{{short description|English actress (born 1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Helena Barlow | image = | caption = | birth_name = Helena Josephine Barlow | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|9|5}} | birth_place = [[Lambeth, London]], England | alma_mater = {{Plainlist| * [[University of Leeds]] * [[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]] }} | years_active = 2009–present | occupation = Actress |}}
'''Helena Josephine Barlow''' (born 5 September 1998) is an English actress. She began her career as a child actress, playing [[Rose Granger-Weasley]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]'' (2011). The following year, she starred as young Estella in [[Mike Newell (director)|Mike Newell]]'s ''[[Great Expectations (2012 film)|Great Expectations]]''.
==Early life== Barlow was born in [[Lambeth]] and has two sisters and a brother. She attended [[Alleyn's School]]. She went on to graduate with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in English Literature from the [[University of Leeds]] in 2020 and a [[Master of Arts]] in Acting for Screen from the [[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]] in 2021. She also took a summer course at [[RADA]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cssd.ac.uk/student-profiles/helena-barlow|title=Helena Barlow|website=CSSD|accessdate=20 October 2021}}</ref>
==Career== Barlow began her career on the small British stage in 2009, where she appeared in a bit part in ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' for the English Youth Ballet and later participated in the opening number for the Michael Croft Theatre, a host to a variety of school productions, including the [[Alleyn's School|Alleyn's Junior School]], which Barlow attended in 2010.<ref name="ref 1">[http://unitedagents.co.uk/helena-barlow Helena Barlow United Agents Résumé.] ''United Agents.co.uk.'' Retrieved 16 May 2014.</ref> Her first leading role was [[Wendy Darling]] for the Alleyn's Junior School Year Six production of ''[[Works based on Peter Pan|Peter Pan]]'', adapted by Maggi Law. Like many of the school's productions, it too was performed in the Michael Croft Theatre.<ref name="ref 1"/><ref>[http://www.alleyns.org.uk/alleyn/Lent%201110.pdf School News: Peter Pan.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319145050/http://www.alleyns.org.uk/alleyn/Lent%201110.pdf |date=19 March 2016 }} ''Alleyn's Junior School Newsletter''. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2013.</ref>
Her most notable role came in 2011 when it was announced in June that she had been cast as [[Rose Granger-Weasley]]—oldest child of [[Hermione Granger]] and [[Ron Weasley]] in the commercially successful ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]].'' At the age of 12, this was her first professional film credit.<ref name="ref 2">[http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2011/6/15/actress-helena-barlow-cast-as-rose-weasley-in-deathly-hallows-part-2 Actress Helena Barlow Cast as Rose Weasley in "Deathly Hallows – Part 2".] ''The Leaky Cauldron''. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/young-actress-helena-barlow-cast-as-rose-weasley-in-deathly-hallows-part-ii-epilogue-82194/ Young actress Helena Barlow cast as Rose Weasley in Deathly Hallows – Part 2 epilogue.] ''SnitchSeeker''. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2014.</ref>
She went on to appear the same year in ''[[Horrid Henry: The Movie]]'', an adaptation of Francesca Simon's children's book series of the same name and in 2012, in [[Mike Newell (director)|Mike Newell]]'s adaptation of Charles Dickens' ''[[Great Expectations (2012 film)|Great Expectations]]'' as the younger version of Estella Havisham played by [[Holliday Grainger]] as an adult, respectively. She appeared alongside ''Harry Potter'' alums [[Helena Bonham Carter]], [[Ralph Fiennes]], [[Robbie Coltrane]] and [[Jessie Cave]].
In 2013, her project is ''Harriet and the Matches'' in the titular role, a five-minute short film directed by Miranda Howard-Williams and written by Heinrich Hoffmann. According to the official site synopsis, the film is an adaptation of "a traditional German fairy tale" and "is a dark cautionary tale about a lonely little girl."<ref>[http://mirandahowardwilliams.com/Harriet.html Info for 'Harriet and the Matches'.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518172059/http://mirandahowardwilliams.com/Harriet.html |date=18 May 2014 }} ''Miranda Howard-Williams Official Site.'' Retrieved 16 May 2014.</ref>
Her latest project is ''ITILY: I Think I Love You'' a thirteen-minutes short film directed and written by Agnes Fernandes. The film is a summer romance between an English bus driver and a young architect brightens up the morning commute of his hilarious passengers and leads to the driver taking his double decker all the way to Rome to prove himself deserving of her love. <ref>[https://cinando.com/en/Film/i_think_i_love_you_123333/Detail Info for 'ITILY: I Think I Love You'.] ''Cinando Official Site - IMIGICOM 3.'' Retrieved 25 February 2019.</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !Notes |- |rowspan=2| 2011 || ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]'' || Rose Granger-Weasley | |- | ''[[Horrid Henry: The Movie]]'' || Sour Susan | |- | 2012 || ''[[Great Expectations (2012 film)|Great Expectations]]'' || Young [[Estella (Great Expectations)|Estella Havisham]] | |- |2013 |''Harriet and the Matches'' |Harriet | rowspan="2" |Short film |- |2019 |''ITILY: I Think I Love You'' |Mia |}
===Theatre=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- |rowspan=2| 2009 || ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' || Ensemble dancer || English Youth Ballet |- | Opening of Michael Croft Theatre || Schoolgirl || Dir. Edward Alleyn<br />[https://web.archive.org/web/20140531021227/http://www.michaelcrofttheatre.org.uk/ Michael Croft Theatre]/[[Alleyn's School|Alleyn's Junior School]] |- | 2010 || ''[[Works based on Peter Pan#Stage|Peter Pan]]'' || [[Wendy Darling]] || Alleyn's Junior School |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|4510373|Helena Barlow}}
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