Helen McCrory

Helen McCrory is a film, television and stage actress. She was born in London, England on August 17th, 1968. Her first film work was playing a whore in the 1994 film adaptation of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, directed by Neil Jordan. She was 26-years-old at the time. She later went on to play the lead role of Victoria Frankenstein in the 2007 British television movie, Frankenstein: The Director's Cut. Beginning in 2014, Helen made recurring appearances on the Showtime series Penny Dreadful playing a medium named Madam Kali, aka Evelyn Poole. She made two appearances in season one of the show, but became a series regular on season two. She made twelve credited appearances in the series in total, but only eleven actual appearances.

Notes & Trivia

 * Helen McCrory is also known for playing Narcissa Malfoy, mother to prick wizard Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.


 * Helen McCrory played Clair Dowar MP in the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall, which also starred fellow Penny Dreadful actor Rory Kinnear. Another James Bond alum from the series is Timothy Dalton.