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Helen McCrory

January 13, 2023

Helen Elizabeth McCrory OBE (17 August 1968 – 16 April 2021) was an English actress. After studying at the Drama Centre London, she made her stage debut in The Importance of Being Earnest in 1990. Other stage roles include playing Lady Macbeth in Macbeth at Shakespeare's Globe, Olivia in Twelfth Night and Rosalind in As You Like It in the West End.

Helen McCrory

OBE
McCrory in 2017
Born
Helen Elizabeth McCrory

(1968-08-17)17 August 1968
Paddington, London, England
Died16 April 2021(2021-04-16) (aged 52)
Tufnell Park, London, England
Alma materDrama Centre London
OccupationActress
Years active1990–2021
Spouse
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(m. 2007)​
Children2

McCrory portrayed Cherie Blair in both The Queen (2006) and The Special Relationship (2010), alongside Michael Sheen who also portrayed husband and Prime Minister Tony Blair in both. She also portrayed Françoise in the film Charlotte Gray (2001), the dark anti-heroine Narcissa Malfoy in the final three Harry Potter films (2009, 2010, 2011), Mama Jeanne in Martin Scorsese's family film Hugo (2011), Clair Dowar in the James Bond film Skyfall (2012), Polly Gray in Peaky Blinders (2013–2019), Emma Banville in Fearless (2017) and Kathryn Villiers in MotherFatherSon (2019).

Early life

McCrory was born on 17 August 1968 in Paddington, London.[1][2] Her mother, Ann (née Morgans), is a Welsh physiotherapist,[3] and her father, Iain McCrory (born 29 March 1940), is a diplomat from Glasgow; they were married in 1968.[4] She was the eldest of three children.[5]

She was educated at Queenswood School near Hatfield, Hertfordshire,[6] then spent a year living in Italy. Upon her return to Britain, she began studying acting at the Drama Centre in London.[7][8]

Career

McCrory won third prize at the Ian Charleson Awards for her 1993 performance as Rose Trelawny in Trelawny of the 'Wells' at the National Theatre.[9] In 2002, she was nominated for a London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress (for playing Elena in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse).[10] 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.[7] In April 2008, McCrory made a "compelling" Rebecca West in a production of Ibsen's Rosmersholm at the Almeida Theatre, London.[11] She appeared in Charles II: The Power and The Passion (2003), as Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine and in supporting roles in such films as Interview with the Vampire (1994), Charlotte Gray (2001), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) and Casanova (2005). In The Queen (2006), she played Cherie Blair, a role she reprised in Peter Morgan's follow-up The Special Relationship (2010).[7][8]

 
McCrory speaking at the unveiling of a statue of suffragist Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square, London in 2018

She appeared in a modernised television adaptation of Frankenstein (2007). Her first pregnancy forced her to pull out of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), in which she had been cast as Bellatrix Lestrange (she was replaced by Helena Bonham Carter). McCrory was later cast as Bellatrix's sister Narcissa Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, released in July 2009.[12][13] 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. She also played the principal villain role of Rosanna Calvierri in the 2010 episode "The Vampires of Venice" of the BBC television series Doctor Who.[8]

McCrory starred in The Last of the Haussmans at the Royal National Theatre, which began 12 June 2012. The production was broadcast to cinemas around the world on 11 October 2012 through the National Theatre Live programme.[14] In 2013, McCrory narrated poetry for The Love Book App, an interactive anthology of love literature developed by Allie Byrne Esiri.[15] 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.[8] In 2014, McCrory played the title role in the National Theatre's production of Medea, directed by Carrie Cracknell. Also in 2014, she made a guest appearance on the TV series Penny Dreadful. She returned as a regular for the show's second season, playing the main antagonist.[7][8] In August 2016, McCrory was confirmed to play Emma Banville in ITV drama series Fearless, which began airing in June 2017.[16]

In 2019, McCrory appeared as Kathryn Villiers in Tom Rob Smith’s MotherFatherSon alongside Richard Gere and Billy Howle.[17] It averaged 2.69 million viewers.[18]

