No stranger to the big or small screen, English actress Bonham Carter has been revered for her work in Fight Club, Harry Potter, Ocean’s Eight, and The King’s Speech - which earned her an Academy Award nomination. Enola’s sleuthing skills rival Sherlock’s and leads to her solving numerous missing person cases while eluding her brothers’ efforts to recapture her. Beginning with The Case of the Missing Marquess, Enola is distressed by her mother’s disappearance and escapes her home when Sherlock and Mycroft plan to send her to boarding school. Recently, it was announced that Stranger Things star, Millie Bobby Brown has been tapped to play Enola.īorrowing characters and settings from the canon of Sherlock Holmes, the Enola Holmes series centers on Enola, who calls upon her elder brother’s help after ascertaining that their mother has vanished. Penned by Nancy Springer, the young adult novels spanned six volumes and follows Enola Holmes, the fourteen-year-old sister of established detective Sherlock Holmes. Legendary’s adaptation of Enola Holmes has cast Helena Bonham Carter.
