Helen McCrory

Helen Elizabeth McCrory, OBE is a British actress. She portrayed Cherie Blair in both The Queen and The Special Relationship. She also portrayed Narcissa Malfoy in the final three Harry Potter films. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 New Year Honours.

About Helen McCrory in brief

Summary Helen McCroryHelen Elizabeth McCrory, OBE is a British actress. She portrayed Cherie Blair in both The Queen and The Special Relationship. She also portrayed Françoise in the film Charlotte Gray, Narcissa Malfoy in the final three Harry Potter films, Mama Jeanne in Martin Scorsese’s family film Hugo, Clair Dowar in the James Bond film Skyfall, Polly Gray in Peaky Blinders, Emma Banville in Fearless and Kathryn Villiers in MotherFatherSon.

She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to drama. She has a daughter, Manon, and a son, Gulliver. She is an honorary patron of the London children’s charity Scene & Heard. Her first pregnancy forced her to pull out of Harry Potter and the Order Of the Phoenix, in which she had been cast as Bellatrix.