Personal life

 
McCrory and Damian Lewis at the 2013 BAFTA Awards

On 4 July 2007, McCrory married actor Damian Lewis;[19] the couple had a daughter, Manon, and a son, Gulliver.[20] Their main home was in Tufnell Park, North London, and they had another near Sudbury in Suffolk.[21]

McCrory served as an honorary patron of the London children's charity Scene & Heard.[22] During the COVID-19 pandemic, she and her husband supported Feed NHS, a programme to give food from high-street restaurants to NHS staff, and had raised £1 million for the charity by early April 2020.[23]

Honours

McCrory was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to drama.[24]

Death

McCrory died of breast cancer at her home in London on 16 April 2021, aged 52.[25][26][27] Announcing the death on Twitter, husband Damian Lewis stated that she had died "peacefully at home, surrounded by a wave of love from friends and family."[28][29] She had kept her diagnosis private and very few people knew of her illness before her death.[30]

She was filming for season 6 of Peaky Blinders at the time of her death. As she could not complete her scenes, the storyline had to be altered, and the production was forced to reshoot certain parts.[31] Other than Peaky Blinders, her last appearances include the 2016 production of The Deep Blue Sea at the National Theatre, one episode of the show Have I Got News For You in 2019, His Dark Materials in 2020, and the 2020 ITV drama Quiz.[30]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1994 Interview with the Vampire 2nd Mistress [32]
1994 Uncovered Lola [33]
1997 The James Gang Bernadette James [34]
1998 Dad Savage Chris [35]
2000 Hotel Splendide Lorna Bull [36]
2001 Charlotte Gray Francoise [37]
2002 The Count of Monte Cristo Valentina Villefort [25]
2002 Deep Down Dana Short film [38]
2003 Does God Play Football Sarah Ward Short film [39]
2004 Enduring Love Mrs. Logan [40]
2005 Casanova Casanova's Mother [36]
2006 Normal for Norfolk Clare Short film [41]
2006 The Queen Cherie Blair [25]
2007 Becoming Jane Mrs. Radcliffe [36]
2008 Flashbacks of a Fool Peggy Tickell [42]
2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Narcissa Malfoy [28]
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox Mrs. Bean (voice) [43]
2010 4.3.2.1. Mrs. Jones [44]
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Narcissa Malfoy [28]
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 [28]
2011 Hugo Mama Jeanne (Jehanne D'Alcy) [45]
2012 Flying Blind Dr. Frankie Lethbridge [46]
2012 Skyfall Clair Dowar MP [47]
2014 A Little Chaos Madame Françoise Le Nôtre [36]
2015 The Woman in Black: Angel of Death Jean Hogg [36]
2015 Bill Queen Elizabeth I [36]
2016 Their Finest Sophie Smith [48]
2017 Loving Vincent Louise Chevalier (voice) [49]
2021 Charlotte Paula Lindberg-Salomon (voice) Posthumous release [50]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1993 Full Stretch Vicki Goodall Episode: "Risky Business" [51]
1993 Performance Jean Rice Episode: "The Entertainer" [52]
1995 Screen Two Jo Episode: "Streetlife" [51]
1995 Dirty Old Town Claire Television film [53]
1996 The Fragile Heart Nicola Pascoe 3 episodes [44]
1996 Witness Against Hitler Freya von Moltke Television film [44]
1997 Trial & Retribution Anita Harris 2 episodes [54]
1998 Spoonface Steinberg Mother Television film [44]
1998 Stand and Deliver Christina Television special [44]
1999 Split Second Angie Anderson Television film [44]
2000 Anna Karenina Anna Karenina 4 episodes [36]
2000 North Square Rose Fitzgerald 10 episodes [51]
2001 In a Land of Plenty Mary Freeman 3 episodes [44]
2002 The Jury Rose Davies 6 episodes [44]
2002 Dickens Kate Dickens 3 episodes [44]
2002 Dead Gorgeous Antonia Ashton Television film [36]
2003 Lucky Jim Margaret Peel Television film [44]
2003 Carla Carla French Television film [44]
2003 Charles II: The Power and the Passion Lady Castlemaine (Barbara Villiers) 4 episodes [44]
2004 Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking Jenny Vandeleur Television film [44]
2005 Messiah: The Harrowing Dr. Rachel Price 3 episodes [44]
2007 Frankenstein Dr. Victoria Frankenstein Television film [44]
2009 Life Amanda Puryer 5 episodes [55]
2010 Doctor Who Rosanna Calvierri Episode: "The Vampires of Venice" [8]
2010 The Special Relationship Cherie Blair Television film [8]
2011 Phineas and Ferb Lucy Fletcher (voice) Episode: "My Fair Goalie" [56]
2012 We'll Take Manhattan Lady Clare Rendlesham Television film [44]
2012 Leaving Julie Ranmore 3 episodes [44]
2013–2022 Peaky Blinders Polly Gray 30 episodes [36]
2014 Inside No. 9 Tabitha Episode: "The Harrowing" [8]
2014 Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This Mary Kay Television film [57]
2014–2015 Penny Dreadful Evelyn Poole (Madame Kali) 12 episodes [36]
2017 Fearless Emma Banville 6 episodes [5]
2019 MotherFatherSon Kathryn Villiers 8 episodes [52]
2019 Have I Got News for You Herself (host) Episode #58.7 [58]
2019–2020 His Dark Materials Stelmaria (voice) 4 episodes [8]
2020 Quiz Sonia Woodley QC 2 episodes [36]
2020 Roadkill Dawn Ellison Main cast [8]

