Helen McCrory, who worked in peaky Blinders and Harry Potter movies, has died due to cancer. She was 52. Her husband and actor Damian Lewis announced the same. He said McCrory died “peacefully at home” after a “heroic battle with cancer.”
Here’s what Damon wrote about Helen McCrory
The actor announce the news on social media and wrote that he is ‘heartbroken’ and that she was a “beautiful and mighty woman”.
“She died as she lived. Fearlessly,” Lewis wrote on Twitter. “God we love her and know how lucky we are to have had her in our lives. She blazed so brightly. Go now, Little One, into the air, and thank you.”
Helen was ranked amongst one of the most respected and remarkable British actresses. She had a long and highly acclaimed career on stage. In the web series, Peaky Blinders, McCrory played the character of the matriarch of a crime family. In Harry Potter, she featured as Voldemort ally Narcissa Malfoy.
McCrory also starred in the TV thriller Fearless. She featured as lawyer Cherie Blair, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, in the 2006 movie The Queen. Martin Scorsese’s film Hugo and the James Bond thriller Skyfall were also some of her remarkable projects.
“Helen McCrory will be remembered not just for her remarkable stage and screen performances, but also for her selflessness and generosity,” comedian Matt Lucas tweeted. “She and Damian were the motor driving FeedNHS, working tirelessly during the pandemic to raise millions for others. What a tremendous loss.”
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling tweeted that she was “devastated to learn of the death of Helen McCrory, an extraordinary actress and a wonderful woman who’s left us far too soon.”
McCrory and Lewis, worked in the TV series Homeland and Billions and they tied the knot in 2007 and had two children.
