Heren McCrory, star of Netflix’s hit show, Peaky Blinders, has died aged 52 from cancer, her husband Damian Lewis announced.
In a statement posted on social media, Lewis said she had been “surrounded by a wave of love” and died peacefully at home.
The statement reads, “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.”
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“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.”
McCrory was a versatile actress with a career on stage and screen spanning almost 30 years. However, it was Peaky Blinders’ crime family matriarch Polly she was best known for playing, appearing in the show from 2013 to 2019.
The actress also played Cherie Blair, wife of former prime minister Tony Blair, in both The Queen and The Special Relationship.
Born in London in 1968, McCrory married Lewis in 2007. They have two children together – daughter Manon, 14, and son Gulliver, 13.
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McCrory was awarded an OBE in 2017 for services to drama, and recently had been raising money for the Feed NHS charity, raising £1m in 2020.
After studying acting at the Drama Centre in London, McCrory made her film debut in 1994’s Interview With The Vampire, and has many film roles to her name including Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series, Cherie Blair in The Queen, and MP Clair Dowar in the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall.
Her TV roles include Polly Gray in the BBC’s Peaky Blinders, Madame Kali in Penny Dreadful, and more recently Sonia Woodley QC in the TV drama Quiz.
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