Stage

Year Title Role Venue(s) Ref.
1990 The Importance of Being Earnest Gwendolen Fairfax Harrogate Theatre [59]
1990 Teechers Gail Saunders Harrogate Theatre [7]
1990 Macbeth Witch Riverside Studios [7]
1991 Pride and Prejudice Lydia Bennet [60]
1991 Blood Wedding The Bride [61]
1992 Fuente Ovejuna Jacinta [62]
1992 Don't Fool With Love Camille [63]
1993 Trelawny of the 'Wells' Rose Trelawny [7]
1994 Venice Preserved Belvidera Royal Exchange Theatre [62]
1994 The Seagull Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya Olivier Theatre [64]
1994–1995 The Devil's Disciple Judith Anderson National Theatre [65]
1995 Keely And Du Keely Olympia Theatre [62]
1995 Macbeth Lady Macbeth Shakespeare's Globe [7]
1995–1996 Les Enfants du paradis Claire "Garance" Reine Barbican Theatre [66]
1998 In a Little World of Our Own Deborah Donmar Warehouse [62]
1998 How I Learned to Drive Li'I Bit Donmar Warehouse [67]
1999 The Triumph of Love Princess Leonide (alias Phocion) Almeida Theatre [62]
2000–2001 Platonov Anna Petrovna Almeida Theatre [62]
2002 Uncle Vanya Helena Andreyevna Serebryakova (Yelena) Donmar Warehouse [7]
2002 Twelfth Night Olivia Donmar Warehouse [62]
2003–2004 Five Gold Rings Miranda Almeida Theatre [62]
2004 Old Times Anna Donmar Warehouse [68]
2005 As You Like It Rosalind Wyndham's Theatre [69]
2008 Rosmersholm Rebecca West Almeida Theatre [70]
2010–2012 The Late Middle Classes Celia Smithers Donmar Warehouse [7]
2012 The Last of the Haussmans Libby Haussmans Lyttelton Theatre [71]
2014 Medea Medea Olivier Theatre [7]
2016 The Deep Blue Sea Hester Collyer Lyttelton Theatre [72]

Awards and nominations

Sources:[7][8]

