Game da yarinyar mataccen shahararren marubucin nan gaba, ba musamman ba shi da tsabta, saboda mahaifiyarta ta sha wahala daga rikice-rikice. Shekaru biyar da mahaifiyarta ta sami raunin hankali, bayan haka ba ta iya farfadowa ba game da shekaru uku, kuma a lokacin da yake da shekaru 13 dan uwan Helen ya kurme kuma ya warkar da shi, an yi aiki da ya haifar da bugun jini, bayan haka ya zama nakasa kuma zai iya motsa kawai a kan keken hannu.
Don taimaka wa dangi, Carter ya tafi makarantar sakandare na Ingila kuma ya fara taimaka wa iyalin. A lokacin shekaru uku, yarinya ta taimaki iyayensa. Ƙaunar wasan kwaikwayo da kuma fina-finai a Helena sun bayyana bayan kallon fim din "Maƙwabcin Faransa". Ta fara aiki ta fara zuwa kowane nau'i na wasan kwaikwayon kuma ta shiga cikin simintin gyare-gyare daban-daban.
A shekara ta 1979 ta sami lambar yabo na kundin waƙa a cikin jama'a kuma a kan kudin da aka karɓa ta farko ta sanya kanta a matsayin kundin tsarin sana'a wanda ta ci gaba da yin wasa. Babbar fim dinsa ta farko ita ce rawa a cikin fim din "The Model of Roses," kafin ta fara bugawa a cikin wani nau'i mai suna "Where Dreams Die". Sai ta ci gaba da harbi a fim din, kuma fim na farko da Carter ya buga da aka zaba don Oscar, shine fim "A Room with a View" (1985). Tabbatar shine gaskiyar matsayin Carter na kwanan nan, wadda ta kawo ta da mashahuriyar duniya, ta bambanta da ta farko.
A matsayinta ta farko ta kyautar ta an ba ta sunayen sarauta kamar "Sarauniya na Corsets" da "The English Rose".
Don sanar da ita ta basirar, Helenawa ta koma Amurka kuma a nan an haifi sabon fim ɗin. Matsayinta kamar Marla Singer a cikin fim din "Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar" ta kasance abin tunawa ga mai kallon kuma na dogon lokaci da ta haɗu da wannan aikin.
Daga nan sai ya bi jerin fina-finai irin su: "Rayuwa daga Baghdad" "Henry VIII", "Charlie da Chocolate Factory", "Big Fish", "Sweeney Todd, Demon Barber na Fleet Street", "Harry Potter (5, 6) , 7), "Alice a Wonderland" da sauransu.
Ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan mafi girma a cikin mace ita ce rawa a fim din "Sarki ya ce!".
Ya kamata a lura cewa kafin motsi zuwa Amurka, an fi yawanta shi a matsayi na mata daga karni na karshe, amma wannan bai hana ta daga samun lakabi na gaba ba: sunan shugaban kwamandan umarni na Birtaniya, da masu gabatar da fina-finai na London da kuma kyautar kyautar kyauta ta Birtaniya, BAFTA.
A shekara ta 2001, ɗan Ingila ya fara haɗin gwiwar tare da darekta Tim Burton, nan da nan suka fara zama tare. Hakan ya faru ne a lokacin yin fim a cikin fim din "Planet of the Apes", ya kamata a lura da cewa Tim ya yi kullun a wannan jaririn Gothic, amma sha'awarsa ta yi ƙoƙarin ƙoƙarin hana duk litattafan su, ko da shi ya sa shi don alimony (Burton da na biyu ƙauna Lisa Maryamu ta kasance a cikin auren shekaru kimanin shekaru 10).
Lisa Maryamu ta rinjayi aikin mai shahararren marubuta, kuma har tsawon lokaci ya kasance da abin da ya yi, a 1992 sun shiga, amma ba su yi aure ba kuma sun zauna tare har zuwa shekara ta 2001 tare. Wannan mace ta zama dan rawa mai tsalle, mai samfurin, mai zane-zane, kuma daga bisani ya sake cancanta ga dan wasan kwaikwayo. Mutane da yawa masu ba da labari sun raba aikin Burton a cikin lokaci biyu, wannan lokacin da ake kira Lisa Maryamu da kuma halin yanzu Helena Bonham Carter.
Bayan ganawa da Berton Helen, kamar yadda suka ce, ya zauna a ƙasa, ba ta so ya nemi wani abu a gefe, sai ta bukaci dangi kuma ta same ta a fuskar darektan.
A shekarar 2003, an haifi ma'aurata Billy Raymond, wanda Johnny Depp ya yi masa baftisma.
Bayan haihuwar ɗan farin, Tim ya sayi wani gida a London, wanda yake kusa da gidan Carter. Kowace ma'aurata suna zaune a gidansu, suna girmama junansu. Billy Ray ya fara buga fim din "Charlie da Chocolate Factory", ko da yake aikinsa yana kwance a cikin keken hannu kuma tun daga nan sai ya zuga a fina-finai na wani sanannen marubuci daga lokaci zuwa lokaci.
A shekara ta 2007, an haifi 'yar'uwarta kuma kusan wata takwas ba ta tallata sunansa ba, amma a karshen an yanke shawarar kira ta Nell. Bayan haihuwar yara, Tim da Helen sun yanke shawarar cewa ba za su sake zama a kasashen biyu ba kuma za su yanke shawara a kan wata ƙasa don rayuwa, kuma tun da Burton ya yi mafarki daga London, kuma Helen daga wurin, sun yanke shawarar zama na har abada a wannan birni.
A yau, ma'aurata suna rayuwa tare a gidaje biyu, ɗayan babban haɗin ginin, kuma ba su kafa dangantakar su ba, duk da cewa suna da yara biyu.
Daga bisani kuma, paparazzi ya kama Tim yayin da yake sumbace wani wanda ba a sani ba, kuma mutane da yawa suna cewa mafi yawan ma'aurata sun rabu, amma darektan kansa da matarsa ba su yi sharhi kan wannan hoton ba (yana da talauci, har ma Carter ya ce, cewa a wannan rana Tim ya kasance a cikin karamar dangi da kuma abokan da ke kusa, don haka babu wani cin amana kuma ba zai kasance ba).
A farkon Oktoba na wannan shekara, Tim da Helena sun hadu da wani abu na duniya, kamar yadda suke riƙe da hannayensu da kuma sanar da duniya cewa sun kasance tare, don haka tarihin ya ci gaba, da haukacin birni, kamar yadda suke kira Carter, da kuma labarinta.