Helen McCrory is a British actress. Her debut film was Interview With The Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994). She starred in The James Gang (1997), Dad Savage (1998), Charlotte Gray (2001) and The Count of Monte Cristo (2002). Helen was critically acclaimed for her role as Mrs. Logan in Enduring Love (2004), as Casanova`s Mother in Casanova (2005), as Cherie Blair in The Queen (2006) and as Mrs. Radcliffe in Becoming Jane (2007). She received international praise for her role as Narcissa Malfoy in blockbuster films including Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince (2009), Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010) and Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2012). Helen also starred in Hugo (2011), Skyfall (2012), The Woman In Black: Angel of Death (2014) and A Little Chaos (2015). Her other notable performances include Polly Gray in Peaky Blinders (2013-2019), Emma Banville in Fearless (2017), and Kathryn Villiers in MotherFatherSon (2019).

She passed away on 16 April 2021 from cancer.