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Helen McCrory
Helen McCrory
Gender: Female
Medium(s): Television
Roles: Actress
Date of birth: August 17th, 1968
Place of birth: London, England
Date of death: April 16th, 2021
Place of death: London, England
Notable works: Penny Dreadful
1st Horror: Interview with the Vampire

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.

Body of work[]

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Penny Dreadful[]

  1. Penny Dreadful: Séance - As Madame Kali
  2. Penny Dreadful: Grand Guignol - Real name revealed to be Evelyn Poole.
  3. Penny Dreadful: Fresh Hell
  4. Penny Dreadful: Verbis Diablo
  5. Penny Dreadful: The Nightcomers
  6. Penny Dreadful: Evil Spirits in Heavenly Places
  7. Penny Dreadful: Above the Vaulted Sky
  8. Penny Dreadful: Glorious Horrors
  9. Penny Dreadful: Memento Mori
  10. Penny Dreadful: And Hell Itself My Only Foe
  11. Penny Dreadful: And They Were Enemies

Films[]

  1. Interview with the Vampire - As 2nd whore
  2. Frankenstein: The Director's Cut - As Victoria Frankenstein
  3. Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death - As Jean Hogg

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.
  • Helen McCrory also played Aunt Polly in episodes of another period drama, Peaky Blinders.
  • Helen McCrory died on the same day as actor Felix Silla.

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