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Helen McCrory joins cast of His Dark Material

The Peaky Blinders and Harry Potter star will play Lord Asriel’s daemon Stelmaria

by Huw Fullerton | July 19, 2019 | Radio Times

Helen McCrory and a fictional snow leopard
Philip Pullman adaptation His Dark Materials already had a pretty starry cast including Lin-Manuel Miranda and James McAvoy, and now another familiar face has been added to the line-up – veteran character actor Helen McCrory, whose casting was announced in the wake of the new trailer launch at San Diego Comic-Con.McCrory (best known for playing Aunt Polly in the BBC’s Peaky Blinders and Narcissa Malfoy in the last three Harry Potter films) will voice Stelmaria, the snow leopard dæmon of James McAvoy’s Lord Asriel, and is the first big voice role revealed in a series full of non-human characters.Other notable characters in this vein include armoured bear/ panserbjørn Iorek Byrnison and other Dæmons (external human souls in animal form) including the unnamed golden monkey of Mrs Coulter, Lee Scoresby’s (Lin-Manuel Miranda) Arctic Hare dæmon Hester and many others.

Hopefully, we’ll have announcements soon concerning these other voice-only roles – but for now, it’s good to see a stellar cast get even more Stelmariar.

His Dark Materials comes to BBC1 in winter 2019

Categories Damian Lewis Personal and Family Life Theatre

Helen and Damian Attend the Play ‘The Hunt’

An Evening at the Theatre

by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | July 17, 2019

Pictured with Abbiegail. Photo source: Twitter @alanj555

Both Damian and Helen attended a star-studded night at The Hunt playing at the Almeida Theatre in London on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. The play is described as:

“We are a small community. The happiness of our children is everything. Our hopes and dreams rest in these tiny souls. In a small town in northern Denmark, the children celebrate Harvest Festival. In the forest by the water the men of the lodge stand naked in the cold. This is their country. This is their song. In the shadows a lonely child gives a strange man her heart. The hunt begins.”

The play runs until August 3, 2019. For ticket information, click here.

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Helen McCrory and Damian Lewis Attend Bob Dylan and Neil Young Summertime Gig

Teen Cancer America Suite

by Gingersnap4Helen | helen-mccrory.com | July 12, 2019

Damian, Helen, and Darren Strowger attend the Teen Cancer America Suite at Bob Dylan and Neil Young’s British Summertime Gig in Hyde Park on July 12, 2019 in London, England. The evening’s event was one of the biggest shows of this summer. Neil Young took the stage from 6:00-7:45 p.m. and Bob Dylan played from 8:30-10:15 p.m.

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Helen McCrory and Damian Lewis Attend Wimbledon 2019 – Day 11

At Men’s Semi-Finals

by Gingersnap4Helen | helen-mccrory.com | July 12, 2019

It wouldn’t be a summer without Damian and Helen enjoying some tennis. Our favorite couple were spotted in the Royal Box during day 11 of the Wimbledon 2019 Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, England on Friday, July 12, 2019 to watch Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal reprise their 2008 Wimbledon final in Friday’s semifinals. Damian enjoyed the company of David Beckham and Eric Bana who were in attendance nearby, but something must have been very entertaining, as Damian and Jude Law had quite the laugh together – and we have the pictures to prove it!

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Helen McCrory and Damian Lewis Attend Serpentine Summer Party

Serpentine Gallery’s Summer Party 2019

by Gingersnap4Helen | helen-mccrory.com | June 25, 2019

It’s quite the summer for Damian and Helen as they attend The Summer Party 2019, presented by Serpentine Galleries and Chanel. The event was hosted by Michael R. Bloomberg, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Sir David Adjaye at the Serpentine Gallery on June 25, 2019 in London, England.

One of London’s most acclaimed events, The Serpentine Summer Party raises essential funds for exhibitions, architecture, education, live and digital programmes, celebrating all those who enable the Serpentine Galleries’ work.

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