British actress Helen McCrory, known as Polly from the TV series ‘Peaky Blinders’ and Narcissa Malfoy-Black in the Harry Potter films, died of cancer at the age of 52. Her husband, actor Damian Lewis, reports this.
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“I am heartbroken to announce that the beautiful and powerful woman Helen McCrory is passed away peacefully at home after a heroic battle with cancer,” Lewis writes. She was surrounded by a wave of love from family and friends. She died as she lived. Undaunted. God how we love her, and we know how lucky we are to have had her in our lives. “
McCrory is also known for ‘The Queen’, in which she played Cherie Blair. She was also featured in the Bond movie ‘Skyfall’.
McCrory and her partner Lewis, known from the ‘Band of Brothers’ and ‘Homeland’ series, had a daughter and a son.
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