Helen McCrory Biography – Helen McCrory Wiki
Helen McCrory was an English actress. When she completed her studies at the Drama Centre London, her first appearance on stage was in The Importance of Being Earnest in 1990. Her other roles on stage were playing Lady Macbeth in Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe, Olivia in Twelfth Night, and Rosalind in As You Like It in the West End. She acted as Cherie Blair in both The Queen and The Special Relationship. She also portrayed Françoise in the film Charlotte Gray, Narcissa Malfoy in the final three Harry Potter films, Mama Jeanne in Martin Scorsese’s family film Hugo, Clair Dowar in the James Bond film Skyfall, Polly Gray in Peaky Blinders, Emma Banville in Fearless, and Kathryn Villiers in MotherFatherSon among others.
She was the winner of the Third Prize at the Ian Charleson Awards for her 1993 performance as Rose Trelawny in Trelawny of the ‘Wells’ at the National Theatre. In 2002, she was nominated for a London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress. She was later nominated for a 2006 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for her role as Rosalind in As You Like It in the West End. In April 2008, she made a “compelling” Rebecca West in a production of Ibsen’s Rosmersholm at the Almeida Theatre, London.
She appeared in a modernized television adaptation of Frankenstein. Her first pregnancy forced her to pull out of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, in which she had been cast as Bellatrix Lestrange. She was later cast as Bellatrix’s sister Narcissa Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, released in July 2009. She reprised her role in the final films, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2; her performance was well-received by fans of the books. She also played the principal villain role of Rosanna Calvierri in the episode “The Vampires of Venice” of the BBC television series Doctor Who. She starred in The Last of the Haussmans at the Royal National Theatre, which started on 12 June 2012. The production was broadcast to cinemas around the world on 11 October 2012 through the National Theatre Live program.
In 2013, she narrated poetry for The Love Book App, an interactive anthology of love literature developed by Allie Byrne Esiri. Again in 2013, she played Lady Macbeth in Macbeth at the Little Angel Theatre. The same year, she started playing Polly Gray in Peaky Blinders. In 2014, she played the title role in the National Theatre’s production of Medea, directed by Carrie Cracknell. Also in 2014, she made a cameo appearance on the TV series Penny Dreadful. She returned as a regular for the show’s second season, playing the main antagonist. In August 2016, she was confirmed to play Emma Banville in the ITV drama series Fearless, which began airing in June 2017. She studied at Queenswood School near Hatfield, Hertfordshire, and then spent a year living in Italy. Upon her return to Britain, she started studying acting at the Drama Centre in London.
She served as an honorary patron of the London children’s charity Scene & Heard. During the COVID-19 pandemic, with her husband, they supported Feed NHS, a program to give food from high street restaurants to NHS staff, and had raised £1 million for the charity by early April of that year. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to drama.
Helen McCrory Age
She was born on August 17, 1968 in Paddington, London, United Kingdom and passed on on April 16, 2021 in London, England. She was 52 years at the time of her death.
Helen McCrory Husband
On July 4, 2007, she married her husband, actor Damian Lewis and became parents of two children. They had two homes, the main home was in Tufnell Park, North London and a second near Sudbury in Suffolk. She is succeeded by her husband and ther two offsprings.
Helen McCrory Children
She had two children, a daughter Manon McCrory-Lewis, and a son Gulliver Lewis.
Helen McCrory Family
She hailed from Paddington in London. She was the daughter of Ann, a Welsh and her father, Iain McCrory, is a diplomat from Glasgow they married in 1974. She was the eldest of three children.
Helen McCrory Death
She passed on from cancer at her home in London on Friday, April 16, 2021, at age 52. Announcing the death on Twitter, her husband Lewis said that she died “peacefully at home, surrounded by a wave of love from friends and family”.
Fellow actor Matt Lucas paid tribute to McCrory in a post. He wrote, ” Helen McCrory will be remembered not just for her remarkable stage and screen performances, but also for her selflessness and generosity. She and Damian were the motor driving FeedNHS, working tirelessly during the pandemic to raise millions for others. What a tremendous loss.”
Helen McCrory Cause of Death
She died from cancer while at home.
Helen McCrory Height
She was of moderate height and had a listed height of 1.63 metres tall.
Helen McCrory Net Worth
Helen McCrory’s had an estimated net worth of $25 million.
