Helen McCrory: a life in pictures
Actor was known for her roles in Peaky Blinders, Harry Potter and various stage roles
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As Anna Karenina for Channel 4 in 2000
Photograph: Channel 4
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With Damian Lewis, who later became her husband, in 2003’s Five Gold Rings
Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
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As Cherie Blair alongside Michael Sheen, playing Tony Blair, in The Queen, from 2006
Photograph: Allstar/Pathe/Sportsphoto Ltd
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As the home secretary, Claire Dowar, in 2012’s Skyfall
Photograph: Everett Collection/Alamy
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In 2012’s political thriller Flying Blind
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Playing Narcissa Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, alongside Alan Rickman and Helena Bonham Carter 2009
Photograph: Album/Alamy
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During a photoshoot for the Guardian in 2010
Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian
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Playing Dr Victoria Frankenstein for ITV in 2007
Photograph: Laurence Cendrowicz/ITV Plc
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Playing Euripides’ Medea with Danny Sapani as Jason at the National Theatre in 2014
Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
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In 2016’s romantic drama The Deep Blue Sea
Photograph: Richard Hubert Smith
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ITV’s 2017 crime thriller Fearless featured McCrory as human rights lawyer Emma Banville
Photograph: ITV
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McCrory was a mainstay of Peaky Blinders’ first five series
Photograph: Robert Viglasky/BBC/Caryn Mandabach
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She was awarded an OBE for services to drama, pictured here with Dame Julie Walters, in 2017
Photograph: Steve Parsons/AFP/Getty Images
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Backstage at the 2019 Bafta TV awards at the Royal Festival Hall …
Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Guardian
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… and in front of the press on the red carpet
Photograph: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images
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And a year later, with Damian Lewis at the pre-Bafta party in 2020
Photograph: David M Benett/Getty Images
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