She joined the
Harry Potter franchise in
Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince, playing Narcissa, mother of Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) and wife to Lucius Malfoy (Jason Isaacs). Her character reappeared once more in the two-part finale
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Other genre roles include her guest role as alien vampire Rosanna Calvierri in
Doctor Who season five’s “The Vampires of Venice”, and as the voice of Lord Asriel’s daemon Stelmaria in HBO and the BBC’s adaptation of
Helen McCrory, famed for her roles in the Harry Potter franchise and the BBC series Peaky Blinders, died at age 52, her husband Damian Lewis announced Friday. I m heartbroken to announce that after a heroic battle with cancer, the beauty and mighty woman that is Helen McCrory has died peacefully at home, surrounded by a wave of love from friends and family, the fellow actor wrote on Twitter. She died as she lived. Fearlessly. 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 McCrory, Harry Potter and Peaky Blinders Star, Dies at 52
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Helen McCrory, the English actor who played Narcissa Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” franchise and Polly Gray in “Peaky Blinders,” has died, her husband Damian Lewis announced on Friday. She was 52.
“I’m heartbroken to announce that after a heroic battle with cancer, the beautiful and mighty woman that is Helen McCrory has died peacefully at home, surrounded by a wave of love from friends and family. She died as she lived. Fearlessly. 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,” Lewis wrote on Twitter on Friday.
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