British actress Helen McCrory, known for her appearances on the hit television show Peaky Blinders and the Harry Potter film series, has died at age 52.
“After a heroic battle with cancer, the beautiful and powerful woman that is Helen McCrory has died peacefully at home, surrounded by a wave of love from family and friends,” her husband Lewis wrote on the social network Twitter.
“She died as she lived, without fear,” Lewis said of McCrory, also known for her participation in the BBC series “Peaky Blinders”, a historical drama that portrays a family of gangsters from Birmingham in the 1920s.
In the last three installments of the series that adapted the JKRowling novels for film, McCrory played the character of Narcissa Malfoy.
The official Peaky Blinders Twitter account posted a photo of McCrory playing her character Polly Gray, saying that “all our love and thoughts are with Helen’s family.”
The Wizarding World Twitter account calling itself the “official home of Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts” said they were “deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our beloved Helen McCrory, who portrayed Narcissa Malfoy with such depth and brilliance in the series. of Harry Potter movies”.
British comedian and actor Matt Lucas, who worked with McCrory on a non-profit campaign to feed health workers in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), said the actress will be equally remembered for her “disinterest and generosity”.
“She and Damian were the engines of FeedNHS, working tirelessly during the pandemic to raise millions for others.”
Piers Wenger, BBC Drama Director in a statement titled Helen “one of the best actresses this country will ever see”.
“From Potter to Peaky, from Blair to Bond, Helen’s bravery made each role she played unique and unmissable.”
Britain’s iconic National Theater, where McCrory stepped on the stage many times, called McCrory “undoubtedly one of the greatest actors of his generation” and one of its “most distinctive and charismatic artists”.
McCrory also served as an ambassador for Britain’s Old Vic Theater, who called her a “luminous presence on stage and screen” who “made us laugh”.