British actress Helen McCrory is known for her numerous theater productions and her unsurpassed acting in various films. This amazing woman is the winner of such a high award as the BAFTA award. In addition, Helen is an honorary member of the children's charity Scene & Heard.
Childhood of the actress
Helen McCrory was born in 1968, August 17, in London. The girl was destined to be born in the family of the Scottish diplomat Ian McCrory. Mother named Ann was a physical therapist. Baby Helen became the eldest child. In addition to her, two more children were brought up in the family. Helen has a brother and sister - John and Catherine.
Father's diplomatic career forced the family to travel around the world for a long time. So, little Helen managed to visit various countries - Norway, Nigeria, Cameroon, France, Scandinavia, Tanzania. The girl even visited the island of Madagascar. And only at the age of 18 she returned to London.
Youth actress
Education Helen received inboarding school for girls Queenswood. At the end of this educational institution, the girl applied, because she dreamed of becoming an actress, to the University of the Arts in London. Unfortunately, her candidacy was rejected.
For a whole year Helen McCrory traveled the world. The girl visited Italy, Thailand, walked the streets of Paris. Returning from a trip to England, she again made an attempt to enter the University of the Arts. This time the girl was enrolled.
External data
Helen McCrory, whose photo can be seen in this article, has a rather non-standard appearance. She is distinguished by slightly bulging brown eyes, a pale face, and dark hair. Nature endowed Helen McCrory with a slender figure. The growth of the actress is quite small and is only 163 cm.
Her extraordinary appearance could not go unnoticed. It was she who became the reason for the unflattering assessment of critics after the release of the film "Anna Karenina". The experts felt that an actress with classical beauty should have been selected for this role. They compared Helen to Greta Garbo, who portrayed Anna on screen in 1935.
But the very heroine of our story was not at all embarrassed by such criticism. The actress said that appearance is a completely insignificant factor. More important, according to McCrory, is whether a person is endowed with sexuality.
Career start
Aspiring actress graduated in 1990. She began to participate in various theatrical productions. The debut work of the girl was positively received.critics.
The play "Uncle Vanya", which was based on Chekhov's play, brought her first popularity. Helen made her big screen debut in 1993 in the comedy series Full Stretch. The next work in which the girl was involved in an episodic role was the film "Interview with the Vampire". At the same time, she plays one of the main characters in the film "Flemish Plank".
In 1995, Helen starred in the film Streetlife. The beautiful performance of the actress did not go unnoticed. For this work, the girl was awarded 3 prizes. One of them was the Welsh BAFTA.
Helen McCrory rose to fame in her youth after showing the mini-series "Anna Karenina" and the film "Northern Square".
Film "Queen"
This film brought the actress real fame. It is one of Helen's most famous works. In the biopic, the girl played the wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair.
The picture tells about the first week after the death of the beautiful Lady Diana. Tony Blair is trying to convince the Queen to show the people her true feelings. The Prime Minister is sure that people should know how the entire royal family is mourning the death of Lady Diana. However, Elizabeth remains adamant. The Queen is firmly convinced that the head of state has no right to show such emotions.
The film won the BAFTA Best Film category. In addition, she was nominated for an Oscar. The game was appreciated by Helen herself. Her acting skills have earned her many accolades.
Harry Potter Movie
This tape was the second most famous picture with Helen McCrory. Casting began in 2005, in May. For the film crew, the most important thing was the selection of a candidate for the role of the sorceress Bellatrix Lestrange. It was for this role that Helen was taken. In February, this information was published in newspapers.
But a few months later, Helen told the filmmakers that she was pregnant. She could not play the last scene, which, according to the plan, was supposed to be filmed in September. We are talking about a battle in the Ministry of Magic, full of various tricks. The future mother could not take such risks. In addition, the insurance company forbade Helen to perform the necessary stunts. Therefore, the role of Bellatrix Lestrange went to another actress.
However, in the next film, McCrory returned to the project. She played Narcissa Malfoy. The actress appeared on the screen in one of the episodes. According to the scenario, the sorceress Narcissa requires Severus Snape to take an unbreakable oath. The woman fears for Draco, her son, who is entrusted with an impossible task - to destroy Albus Dumbledore. Is it so easy to deal with the greatest magician in the history of witchcraft? Narcissa asks Snape to help her son and demands an oath from him.
Helen also starred in subsequent Harry Potter films. But her roles in these tapes were already not so noticeable.
Filmography of the actress
Helen played quite a lot of movie roles during her careerMcCrory. The filmography of the actress is quite extensive and includes the following pictures:
- Loving Vincent.
- "The Romance of Versailles".
- "Bill".
- The Woman in Black: Angels of Death.
- "Inside Number 9".
- Medea.
- "Scary Tales".
- Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This.
- "Appomattox" (small series).
- Muse of Fire.
- Flying Blind.
- Peaky Blinders.
- The Cabal Club (Soho).
- "007: Skyfall coordinates."
- "Gap".
- "We'll conquer Manhattan."
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
- "Time Keeper".
- Fantastic Mr. Fox.
- "Special relationship".
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
- Phineas and Ferb.
- Memories of a Loser.
- "Jane Austen".
- Frankenstein.
- Normal for Norfolk.
- The Count of Monte Cristo.
- Queen.
- "Sherlock Holmes".
- Casanova.
- "Patient Love".
- "Life is like a sentence."
- Doctor Who.
- Messiah: The Harrowing (short series).
- "The Last King" (small series).
- "How The Last King was made"
- "Karla".
- "The Jury" (small series).
- Lucky Jim.
- "Dickens".
- "Anna Karenina" (small series).
- Deep Down.
- "Have breakfast".
- Dead Gorgeous.
- Splendid Hotel.
- Charlotte Grey.
- In a Land of Plenty.
- "Northernquarter.”
- "A fraction of a second".
- James Gang.
- Stand and Deliver.
- The Fragile Heart.
- "Dad is a savage."
- Streetlife.
- Spoonface Steinberg.
- Forest People.
- Witness Against Hitler.
- "Trial and Retribution."
- Interview with the Vampire.
- "Performance".
- Dirty Old Town.
- "Horizon".
- "Flemish Board".
Actress's personal life
In 2007, Helen married Damian Lewis, an actor who met near the Almeida Theatre. In the same year, McCrory Helen and her husband had their first child, their son Gulliver. A year later, young parents had a daughter, who was given the beautiful Welsh name Manon.
Helen McCrory's acting skills are appreciated. Critics, speaking about her work, characterize the game of this amazing woman as attractive, bright, bright and seductive. Her work has received fairly high marks from leading experts. Helen is even categorized as one of the best actresses of her generation.