Year Title Award Category Result
1991 Blood Wedding Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards Best Actress Won
1993 Trelawny of the 'Wells' Ian Charleson Award Best Actress 3rd place
1995 Macbeth Shakespeare Globe Awards Richard Burton Award For Most Promising Newcomer Won
Streetlife Monte-Carlo Television Festival Best Actress Won
Royal Television Society Best Actress Won
1997 BAFTA Cymru Best Actress Won
The Fragile Heart London Film Critics' Circle Actress of the Year Nominated
2001 North Square London Film Critics' Circle Best Actress Won
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards Best Actress Won
2002 Uncle Vanya Evening Standard Theatre Awards Best Actress Nominated
2003 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Nominated
WhatsOnStage Awards Best Actress in a Play Nominated
2004 Charles II: The Power and The Passion Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated
2005 L.A. Television Awards Best Actress Nominated
2006 As You Like It WhatsOnStage Awards Best Actress in a Play Nominated
Laurence Olivier Award Best Actress Nominated
2007 The Queen London Film Critics' Circle Supporting Actress of the Year Nominated
2008 Rosmersholm Evening Standard Theatre Awards Best Actress (longlisted) Nominated
2011 The Late Middle Classes WhatsOnStage Awards Best Actress in a Play Nominated
2012 Royal Television Society Best Actress Nominated
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows–Part 2 Gold Derby Awards Ensemble Cast Nominated
The Last of the Haussmans Evening Standard Theatre Awards Best Actress Nominated
2013 Glamour Awards Theatre Actress of the Year Won
WhatsOnStage Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Play Nominated
Laurence Olivier Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated
2014 Peaky Blinders Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming TV Series and Serials: Actress Won
Crime Thriller Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated
Medea Evening Standard Theatre Awards Best Actress Nominated
2015 Critics' Circle Theatre Award Best Actress Won
Penny Dreadful Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated
2016 Critics' Choice Television Award Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
The Deep Blue Sea Evening Standard Theatre Awards Best Actress Nominated
WhatsOnStage Awards Best Actress in a Play Nominated

