana ndi Tim Burton, posakhalitsa anayamba kukhala pamodzi. Msonkhano woopsya wa maulamuliro awiri okhwima anachitika pa kujambula mu filimu "Planet of the Apes", ndikuyenera kuzindikira kuti Tim nthawi yomweyo adakalipilira pa princess uyu wa Gothic, koma chilakolako chakecho chinayesa njira iliyonse yotetezera buku lawo, ngakhale adamutsutsa chifukwa cha alimony (Burton ndi wachiwiri kukonda Lisa Mary anakhala m'banja lovomerezeka kwa zaka pafupifupi 10).
Lisa Mary analimbikitsa kwambiri ntchito ya wotchuka wotchuka, ndipo kwa nthawi yaitali anali nyumba yake yosungirako zinthu, mu 1992 iwo anali atagwirana ntchito, koma sanakwatirane ndipo anakhala pamodzi mpaka 2001 pamodzi. Mkazi uyu ndi dancer wojambula, chitsanzo, wojambula, ndipo pambuyo pake akuyenereranso kuti azisintha. Olemba mbiri ambiri amagawana ntchito ya Burton mu nthawi ziwiri, nthawi yotchedwa Lisa Mary komanso nthawi ya Helena Bonham Carter.
Atakumana ndi Berton Helen, monga akunena, atakhala pansi, sanafunenso kufunafuna chinachake pambali, iye ankafuna banja ndipo adampeza pamaso pa wotsogolera.
Mu 2003, banjali anabadwa mwana woyamba kubadwa Billy Raymond, yemwe anabatizidwa ndi Johnny Depp (bwenzi lapamtima la mtsogoleri wamkulu).
Pambuyo kubadwa kwa woyamba kubadwa, Tim adagula nyumba ku London, yomwe ili pafupi ndi nyumba ya Carter. Mwamuna ndi mkazi wake amakhala mnyumba zawo, amalemekezana. Billy Ray anapanga mafilimu ake "Charlie ndi Chocolate Factory", ngakhale kuti udindo wake unali pa njinga ya olumala ndipo kuyambira pamenepo adawala m'mafilimu a bambo wotchuka nthawi ndi nthawi.
Mu 2007, mlongo wake anabadwa ndipo patapita miyezi isanu ndi umodzi sanalengeze dzina lake, koma pamapeto pake anasankhidwa kumutcha Nell. Atabereka ana, Tim ndi Helen adasankha kuti sadzakhalanso m'mayiko awiri ndipo potsiriza adzasankha dziko lawo kuti akhale ndi moyo, ndipo popeza Burton analota kuchokera ku London, ndipo Helen anali ochokera kumeneko, adasankha kukhala mumzinda uno.
Pakalipano, banjali limakhala pamodzi m'mabanja awiri, ogwirizana ndi khomo limodzi lalikulu, ndipo sanakhazikitse mgwirizano wawo, ngakhale kuti ali ndi ana awiri.
Ndipo potsiriza, paparazzi posachedwapa anagwira Tim pamene akupsompsona mafilimu osadziwika ndipo ambiri amanena kuti banja lopanda chigwirizano linali litasweka, koma wotsogolera mwiniwakeyo ndi mkazi wake sanafotokoze zambiri pa chithunzichi (chinali chosowa bwino, ndipo ngakhale Carter anati, kuti tsiku lomwelo Tim anali m'gulu la achibale ndi anzake omwe anali nawo pafupi, kotero kuti panalibe kusakhulupirika ndipo sakanatha kukhala).
Kumayambiriro kwa mwezi wa Oktoba chaka chino, Tim ndi Helena pamodzi adayamba kuchitika, chifukwa nthawi zonse ankanyamula manja ndikudziwitsa anthu kuti ali pamodzi, kotero kuti nkhaniyi imapitirizabe, ndipo mzindawu ndi wopenga, monga amamutcha Carter, ndi wolemba nkhaniyo pamodzi.