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Helen Attends Luncheon in Celebration of Women Filmmakers

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Roland Mouret Luncheon

by Roland Mouret | Roland Mouret Blog | May 2, 2019

Fashion and film joined forces at the ‘Women Filmmakers Lunch’ hosted by Roland Mouret at London’s Corinthia Hotel ahead of the Cannes Film Festival in celebration of leading female figures throughout the film industry. Roland was joined by female directors, producers, writer, casting directors and actresses including Gillian Anderson, Joely Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Charlotte Riley, Elizabeth McGovern, Ellie Bamber, Helen McCrory, Stacy Martin, Zawe Ashton, Esme Creed-Miles, Jessica Brown Findlay and Lily Travers.

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Helen and Damian Attend ‘Women Poets Through the Ages’

On April 28, 2019April 12, 2021 By Gingersnap4Helen No Comments

Poetry Love:Love Poetry

by Gingersnap4Helen | helen-mccrory.com | April 28, 2019

Damian in the left background, Helen in foreground. Photo by @lisa_marie_malfoy

Helen and Damian were in attendance for Allie Esiri’s presentation of Women Poets Through the Ages on Sunday evening, April 28, 2019 at Bridge Theatre in London. The poetry curator Allie Esiri and special guest actors, Helena Bonham Carter, Pippa Bennett-Warner and Helen McCrory took the audience on a journey through the history of women’s writing, from Eneheduanna, the world’s first known poet, via Sappho, to the most powerful, illuminating and entertaining women’s writing of today including Maya Angelou and Carol Ann Duffy. The poems were taken from Allie Esiri’s hugely successful anthologies published by Macmillan – A Poem for Every Day of the Year and A Poem for Every Night of the Year.

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Seven Questions with Helen McCrory on Van Gogh

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Van Gogh: Anger, Passion, Influence, Struggle, Inspiration

by Gingersnap4Helen | helen-mccrory.com | April 9, 2019

We caught up with actress Helen McCrory, who gave us her experience discovering how Van Gogh was inspired by British art, literature and culture at the Van Gogh and Britain exhibition at Tate Britain.

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Helen McCrory’s journey from playing a protective mother in ‘Harry Potter’ to gang matriarch in ‘Peaky Blinders’ has been phenomenal

On April 2, 2019April 13, 2021 By helenistic No Comments

The British actress has played a number of unconventional roles — each getting more ambitious than the previous one.

Barnana Sarkar | Apr 2, 2019 | meaww.com

Helen McCrory's journey from playing a protective mother in 'Harry Potter' to gang matriarch in 'Peaky Blinders' has been phenomenal

There are only a few actresses who have been able to portray a mother who commits heinous crimes while maintaining her image as the savior matriarch. Going by this record then, British actress Helen McCrory has time and again excelled in roles that proved a mother is not only committed towards the well-being of her children but can be selfish enough to disregard the affairs of the world solely for the benefit of motherhood. Her characters might not be diverse but the confined roles that she plays have been executed until the last morsel has been squeezed out of those characters.

At the moment, McCrory is best known for her role as the Shelby matriarch, Polly Grey, a gypsy woman who is able to talk to spirits but at the same time commits a murder in the cleanest possible way. Polly Grey is one of the leading women on BBC One’s ‘Peaky Blinders’ but unlike her fellow characters, Polly holds the upper hand when it comes to the Shelby family business. As the company’s treasurer, Polly decides where the money goes and what happens with it, and let’s keep in mind this is a woman who lives in the early 1910s, a time when due to World War I men were out in the battlefield and women for the first time were taking control over business.

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MotherFatherSon Print Media Reviews

Why I was wrong to doubt the mighty melodrama of MotherFatherSon

On March 27, 2019May 19, 2021 By helenistic No Comments

All about passion and tears

by Sarah Hughes | March 27, 2019 | The Guardian

When Helen McCrory launched into a monologue about a dead seal I nearly lost hope, but the family saga has won me over with its pure, jaw-dropping emotion

Warning: this piece contains spoilers for MotherFatherSon

Before MotherFatherSon began I thought I had some idea what to expect. It was written by Tom Rob Smith, creator of London Spy and The Assassination of Gianni Versace. It starred Richard Gere as a millionaire media mogul, Helen McCrory as his estranged wife and Billy Howle as their troubled, cocaine-addled son.