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Helen Elizabeth McCrory OBE 17 August 1968 16 April 2021 was an English actress After studying at the Drama Centre London she made her stage debut in The Importance of Being Earnest in 1990 Other stage roles include playing Lady Macbeth in Macbeth at Shakespeare s Globe Olivia in Twelfth Night and Rosalind in As You Like It in the West End Helen McCroryOBEMcCrory in 2017BornHelen Elizabeth McCrory 1968 08 17 17 August 1968Paddington London EnglandDied16 April 2021 2021 04 16 aged 52 Tufnell Park London EnglandAlma materDrama Centre LondonOccupationActressYears active1990 2021SpouseDamian Lewis m 2007 wbr Children2McCrory portrayed Cherie Blair in both The Queen 2006 and The Special Relationship 2010 alongside Michael Sheen who also portrayed husband and Prime Minister Tony Blair in both She also portrayed Francoise in the film Charlotte Gray 2001 the dark anti heroine Narcissa Malfoy in the final three Harry Potter films 2009 2010 2011 Mama Jeanne in Martin Scorsese s family film Hugo 2011 Clair Dowar in the James Bond film Skyfall 2012 Polly Gray in Peaky Blinders 2013 2019 Emma Banville in Fearless 2017 and Kathryn Villiers in MotherFatherSon 2019 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Honours 5 Death 6 Filmography 6 1 Film 6 2 Television 7 Stage 8 Awards and nominations 9 References 10 External linksEarly life EditMcCrory was born on 17 August 1968 in Paddington London 1 2 Her mother Ann nee Morgans is a Welsh physiotherapist 3 and her father Iain McCrory born 29 March 1940 is a diplomat from Glasgow they were married in 1968 4 She was the eldest of three children 5 She was educated at Queenswood School near Hatfield Hertfordshire 6 then spent a year living in Italy Upon her return to Britain she began studying acting at the Drama Centre in London 7 8 Career EditMcCrory won third prize at the Ian Charleson Awards for her 1993 performance as Rose Trelawny in Trelawny of the Wells at the National Theatre 9 In 2002 she was nominated for a London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for playing Elena in Chekhov s Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse 10 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 7 In April 2008 McCrory made a compelling Rebecca West in a production of Ibsen s Rosmersholm at the Almeida Theatre London 11 She appeared in Charles II The Power and The Passion 2003 as Barbara Villiers Countess of Castlemaine and in supporting roles in such films as Interview with the Vampire 1994 Charlotte Gray 2001 The Count of Monte Cristo 2002 and Casanova 2005 In The Queen 2006 she played Cherie Blair a role she reprised in Peter Morgan s follow up The Special Relationship 2010 7 8 McCrory speaking at the unveiling of a statue of suffragist Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square London in 2018 She appeared in a modernised television adaptation of Frankenstein 2007 Her first pregnancy forced her to pull out of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007 in which she had been cast as Bellatrix Lestrange she was replaced by Helena Bonham Carter McCrory was later cast as Bellatrix s sister Narcissa Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince released in July 2009 12 13 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 She also played the principal villain role of Rosanna Calvierri in the 2010 episode The Vampires of Venice of the BBC television series Doctor Who 8 McCrory starred in The Last of the Haussmans at the Royal National Theatre which began 12 June 2012 The production was broadcast to cinemas around the world on 11 October 2012 through the National Theatre Live programme 14 In 2013 McCrory narrated poetry for The Love Book App an interactive anthology of love literature developed by Allie Byrne Esiri 15 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 8 In 2014 McCrory played the title role in the National Theatre s production of Medea directed by Carrie Cracknell Also in 2014 she made a guest appearance on the TV series Penny Dreadful She returned as a regular for the show s second season playing the main antagonist 7 8 In August 2016 McCrory was confirmed to play Emma Banville in ITV drama series Fearless which began airing in June 2017 16 In 2019 McCrory appeared as Kathryn Villiers in Tom Rob Smith s MotherFatherSon alongside Richard Gere and Billy Howle 17 It averaged 2 69 million viewers 18 Personal life Edit McCrory and Damian Lewis at the 2013 BAFTA Awards On 4 July 2007 McCrory married actor Damian Lewis 19 the couple had a daughter Manon and a son Gulliver 20 Their main home was in Tufnell Park North London and