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Helen McCrory

ヘレン・マックロリー / へれん・まっくろりー

Actor from Roman Empire

August 17, 1968 – April 16, 2021 ・ London, Roman Empire

  • actor
  • stage actor
  • film actor

My Take

Helen McCrory was the kind of actress other actors spoke about with awe, and I understand why. Stage-trained in London, she could command Shakespeare's most formidable women, then bring that same coiled authority to popular screen work without a hint of condescension. Her gift was making intelligence visible — you always sensed a mind calculating behind those eyes. The OBE in 2017 acknowledged what audiences already knew. Her death in 2021, at just fifty-two, robbed British acting of one of its great voices while still in her prime. Few performers managed regal and dangerous at once; she made it look effortless.

Overview

Helen Elizabeth McCrory (17 August 1968 – 16 April 2021) was an English actress. After studying at the Drama Centre London, she made her professional stage debut in The Importance of Being Earnest in 1990. Other theatre roles include playing Lady Macbeth in Macbeth at Shakespeare's Globe, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Rosalind in As You Like It in the West End for which she received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination, an…

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1. Profile

Name (English)
Helen McCrory
Name (Japanese)
ヘレン・マックロリー
Reading
へれん・まっくろりー
Born
August 17, 1968 – April 16, 2021
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
Leo / Monkey
Origin
London, Roman Empire
Blood type
Private
Height
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Agency
Private
Occupation
actor / stage actor / film actor

2. Background

Elementary school
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Junior high
Private
High school
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University
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Awards & achievements

  • 2017 Officer of the Order of the British Empire

3. Relationships

Spouse
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Children
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Parents
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Siblings
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4. Personality

Motto

Private

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7. About this entry

Tags

  • actor
  • stage actor
  • film actor
Last updated
2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.