Helen McCrory has died from cancer aged 52, her husband Damian Lewis has said.
Orange British Academy Film Awards – Odeon – Leicester Square The couple at the Orange British Academy Film Awards in 2005 (Yui Mok/PA) The actress, known for starring in hit crime drama Peaky Blinders, James Bond film Skyfall and the Harry Potter film series, died peacefully at home, he said.
In a tweet on Friday afternoon, Mr Lewis wrote: “I’m heartbroken to announce that after an 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.”
BGC Charity Day 2019 – London Helen McCrory during the 15th BGC annual charity day at Canary Wharf in September 2019 (Ian West/PA) McCrory and Lewis married in 2007 and share a daughter Manon, born in 2006, and son Gulliver, born in 2007.
65th Evening Standard Theatre Awards – London The couple with Cush Jumbo, Anna Wintour and Evgeny Lebedev at the 65th Evening Standard Theatre Awards in November 2019 (Ian West/PA) Peaky Blinders World Premiere – Birmingham McCrory attending the Peaky Blinders series five world premiere in 2019. She played Polly Gray the matriarch of the Shelby clan (Jacob King/PA) Serpentine Gallery Summer Party 2019 – London Attending the Summer Party 2019 presented by Serpentine Galleries in London (Ian West/PA) Wimbledon 2018 – Day Eleven – The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club The couple at the Wimbledon Championships in 2018 (Jonathan Brady/PA) Investitures at Buckingham Palace McCrory was awarded her OBE at Buckingham Palace in 2017 (Steve Parsons/PA) Prince’s Trust ‘Invest In Futures’ reception Meeting the Prince of Wales with Alexander Armstrong and Pixie Lott at the annual Prince’s Trust Invest In Futures reception in 2017 (Geoff Pugh/The Telegraph/PA) Prince’s Trust Invest in Futures Gala With Hugh Dennis and Joanna Lumley at a pre-dinner reception for the Prince’s Trust in 2016 (Chris Jackson/PA) A Little Chaos Premiere – London At the UK premiere of A Little Chaos in 2015 (Ian West/PA) Investitures at Buckingham Palace With Lewis as he holds his OBE medal after his investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in 2014 (Anthony Delvin/PA) Peaky Blinders: Series 2 Premiere – Birmingham Cillian Murphy and McCrory at the premiere of their TV drama Peaky Blinders: Series 2 in 2014 (Joe Giddens/PA) Olivier Awards 2013 Arrivals – London The couple arrive at the Olivier Awards in 2013 (Yui Mok/PA) Skyfall Royal World Premiere – London McCrory arriving for the royal world premiere of James Bond film Skyfall, in which she starred, in 2012 (Dominic Lipinski/PA) Topping Out Ceremony – Young Vic Theatre McCrory and Jude Law during a ‘Topping Out’ ceremony at the Young Vic Theatre in 2005 (Yui Mok/PA) SHOWBIZ Miller 3 From the West End production of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy As You Like It with Sienna Miller at the Wyndhams Theatre in 2007 (Manuel Harlan/McDonaldRutter/PA)