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TIFF’s Leading Ladies: 14 Names You Need To Know

The women to watch at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival

Christian Allaire

TIFF’s Leading Ladies: 14 Names You Need To Know
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TIFF’s Leading Ladies: Helena Bonham Carter

HELENA BONHAM CARTER

Great Expectations




Helena Bonham Carter is no stranger to roles inspired by classic literature: take Elizabeth Lavenza in Frankenstein, the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland, and Hamlet’s Ophelia. Now the actress is starring as Miss Havisham, a wealthy (and creepy) abandoned bride, in Mike Newell’s Great Expectations.