they had another near Sudbury in Suffolk 21 McCrory served as an honorary patron of the London children s charity Scene amp Heard 22 During the COVID 19 pandemic she and her husband supported Feed NHS a programme to give food from high street restaurants to NHS staff and had raised 1 million for the charity by early April 2020 23 Honours EditMcCrory was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to drama 24 Death EditMcCrory died of breast cancer at her home in London on 16 April 2021 aged 52 25 26 27 Announcing the death on Twitter husband Damian Lewis stated that she had died peacefully at home surrounded by a wave of love from friends and family 28 29 She had kept her diagnosis private and very few people knew of her illness before her death 30 She was filming for season 6 of Peaky Blinders at the time of her death As she could not complete her scenes the storyline had to be altered and the production was forced to reshoot certain parts 31 Other than Peaky Blinders her last appearances include the 2016 production of The Deep Blue Sea at the National Theatre one episode of the show Have I Got News For You in 2019 His Dark Materials in 2020 and the 2020 ITV drama Quiz 30 Filmography EditFilm Edit Year Title Role Notes Ref 1994 Interview with the Vampire 2nd Mistress 32 1994 Uncovered Lola 33 1997 The James Gang Bernadette James 34 1998 Dad Savage Chris 35 2000 Hotel Splendide Lorna Bull 36 2001 Charlotte Gray Francoise 37 2002 The Count of Monte Cristo Valentina Villefort 25 2002 Deep Down Dana Short film 38 2003 Does God Play Football Sarah Ward Short film 39 2004 Enduring Love Mrs Logan 40 2005 Casanova Casanova s Mother 36 2006 Normal for Norfolk Clare Short film 41 2006 The Queen Cherie Blair 25 2007 Becoming Jane Mrs Radcliffe 36 2008 Flashbacks of a Fool Peggy Tickell 42 2009 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Narcissa Malfoy 28 2009 Fantastic Mr Fox Mrs Bean voice 43 2010 4 3 2 1 Mrs Jones 44 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Narcissa Malfoy 28 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 28 2011 Hugo Mama Jeanne Jehanne D Alcy 45 2012 Flying Blind Dr Frankie Lethbridge 46 2012 Skyfall Clair Dowar MP 47 2014 A Little Chaos Madame Francoise Le Notre 36 2015 The Woman in Black Angel of Death Jean Hogg 36 2015 Bill Queen Elizabeth I 36 2016 Their Finest Sophie Smith 48 2017 Loving Vincent Louise Chevalier voice 49 2021 Charlotte Paula Lindberg Salomon voice Posthumous release 50 Television Edit Year Title Role Notes Ref 1993 Full Stretch Vicki Goodall Episode Risky Business 51 1993 Performance Jean Rice Episode The Entertainer 52 1995 Screen Two Jo Episode Streetlife 51 1995 Dirty Old Town Claire Television film 53 1996 The Fragile Heart Nicola Pascoe 3 episodes 44 1996 Witness Against Hitler Freya von Moltke Television film 44 1997 Trial amp Retribution Anita Harris 2 episodes 54 1998 Spoonface Steinberg Mother Television film 44 1998 Stand and Deliver Christina Television special 44 1999 Split Second Angie Anderson Television film 44 2000 Anna Karenina Anna Karenina 4 episodes 36 2000 North Square Rose Fitzgerald 10 episodes 51 2001 In a Land of Plenty Mary Freeman 3 episodes 44 2002 The Jury Rose Davies 6 episodes 44 2002 Dickens Kate Dickens 3 episodes 44 2002 Dead Gorgeous Antonia Ashton Television film 36 2003 Lucky Jim Margaret Peel Television film 44 2003 Carla Carla French Television film 44 2003 Charles II The Power and the Passion Lady Castlemaine Barbara Villiers 4 episodes 44 2004 Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking Jenny Vandeleur Television film 44 2005 Messiah The Harrowing Dr Rachel Price 3 episodes 44 2007 Frankenstein Dr Victoria Frankenstein Television film 44 2009 Life Amanda Puryer 5 episodes 55 2010 Doctor Who Rosanna Calvierri Episode The Vampires of Venice 8 2010 The Special Relationship Cherie Blair Television film 8 2011 Phineas and Ferb Lucy Fletcher voice Episode My Fair Goalie 56 2012 We ll Take Manhattan Lady Clare Rendlesham Television film 44 2012 Leaving Julie Ranmore 3 episodes 44 2013 2022 Peaky Blinders Polly Gray 30 episodes 36 2014 Inside No 9 Tabitha Episode The Harrowing 8 2014 Tommy Cooper Not Like That Like This Mary Kay Television film 57 2014 2015 Penny Dreadful Evelyn Poole Madame Kali 12 episodes 36 2017 Fearless Emma Banville 6 episodes 5 2019 MotherFatherSon Kathryn Villiers 8 episodes 52 2019 Have I Got News for You Herself host Episode 58 7 58 2019 2020 His Dark Materials Stelmaria voice 4 episodes 8 2020 Quiz Sonia Woodley QC 2 episodes 36 2020 Roadkill Dawn Ellison Main cast 8 Stage EditYear Title Role Venue s Ref 1990 The Importance of Being Earnest