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Fifth Year |  McCrory, Helen - Narcissa Malfoy
 Name: Helen McCrory
Birth date: 17 August 1968
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m)
Helen McCrory was trained at the Drama Centre in London. She began her career on stage in the UK where she won the Manchester Evening News Best Actress Award for her performance in "Blood Wedding" and the Ian Charleson award for playing Rose Trelawney in 'Trelawney of The Wells'. McCrory’s Fanbase became huge when she was in the Royal Shakespeare Company's "Les Enfant du Paradis" opposite Joseph Fiennes, Rupert Graves and James Purefoy.
Along with her successful stage career, she has also done a lot of work on television. In the TV movie "Street life" she won the Welsh BAFTA, Monte Carlo Best Actress Award and the Royal Television society Best Actress Award. She has also won many other awards including the Critics Circle Best Actress Award for her television series "North Square".
Helen McCrory is known for being a diverse, award-winning actress to many around Britain, but you probably know her best as the proud Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter Films.
Interesting Facts:
~ She grew up in Norway, Nigeria, Cameroon, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Madagascar and Paris, among other places.
~ She originally couldn't take the role of Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) due to pregnancy. She has now been cast to play Narcissa Malfoy, Bellatrix's sister, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2008).
~ Engaged to actor Damian Lewis in February of 2006.
Recent Filmography:- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2008) as Narcissa Malfoy
- Flashbacks of a Fool (2008) as Peggy Tickell
- Frankenstein (2007) (TV) as Dr. Victoria Frankenstein
- Becoming Jane (2007) as Mrs. Radcliffe
- The Queen (2006) as Cherie Blair
- Normal for Norfolk (2006) as Clare
- Casanova (2005) as Casanova's Mother
- Messiah: The Harrowing (2005) (TV) as Dr. Rachel Price
- Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004) (TV) as Mrs. Vandeleur
- Enduring Love (2004) as Mrs. Logan
Sources:
IMDB
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