‘Peaky Blinders’ Actor Helen McCrory Dies of Cancer at 52

Actress Helen McCrory arrives at the British Academy Television Awards in London on May 8, 2016. Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File

British actor Helen McCrory, who starred in the television show “Peaky Blinders” and the “Harry Potter” movies, has died, her husband said Friday. She was 52 and had been suffering from cancer.

Her husband, fellow actor Damian Lewis, said McCrory died “peacefully at home” after a “heroic battle with cancer.”