• Nell Burton is the daughter of famous American movie director Timothy Walter 'Tim' Burton and British actress Helena Bonham Carter.
• She is 14 years old, 5ft 2ins (1.6m) and her net worth is estimated to be over $5,000.
• Her father Tim has directed more than 40 movies and TV series, and has an estimated net worth of over $100 million.
• Her mother Helena has appeared in over 100 movies and TV series, and has won 46 of the 152 awards for which she has been nominated.
• Nell is mostly interested in acting and is taking dancing lessons, and is a big fan of the film industry.
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Who is Nell Burton?
Nell was born in England on 15 December 2007 – her zodiac sign is Sagittarius, and she holds British nationality. She’s an actress already, but she’s probably only widely known for being the daughter of famous American movie director Timothy Walter ‘Tim’ Burton, and British actress Helena Bonham Carter.
Early life and education
Nell was raised in England alongside her older brother William Raymond, born in 2003, by their parents until they split in December 2014; most people believe that Tim and Helena weren’t married, although Helena has said on multiple occasions that they had divorced.
Nell is being raised in England by her mother, and seems to be mostly interested in acting, although she’s also practicing creative writing and is taking dancing lessons. She’s currently attending a private high school, and is playing a couple of sports there, including tennis and volleyball.
Nell should be matriculating in 2025, and most of her parents’ fans believe that she won’t be enrolling at college, but that she’ll pursue acting.
Career as an actress
Nell played Baby at Dock in the critically acclaimed family fantasy adventure movie “Alice in Wonderland”, directed by her father Tim, and which starred Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp and her mother Helena; it follows 19-years-old Alice who has returned to Wonderland, and has learned that it’s her destiny to end the Red Queen’s reign. The movie won 37 awards, including two Oscars for Best Achievement in Costume Design, and Best Achievement in Art Direction, while it was nominated for 63 other awards.
She played Girl at Station in the 2012 fantasy horror comedy movie “Dark Shadows”, directed by her father, and which starred Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Eva Green. It follows the vampire Barnabas Collins who has returned home after years of imprisonment, and the movie won two of the 15 awards for which it was nominated.
Nell’s only other role has been her portrayal of Art Show Kid in the 2014 biographical crime movie “Big Eyes”, directed by her father, and which starred Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz and Danny Huston. It follows the life of painter Margaret Keane, and the movie won three of the 23 awards for which it was nominated, including two BAFTA nominations.
Hobbies and other interests
Nell’s a highly active teenager, and spends the majority of her spare time outdoors, taking long walks with her friends and cycling,
She’s a huge fan of the film industry, and has her own favorite actors and actresses, some of whom are Daniel Radcliffe, Brad Pitt and Emma Watson. A couple of Nell’s favorite movies include the franchise “Harry Potter”, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”.
She’s also a fan of Disney movies, with a couple of her favorites being “How To Train Your Dragon”, “The Lion King” and “Mulan”.
Nell’s passionate about travelling and her parents have taken her to various US states and European countries, while it seems that London, England is her favorite city to live in.
Age, height and net worth
Nell’s age is 14, and has long brown hair and brown eyes, her height is 5ft 2ins (1.6m) and she weighs around 110lbs (50kgs).
As of May 2022, Nell’s net worth stands at over $5,000, while her father Tim’s net worth has been estimated at more than $100 million, and her mother Helena’s at over $60 million.
Who is her father, Tim Burton?
Tim was born in Burbank, California USA on 25 August 1958 – his zodiac sign is Virgo, and he holds American nationality. He’s directed more than 40 movies and TV series, while he’s perhaps still known best for the 1990 romantic fantasy movie “Edward Scissorhands”, which he both wrote and directed.
It starred Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder and Dianne Wiest, and follows an artificial man who has scissors for hands, and who has now been introduced to people for the first time; the movie won nine of the 34 awards for which it was nominated, including an Oscar nomination for Best Makeup.
Tim was raised in Burbank alongside his brother Daniel, by their father William ‘Bill’ Burton who was an amateur baseball player, and their mother Jean Burton (nee Erickson) who ran her own gift shop; William passed away aged 70 in 2000, while Jean died aged 69 in 2002.