Gwendolen Fairfax Harrogate Theatre 59 1990 Teechers Gail Saunders Harrogate Theatre 7 1990 Macbeth Witch Riverside Studios 7 1991 Pride and Prejudice Lydia Bennet 60 1991 Blood Wedding The Bride 61 1992 Fuente Ovejuna Jacinta 62 1992 Don t Fool With Love Camille 63 1993 Trelawny of the Wells Rose Trelawny 7 1994 Venice Preserved Belvidera Royal Exchange Theatre 62 1994 The Seagull Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya Olivier Theatre 64 1994 1995 The Devil s Disciple Judith Anderson National Theatre 65 1995 Keely And Du Keely Olympia Theatre 62 1995 Macbeth Lady Macbeth Shakespeare s Globe 7 1995 1996 Les Enfants du paradis Claire Garance Reine Barbican Theatre 66 1998 In a Little World of Our Own Deborah Donmar Warehouse 62 1998 How I Learned to Drive Li I Bit Donmar Warehouse 67 1999 The Triumph of Love Princess Leonide alias Phocion Almeida Theatre 62 2000 2001 Platonov Anna Petrovna Almeida Theatre 62 2002 Uncle Vanya Helena Andreyevna Serebryakova Yelena Donmar Warehouse 7 2002 Twelfth Night Olivia Donmar Warehouse 62 2003 2004 Five Gold Rings Miranda Almeida Theatre 62 2004 Old Times Anna Donmar Warehouse 68 2005 As You Like It Rosalind Wyndham s Theatre 69 2008 Rosmersholm Rebecca West Almeida Theatre 70 2010 2012 The Late Middle Classes Celia Smithers Donmar Warehouse 7 2012 The Last of the Haussmans Libby Haussmans Lyttelton Theatre 71 2014 Medea Medea Olivier Theatre 7 2016 The Deep Blue Sea Hester Collyer Lyttelton Theatre 72 Awards and nominations EditSources 7 8 Year Title Award Category Result1991 Blood Wedding Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards Best Actress Won1993 Trelawny of the Wells Ian Charleson Award Best Actress 3rd place1995 Macbeth Shakespeare Globe Awards Richard Burton Award For Most Promising Newcomer WonStreetlife Monte Carlo Television Festival Best Actress WonRoyal Television Society Best Actress Won1997 BAFTA Cymru Best Actress WonThe Fragile Heart London Film Critics Circle Actress of the Year Nominated2001 North Square London Film Critics Circle Best Actress WonBroadcasting Press Guild Awards Best Actress Won2002 Uncle Vanya Evening Standard Theatre Awards Best Actress Nominated2003 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play NominatedWhatsOnStage Awards Best Actress in a Play Nominated2004 Charles II The Power and The Passion Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actress Series Miniseries or Television Film Nominated2005 L A Television Awards Best Actress Nominated2006 As You Like It WhatsOnStage Awards Best Actress in a Play NominatedLaurence Olivier Award Best Actress Nominated2007 The Queen London Film Critics Circle Supporting Actress of the Year Nominated2008 Rosmersholm Evening Standard Theatre Awards Best Actress longlisted Nominated2011 The Late Middle Classes WhatsOnStage Awards Best Actress in a Play Nominated2012 Royal Television Society Best Actress NominatedHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Gold Derby Awards Ensemble Cast NominatedThe Last of the Haussmans Evening Standard Theatre Awards Best Actress Nominated2013 Glamour Awards Theatre Actress of the Year WonWhatsOnStage Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Play NominatedLaurence Olivier Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated2014 Peaky Blinders Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming TV Series and Serials Actress WonCrime Thriller Awards Best Supporting Actress NominatedMedea Evening Standard Theatre Awards Best Actress Nominated2015 Critics Circle Theatre Award Best Actress WonPenny Dreadful Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actress Series Miniseries or Television Film Nominated2016 Critics Choice Television Award Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series NominatedThe Deep Blue Sea Evening Standard Theatre Awards Best Actress NominatedWhatsOnStage Awards Best Actress in a Play NominatedReferences Edit Births Marriages amp Deaths Index of England amp Wales 1916 2005 at ancestry com Mrs Damian Lewis professionally known as Ms Helen McCrory Authorised Biography Debrett s People of Today Mrs Damian Lewis professionally known as Ms Helen McCrory Profile Debretts com 17 August 1968 Archived from the original on 27 June 2012 Retrieved 2 October 2011 Coveney Michael 18 April 2021 Helen McCrory obituary The Guardian Retrieved 19 April 2021 Lee Helen McCrory profile The Scotsman Archived from the original on 26 August 2009 Retrieved 2 October 2011 a b Williamson Charlotte 13 June 2017 Helen McCrory on Fearless The first time I read the script I couldn t put it down Woman amp Home 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