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Helen McCrory

1968 - 2021

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Helen Elizabeth McCrory (17 August 1968 – 16 April 2021) was an English actress. After studying at the Drama Centre London, she made her professional stage debut in The Importance of Being Earnest in 1990. Other theatre roles include playing Lady Macbeth in Macbeth at Shakespeare's Globe, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Rosalind in As You Like It in the West End for which she received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination, and Medea in the eponymous play at the Royal National Theatre. McCrory is known for her film roles as Françoise in Charlotte Gray (2001); Cherie Blair in both The Queen (2006) and The Special Relationship (2010), alongside Michael Sheen, who portrayed husband and Prime Minister Tony Blair in both; Narcissa Malfoy in the final three Harry Potter films (2009, 2010, 2011); Mama Jeanne in Hugo (2011); and Clair Dowar in the James Bond film Skyfall (2012). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helen McCrory is the 1,302nd most popular actor (down from 993rd in 2019), the 1,508th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,093rd in 2019) and the 190th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Helen McCrory ranks 1,302 out of 13,578. Before her are John Cusack, Joan Lin, Marg Helgenberger, Renato Salvatori, Yuen Biao, and Marika Rökk. After her are Christine Kaufmann, Bernard Blier, Bonnie Bedelia, Norma Shearer, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Felicity Huffman.

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Among people born in 1968, Helen McCrory ranks 49. Before her are Zvonimir Boban, Oliver Bierhoff, Owen Wilson, Youri Djorkaeff, Catherine Bell, and Lucy Lawless. After her are Lila Downs, Marc Anthony, Aaron Eckhart, Ashley Judd, Sadyr Japarov, and Mswati III. Among people deceased in 2021, Helen McCrory ranks 125. Before her are Leopoldo Luque, Michel Fourniret, Lars Vilks, Dean Stockwell, Luis del Sol, and Vicente Fernández. After her are Mira Furlan, Tarcisio Burgnich, Yuriy Sedykh, Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan, Ion Mihai Pacepa, and Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Helen McCrory ranks 1,508 out of 8,785. Before her are William Russell (1924), Sam Taylor-Johnson (1967), John Horton Conway (1937), John Blow (1649), Jack W. Szostak (1952), and Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1001). After her are Maurice Wilkes (1913), John Wilkins (1614), Arnold Jackson (1891), Gildas (500), Steve McQueen (1969), and Vita Sackville-West (1892).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Helen McCrory ranks 190. Before her are Catherine Bell (1968), David Thewlis (1963), Claire Forlani (1971), Edward Fox (1937), Patrick Macnee (1922), and William Russell (1924). After her are Nick Frost (1972), Sydney Chaplin (1885), Idris Elba (1972), Guy Pearce (1967), Emily Watson (1967), and Alun Armstrong (1946).

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