Helena Bonhan Carter Plays Sadistic in Harry Potter

Some actors might balk at being cast as an evil witch. Not Helena Bonham Carter. The British actress revels in the role of sadistic sorceress Bellatrix Lestrange -- fanatical follower of evil Lord Voldemort -- in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," the fifth film adapted from J.K. Rowling's wizarding saga.

Bonham Carter blazes her way across the screen in her one big scene -- a dramatic battle between Voldemort's Death Eaters and Harry's ragtag band of friends.

"I had about five lines and I think they cut about three of them," Bonham Carter, 41, told The Associated Press. "So I knew I had to be conspicuous."

Black-clad, wild-haired and cacklingly sadistic, Bellatrix escapes from Azkaban prison to join the resurgent

Helena Bonhan Carter Plays Sadistic in Harry Potter