Helen McCroy Biography
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Helen McCrory (born 1968) is a British
actress known primarily for her stage and television work.
Her father was a diplomat and she was
educated at Queenswood, a boarding school in Hertfordshire. After a year
living in Italy, she studied acting at the Drama Centre, part of the
University of the Arts London.
In 2002 she was nominated for a London
Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress (playing Elena in
Chekhov's Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse). She was nominated for a
2006 Laurance Olivier Theatre Award for her most recent stage work,
starring as Rosalind in As You Like It in London's West End.
Her television work includes Lucky Jim
(2003), Charles II: The Power and The Passion (2003) as Barbara Villiers,
Countess of Castlemaine, as well as the title roles in an ITV miniseries
Anna Karenina, (2000) and Carla (2003).
She has appeared in supporting roles in
such films as Interview with a Vampire (1994), Dad Savage (1998),
Charlotte Gray (2001), and The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) and Casanova
(2005). After months of speculation, McCrory has also been confirmed to
play Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,
which began filming in February 2006.
She had a lengthy relationship with actor
Rufus Sewell who she started dating when they were both appearing in
Pride and Prejudice in Manchester. She is rumoured to have become
engaged to her partner, the actor Damian Lewis.
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