Since launching into the spotlight in the 1985 film A Room with a View, Helena Bonham Carter has gone on to lead a memorable acting career full of iconic roles.

Between The Crown, Sweeney Todd, Fight Club, the Harry Potter franchise and Ocean's 8, her film career has no shortage of iconic performances.

Her latest work is a starring role in the new film Four Letters of Love, alongside Gabriel Byrne and Pierce Brosnan.

She says the variety of roles she's taken on has been 'extraordinary'. 

"There's been a lot of moving things, it's not been boring...I just did whatever was new."

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