Helen McCrory, who died of cancer on Friday at age 52, blazed during a multi-decade career in film, TV and onstage, with memorable roles including playing the lead in the Channel 4/Masterpiece Theatre miniseries Anna Karenina, portraying Narcissa Malfoy in three Harry Potter movies and most recently starring as Aunt Polly in Netflix and the BBC’s hit period gangster series Peaky Blinders.
The London-born actress, whose first screen credit was in 1993 in the Brit TV comedy Full Stretch about a limo service (it lasted one season), more recently appeared in BBC/HBO series His Dark Materials, in which she voiced Lord Asriel’s dæmon Stelmaria, and political drama Roadkill alongside Hugh Laurie. She also starred as formidable QC Sonia Woodley in ITV/AMC’s limited series Quiz last year.
Other memorable performances include 1995’s Streetlife, which earned her a BAFTA Cymru Award, and opposite John Hannah in the 1997 film The James Gang.
The London-born actress, whose first screen credit was in 1993 in the Brit TV comedy Full Stretch about a limo service (it lasted one season), more recently appeared in BBC/HBO series His Dark Materials, in which she voiced Lord Asriel’s dæmon Stelmaria, and political drama Roadkill alongside Hugh Laurie. She also starred as formidable QC Sonia Woodley in ITV/AMC’s limited series Quiz last year.
Other memorable performances include 1995’s Streetlife, which earned her a BAFTA Cymru Award, and opposite John Hannah in the 1997 film The James Gang.
- 4/16/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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