ACTOR

Helen McCrory

1968 - 2021

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Helen Elizabeth McCrory (17 August 1968 – 16 April 2021) was an English actress. After studying at the Drama Centre London, she made her professional stage debut in The Importance of Being Earnest in 1990. Other theatre roles include playing Lady Macbeth in Macbeth at Shakespeare's Globe, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Rosalind in As You Like It in the West End for which she received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination, and Medea in the eponymous play at the Royal National Theatre. McCrory is known for her film roles as Françoise in Charlotte Gray (2001); Cherie Blair in both The Queen (2006) and The Special Relationship (2010), alongside Michael Sheen, who portrayed husband and Prime Minister Tony Blair in both; Narcissa Malfoy in the final three Harry Potter films (2009, 2010, 2011); Mama Jeanne in Hugo (2011); and Clair Dowar in the James Bond film Skyfall (2012). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen McCrory has received more than 21,814,625 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Helen McCrory is the 993rd most popular actor (down from 871st in 2019), the 1,093rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,017th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 22M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Helen McCrory ranks 993 out of 13,578. Before her are Dirk Bogarde, Honor Blackman, Jean Dujardin, Emilio Estevez, Billy Crystal, and Rod Taylor. After her are Lloyd Bridges, Daniel Olbrychski, Carrie-Anne Moss, Michael Gough, Geneviève Bujold, and Renato Salvatori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Helen McCrory ranks 33. Before her are Kylie Minogue, Mateusz Morawiecki, Youri Djorkaeff, Lucy Liu, Zvonimir Boban, and Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark. After her are Alexander Stubb, Colin McRae, Jim Caviezel, Eric Bana, Hashim Thaçi, and Guðni Th. Jóhannesson. Among people deceased in 2021, Helen McCrory ranks 87. Before her are Gottfried Böhm, Abdelkader Bensalah, Dušan Ivković, Tanya Roberts, Dean Stockwell, and Vicente Fernández. After her are Kenneth Kaunda, Robert H. Grubbs, Libuše Šafránková, Djivan Gasparyan, Lars Vilks, and Leopoldo Luque.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Helen McCrory ranks 1,093 out of 8,785. Before her are Llywelyn the Great (1173), Ryan Giggs (1973), John Tenniel (1820), Don Airey (1948), E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902), and William Henry (1774). After her are Seamus Heaney (1939), Joseph Swan (1828), Matilda of Scotland (1080), Ian Rush (1961), Henry Walter Bates (1825), and James Dunlop (1793).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Helen McCrory ranks 142. Before her are John Nettles (1943), Stephen Boyd (1931), Frank Oz (1944), Sacha Baron Cohen (1971), Dirk Bogarde (1921), and Honor Blackman (1925). After her are Patrick Macnee (1922), Brenda Blethyn (1946), Sydney Chaplin (1885), Hugh Griffith (1912), Taron Egerton (1989), and Idris Elba (1972).

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