Though typecast as aristocratic heroines in solemn period films in the early part of her career, London-born actress Helena Bonham Carter struggled hard to prove her range and break free of her corseted mold. She gained notoriety as the leading ingénue in a few Merchant-Ivory productions, including “A Room With a View” (1986) and “Howards End” (1992), quickly developing into the quintessential Edwardian heroine. Less demure off-screen, however, Bonham Carter began appearing in more mainstream work after the 1990s, hooking up with commercially viable, but artistically respected filmmakers