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The shock announcement drew tributes from
author JK Rowling, fellow actors including Michael Sheen and
from the artistic director at London's National Theatre who
hailed McCrory as "unquestionably one of the great actors of her
generation".
On screen she starred as Narcissa Malfoy in Harry Potter films,
as the matriarch of a crime family in Peaky Blinders and as the
wife of former prime minister Tony Blair, Cherie.
On stage she appeared as Medea, Lady Macbeth and Hester Collyer
in The Deep Blue Sea.
"I'm heartbroken to announce that after an heroic battle with
cancer, the beautiful and mighty woman that is Helen McCrory has
died peacefully at home, surrounded by a wave of love from
friends and family," the "Homeland" actor Lewis said.
"She died as she lived. Fearlessly. God we loved her and know
how lucky we are to have had her in our lives. She blazed so
brightly. Go now, Little One, into the air, and thank you."
The couple, who had two young children, married in 2007.
They had recently raised over one million pounds to give health
workers restaurant meals during the pandemic.
Sam Mendes, who directed McCrory in the James Bond film "Skyfall,"
said she was an astonishing talent. "The film and theatre world
has lost a one-of-a-kind actress, and her family and friends
have been robbed of an extraordinary, indomitable spirit," he
said.
Rufus Norris, artistic director at the National Theatre, said
she had an incisive wit. "We are shattered and will miss her
terribly," he said.
(Reporting by Kate Holton, editing by David Milliken and Cynthia
Osterman)
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