Tim was nine when he began shooting short movies in his backyard, while one of his oldest movies “The Island of Doctor Agor” was shot in 1971, when he was 12. He studied at Burbank High School and preferred painting and watching movies over spending time with his peers; Tim matriculated in 1975 and then enrolled at California Institute of the Arts, from which he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 1979.
Later that year, he directed a couple of short movies, including “Doctor of Doom”, “King and Octopus Animation” and “Stalk of the Celery Monster”, while he gained recognition in 1985, with his family adventure comedy film “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure”. It starred Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily and Mark Holton, and follows Pee-wee Herman whose bicycle has just been stolen, while he’s now travelling around the US to get it back; the movie was nominated for two awards.
Nearly all Tim’s following movies were a big success, including the 1988 fantasy comedy “Beetlejuice”, the 1989 action adventure “Batman” and the 1992 action crime fantasy “Batman Returns”. He also directed the 1996 science fiction comedy movie “Mars Attacks!”, and then the 2001 action science fiction adventure movie “Planet of the Apes”.
The 2000s then saw Tim direct the award-winning movies “Big Fish”, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, and “Corpse Bride”, and in 2007 the critically acclaimed musical horror movie “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”. It starred Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, and follows a barber who has been released after having been wrongfully imprisoned for many years, while his mind is now set on revenge; the movie won 35 of the 112 awards for which it was nominated, including an Oscar win for Best Achievement in Art Direction.
A couple of Tim’s most recent works have been on the 2014 biographical crime movie “Big Eyes”, the 2016 adventure family fantasy film “Alice Through the Looking Glass” and the 2019 family fantasy adventure movie “Dumbo”.
Tim has won 27 of the 103 awards for which he’s been nominated, including two Oscar nominations: the first in 2006 for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year, for “Corpse Bride”, and the second in 2013 for Best Animated Feature, for “Frankenweenie”.
Who is her mother Helena Bonham Carter?
Helena was born in London, England on 26 May 1966 – her zodiac sign is Gemini, and she holds British nationality. She’s appeared in more than 100 movies and TV series, while she’s probably still known best for her portrayal of the supporting character Marla Singer in the evergreen 1999 drama movie “Fight Club”. It was directed by David Fincher, starred Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Meat Loaf, and follows an officer worker and a trouble maker who have together formed an underground fight club; the movie won 11 of the 50 awards for which it was nominated, including an Oscar nomination for Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing.
Helena was raised in Islington, London alongside her older brothers Thomas and Edward, by their mother Elena (nee Propper de Callejón) who was a psychotherapist, and their father Raymond Bonham Carter who was a merchant banker.
She studied at South Hampstead High School prior to transferring to Westminster School, from which she matriculated in 1984; Helena then tried to enroll at King’s College, Cambridge but was denied, apparently because the college officials believed that she would eventually quit, wanting to pursue acting.
Her debut film appearance was in the 1983 thriller drama “A Pattern of Roses”, while her debut TV series role was in the 1987 action crime drama “Miami Vice”. Helena gained recognition in 1996, when she played Olivia in the romantic comedy movie “Twelfth Night”, based on William Shakespeare’s gender confusion comedy; the movie won one of the three awards for which it was nominated. She played Jane Hatchard in the 1998 romantic comedy movie “The Theory of Flight”, and in 2003 played the supporting character Jenny in the fantasy adventure movie “Big Fish”.
A couple of Helena’s other notable performances in the 2000s were in the 2004 family adventure comedy film “A Series of Unfortunate Events”, which won an Oscar for Best Achievement in Makeup”, the 2005 romantic comedy movie “Conversations with Other Women”, and the 2009 action family adventure movie “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”.
Most recently, in 2022, Helena voiced Jen in the animated comedy film “The House”, directed by Paloma Baeza, Emma De Swaef and Niki Lindroth von Bahr, and which starred Mia Goth, Matthew Goode and Claudie Blakley. The movie comprises three short films, each of which follows the people who lived in the one house but in different eras.
Helena has won 46 of the 152 awards for which she has been nominated, including two Oscar nominations: the first in 1998, for Best Actress in a Leading Role for “The Wings of the Dove”, and the second in 2011, for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for “The King’s Speech”.
